HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF E ROCKAWAY & LYNBROOK: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF E ROCKAWAY & LYNBROOK (EIN 80-0345486)
Tax period: 2011-06-01 to 2012-05-31
Filed: 2012-10-15
IRS object ID: 201202899349301405
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-10-15T19:49:28-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-05-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WOLFSOHN ACCOUNTING SERVICES INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	153 BROADWAY	AddressLine1
City	LYNBROOK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	115633252	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-06-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	800345486	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF EAST ROCKAWAY	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	AND LYNBROOK	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	HIST	NameControl
Phone	5165935791	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 351	AddressLine1
City	EAST ROCKAWAY	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	115180351	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MADELINE PEARSON	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	5165935791	Phone
Date Signed	2012-10-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JONATHAN WOLFSOHN	Name
Phone	5168877380	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-10-15	DatePrepared

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)
Initial Return	X	InitialReturn
Name Of Principal Officer Person	MADELINE V PEARSON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	28 GRANT AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	EAST ROCKAWAY	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11518	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	45100	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.HSERL.COM	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1996	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE MISSION OF HSERL, HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF EAST ROCKAWAY AND LYNBROOK, IS TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE EXPLICITLY CHARITABLE, LITERARY, AND EDUCATIONAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF 501(C)3 OF THE IRC OF 1954.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	26	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	26	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	50	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Current Year	44978	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	122	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Current Year	45100	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	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	3308	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expenses Current Year	12523	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Current Year	12523	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	32577	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	15529	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	48106	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	15529	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	48106	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	THE MISSION OF HSERL, HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF EAST ROCKAWAY AND LYNBROOK, IS TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE EXPLICITLY CHARITABLE, LITERARY, AND EDUCATIONAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF 501(C)3 OF THE IRC OF 1954.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	GENERAL HISTORICAL	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	8013	Expense

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	8013	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	8013	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	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	26	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	26	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	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
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CO HSERL	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	5168873191	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 351	AddressLine1
City	EAST ROCKAWAY	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	115180351	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (2 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
MADELINE V PEARSON
PRESIDENT	40.00	X	0	0	0
MARIA BURKE
TREASURER	20.00	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
Membership Dues	1450	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	9371	FundraisingEvents
Government Grants	33398	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	759	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	44978	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	122	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	122	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	45100	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	122	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	100	Total
Program Services	100	ProgramServices

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2230	Total
Program Services	1541	ProgramServices
Fundraising	689	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	913	Total
Program Services	913	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	822	Total
Management And General	822	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising
EXP-RETROSPECTIVE	2797	2797
EXP-WINTER TEA	1619		1619
EXP-J MAGS ANNUAL MTG	1366	1366
50/50 RAFFLE(SCHOLARSHIP)	1000		1000

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1676	Total
Program Services	1296	ProgramServices
Management And General	380	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12523	Total
Program Services	8013	ProgramServices
Management And General	1202	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3308	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1055	BOY
EOY	33510	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	14474	BOY
EOY	14596	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15529	BOY
EOY	48106	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15529	BOY
EOY	48106	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15529	BOY
EOY	48106	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15529	BOY
EOY	48106	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	32577	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	44978	CurrentTaxYear
Total	44978	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	122	CurrentTaxYear
Total	122	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	45100	CurrentTaxYear
Total	45100	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	45100	PublicSupportTotal509

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	45100	CurrentTaxYear
Total	45100	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	1.00000	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
EXPLANATION ON VOLUNTEERS AND TYPES OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS	FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6	VOLUNTEERS ARE NEVER PAID BUT CONTRIBUTE SERVICE TO OUR PROGRAMS
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NONE. MOST OF THE ORGANIZATION IS ON THE BOARD
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
OTHER EXPENSES	FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24E	EXP-TALES TOMBSTONES TELL 531 SCHOLARSHIP 500 MEMBERSHIP FEES 380 EXP-BAY HOUSE DEED 125 EXP-E.R. MAP PROGRAM 100 EXP-HUCKLEBERRY FROLIC 40