SCALE AFRICA INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: SCALE AFRICA INC (EIN 20-8447104)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2014-02-19
IRS object ID: 201400509349300705
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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)
Timestamp	2014-02-19T06:54:26-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PETER S HEILIG CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	400 GLEN COVE AVE	AddressLine1
City	SEA CLIFF	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11579	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	208447104	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SCALE AFRICA INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	SCAL	NameControl
Phone	7183693836	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 8TH AVE	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11217	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ERINN MCGURN	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	7183693836	Phone
Date Signed	2013-05-06	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PETER HEILIG CPA	Name
Phone	5167593627	Phone
Date Prepared	2014-02-19	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	GUY BARON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 8TH AVE	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11217	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	74998	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2006	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Scale africa is dedicated to improvement of rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa through the use of sustainable building techniques and active community participation	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	5	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	81698	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	74998	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	81698	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	74998	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	23369	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	101995	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	85026	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	101995	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	85026	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-20297	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-10028	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	15540	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	5512	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	15540	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	5512	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Scale africa is dedicated to improvement of rural schools in	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	61250	Expense
Description	THE ORGANIZATION UNDERTOOK MAJOR PROJECTS IN TERMS OF BUILDING SCHOOLS AND OTHER VARIOS FACILITIES IN AFRICA	Description
Total Program Service Expense	61250	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	5	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	false	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ERINN MCGURN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7183693836	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	44 8TH AVE	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11217	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVII
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
ERINN MCGURN
President	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
GUY BARON
Treasurer	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
CHRISTIAN LONG
Director	10.00	X		0	0	0
SEAN VAN DER MAS
Director	10.00	X		0	0	0
BOLLIN NGULUBE
Director	10.00	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Fundraising Events	70498	FundraisingEvents
All Other Contributions	4500	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	74998	TotalContributions
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	70498	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	74998	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	74998	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	61250	Total
Program Services	61250	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	407	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	407	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	FundraisingFundraising
Fundraising Venue	7904	7904
Other fundraising costs	15465	15465
	0	0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	85026	Total
Program Services	61250	ProgramServices
Management And General	407	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	23369	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15540	BOY
EOY	5512	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15540	BOY
EOY	5512	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15540	BOY
EOY	5512	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15540	BOY
EOY	5512	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15540	BOY
EOY	5512	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-10028	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	68168	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	81698	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	70498	CurrentTaxYear
Total	220364	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	68168	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	81698	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	70498	CurrentTaxYear
Total	220364	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	220364	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	220364	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	1.00000	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 2	Erinn McGurn President & Director is married to Guy Baron Treasure & 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 board for review