GREATER PARIS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

View the entire original 990 at ProPublica ↗

Organization: GREATER PARIS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC (EIN 75-1947699)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-07-19
IRS object ID: 201232019349300503
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-07-19T08:35:18-05:00	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	PAUL T WELLS CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1323 LAMAR AVE	AddressLine1
City	PARIS	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	754604699	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	751947699	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GREATER PARIS DEVELOPMENT	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	GREA	NameControl
Phone	9037858481	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1178	AddressLine1
City	PARIS	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	754611178	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PAUL T WELLS	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	9037858481	Phone
Date Signed	2012-06-25	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PAUL T WELLS CPA	Name
Phone	9037858481	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-07-11	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)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	PAUL T WELLS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1323 LAMAR AVE STE D	AddressLine1
City	PARIS	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75460	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	298264	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1984	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AND USE AND MANAGE THE SAME IN SUCH MANNER AS ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES IS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREATER PARIS, TX AREA.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	8	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	8	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	492293	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	296996	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	2087	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1268	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	494380	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	298264	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	300	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	444531	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	231689	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	444531	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	231689	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	49849	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	66575	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	556573	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	623150	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	556573	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	623150	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AND USE AND MANAGE THE SAME IN SUCH MANNER AS ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES IS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREATER PARIS, TX AREA.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	17829	Expense
Description	TRAILS DE PARIS IS A PROJECT ADOPTED TO CONVERT LAND, PREVIOUSLY USED AS RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH PARIS,TX AND NE TEXAS TO A SCENIC WALKING/BICYCLING TRACK.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	14171	Expense
Description	THE DIVERSITY TASK FORCE AIMS TO BRING DIVERSE ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO DISCUSS AND RESOLVE PROBLEM AREAS.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	64519	Expense
Description	THE RRV VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT WAS CREATED TO HONOR VETERANS FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY AREA WHO DIED SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND IS DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVE TO HELP KEEP US FREE.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	134570	Expense
Description	RENO RAIL IS A PROJECT ADOPTED TO CONVERT LAND, PREVIOUSLY USED AS RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH RENO,TX AND NE TEXAS TO A SCENIC WALKING/BICYCLING TRACK. THE GRAND THEATER PROJECT WAS ADOPTED TO RENOVATE THE HISTORICAL THEATER LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN PARIS. THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FACILITIES OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PARIS. THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO ENALBE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST, TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS PRODUCTIVE, CARING, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	134570	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	231089	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	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	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
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	8	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	8	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	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PAUL T WELLS CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	9037858481	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1323 LAMAR AVEST D	AddressLine1
City	PARIS	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75460	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
RICHARD AMIS
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
PAT BASSANO
SECRETARY	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
PHILIP CECIL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
EDWARD ELLIS
PRESIDENT	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
TANIS HAGER
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
JOAN MATHIS
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
MC SUPERVILLE JR
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
PAUL WELLS
TREASURER	1.00	X	0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	296996	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	296996	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1268	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1268	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	298264	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1268	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1500	Total
Program Services	900	ProgramServices
Management And General	300	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	300	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
PERISTYLE	68056	68056
RRV VETERANS MEMORIAL	64516	64516
GRAND THEATER	50664	50664
CONSTRUCTION COSTS-TRAILS	17829	17829

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	29124	Total
Program Services	29124	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	231689	Total
Program Services	231089	ProgramServices
Management And General	300	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	300	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	379187	BOY
EOY	454599	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	166386	BOY
EOY	167551	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10000	BOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1000	BOY
EOY	1000	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	556573	BOY
EOY	623150	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	123795	BOY
EOY	124225	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	432778	BOY
EOY	498925	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	556573	BOY
EOY	623150	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	556573	BOY
EOY	623150	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	66575	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	2	ReconcilationOtherChanges
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)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	386646	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	492293	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	296996	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1175935	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	386646	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	492293	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	296996	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1175935	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1175935	PublicSupportTotal170
Total Support	1175935	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	1268	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	1.00000	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.98960	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

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 O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AND USE AND MANAGE THE SAME IN SUCH MANNER AS ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES IS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREATER PARIS, TX AREA.
ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	RENO RAIL IS A PROJECT ADOPTED TO CONVERT LAND, PREVIOUSLY USED AS RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH RENO,TX AND NE TEXAS TO A SCENIC WALKING/BICYCLING TRACK. THE GRAND THEATER PROJECT WAS ADOPTED TO RENOVATE THE HISTORICAL THEATER LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN PARIS. THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FACILITIES OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PARIS. THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO ENALBE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST, TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS PRODUCTIVE, CARING, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	COPY OF THE RETURN IS FURNISHED TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN CONFLICT STATEMENT ANNUALLY.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE.
OTHER EXPENSES	FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24E	DIVERSITY TASK FORCE 14,171 RENO RAIL 7,860 KEEP PARIS BEAUTIFUL EXP 5,000 RYAN'S HOME 1,248 LEON WILLIAMS PARK 839 POSTAGE 6