FRIENDS OF LIBERIA INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2012
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- Organization
- FRIENDS OF LIBERIA INC (EIN 52-1541798)
- Tax period
- 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
- Filed
- 2013-04-30
- IRS object ID
- 201301209349200405
- 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 ReturnHeader
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Timestamp | 2013-04-30T07:11:01-07:00 | 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 | PRECISION ACCOUNTING LLC | BusinessNameLine1 |
Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Address Line1 | 6565 AMERICAS PKWY NE STE 120 | AddressLine1 |
| City | ALBUQUERQUE | City |
| State | NM | State |
| ZIP Code | 871108172 | ZIPCode |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Return Type | 990EZ | ReturnType |
| Tax Period Begin Date | 2012-01-01 | TaxPeriodBeginDate |
Filer Filer
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| EIN | 521541798 | EIN |
Name Name
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Business Name Line1 | Friends of Liberia | BusinessNameLine1 |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Name Control | FRIE | NameControl |
| Phone | 2025460139 | Phone |
US Address USAddress
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Address Line1 | 1812 Monroe NW | AddressLine1 |
| City | Washington | City |
| State | DC | State |
| ZIP Code | 20010 | ZIPCode |
Officer Officer
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Name | James Bowman | Name |
| Title | Treasurer | Title |
| Date Signed | 2013-04-30 | DateSigned |
| Authorize Third Party | true | AuthorizeThirdParty |
Preparer Preparer
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Melissa R Santistevan CPA | Name |
| PTIN | P00707027 | PTIN |
| Phone | 5055635525 | Phone |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Tax Year | 2012 | TaxYear |
| Build TS | 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z | BuildTS |
Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Method Of Accounting Cash | X | MethodOfAccountingCash |
| Web Site | www.fol.org | WebSite |
| Organization501c3 | X | Organization501c3 |
| Gross Receipts | 62099 | GrossReceipts |
| Info In Schedule O Part I | X | InfoInScheduleOPartI |
| Contributions Gifts Grants Etc | 57164 | ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtc |
| Investment Income | 2 | InvestmentIncome |
| Cost Other Basis And Sales Expenses | 0 | CostOtherBasisAndSalesExpenses |
| Fundraising Gross Income | 4933 | FundraisingGrossIncome |
| Special Events Direct Expenses | 620 | SpecialEventsDirectExpenses |
| Special Events Net Income Loss | 4313 | SpecialEventsNetIncomeLoss |
| Cost Of Goods Sold | 0 | CostOfGoodsSold |
| Total Revenue | 61479 | TotalRevenue |
| Grants And Similar Amounts Paid | 31326 | GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaid |
| Fees And Oth Pymt To Ind Contractors | 535 | FeesAndOthPymtToIndContractors |
| Printing Publications Postage | 252 | PrintingPublicationsPostage |
| Other Expenses Total | 9461 | OtherExpensesTotal |
| Total Expenses | 41574 | TotalExpenses |
| Excess Or Deficit For Year | 19905 | ExcessOrDeficitForYear |
| Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY | 99326 | NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY |
| Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY | 119231 | NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY |
Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestments
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 99326 | BOY |
| EOY | 119231 | EOY |
Total Assets TotalAssets
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 99326 | BOY |
| EOY | 119231 | EOY |
Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalances
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 99326 | BOY |
| EOY | 119231 | EOY |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Exempt Purpose | Support education and development relating to Liberia | PrimaryExemptPurpose |
Program Service Accomplishment ProgramServiceAccomplishment (9 entries)
| Description Program Service AccomDescriptionProgramServiceAccom | Includes Foreign GrantsIncludesForeignGrants | Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpenses |
|---|---|---|
| National Youth Action, Inc.- Training for 25 young firls who had been prostitutes with pastry and catering skills. | X | 1997 |
| Friends Computer Institute- To train 20 faculty and staff of Phebe Community Lutheran High School in information communication and technology by purchasing material and fuel and paying instructors' stipends and other incidentals. | X | 2000 |
| Imani Houe- Long term organization working with adult literacy, youth, agriculture and health. Grant funds to be used to support its Adult Education program by covering a portion of sewing teacher's salary and purchase 6 sewing machines to be used at two market sites. | X | 2000 |
| West Africa Youth Agencda against Corrupt Practices- To empower youth by converting a 10 Hectare plot to a rice farm and ssstain it with proceeds. | 2000 | |
| Education First, Inc.- To purchase instructional materials for math and science teachers at different schools. WOrking with faculty at Tubman University and Liberian math professor in US. | 2000 | |
| Evangelical Soul Rescue Mission of Africa- To purchase 80 desks for new K-4 school. | X | 2000 |
| Women Care International- Fund a resource reoom for training women and girls with job skills, particularly computer, entrepeneurship and advocacy. | 1970 | |
| Early Childhood Education Teacher Training - Staff for this program were three volunteer members of FOL who are retired teachers. Considerable time was spent updating and training manual which has been used for 10 years now.10 schools were selected to send their principal and 3 teachers to the Kakata Teacher Training institute for 9 days learning: how children learn, classroom environment, behavior management, positive discipline, short and long-term lesson planning, working with parents, evaluation and recorded keeping. FOL instructors then visited the schools and observed how the workshop participants incorporated what they learned into the classroom. | 14941 | |
| News ServiceSupport news service and list-serve on Liberia by the Liberian Collections Project of the University of Indiana. Accesses more than 1900 persons | 2400 |
Officer Director Trustee Key Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeKeyEmpl (14 entries)
| TitleTitle | Avg Hours Per Wk Devoted To PositionAvgHoursPerWkDevotedToPosition | CompensationCompensation |
|---|---|---|
| Harmon Lisnow | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Don Drach | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Sharer | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Levitov | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson King | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Svend E Holsoe | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Patricia Hough | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Candace Eastman | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Crayton | ||
| Director | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Anderson | ||
