LA GONAVE HAITI PARTNERS INC: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization: LA GONAVE HAITI PARTNERS INC (EIN 45-4713623)
Tax period: 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed: 2014-05-09
IRS object ID: 201411299349301111
Schema version: 2013v3.1
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 B
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2014-05-09T09:59:11-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2013-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	830500826	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Debbie Griffiths CPA LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	987 Wildwood Rd NE	AddressLine1
City	Atlanta	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30306	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	454713623	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	La Gonave Haiti Partners Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LAGO	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2461 Peachtree Rd	AddressLine1
City	Atlanta	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30305	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Lee Wilder	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4049664330	PhoneNum
Signature	2014-05-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Debbie Griffiths	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00444024	PTIN
Phone	4048748271	PhoneNum
Preparation	2014-05-09	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Kurt Swensson	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1025 Crest Valley Dr	AddressLine1
City	Atlanta	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30327	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$259,822	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.lagonavepartners.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2012	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	GA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Build human capacity and foster sustainable growth in La Gonave Haiti through partnership with the community and Episcopal, Anglican and Presbyterian churches.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$259,617	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$205	CYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$259,822	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$200,923	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	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,085	CYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$204,008	CYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$55,814	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$27,808	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$83,622	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$27,808	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$83,622	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Build human capacity and foster sustainable growth in La Gonave Haiti through partnership with the community and Episcopal, Anglican and Presbyterian churches.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$134,003	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$134,003	GrantAmt
Desc	LHP supports ten primary schools and one secondary school in ten different communities on the island of La Gonave, Haiti. These schools, in total, educate 1,700 students. The partnership provides financial support for teacher salaries, textbooks and school supplies, and in some cases, capital projects and equipment.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$52,792	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$52,792	GrantAmt
Desc	The partnership has a multi-faceted healthcare initiative. The foundation is the Bill Rice Clinic, located in Nouvelle Cite. A team of 21 community health workers works out of the clinic, providing primary healthcare in 21 different communities. The community health workers administer a childrens nutrition program using the Medika Mamba protocol. The partnership also supports TBAs (traditional birth attendants) and recently trained two women at Midwives for Haiti who will lead a maternal health program. A Haitian physician was hired as medical director in 2013.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$7,028	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$7,028	GrantAmt
Desc	The key economic development initiative is a goat project, which provides animal husbandry training for farmers and ongoing veterinary clinics in remote communities for goats. Each year 24 -50 farmers participate in a multi-day training and are given a pregnant doe.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$9,101	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$9,101	GrantAmt
Desc	Adult Literacy, equipment and miscellaneous program expenses.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$9,101	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$9,101	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$202,924	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	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
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
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
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	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	Yes (true)	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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Lee Wilder	PersonNm
Phone	4049664330	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	50 Biscayne Dr 4101	AddressLine1
City	Atlanta	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30309	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Kurt Swensson
Chair	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lee Wilder
Treasurer	15.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Deborah Griffin
Board Member	15.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Selma Ridgway
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Suzanne McCord
Board Member	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jennell Charles
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Leslie Jordanger
Board Member	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$259,617	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$259,617	TotalContributionsAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$205	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$205	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$205	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$259,822	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$205	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$200,923	TotalAmt
Program Services	$200,923	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120	TotalAmt
Management And General	$120	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$244	TotalAmt
Management And General	$244	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,401	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,401	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
Bank fees	$720	$720
Communicatons	$600		$600

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$204,008	TotalAmt
Program Services	$202,924	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,084	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,808	BOYAmt
EOY	$83,622	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,808	BOYAmt
EOY	$83,622	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	$5,815	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,918	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,993	BOYAmt
EOY	$63,704	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,808	BOYAmt
EOY	$83,622	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,808	BOYAmt
EOY	$83,622	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$55,814	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
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)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$95,606	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$259,617	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$355,223	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,877	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$205	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,082	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$100,483	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$259,822	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$360,305	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$360,305	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$100,483	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$259,822	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$360,305	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First5 Years509	Yes (X)	First5Years509Ind

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 F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Central America and the Caribbean	RegionTxt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Program services	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	Education healthcar	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$200,923	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$200,923	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$200,923	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Central America and the Caribbean	Salaries-Teacher & medical staff & suppl	$178,669	wires
Central America and the Caribbean	Midwives Salaries	$9,300	checks
Central America and the Caribbean	SchoolSupport AgriculturePrgm Literacy	$6,264

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	2	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Committee meeting documentation Part VI line 8b	Committees are informal working groups. All decisions must be ratified by the board of directors.
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	Reviewed by the Board Chair and Treasurer.
CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a	La Gonave Haiti Partners has no staff and does not pay salaries. All officers and directors serve without pay.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	Form 990 will be available on GuideStar.org. Organizing documents are available on the Georgia Secretary of State's website. Financial statements are available upon request.