AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ARAM SOBA: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ARAM SOBA (EIN 20-1869361)
Tax period: 2010-09-01 to 2011-08-31
Filed: 2012-05-03
IRS object ID: 201201249349300400
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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 F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-05-03T04:28:13-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KR MARSH CPA'S	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6633 LURAIS DR	AddressLine1
City	LAKE WORTH	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	334637481	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	201869361	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ARAM SOBA	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	AMER	NameControl
Phone	6462019286	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1030 EAST 7TH STREET	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	112303502	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MAX SUTTON	Name
Title	CHAIRMAN	Title
Phone	6462019286	Phone
Date Signed	2012-02-05	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KENNETH MARSH	Name
Phone	6462019286	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-05-03	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	MAX SUTTON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1030 EAST 7TH ST	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11230	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	347630	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2006	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO SUPPORT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IN THESE PROGRAMS ADULTS DEDICATE MOST OF THEIR DAY TO STUDY.THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO TEACH A VARIETY OF JEWISH SUBJECTS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	3	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	3	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	3	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	333678	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	347630	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	184	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	333862	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	347630	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	298002	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	314711	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	40100	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	38850	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	6395	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	19492	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	8344	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	357594	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	361905	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-23732	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-14275	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	160367	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	146092	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	160367	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	146092	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO SUPPORT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	314711	Expense
Grants	314711	Grants
Revenue	347630	Revenue
Description	TO SUPPORT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IN THESE PROGRAMS ADULTS DEDICATE MOST OF THEIR DAY TO THE STUDY OF JUDAISM, JEWISH PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY AND TALMUDIC SCHOLARSHIP. THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO TEACH A VARIETY OF JEWISH SUBJECTS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	314711	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
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	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	true	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	0	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	3	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	3	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	false	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	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	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
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	6462019286	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1030 EAST 7TH STREET	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11230	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (3 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
MAX SUTTON
CHAIRMAN	40.00	X	X	38850	0	0
YOSEF MEVORACH
TREASURER	5.00		X	0	0	0
MARK FAHAM
SECRETARY	3.00		X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	38850	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	347630	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	347630	TotalContributions

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	347630	TotalRevenueColumn

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	314711	Total
Program Services	314711	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	38850	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	38850	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1400	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1400	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	172	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	172	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6395	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6395	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
FILING FEES	75	0	75	0
BANK FEES	302	0	302	0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	361905	Total
Program Services	314711	ProgramServices
Management And General	40799	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6395	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	55882	BOY
EOY	41607	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	104485	BOY
EOY	104485	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	160367	BOY
EOY	146092	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	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	160367	BOY
EOY	146092	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	160367	BOY
EOY	146092	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	160367	BOY
EOY	146092	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-14275	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
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	366444	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	360531	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	330218	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	333678	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	347630	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1738501	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	366444	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	360531	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	330218	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	333678	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	347630	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1738501	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1738501	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1738501	TotalSupport
First5 Years170	X	First5Years170
Public Support Pertcentage170	0	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage

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 F IRS990ScheduleF

Grants To Ind Outside US GrantsToIndOutsideUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Assistance	STUDENT GRANTS	TypeOfAssistance
Region	Middle East	Region
Number Of Recipients	32	NumberOfRecipients
Amount Of Cash Grant	313661	AmountOfCashGrant
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	CHECK	MannerOfCashDisbursement
Description Of Non Cash Assistance	NONE	DescriptionOfNonCashAssistance
Method Of Valuation	BOOK	MethodOfValuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI-C, Line 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S DOCUMENTS AND FINANCAIL STATEMENTS
	ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
Pt VI-A, Line 8b	THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE COMMITTEES.
Pt VI-B, Line 11a	THE DIRECTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVE A COPY OF
	FORM 990 FOR REVIEW BEFORE FILING.
Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 8	INTEREST INCOME
Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16	BANK CHARGES TRAVEL ADVERTISING