TREE OF LIFE: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: TREE OF LIFE (EIN 01-0490209)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-10-01
IRS object ID: 201332749349300803
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-10-01T08:38:11-05:00	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	BHA LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	344 ELLSWORTH RD PO BOX 697	AddressLine1
City	BLUE HILL	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04614	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	010490209	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TREE OF LIFE	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	TREE	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1329	AddressLine1
City	BLUE HILL	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	046141329	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	BRENDA MEANS	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Date Signed	2013-09-25	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ANDREW K LASLIE CPA	Name
Phone	2073749985	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-10-01	DatePrepared

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

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As DoingBusinessAs

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	233582	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.TREEOFLIFEPANTRY.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1987	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	ME	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD/CLOTHING	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	11	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	120	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	68638	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	85355	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	127653	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	147175	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1427	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1052	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	15	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	197733	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	233582	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	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	211620	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	233387	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	211620	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	233387	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-13887	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	195	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	378440	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	378395	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	378440	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	378395	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD/CLOTHING	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	227910	Expense
Description	PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD/CLOTHING TO A VARIETY OF HOUSEHOLDS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR HANCOCK COUNTY AND OUTLYING AREAS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	227910	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	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	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	5	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
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
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
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	BRENDA MEANS	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2073745486	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	172 HIGH STREET	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLIN	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04616	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 WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
LYNNE BLAIR
BOARD SECRET	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
RON DEPAOLO
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
ANDREA DEVEREUX
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
SUE DUFFY
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
JIM JAFFRAY JR
VICE PRESIDE	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
REV ROB MCCALL
HONORARY BOA	1.00	X		0	0	0
BRENDA MEANS
TREASURER	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
WILL ROSBOROUGH
PRESIDENT	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
JANE HEIZMANN
CORRESPONDIN	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
RICK TRAUB
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BETTY STOOKEY
BOARD MEMBER	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	445	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	84910	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	1081	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	85355	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE	Description
Total Revenue Column	147175	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	147175	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	147175	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	735	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$735	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	317	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	317	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	317	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	317	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	233582	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	147492	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$735	ExclusionAmount

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1657	Total
Management And General	1657	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	25344	Total
Program Services	25344	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12046	Total
Program Services	12046	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
FOOD	167543	167543
SCHOLARSHIP	6000	6000
VOLUNTEER EXPENSES	4684	4684
MISC.	3881	3881

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12232	Total
Program Services	8412	ProgramServices
Management And General	3820	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	233387	Total
Program Services	227910	ProgramServices
Management And General	5477	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	42515	BOY
EOY	51028	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10042	BOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	421453	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	122381	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	299326	BOY
EOY	299072	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26557	BOY
EOY	28295	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	378440	BOY
EOY	378395	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	378440	BOY
EOY	378395	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	378440	BOY
EOY	378395	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	378440	BOY
EOY	378395	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	195	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconciliation Unrealized Invest	-240	ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

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	26343	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	99243	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	56841	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	68638	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	85355	CurrentTaxYear
Total	336420	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	89746	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	106047	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	112715	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	127653	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	147175	CurrentTaxYear
Total	583336	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1120	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	15	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	1135	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	116089	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	205290	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	170676	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	196306	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	232530	CurrentTaxYear
Total	920891	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	84746	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	101047	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	108516	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total	294309	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	84746	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	101047	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	108516	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total	294309	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	626582	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1085	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	497	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1272	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1070	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	735	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4659	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1085	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	497	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1272	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1070	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	735	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4659	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	117174	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	205787	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	171948	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	197376	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	233265	CurrentTaxYear
Total	925550	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.67700	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.54150	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.01000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.01000	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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	12000	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	12000	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	352058	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	85771	Depreciation
Book Value	266287	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	30740	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	23517	Depreciation
Book Value	7223	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	26655	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	13093	Depreciation
Book Value	13562	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	299072	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

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	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO ITS FILING.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAIABLE UPON REQUEST.