VOX: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: VOX (EIN 20-8989756)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-07-25
IRS object ID: 201342069349300604
Schema version: 2012v2.1
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	2013-07-25T08:57:40-05:00	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	MEYAARD TOLMAN & VENLET PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 320	AddressLine1
City	ZEELAND	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49464	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	208989756	EIN

Name Name

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	VOXU	NameControl
Phone	6164993379	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	305 HOOVER BLVD	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE 600	AddressLine2
City	HOLLAND	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49423	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JEFF KAMMERAAD	Name
Title	VICE PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	6164993379	Phone
Date Signed	2013-07-15	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN P ROSENDALL	Name
Phone	6167721901	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-07-25	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	JEFF KAMMERAAD	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	305 HOOVER BLVD	AddressLine1
City	HOLLAND	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49423	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	345010	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.VOXUNITED.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO SOUTH AFRICA	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	50	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	241475	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	344323	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	936	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	687	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	500	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	242911	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	345010	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	105634	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	103168	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	136680	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	165412	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	242314	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	268580	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	597	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	76430	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	137886	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	214550	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	2208	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	2442	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	135678	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	212108	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO SOUTH AFRICA	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	245696	Expense
Description	HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO SOUTH AFRICA	Description
Total Program Service Expense	245696	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	1	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
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	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	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	JEFF KAMMERAAD	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6164993379	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	305 HOOVER BLVD	AddressLine1
City	HOLLAND	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49422	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
BRIAN P KING
BOARD PRESID	1.00	X	X	74160	0	0
MIKE TAKAS
BOARD SECRET	1.00	X	X	15000	0	0
TOM TILTON
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BRADLEY A RUITER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
JEFFREY KAMMERAAD
BOARD VICE-P	1.00	X	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	89160	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	344323	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	344323	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	687	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$687	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	345010	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$687	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	89160	Total
Program Services	89160	ProgramServices

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6396	Total
Program Services	6396	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7612	Total
Program Services	7612	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20	Total
Management And General	20	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2886	Total
Management And General	2886	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1755	Total
Program Services	480	ProgramServices
Management And General	1275	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1221	Total
Program Services	153	ProgramServices
Management And General	1068	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5718	Total
Program Services	1613	ProgramServices
Management And General	4105	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4791	Total
Management And General	4791	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	24211	Total
Program Services	24114	ProgramServices
Management And General	97	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1579	Total
Management And General	1579	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7090	Total
Program Services	1243	ProgramServices
Management And General	5847	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
MISSION EXPENSES	109040	109040
TEAM EXPENSES	3619	3557	62
MISCELLANEOUS	2020	1930	90
BANK CHARGES	1228	164	1064

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	234	Total
Program Services	234	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	268580	Total
Program Services	245696	ProgramServices
Management And General	22884	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137036	BOY
EOY	188754	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	621	BOY
EOY	146	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	34073	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	8423	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	229	BOY
EOY	25650	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137886	BOY
EOY	214550	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2095	BOY
EOY	2442	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	113	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2208	BOY
EOY	2442	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	135678	BOY
EOY	212108	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	135678	BOY
EOY	212108	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137886	BOY
EOY	214550	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	76430	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview

Accountant Compile Or Review Basis AccountantCompileOrReviewBasis

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
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	241484	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	276734	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	326271	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	241475	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	344323	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1430287	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	241484	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	276734	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	326271	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	241475	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	344323	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1430287	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	150719	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	1279568	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2164	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1849	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1047	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	936	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	687	CurrentTaxYear
Total	6683	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1436970	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.89050	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.94690	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	7073	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	7073	Depreciation

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	27000	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1350	Depreciation
Book Value	25650	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	25650	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD BEFORE IT IS FILED.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	WHENEVER ANY STAFF MEMBER OR FELLOW HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR A POSSIBLE PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST, HE OR SHE SHALL CONSULT WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR OR A STRATEGIC SR. MANAGER AND, IF WARRANTED, NOTIFY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUCH CONFLICT. THE SUPERVISOR WILL WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR STRATEGIC SR. MANAGEMENT TO DETERMINE IF ACTION IS REQUIRED. WHENEVER ANY DIRECTOR HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR A POSSIBLE PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST, HE OR SHE SHALL NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF SUCH CONFLICT. WHEN ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS RELEVANT TO A MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION OR REQUIRING ACTION BY THE BOARD, OR COMMITTEE THEREOF, THE INTERESTED PERSON SHALL CALL IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SHALL NOT BE PRESENT DURING BOARD OR COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OR DECISION ON THE MATTER. HOWEVER, THAT PERSON SHALL PROVIDE THE BOARD OR APPLICABLE COMMITTEE WITH ANY AND ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE PARTICULAR MATTER. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR COMMITTEE THEREOF SHALL REFLECT THAT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST WAS DISCLOSED, THAT THE INTERESTED PERSON WAS NOT PRESENT DURING DISCUSSION OR DECISION ON THE MATTER, AND DID NOT VOTE.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	TOP MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION IS BASED ON A REASONABLE WAGE SCALE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. EMPLOYEES CANNOT BE COMPENSATED FOR MORE MONEY THAN THE SET/ APPROVED ANNUAL WAGE.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST