SOLUTIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: SOLUTIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE (EIN 56-1811580)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-05-14
IRS object ID: 201201359349302320
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-05-14T09:16:54-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BROWN JENKINS & ONEYEAR PA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	110 OAKWOOD DRIVE SUITE 550	AddressLine1
City	WINSTONSALEM	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	271031904	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	561811580	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ADAPTABLES INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	ADAP	NameControl
Phone	3367677060	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3908 WESTPOINT BLVD	AddressLine1
City	WINSTON SALEM	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	27103	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JIM WHALEN	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	3367677060	Phone
Date Signed	2012-05-10	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	REBECCA A ONEYEAR CPA	Name
Phone	3367610366	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	X	AddressChange
Name Of Principal Officer Person	JIM WHALEN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3908 WESTPOINT BLVD B	AddressLine1
City	WINSTON SALEM	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	27103	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	381246	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.theadaptables.com	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1993	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	To educate and serve the disabled. To promote, educate and enable individuals with disabilities to live more independently within the community and home through the network of programs.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	7	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	11	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	462996	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	380949	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	64	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	297	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	463060	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	381246	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	244056	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	219672	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	179033	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	134431	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	423089	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	354103	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	39971	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	27143	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	61410	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	87474	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1189	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	110	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	60221	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	87364	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	To educate and serve the disabled.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	237187	Expense
Description	TO EDUCATE AND SERVE THE DISABLED. TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE MORE INDEPENDENTLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HOME THROUGH THE NETWORK OF PROGRAMS. THE ADAPTABLES ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF: ADRA (AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER); PROVIDES NURSING HOME TRANSITION, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, COMPUTER PLACEMENT PROGRAM, ADVOCACY, PEER COUNSELING, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING, COMPUTER TRAINING, DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DONATIONS AND LOAN PROGRAM, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, ADVOCACY WITH CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO BRING AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	237187	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	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	true	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	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
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	7	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
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	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	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
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	JIM WHALEN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3367677060	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3650 PATTERSON AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	WINSTONSALEM	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	271053500	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (6 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
JIM WHALEN
Executive Director	40.00	X	45775	0	0
BRAILEY LIIPFERT
President	1.00		0	0	0	X
DEAN VAVRA
Vice President	1.00		0	0	0	X
TAMI RHYNE
Secretary/Treasurer	1.00		0	0	0	X
BRYAN DOOLEY
Member	1.00		0	0	0	X
DR CHAD BETTERS
Member	1.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	45775	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Fundraising Events	239	FundraisingEvents
Government Grants	379582	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	1128	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	380949	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	297	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$297	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	239	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	381246	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$297	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	45775	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	45775	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	144919	Total
Program Services	111588	ProgramServices
Management And General	33331	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11513	Total
Program Services	8865	ProgramServices
Management And General	2648	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17465	Total
Program Services	13448	ProgramServices
Management And General	4017	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3309	Total
Program Services	2548	ProgramServices
Management And General	761	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15380	Total
Program Services	11843	ProgramServices
Management And General	3537	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	38664	Total
Program Services	29771	ProgramServices
Management And General	8893	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	43623	Total
Program Services	33590	ProgramServices
Management And General	10033	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14010	Total
Program Services	10788	ProgramServices
Management And General	3222	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9121	Total
Program Services	7023	ProgramServices
Management And General	2098	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5125	Total
Program Services	3946	ProgramServices
Management And General	1179	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2188	Total
Program Services	1685	ProgramServices
Management And General	503	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
Membership Dues	630	0	630
Staff Development	1257	968	289
Classes/Supplies	20	20	0
Special Events	1104	1104	0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	354103	Total
Program Services	237187	ProgramServices
Management And General	116916	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	34918	BOY
EOY	53340	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23796	BOY
EOY	23833	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	15228	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	12127	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2696	BOY
EOY	3101	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	7200	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	61410	BOY
EOY	87474	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1189	BOY
EOY	110	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1189	BOY
EOY	110	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	60221	BOY
EOY	87364	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	60221	BOY
EOY	87364	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	61410	BOY
EOY	87474	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	27143	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
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)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	286543	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	329544	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	284172	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	462996	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	380949	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1744204	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	286543	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	329544	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	284172	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	462996	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	380949	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1744204	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1744204	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	14	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	720	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	658	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	64	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	297	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1753	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	9609	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	9609	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1755566	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99350	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99330	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Facts And Circumstances Test	OTHER INCOME PART II, LINE 10; DESCRIPTION: DEPOSIT REFUND; 2008: 9109.; DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS; 2008: 500.;	FactsAndCircumstancesTest

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	15228	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	12127	Depreciation
Book Value	3101	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	3101	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue
Rent Deposit	2000
Prepaid Payroll Expenses	5200

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	7200	TotalBookValueOtherAssets

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Payroll Liabilities Payable	Description
Amount	$110	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	110	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11a	Upon Request
Pt VI, Line 12c	Yearly review
Pt VI, Line 15	Reviewing regional salary data for other directors