| Chairman | 0 | 0 |
| James Bowman | ||
| Treasurer | 0 | 0 |
| Pat McGeorge | ||
| Secretary | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Reilly | ||
| Vice President | 0 | 0 |
| Stephanie Vickers | ||
| President | 0 | 0 |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Info In Schedule O Part V | X | InfoInScheduleOPartV |
| Activities Not Previously Rpt | false | ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRpt |
| Made Changes To Orgnzng Etc Doc | false | MadeChangesToOrgnzngEtcDoc |
| Organization Had UBI | false | OrganizationHadUBI |
| Organization Filed990 T | false | OrganizationFiled990T |
| Subject To Proxy Tax | false | SubjectToProxyTax |
| Organization Dissolved Etc | false | OrganizationDissolvedEtc |
| Did Org File Form1120 POL This Year | false | DidOrgFileForm1120POLThisYear |
| Made Loans To From Officers | false | MadeLoansToFromOfficers |
| Initiation Fees And Capital Contri | 0 | InitiationFeesAndCapitalContri |
| Gross Receipts For Public Use | 0 | GrossReceiptsForPublicUse |
| Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans | false | EngagedInExcessBenefitTrans |
| Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans | false | ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans |
The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Name Person | Jim Bowman | NamePerson |
Address US AddressUS
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Address Line1 | 324 Amherst Dr SE | AddressLine1 |
| City | Albuquerque | City |
| State | NM | State |
| ZIP Code | 87106 | ZIPCode |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Telephone Number | 5057109477 | TelephoneNumber |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign Financial Account | false | ForeignFinancialAccount |
| Foreign Office | false | ForeignOffice |
| Maintain Any Donor Advised Funds | false | MaintainAnyDonorAdvisedFunds |
| Does Org Have Hospital | false | DoesOrgHaveHospital |
| Tanning Services Provided | false | TanningServicesProvided |
| Form720 Filed | false | Form720Filed |
| Related Org Controlled Entity | false | RelatedOrgControlledEntity |
| Transaction With Control Entity | false | TransactionWithControlEntity |
| Engage Political Cmpgn Activities | false | EngagePoliticalCmpgnActivities |
| Engage In Lobbying Activities | false | EngageInLobbyingActivities |
| Operating School | false | OperatingSchool |
| Trnsfrs Exempt Non Char Related Org | false | TrnsfrsExemptNonCharRelatedOrg |
| Related Org Section527 Org | false | RelatedOrgSection527Org |
| Part VI Of Comp Of Highest Paid Empl | NONE | PartVIOfCompOfHighestPaidEmpl |
| Part VIA Hghst Paid Cntrct Prof Ser | NONE | PartVIAHghstPaidCntrctProfSer |
| Filed Schedule A | true | FiledScheduleA |
Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Publicly Supported Org509a2 | X | PubliclySupportedOrg509a2 |
Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 36147 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 26537 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 32370 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 24024 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 34164 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 153242 | Total |
Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit509 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit509
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Value Of Svcs Fclts Furnishd By Govt ValueOfSvcsFcltsFurnishdByGovt
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Total509 Total509
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 36147 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 26537 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 32370 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 24024 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 34164 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 153242 | Total |
Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Public Support Total509 | 153242 | PublicSupportTotal509 |
Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 2259 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 558 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 298 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 15 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 2 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 3132 | Total |
Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTI
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 2259 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 558 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 298 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 15 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 2 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 3132 | Total |
Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBI
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Other Income509 OtherIncome509
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 38406 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 27095 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 32668 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 24039 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 34166 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 156374 | Total |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Public Support Percentage509 | 0.98000 | PublicSupportPercentage509 |
| Prior Year Support Percentage | 0.96650 | PriorYearSupportPercentage |
| Investment Income Percentage | 0.02000 | InvestmentIncomePercentage |
| Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage | 0.03350 | PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage |
| Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509 | X | ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509 |
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 (10 entries)
| IdentifierIdentifier | Return ReferenceReturnReference | ExplanationExplanation |
|---|---|---|
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.7 | Other Expenses.7 | tELECOMMUNICATIONS $87 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.6 | Other Expenses.6 | DC 2 Yr Report $120 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.5 | Other Expenses.5 | Bank Charges $159 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.4 | Other Expenses.4 | Information technology $213 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.2 | Other Expenses.2 | Dues & Subscriptions $395 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.1 | Other Expenses.1 | Appeal Letter preparation $4163 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.1012 | Other Expenses.1012 | Insurance $1431 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.1007 | Other Expenses.1007 | Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $2331 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.1002 | Other Expenses.1002 | Office Expenses $562 |
| Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10.2 | Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.2 | | Donee's Name: Early Childhood Educ, Teacher Training | Donee's Address: KTT1 Kakata, Kakata Liberia | Relationship of Donee: Grantee | Cash Amount Given: $14959 |