HOWARD COUNTY CHINESE SCHOOL INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: HOWARD COUNTY CHINESE SCHOOL INC (EIN 52-2136227)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-08-20
IRS object ID: 201342329349300034
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 E
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-08-20T17:20:30-07:00	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	RICHARD C VOGT CPA PA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2893 JESSUP RD	AddressLine1
City	JESSUP	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	20794	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	522136227	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HOWARD COUNTY CHINESE SCHOOL INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	HOWA	NameControl
Phone	4436367943	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8508 HIGH RIDGE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	ELLICOTT CITY	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	21043	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LINDA HUA	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	4436367943	Phone
Date Signed	2013-08-19	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	RICHARD C VOGT CPA	Name
Phone	4107997484	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-08-19	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	LINDA HUA	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8508 HIGH RIDGE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	ELLICOTT CITY	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	21043	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	304453	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1998	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MD	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	CHINESE SCHOOL - TO OFFER INSTRUCTION TO ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	7255	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	10827	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	354200	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	293246	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	597	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	380	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	362052	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	304453	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	935	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	900	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	146013	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	156006	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	123691	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	113732	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	270639	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	270638	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	91413	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	33815	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	464827	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	498122	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	12060	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	11540	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	452767	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	486582	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	CHINESE SCHOOL - TO OFFER INSTRUCTION TO ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	269152	Expense
Revenue	293246	Revenue
Description	HOWARD COUNTY CHINESE SCHOOL IS AN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL SERVES AS A VITAL COMMUNITY CENTER FOR LOCAL CHINESE RESIDENTS. IT ALSO FACILITATES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL CHINESE COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	269152	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	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	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	true	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	55	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
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	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	10	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	true	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	LINDA HUA	NamePerson
Telephone Number	4436367943	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8508 HIGH RIDGE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	ELLICOTT CITY	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	21043	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (13 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee
JASON LIN
DIRECTOR	11.00	X	0	0	0
MEI DU
DIRECTOR	11.00	X	0	0	0
SIGEN CHEN
DIRECTOR	11.00	X	0	0	0
WEILIN LIU
DIRECTOR	11.00	X	0	0	0
WEIMIN LIU
DIRECTOR	11.00	X	0	0	0
YONG YUN
DIRECTOR	11.00	X	0	0	0
KEVIN BIN ZHANG
CHAIRMAN	11.00		0	0	0	X
GUOYI FU
VICE CHAIRMAN	11.00		0	0	0	X
BEI HUA
TREASURER	12.00		2040	0	0	X
MIN ZHU
SECRETARY	11.00		0	0	0	X
GUOWEI ZHANG
PRINCIPAL	12.00		3060	0	0		X
LIANG HUI
VICE PRINCIPAL/DEAN	12.00		2400	0	0		X
MING LI
VICE PRINCIPAL	11.00		2400	0	0		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	9900	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	10827	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	10827	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn
STUDENT TUITION & FEES	611600	270875
CLASS ACTIVITIES	611600	8033
CHIN NEWYEAR & ANNIVERS	611600	10033
OTHER ACTIVITIES	611600	1709
OTHER	611600	2596

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	293246	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	380	TotalRevenueColumn

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	304453	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	293626	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	500	Total
Program Services	500	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	400	Total
Program Services	400	ProgramServices

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	156006	Total
Program Services	156006	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	250	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	250	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	965	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	965	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3236	Total
Program Services	3236	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2237	Total
Program Services	2237	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	24378	Total
Program Services	24378	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2000	Total
Program Services	2000	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	271	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	271	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
ACTIVITIES & EVENTS	38402	38402
AWARDS & GIFTS	8003	8003
BOOKS	24137	24137
TEACHING SUPPLIES	9553	9553

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	300	Total
Program Services	300	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	270638	Total
Program Services	269152	ProgramServices
Management And General	1486	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	353952	BOY
EOY	286021	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	110875	BOY
EOY	211221	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	880	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	464827	BOY
EOY	498122	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12060	BOY
EOY	11540	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12060	BOY
EOY	11540	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	452767	BOY
EOY	486582	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	452767	BOY
EOY	486582	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	464827	BOY
EOY	498122	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	33815	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
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)
School170b1 Aii	X	School170b1Aii
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
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	DUTY DEPOSITS	Description
Amount	$11,540	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	11540	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	true	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmt
Policy Statement In Brochures Etc	true	PolicyStatementInBrochuresEtc
Policy Publ Via Broadcast Media	true	PolicyPublViaBroadcastMedia
Maint Racial Composition Records	false	MaintRacialCompositionRecords
Maint Scholarships Records	false	MaintScholarshipsRecords
Maint Copies Of Brochures Etc	true	MaintCopiesOfBrochuresEtc
Maint Copies Of All Solicitations	false	MaintCopiesOfAllSolicitations
Discriminate Race Students Rights	false	DiscriminateRaceStudentsRights
Discriminate Race Admiss Policies	false	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPolicies
Discriminate Race Emplmn Faculty	false	DiscriminateRaceEmplmnFaculty
Discriminate Race Scholarships	false	DiscriminateRaceScholarships
Discriminate Race Educ Policies	false	DiscriminateRaceEducPolicies
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	false	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFclts
Discriminate Race Athletic Prog	false	DiscriminateRaceAthleticProg
Discriminate Race Other Acty	false	DiscriminateRaceOtherActy
Government Financial Aid Received	false	GovernmentFinancialAidReceived
Government Financial Aid Revoked	false	GovernmentFinancialAidRevoked
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	true	ComplianceWithRevProc7550

Form990 Schedule E Part II Form990ScheduleEPartII (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Line 3	THE NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY IS PROVIDED IN ORGANIZATION'S MATERIAL AND WEBSITE. THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT LARGE.
Line 4d	NO RECORD OF A PERSON'S RACE IS MAINTAINED. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE NOT AWARDED. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT SOLICITED.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (10 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 7a	MEMBERS VOTE FOR CANDIDATES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE CANDIDATE RECEIVING
Pt VI, Line 7a	THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IS ELECTED. EACH DIRECTOR SHALL HOLD OFFICE
Pt VI, Line 7a	FOR A RENEWABLE TWO-YEAR TERM & UNTIL HIS/HER SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED
Pt VI, Line 7a	& QUALIFIED.
Pt VI, Line 11b	THE TREASURER PROVIDES A COPY OF FORM 990 TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Pt VI, Line 11b	AT ONE OF THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
Pt VI, Line 19	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A STATEMENT IN ITS LITERATURE & ON ITS
Pt VI, Line 19	WEBSITE THAT ANYONE INTERESTED IN REVIEWING ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS
Pt VI, Line 19	& FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MAY DO SO BY CONTACTING THEM BY E-MAIL OR
Pt VI, Line 19	BY REGULAR MAIL.