GIVEDIRECTLY INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: GIVEDIRECTLY INC (EIN 27-1661997)
Tax period: 2011-09-01 to 2012-08-31
Filed: 2013-01-15
IRS object ID: 201310159349301326
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-01-15T14:38:52-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JOHN VAZZANA CPA PLLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	155 BAY RIDGE AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11220	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	271661997	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GIVE DIRECT INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	GIVE	NameControl
Phone	6465044837	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	171 AVENUE A	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10009	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROHIT WANCHOO	Name
Title	DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	6465044837	Phone
Date Signed	2012-12-30	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN VAZZANA	Name
Phone	7184911241	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-01-15	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	PAUL NIEHAUS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3381 LEBON DRIVE 303	AddressLine1
City	SAN DIEGO	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	92122	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	504062	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2009	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The Organization's mission is to reduce poverty by providing financial assistance directly to the poor in a manner that is efficient, transparent, and respectful.	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	191979	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	504062	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	191979	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	504062	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	8001	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	465987	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	1827	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	4198	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	15414	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	61742	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	25242	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	527729	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	166737	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-23667	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	205985	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	329532	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	147214	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	205985	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	182318	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The Organization's mission is to	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	505566	Expense
Grants	465987	Grants
Description	THE DIRECT CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CURRENTLY OPERATES IN KENYA. THE CURRENT GIVING MODEL INVOLVES DISTRIBUTING HOUSEHOLD GRANTS OF $1,000 OVER A NINE MONTH PERIOD. GIVEDIRECTLY AIMS TO HELP HOUSEHOLDS MOST IN NEED BY TARGETING THOSE THAT ARE IN ACUTE POVERTY. RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS ARE CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED BASED ON HOUSING CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, WHICH IS HIGHLY CORRELATED WITH POVERTY. HOUSES WHICH ARE MADE FROM MUD-AND-THATCH IN AREAS IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. THE ORGANIZATION AIMS TO DELIVER AT LEAST 90 CENTS DIRECTLY TO RECIPIENTS OF EVERY $1.00 RECEIVED FOR THE PROGRAM. THE ORGANIZATION ANTICIPATES EXPANDING TO ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	505566	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
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	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	true	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	true	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	true	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	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	true	ForeignFinancialAccount
Name Of Foreign Country	KE	NameOfForeignCountry
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	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	false	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	THE ORGANIZATION	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6465044837	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	171 AVENUE A STE 6A	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10009	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
PAUL NIEHAUS
President	25.00	X	0	0	0
ROHIT WANCHOO
Director	15.00	X	0	0	0
MICHAEL FAYE
Director	15.00	X	0	0	0
JEREMEY SHAPIRO
Director	10.00	X	0	0	0
CHRIS HUGHES
Director	5.00	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
Federated Campaigns	11400	FederatedCampaigns
All Other Contributions	492662	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	504062	TotalContributions

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	504062	TotalRevenueColumn

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	465987	Total
Program Services	465987	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	31105	Total
Program Services	16605	ProgramServices
Management And General	10400	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4100	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6580	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	6580	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising
Foreign exchange, Transfer and Follow-up	9663	9663	0
Supervisor field trip expenses	3931	3931	0
Kenya staff expenses	8817	8817	0
Printing and graphics	98	0	98

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1548	Total
Program Services	563	ProgramServices
Management And General	985	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	527729	Total
Program Services	505566	ProgramServices
Management And General	17965	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4198	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	205985	BOY
EOY	325205	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	4327	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	205985	BOY
EOY	329532	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	16750	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	130464	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	147214	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	205985	BOY
EOY	111470	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	70848	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	205985	BOY
EOY	182318	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	205985	BOY
EOY	329532	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-23667	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
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	40000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	191980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	504062	CurrentTaxYear
Total	736042	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	40000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	191980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	504062	CurrentTaxYear
Total	736042	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	278434	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	457608	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	736042	TotalSupport
First5 Years170	X	First5Years170
Public Support Pertcentage170	0	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue	504062	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	527729	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-23667	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-23667	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	520562	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	16500	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	16500	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	504062	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	504062	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	544229	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	16500	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	16500	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	527729	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	527729	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt X	The organization recognizes the tax effects from an uncertain
	TAX POSITION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ONLY IF THE POSITION IS MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT TO BE SUSTAINED IF THE POSITION WERE TO BE CHALLENGED BY A TAXING AUTHORITY. MANAGEMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Sub-Saharan Africa	Region
Number Of Offices	0	NumberOfOffices
Number Of Employees	8	NumberOfEmployees
Type Of Activities Conducted	Program Services	TypeOfActivitiesConducted
Specific Services Provided	Direct cash transfers to poor	SpecificServicesProvided
Total Expenditures	495340	TotalExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Number Of Offices	0	SubtotalNumberOfOffices
Subtotal Number Of Employees	8	SubtotalNumberOfEmployees
Total Number Of Offices	0	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	8	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Subtotal Amount Spent	495340	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	495340	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Ind Outside US GrantsToIndOutsideUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Assistance	Direct cash assistance to indigents	TypeOfAssistance
Region	Sub-Saharan Africa	Region
Number Of Recipients	700	NumberOfRecipients
Amount Of Cash Grant	465987	AmountOfCashGrant
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	electronic trf	MannerOfCashDisbursement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	false	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountries

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Pt I Line 2	Identifier
Explanation	TO MONITOR THE USE OF GRANTS THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS A SIX-STEP AUDIT PROCEDURE. THIS INCLUDES BACK CHECKS (A VISIT BY AN INDEPENDENT ENROLLMENT TEAM), AUDITS BY SENIOR STAFF, GPS CHECK, PHONE CHECK, PHOTO-MATCHING, AND IDENTIFICATION MATCHING	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (15 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 8b	There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.
Pt VI, Line 11a	A qualified and authorized person shall complete the annual Form 990
	return under the direction of the Board. The return shall be
	presented to all board members for approval, either via
	e-mail or by paper copy prior to its filing.
Pt VI, Line 12c	Each director, principal and officer, shall annually review the
	conflicts of interest policy and disclose and know conflicts.
Pt VI, Line 15	The salaries of the officers, if any, shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the
	board of directors. In all cases, any salaries received by officers of this organization shall be
	reasonable and given in return for services actually rendered to or for the organization. All officer
	salaries shall be approved in advance in accordance with this organizations
	CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO PAID OFFICERS.
Pt VI, Line 19	The organization makes its Governing Documents, Conflicts of Interest Policy
	and Financials Statements available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	OTHER FEES 563. 563. 0. 0. OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 985. 0. 985. 0.