SCALE AFRICA INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: SCALE AFRICA INC (EIN 20-8447104)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-12-17
IRS object ID: 201543519349300914
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
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-12-17T11:36:26-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PETER S HEILIG CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	400 GLEN COVE AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	SEA CLIFF	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11579	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	208447104	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Scale Africa Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SCAL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7183693836	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 8th Ave	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brooklyn	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11217	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ERINN MCGURN	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7183693836	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-12-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	PETER HEILIG CPA	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	5167593627	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-12-17	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-04-25 22:37:26Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	GUY BARON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 8th Ave	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brooklyn	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11217	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$125,481	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2006	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Scale africa is dedicated to improvement of rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa through the use of sustainable building techniques and active community participation	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	5	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$38,080	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$125,481	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$38,080	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$125,481	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$11,590	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$35,452	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$85,054	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$35,452	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$85,054	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,628	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$40,427	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$8,140	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$48,567	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$8,140	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$48,567	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Scale africa is dedicated to improvement of rural schools in	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$72,064	ExpenseAmt
Desc	THE ORGANIZATION UNDERTOOK MAJOR PROJECTS IN TERMS OF BUILDING SCHOOLS AND OTHER VARIOS FACILITIES IN AFRICA	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$72,064	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	false	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ERINN MCGURN	PersonNm
Phone	7183693836	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 8th Ave	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brooklyn	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11217	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ERINN MCGURN
President	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GUY BARON
Treasurer	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHRISTIAN LONG
Director	10.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SEAN VAN DER MAS
Director	10.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BOLLIN NGULUBE
Director	10.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Fundraising	$94,111	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$31,370	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$125,481	TotalContributionsAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$94,111	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$125,481	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,064	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,064	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,400	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Fund Raising Venue	$8,952	$0	$0	$8,952
Fund Raising Other expense	$2,638	$0	$0	$2,638

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$85,054	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,064	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,590	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,140	BOYAmt
EOY	$48,567	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,140	BOYAmt
EOY	$48,567	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,140	BOYAmt
EOY	$48,567	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,140	BOYAmt
EOY	$48,567	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,140	BOYAmt
EOY	$48,567	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$40,427	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$68,168	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$81,698	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$70,498	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$38,080	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$125,481	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$383,925	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$68,168	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$81,698	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$70,498	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$38,080	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$125,481	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$383,925	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$383,925	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$383,925	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	1.00000	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 2	Erinn McGurn Peresident & Director is married to Guy Baron Treasurer & Director
Pt VI, Line 8a	Board Meets and records minutes of each meeting
Pt VI, Line 8b	Only the Board can make binding decisions
Pt VI, Line 11b	President distributes tax return to the Board for review