BAY CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2014

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Organization: BAY CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC (EIN 52-2388785)
Tax period: 2014-07-01 to 2015-06-30
Filed: 2015-08-07
IRS object ID: 201512199349200546
Schema version: 2014v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-08-07T14:00:34-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	760666239	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRANKSON AND GRIFFITH CPA'S	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2245 AVENUE G	AddressLine1Txt
City	BAY CITY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	774145037	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	522388785	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BAY CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BAYC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9792459236	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2245 AVENUE G	AddressLine1Txt
City	BAY CITY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	774145037	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	STACY SCHWARTZ	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9792459236	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-08-04	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JAMES M FRANKSON CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00820811	PTIN
Phone	9792459236	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-08-05	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Other	HYBRID	MethodOfAccountingOtherDesc
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$28,528	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$28,500	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Investment Income	$28	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Revenue	$28,528	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$28,698	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Total Expenses	$28,698	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$170	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$5,640	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$5,470	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,890	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,220	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,890	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,220	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,250	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,750	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,640	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,470	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	PROVIDE EYE EXAMS, EYEGLASSES, & COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO NEEDY & DESERVING INDIVIDUALS. TO SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WITH CASH GRANTS.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (3 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt	Grants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsAmt	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
AWARDED 3 4 YEAR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON NEED, ACADEMIC ABILITY & CHARACTER. ALSO PAID TUITION FOR 7 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES THAT EARN BOTH COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS.	$14,012	$14,012
BAY CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC AWARDS GRANTS TO LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHO REQUEST FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. THE EMPHASIS IS ON HELPING CHILDREN. THIS YEAR GRANTS WERE MADE TO 19 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.	$14,500	$14,500
BAY CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC PAYS FOR EYE EXAMINATIONS & PURCHASES EYEGLASSES FOR NEEDY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN LOCAL SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR 6 EYE EXAMS & 2 PAIRS OF EYEGLASSES WERE PAID FOR. ALSO THE CLUB PURCHASED VISION TESTING MACHINE COSTING 6,890 TO SCREEN YOUNG CHILDREN FOR CURABLE EYE DEFECTS.	$186	$186

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$28,698	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
LYNN GREBE
PRESIDENT	4.00	$0
JIM HUMPHRIES
VP	1.00	$0
STEVEN REIS
VP	1.00	$0
JOHN WOOLSEY
VP	1.00	$0
GENE FARRER
SECRETARY	2.00	$0
STACEY SCWARTZ
TREASURER	2.00	$0
BILLY MANN
PAST PRESIDE	1.00	$0
DENNIS BENSFIELD
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0
JASON CHILDERS
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0
TERRY FARRAR
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0
DAVID LEESE
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0
DAVID LYLE
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0
CLINT HEWITT
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0
WAYNE WITTE
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRANKSON & GRIFFITHCPA'S	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2245 AVENUE G	AddressLine1Txt
City	BAY CITY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	774145037	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9792459236	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$33,890	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$23,750	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$31,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$34,075	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$28,500	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$152,165	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$33,890	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$23,750	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$31,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$34,075	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$28,500	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$152,165	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$152,165	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$29	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$28	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$25	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$28	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$28	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$138	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$29	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$28	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$25	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$28	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$28	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$138	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$33,919	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$23,778	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$31,975	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$34,103	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$28,528	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$152,303	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99910	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.99870	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10	NONE 14,012 0 0
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26	GRANTS PAYABLE 29,250 31,750
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	PROVIDE EYE EXAMS, EYEGLASSES, & COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO NEEDY & DESERVING INDIVIDUALS. TO SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WITH CASH GRANTS.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28	AWARDED 3 4 YEAR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON NEED, ACADEMIC ABILITY & CHARACTER. ALSO PAID TUITION FOR 7 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES THAT EARN BOTH COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29	BAY CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC AWARDS GRANTS TO LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHO REQUEST FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. THE EMPHASIS IS ON HELPING CHILDREN. THIS YEAR GRANTS WERE MADE TO 19 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30	BAY CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC PAYS FOR EYE EXAMINATIONS & PURCHASES EYEGLASSES FOR NEEDY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN LOCAL SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR 6 EYE EXAMS & 2 PAIRS OF EYEGLASSES WERE PAID FOR. ALSO THE CLUB PURCHASED VISION TESTING MACHINE COSTING 6,890 TO SCREEN YOUNG CHILDREN FOR CURABLE EYE DEFECTS.