CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS INC (EIN 52-2201433)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-05-14
IRS object ID: 201321359349300002
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
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule D
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-05-14T22:53:14-07:00	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	MASSEY FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10903 INDIAN HEAD HIGHWAY SUITE 105	AddressLine1
City	FORT WASHINGTON	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	20744	ZIPCode

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	522201433	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CULT	NameControl
Phone	3013413255	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2743 RED OAK LANE	AddressLine1
City	LANHAM	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	20706	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ERIC SMITH	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	3013413255	Phone
Date Signed	2013-05-14	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LAVONNA D WILKINSON	Name
Phone	3012920500	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	ERIC SMITH	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2743 RED OAK LANE	AddressLine1
City	LANHAM	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	20706	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	43645	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	culturalcommunications.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2005	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MD	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	YOUTH TALENT & MENTORING PROGRAMS FOR TEENS SEEKING MENTORING IN COMMUNICATIONS.	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	1579	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	6663	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	41297	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	36982	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	42876	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	43645	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	435	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	66009	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	53586	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	66009	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	53586	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-23133	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-9941	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	760	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	2458	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	2827	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	14466	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-2067	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-12008	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	YOUTH TALENT & MENTORING PROGRAMS	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	50236	Expense
Revenue	36982	Revenue
Description	PROVIDE TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN COMMUNICATIONS FOR YOUTH. PROVIDE TEEN TALK FORUMS, WORK WITH COMMUNITY CENTERS, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES TO PROVIDE PLATFORMS FOR YOUTH TALENT AND MENTORING PROGRAMS FOR TEENS SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	50236	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	true	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	true	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
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
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	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	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	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	3013413255	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2743 RED OAK LANE	AddressLine1
City	LANHAM	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	20706	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	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
ERIC SMITH
PRESIDENT	25.00	X	0	0	0
RHONDA BRODEN
SECRETARY	10.00	X	0	0	0
LARRY BRIDGES
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	0	0	0
KIRK BERNARD
TREASURER	1.00	X	0	0	0
STEPHANIE EVANS
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
All Other Contributions	6663	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	6663	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MODEL/FASHION SHOW	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	36982	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	36982	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	43645	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	36982	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	850	Total
Program Services	680	ProgramServices
Management And General	127	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	43	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	270	Total
Program Services	230	ProgramServices
Management And General	40	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1824	Total
Program Services	1460	ProgramServices
Management And General	273	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	91	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

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

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	834	Total
Program Services	834	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
PROGRAM EXPENSE	41414	41414	0	0
AUTO EXPENSES	4059	3247	609	203
DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS	245	0	245	0
TELEPHONE	1434	1147	215	72

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2656	Total
Program Services	1224	ProgramServices
Management And General	1406	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	26	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	53586	Total
Program Services	50236	ProgramServices
Management And General	2915	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	435	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	760	BOY
EOY	2458	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	20478	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	20478	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	760	BOY
EOY	2458	EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2827	BOY
EOY	14466	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2827	BOY
EOY	14466	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-2067	BOY
EOY	-12008	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-2067	BOY
EOY	-12008	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	760	BOY
EOY	2458	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-9941	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2
Public Support Total170	0	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Pertcentage170	0	PublicSupportPertcentage170

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	18616	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4646	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1579	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	6664	CurrentTaxYear
Total	31505	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	96861	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	88840	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	68583	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	41297	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	36982	CurrentTaxYear
Total	332563	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	115477	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	93486	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	68583	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	42876	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	43646	CurrentTaxYear
Total	364068	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	364068	PublicSupportTotal509

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	364068	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	1.00000	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	1.00000	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.00000	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	3442	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	3442	Depreciation

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	17036	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	17036	Depreciation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loan Table LoanTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ERIC SMITH	NamePerson
Relationship With Organization	PRESIDENT	RelationshipWithOrganization
Purpose Of Loan	CASH FLOW	PurposeOfLoan
Loan To Organization	X	LoanToOrganization
Original Principal	$31,966	OriginalPrincipalAmount
Balance Due	14466	BalanceDue
Default	false	Default
Approved By Board	true	ApprovedByBoard
Written Agreement	true	WrittenAgreement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	14466	TotalBalanceDue

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 19	ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST
Pt VI, Line 11b	FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE BY REQUEST FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY
Pt VI, Line 15a	REVIEW PERFORMED BY PRESIDENT
Pt VI, Line 15b	REVIEW PERFORMED BY PRESIDENT
Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16	ADVERTISING OFFICE EXPENSE WEBSITE & HOSTING BANK SERVICE CHARGES INSURANCE AUTO EXPENSES CONTRIBUTIONS TELEPHONE MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT LICENSES AND PERMITS PARKING
Form 990EZ, Part II, Line 24	OFFICE EQUIPMENT PREPAID EXPENSES
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT 1263. 0. 1263. 0. PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES 14. 0. 14. 0. WEBSITE & HOSTING 530. 424. 80. 26. CONSULTANT 800. 800. 0. 0. BANK SERVICE CHARGES 49. 0. 49. 0.