TAXPAYERS FOR AN AFFORDABLE NEW YORK INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: TAXPAYERS FOR AN AFFORDABLE NEW YORK INC (EIN 13-3606190)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-07
IRS object ID: 201232209349301043
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 B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-08-07T15:56:09-05:00	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	JOHN R MANI CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	206 NEWARK POMPTON TURNPIKE	AddressLine1
City	PEQUANNOCK	City
State	NJ	State
ZIP Code	07440	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	133606190	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TAXPAYERS FOR AN AFFORDABLE NY INC	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	C/O THE REAL ESTATE BOARD OF NY	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	TAXP	NameControl
Phone	2125323100	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	570 LEXINGTON AVENUE	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE 2ND FL	AddressLine2
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10022	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	STEVEN SPINOLA	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	2125323100	Phone
Date Signed	2012-08-06	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN R MANI	Name
Phone	9736940172	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-08-07	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)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	STEVEN SPINOLA	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	570 LEXINGTON AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10022	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	2126128	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1991	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO PUBLISH EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL DESCRIBING ECONOMIC CONDITION IN NEW YORK CITY, THE EFFECTS OF LOCAL TAXATION AND HOW TO REDUCED GOVERNMENT COSTS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	4	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	4	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	75000	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	2126000	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	3	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	128	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	75003	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	2126128	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	958	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	1861057	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	958	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1861057	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	74045	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	265071	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	77275	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	347346	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	15501	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	20501	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	61774	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	326845	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO PUBLISH EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL DESCRIBING ECONOMIC CONDITION IN NEW YORK CITY, THE EFFECTS OF LOCAL TAXATION AND HOW TO REDUCED GOVERNMENT COSTS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	1855557	Expense
Description	THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES IN PUBLISHING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IN PRINT MEDIA INCLUDING LOCAL NEWSPAPERS DECRIBING CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK CITY, ANALYZING THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN LOCAL REAL PROPERTY TAXATION AND DESCRIBING HOW COSTS OF GOVERNMENT CAN BE REDUCED.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	1855557	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	true	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	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	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	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	4	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	4	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	THE REAL ESTATE BOARD OF NEW YORK	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	2125323100	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	570 LEXINGTON AVENUE 2ND FL	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10022	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (4 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
STEVEN SPINOLA
PRESIDENT	0.10	X	X	0	0	0
MICHAEL SLATTERY
VICE PRESIDE	0.10	X	X	0	0	0
JOHN DOYLE
SECRETARY	0.10	X	X	0	0	0
WILLIAM AUERBACH
TREASURER	0.10	X	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

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation

Name Of Contractor NameOfContractor

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GLOBAL STRATEGY GROUP LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Address Of Contractor AddressOfContractor

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	895 BROADWAY	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10003	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Of Services	PUBLIC SURVEY	DescriptionOfServices
Compensation	105500	Compensation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	1	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	2126000	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	2126000	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	128	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	128	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2126128	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	128	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5500	Total
Management And General	5500	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	57	Total
Program Services	57	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
CONTRIBUTION	1750000	1750000
CONSULTANTS	105500	105500

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1861057	Total
Program Services	1855557	ProgramServices
Management And General	5500	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	77275	BOY
EOY	347346	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	77275	BOY
EOY	347346	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	5000	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15501	BOY
EOY	15501	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15501	BOY
EOY	20501	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	61774	BOY
EOY	326845	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	61774	BOY
EOY	326845	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	77275	BOY
EOY	347346	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	265071	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	DUE TO AFFILIATE	Description
Amount	$15,501	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	15501	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	2126128	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	1861057	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	265071	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	265071	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	2126128	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	2126128	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	2126128	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1861057	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	1861057	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	1861057	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING METHOD EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 12, PART XII, LINE 1	CHANGED FROM CASH BASIS TO ACCRUAL BASIS ACCOUNTING DUE TO TAXPAYER NEEDING GAAP BASIS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2011.