FOUNDATION FOR RURAL EDUCATION EXCELLENCE INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: FOUNDATION FOR RURAL EDUCATION EXCELLENCE INC (EIN 59-3515342)
Tax period: 2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed: 2013-11-15
IRS object ID: 201303199349303380
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-11-15T09:46:35-06:00	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	LYONS & LYONS CPA'S	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	106 WEST BLVD	AddressLine1
City	MACCLENNY	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	320632605	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	593515342	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FOUNDATION FOR RURAL EDUCATION	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	EXCELLENCE INC	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	FOUN	NameControl
Phone	3863293855	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 756	AddressLine1
City	PALATKA	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	32178	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	SHAY STARLING	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	3863293855	Phone
Date Signed	2013-11-07	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JAMES G LYONS CPA	Name
Phone	9042594307	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-11-13	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	SHAY STARLING	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 756	AddressLine1
City	PALATKA	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	32178	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	79192	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.FREENEEDSYOU.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	EDUCATION	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	8	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	8	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	11	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	10000	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	2500	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	9741	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	66132	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	146	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	338	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	8239	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	10222	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	28126	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	79192	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	8996	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	25030	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	64264	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	25030	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	64264	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	3096	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	14928	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	111177	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	126105	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	111177	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	126105	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	EDUCATION	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	43714	Expense
Description	TO RECEIVE GIFTS AND SALE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE IN WHICH THE INCOME WOULD BE USED TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATION IN THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIUM.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	43714	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	true	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	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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	8	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	8	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	false	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	SHAY STARLING	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3863293855	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 756	AddressLine1
City	PALATKA	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	32178	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (4 entries)

TitleTitle	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
SHAY STARLING
EXEC DIRECTO	X	0	0	0
RICHARD WESTBURY
PRESIDENT	X	0	0	0
ANNA MEETZE
TREASURER	X	0	0	0
RHONDA SHARER
SECRETARY	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
All Other Contributions	2500	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	2500	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	CONFERENCE AND RECRUITING	Description
Total Revenue Column	66132	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$66,132	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	66132	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	338	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	338	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	10222	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	10222	TotalRevenueColumn

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	79192	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	338	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$66,132	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIX

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	37481	Total
Program Services	30300	ProgramServices
Management And General	7181	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5560	Total
Program Services	5560	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2924	Total
Management And General	2924	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	FundraisingFundraising	Program ServicesProgramServices
TOURNAMENT FEES	5004	5004
MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT	4332		4332
SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS	3992	3992
SUPPLIES & MATERIALS	2997		2997

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1974	Total
Program Services	525	ProgramServices
Management And General	1449	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	64264	Total
Program Services	43714	ProgramServices
Management And General	11554	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8996	Fundraising

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	108784	BOY
EOY	125390	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	500	BOY
EOY	50	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1893	BOY
EOY	665	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	6174	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	6174	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	111177	BOY
EOY	126105	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	111177	BOY
EOY	126105	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	111177	BOY
EOY	126105	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	111177	BOY
EOY	126105	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	14928	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

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	63513	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	37558	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	57640	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	10000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2500	CurrentTaxYear
Total	171211	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	63513	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	37558	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	57640	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	10000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2500	CurrentTaxYear
Total	171211	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	171211	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1550	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	859	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	421	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	146	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	338	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3314	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	18754	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	8250	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	8239	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	10222	CurrentTaxYear
Total	45465	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	219990	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	10560	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.77830	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.87260	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	6174	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	6174	Depreciation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
OTHER FEES FOR SERVICES	FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	PROFESSIONAL FEES 30,300 7,181 0