FAITH AND ACTION FOR STRENGTH TOGETHER: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: FAITH AND ACTION FOR STRENGTH TOGETHER (EIN 20-2058779)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-14
IRS object ID: 201232279349303618
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 C
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-08-14T14:38:34-07:00	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	ROBERT Q SHEA CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 580	AddressLine1
City	SAFETY HARBOR	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	34695	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	202058779	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FAITH AND ACTION FOR STRENGTH TOGETHER INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	FAIT	NameControl
Phone	7278239197	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 10421	AddressLine1
City	SAINT PETERSBURG	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33733	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MNGR ANTON DECHERING	Name
Title	CO-CHAIRMAN	Title
Phone	7278239197	Phone
Date Signed	2012-08-09	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROBERT Q SHEA CPA	Name
Phone	7278040599	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-08-14	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	MNGR ANTON DECHERING	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 10421	AddressLine1
City	SAINT PETERBURG	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33733	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	232300	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	FL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The mission of Faith and Action for Strength Together(FAST) is to impact long-range change on community issues such as education, housing and employment, by engaging people of faith to do research on community problems.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	6	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	6	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	8	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	175	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	323	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	254011	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	231977	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	503	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	323	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	254514	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	232300	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	185802	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	189903	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	12791	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	62278	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	70733	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	248080	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	260636	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	6434	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-28336	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	238398	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	207272	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	2790	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	235608	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	207272	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The mission of Faith and Action for Strength Together (FAST) is to impact	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	114939	Expense
Description	INTERFAITH PROGRAMS: FAST TRAINED LEADERS FROM DIVERSE FAITH, RACIAL, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. THROUGH SMALL GROUP MEETINGS, FAST HAS FOSTERED AN INTERFAITH AND CROSS-RACIAL UNITY. IN 2011, 200 LEADERS WERE TRAINED TO CONDUCT THE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND OVER 1000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE SMALL GROUPS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	45976	Expense
Description	LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: FAST TRAINED 200 RESIDENTS TO BECOME LEADERS BY ORGANIZING MEMBERS OF THEIR CONGREGATIONS INTO "NETWORKS," OR SYSTEMS OF RELATIONSHIPS, THAT WORK TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY. WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY PROBLEM, THESE TRAINED LEADERS ACTIVELY ENGAGE THEIR NETWORKS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTION EVENTS. LEADERS ARE ALSO TRAINED TO RESEARCH THE ROOT CAUSES OF COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOPE SOLUTIONS.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	68963	Expense
Description	COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: FAST INVOLVED 2500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN COMING TOGETHER TO BRING PUBLICITY TO COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. PINELLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE SHERRIF, ST. PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF WERE PRESENT TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR FIXING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	229878	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	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
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	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	8	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	6	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	6	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	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	true	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	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	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	CAROL SHEA	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7277354484	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2903 SUNRISE DR	AddressLine1
City	CLEARWATER	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33759	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
HALEY JOHNSTON
Lead Staff	50.00	X	49233	0	0
LEAH WOODWARD
Senior Staff	45.00	X	32769	0	0
ROBERT TEAGLE
Co-Chair	20.00		0	0	0	X
KITTY RAWSON
Corresponding Sec.	20.00		0	0	0	X
ANTON DECHERING
Co-Chair	20.00		0	0	0	X
JOSEPH MAGRI
Vice Chair	5.00		0	0	0	X
MICHAEL TOROP
Treasurer	5.00		0	0	0	X
MARGARET FAST
Recording Sec.	20.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	82002	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	66120	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	165857	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	231977	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	323	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	323	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	232300	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	323	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	157176	Total
Program Services	138316	ProgramServices
Management And General	11002	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7858	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7931	Total
Program Services	6979	ProgramServices
Management And General	555	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	397	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12395	Total
Program Services	10907	ProgramServices
Management And General	868	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	620	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12401	Total
Program Services	10913	ProgramServices
Management And General	868	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	620	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4772	Total
Program Services	4199	ProgramServices
Management And General	334	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	239	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8602	Total
Program Services	7570	ProgramServices
Management And General	602	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	430	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6900	Total
Program Services	6072	ProgramServices
Management And General	483	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	345	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12959	Total
Program Services	11404	ProgramServices
Management And General	907	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	648	Fundraising

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23006	Total
Program Services	20246	ProgramServices
Management And General	1610	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1150	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Corp. Filing Fees	61	0	61	0
Program Expenses	4759	4759	0	0
Leadership Training	9674	8513	677	484

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	260636	Total
Program Services	229878	ProgramServices
Management And General	17967	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12791	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	22302	BOY
EOY	11840	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	210913	BOY
EOY	190236	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5183	BOY
EOY	5196	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	238398	BOY
EOY	207272	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2790	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2790	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	235608	BOY
EOY	207272	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	235608	BOY
EOY	207272	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	238398	BOY
EOY	207272	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-28336	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 Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2
Public Support Total170	0	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Pertcentage170	0	PublicSupportPertcentage170

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	186168	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	161819	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	166517	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	181111	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	168857	CurrentTaxYear
Total	864472	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	186168	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	161819	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	166517	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	181111	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	168857	CurrentTaxYear
Total	864472	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	864472	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1325	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3090	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1086	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	503	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	323	CurrentTaxYear
Total	6327	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1325	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3090	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1086	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	503	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	323	CurrentTaxYear
Total	6327	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	870799	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99270	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99310	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00730	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.00690	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	true	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	true	DirectContactLegislators
Direct Contact Legislators	$162	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	true	RalliesDemonstrations
Rallies Demonstrations	$270	RalliesDemonstrationsAmount
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	432	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt II-B Line 1i	No additional activities.
Part II-B	The lobbying conducted was an insubstantial part of the

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (12 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11a	Copies Distributed to Directors at Board Meeting (7/14/2011)
Pt VI, Line 12c	Board discusses and trains on conflict policies annually each January
Pt VI, Line 15	Established by personnel committee, approved by Board of Directors
Pt VI, Line 19	Upon Request
Pt VI, Line 6	The congregations are the members and elect the
	govenring officers.
Pt VI, Line 7a	Member congregations send delegates to an annual assembly to
	elect officers.
Pt VI, Line 7b	Delegates from congregations meet annualy to select
	which community problems to work on. This body also
	has the authority to amend the by-laws and/or the constitution
	if necessary.