FRIENDS OF SCICON: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: FRIENDS OF SCICON (EIN 23-7246306)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2012-10-22
IRS object ID: 201222969349300332
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-10-22T15:05:36-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PAUL E KLIPPENSTEIN CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	831 W MORTON AVE	AddressLine1
City	PORTERVILLE	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	932573184	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	237246306	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRIENDS OF SCICON INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	FRIE	NameControl
Phone	5595392642	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 339	AddressLine1
City	SPRINGVILLE	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	93265	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KARIN DIXON	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	5595392642	Phone
Date Signed	2012-09-19	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PAUL E KLIPPENSTEIN	Name
Phone	5597844045	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-09-19	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

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)
Gross Receipts	44153	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
State Legal Domicile	CA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO SUPPORT AND FOSTER SCICON.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	18	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	0	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	21689	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	23781	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	908	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	584	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	5522	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	3681	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	28119	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	28046	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	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	39859	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	20768	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	39859	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	20768	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-11740	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	7278	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	408358	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	415636	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	408358	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	415636	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO SUPPORT AND FOSTER SCICON.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	18766	Expense
Description	THE FRIENDS OF SCICON MAKE ALL DISBURSEMENTS IN FAVOR OF CLEMMIE GILL SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION (SCICON) WHICH IS PART OF THE TULARE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	18766	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	true	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	18	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	0	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	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	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	WILLIE DREITH	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5595392642	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 339	AddressLine1
City	SPRINGVILLE	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	93257	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
WILMETTA DREITH
TREASURER	6.00	X	0	0	0
DONNA GILL LUALLEN
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
DICK HOSKINS
PRESIDENT	4.00	X	0	0	0
KAREN DIXON
SECRETARY	4.00	X	0	0	0
JIM CREW
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
NORMAN MCCARTER
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
MIKE MILANESI
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
AL WATTS
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
DEAN MARTIN
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
ROBERT BOULTON
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
KATHY PEARSON
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
BERNICE MORRIS
VICE PRESIDE	4.00	X	0	0	0
RAY ALVAREZ
DIRECTOR		X	0	0	0
JOHN BECK
DIRECTOR		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	896	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	22885	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	23781	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	584	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$584	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	9000	Real

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	9000	Real

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	9000	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	9000	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	8964	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	14462	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-5498	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	1824	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	1645	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	179	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$179	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	28046	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	9000	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$763	ExclusionAmount

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1650	Total
Management And General	1650	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	352	Total
Management And General	352	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
PROGRAM EXPENSES	9864	9864
DONATIONS	8468	8468
MISCELLANEOUS	225	225
LICENSE & FEES	209	209

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20768	Total
Program Services	18766	ProgramServices
Management And General	2002	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	73153	BOY
EOY	80000	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	90166	BOY
EOY	90750	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4173	BOY
EOY	4020	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	240866	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	240866	BOY
EOY	240866	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	408358	BOY
EOY	415636	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	102823	BOY
EOY	106006	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15712	BOY
EOY	17646	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	289823	BOY
EOY	291984	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	408358	BOY
EOY	415636	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	408358	BOY
EOY	415636	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	7278	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supporting Organization509a3	X	SupportingOrganization509a3
Supporting Org509a3 Type3 Other	X	SupportingOrg509a3Type3Other
Certification Checkbox	X	CertificationCheckbox
Contrib By Controlling Individual	false	ContribByControllingIndividual
Contribution By Related Party	false	ContributionByRelatedParty
Contrib By35 Controlled Entity	false	ContribBy35ControlledEntity

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformation

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CLEMMIE GILL SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	942191905	EIN
Type Of Organization	2	TypeOfOrganization
Listed In Governing Doc	true	ListedInGoverningDoc
Supported Organization Notified	true	SupportedOrganizationNotified
Organized In US	true	OrganizedInUS
Amount	$8,468	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of Supported Orgs	1	TotalNumberOfSupportedOrgs
Sum Of Amounts	8468	SumOfAmounts

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	240866	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	240866	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	240866	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	REVIEWED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST.