CHINATOWN MAIN STREET INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: CHINATOWN MAIN STREET INC (EIN 04-3374472)
Tax period: 2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed: 2014-02-12
IRS object ID: 201420439349301537
Schema version: 2012v2.3
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-02-12T13:37:41-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LEE YEE & COMPANY PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	195 WORCESTER ST STE 201	AddressLine1
City	WELLESLEY HILLS	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02481	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043374472	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHINATOWN MAIN STREET INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CHIN	NameControl
Phone	6173506303	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2 BOYLSTON STREET	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE G-1	AddressLine2
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02116	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	TONY M YEE	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	6173506303	Phone
Date Signed	2014-02-04	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	GARY F YEE	Name
Phone	7812372525	Phone
Date Prepared	2014-02-10	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	TONY M YEE	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2 BOYLSTON STREET	AddressLine1
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02116	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	102574	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	CHINATOWNMAINSTREET.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO MAKE BOSTON'S CHINATOWN A VITAL CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL CENTER. SUPPORT ACTIONS THAT MAKE STREETS SAFER AND CLEANER, AND TO HELP ELIMINATE THE PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DETERIORATION OF CHINATOWN.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	11	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	1	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	63000	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	81909	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	23003	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	20421	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	151	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	244	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	86154	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	102574	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	56612	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	53973	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	34944	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	34500	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	91556	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	88473	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-5402	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	14101	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	136936	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	150037	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1000	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	135936	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	150037	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO MAKE BOSTON'S CHINATOWN A VITAL CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL CENTER. SUPPORT ACTIONS THAT MAKE STREETS SAFER AND CLEANER, AND TO HELP ELIMINATE THE PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DETERIORATION OF CHINATOWN.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	50804	Expense
Description	TO MAKE BOSTON'S CHINATOWN A VITAL CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY. CHINATOWN MAIN STREET OVERSEES SOME BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMS OF THE DISTRICT, RECRUITING NEW BUSINESS, RETAINING AND STRENGTHENING EXISTING BUSINESSES AND DRAWING PEOPLE INTO THE DISTRICT TO SHOP AND RECREATE.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	50804	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	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
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	1	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
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
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	11	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	11	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	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	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	THE ORGANIZATION	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6173506303	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2 BOYLSTON STREET NO G-1	AddressLine1
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02116	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per Week RelatedAverageHoursPerWeekRelated	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
TONY M YEE
PRESIDENT	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
FREDERICK NG
CLERK	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
HUNG GOON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
NASI HUANG
TREASURER	1.00	X		0	0	0
DREW LEFF
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
ALBERT LI
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
KEVIN MALLON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
TIMMY NG
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
MARISA TSE-BARDHYLI
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
RICK WONG
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
GWEN REN
DIRECTOR	1.00	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
Government Grants	43004	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	38905	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	81909	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
EVENTS	18688	18688
PROGRAM INCOME	1733	1733

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	20421	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	244	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$244	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	102574	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	20421	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$244	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	44000	Total
Program Services	23083	ProgramServices
Management And General	20917	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6346	Total
Program Services	3173	ProgramServices
Management And General	3173	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3627	Total
Program Services	1814	ProgramServices
Management And General	1813	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2850	Total
Management And General	2850	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	765	Total
Program Services	765	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1873	Total
Program Services	103	ProgramServices
Management And General	1770	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2165	Total
Management And General	2165	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4250	Total
Management And General	4250	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2570	Total
Program Services	2470	ProgramServices
Management And General	100	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1262	Total
Program Services	631	ProgramServices
Management And General	631	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
PROGRAM EVENTS	18515	18515
LICENSE AND PERMITS	200	200
TAXES	50	50

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	88473	Total
Program Services	50804	ProgramServices
Management And General	37669	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	74408	BOY
EOY	50446	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	52528	BOY
EOY	50837	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10000	BOY
EOY	48754	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	136936	BOY
EOY	150037	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1000	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1000	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	42678	BOY
EOY	82057	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	93258	BOY
EOY	67980	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	135936	BOY
EOY	150037	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	136936	BOY
EOY	150037	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	14101	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview

Accountant Compile Or Review Basis AccountantCompileOrReviewBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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 Minus4 Years	80596	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	68570	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	76299	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	63000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	81909	CurrentTaxYear
Total	370374	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	80596	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	68570	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	76299	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	63000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	81909	CurrentTaxYear
Total	370374	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	370374	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	746	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	474	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	328	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	151	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	244	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1943	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	33038	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	23003	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	20421	CurrentTaxYear
Total	76462	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	448779	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	20421	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.82530	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.79640	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.