PAIDEIA US INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: PAIDEIA US INC (EIN 43-2031997)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-11-12
IRS object ID: 201333169349303203
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 F
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-11-12T08:54:06-06:00	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	VICTOR J CANNISTRA CPA PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	115 KISCO AVE	AddressLine1
City	MOUNT KISCO	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	105491492	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	432031997	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PAIDEIA US INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	PAID	NameControl
Phone	2124890600	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE 1200	AddressLine2
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10019	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	NANCY AMIEL	Name
Title	CHAIRMAN	Title
Phone	2124890600	Phone
Date Signed	2013-11-07	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	VICTOR J CANNISTRA CPA	Name
Phone	9142413605	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-11-07	DatePrepared

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	NANCY M AMIEL	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	515 WEST END AVE	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10024	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	538042	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO ORGANIZE LECTURES & SEMINARS ON THE STUDY OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND PHILOSPHY.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	4	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	4	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	4	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	670658	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	538042	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	670658	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	538042	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	593000	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	390000	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	20000	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	123265	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	145659	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	716265	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	535659	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-45607	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	2383	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	78650	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	74716	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	19163	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	12846	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	59487	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	61870	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO ORGANIZE LECTURES & SEMINARS ON THE STUDY OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND PHILOSPHY.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	484787	Expense
Grants	390000	Grants
Description	THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR JEWISH STUDIES IN EUROPE. THE ORGANIZATION MAKES GRANTS TO STUDENTS ATTENDING PAIDEIA, THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH STUDIES, IN SWEDEN. THE ORGANIZATION IS HELPING TO SPEARHEAD A RENAISSANCE OF EUROPEAN JEWISH CULTURE.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	484787	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	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	true	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	true	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	true	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	true	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	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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	4	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	4	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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	MS ZEESEY SCHNUR	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2124890600	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS	AddressLine1
Address Line2	SUITE 1200	AddressLine2
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10019	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (4 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
JUDITH STERN PECK
CHAIRMAN	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
ZEESY SCHNUR
SECRETARY	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
MATS LEDERHAUSEN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
ED ROBIN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	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	538042	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	538042	TotalContributions

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	538042	TotalRevenueColumn

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	390000	Total
Program Services	390000	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	60000	Total
Program Services	20000	ProgramServices
Management And General	20000	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	20000	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5250	Total
Management And General	5250	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10000	Total
Program Services	10000	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12414	Total
Program Services	9409	ProgramServices
Management And General	3005	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	38368	Total
Program Services	38368	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2617	Total
Management And General	2617	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	CONTRACT SERVICES	Description
Total	17010	Total
Program Services	17010	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	535659	Total
Program Services	484787	ProgramServices
Management And General	30872	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	20000	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	70697	BOY
EOY	69380	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	14145	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	8809	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7953	BOY
EOY	5336	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78650	BOY
EOY	74716	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19163	BOY
EOY	12846	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19163	BOY
EOY	12846	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	59487	BOY
EOY	61870	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	59487	BOY
EOY	61870	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78650	BOY
EOY	74716	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	2383	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
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 Minus4 Years	666000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	584639	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	387718	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	670658	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	538042	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2847057	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	666000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	584639	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	387718	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	670658	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	538042	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2847057	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	516722	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	2330335	PublicSupportTotal170
Total Support	2847057	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.81850	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.73490	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

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

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	14145	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	8809	Depreciation
Book Value	5336	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	5336	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	538042	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	538042	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	538042	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	535659	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	535659	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	535659	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	LIABILITY UNDER FIN 48 FOOTNOTE	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.	Explanation

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (3 entries)

RegionRegion	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvided	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
EUROPE	PROGRAM SERVICES	SCHOLARSHIPS,	390000
		CONFERENCES &
		COLLATERAL MATERIALS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Amount Spent	390000	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	390000	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	EUROPE	Region
Purpose Of Grant	SCHOLARSHIPS, CONF.	PurposeOfGrant
Amount Of Cash Grant	390000	AmountOfCashGrant
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	EFT	MannerOfCashDisbursement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	1	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs
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	ACTIVITIES PER REGION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3	ReturnReference
Explanation	EUROPE 390,000 0 0 0 0 0	Explanation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ZEESY SCHNURSCHNUR ASSOCIATES	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	OFFICER	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	60000	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	MANAGEMENT SERVICES	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE L PART V	ReturnReference
Explanation	OFFICERS SON IS ALSO EMPLOYED BY SCHNUR ASSOCIATES	Explanation

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	FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE ACCOUNTING FIRM. AFTER MANAGEMENT HAS REVIEWED FORM 990, IT IS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S 990 IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION ON GUIDESTAR.ORG AND CHARITIESNYS.COM. IN ADDITION, FORM 990, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER POLICIES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.