PTA NEW YORK CONGRESS: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: PTA NEW YORK CONGRESS (EIN 13-6160901)
Tax period: 2009-09-01 to 2010-08-31
Filed: 2011-01-17
IRS object ID: 201110179349300561
Schema version: 2009v1.3
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 G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-01-17T14:44:17-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BISKUP & BRAVO CPA'S PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	271 NORTH AVE SUITE 816	AddressLine1
City	NEW ROCHELLE	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10801	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	136160901	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PTA NEW YORK CONGRESS	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOL PTA	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	PTAN	NameControl
Phone	9142203500	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	FOREST PARK AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	LARCHMONT	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10538	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LISA SAMSON	Name
Title	CO-PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	9142203500	Phone
Date Signed	2011-01-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DAVID BISKUP	Name
Phone	9145760777	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-01-17	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	LISA SAMSON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	43 MAYHEW AVE	AddressLine1
City	LARCHMONT	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10538	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	253567	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.MAMKSCHOOLSPTA.ORG/CHATSWORTH	WebSite
Type Of Organization Association	X	TypeOfOrganizationAssociation
Year Formation	1946	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOL PTA AND ALL MAMARONECK SCHOOL DISTRICT PTA UNITS OBSERVE THE MISSION OF THE NEW YORK STATE CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS, INC. (NYS PTA)RECOGNIZING THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND IN QUALITY OF LIFE. NYS PTA MAINTAINS COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO ALL CHILDREN AND TO ITS DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP THROUGH INCREASED PARENT AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND INVOLVEMENT.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	11	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	420	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	3934	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	3901	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	91963	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	78225	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1472	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	429	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	78224	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	105883	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	175593	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	188438	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	146611	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	125765	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	146611	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	125765	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	28982	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	62673	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	137986	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	200659	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	137986	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	200659	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOL PTA AND ALL MAMARONECK SCHOOL DISTRICT PTA UNITS OBSERVE THE MISSION OF THE NEW YORK STATE CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS, INC. (NYS PTA)RECOGNIZING THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND IN QUALITY OF LIFE. NYS PTA MAINTAINS COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO ALL CHILDREN AND TO ITS DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP THROUGH INCREASED PARENT AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND INVOLVEMENT.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	5682	Expense
Description	GRANTS MADE TO CLASSROOMS AND TO SCHOOL FOR EQUIPMENT THAT ENHANCES THE CURRICULUM	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	60548	Expense
Revenue	60671	Revenue
Description	NATIONAL PTA WORKSHOPS, PARENT SUPPORT AND EDUCATION, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	52236	Expense
Revenue	17872	Revenue
Description	SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, LUNCHTIME PROGRAMMING, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT FOR STUDENTS.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	588	Expense
Description	SCHOLARSHIPS TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	588	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	119054	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	false	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
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	true	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
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
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
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	11	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	11	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	KRISTEN FERNANDEZ	NamePerson
Telephone Number	9142203500	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOL	AddressLine1
City	LARCHMONT	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10538	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
LISA SAMSON
CO-PRESIDENT	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
LAURA HERZIG
CO-PRESIDENT	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
LAURIE SHAPIRO
SECRETARY	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
KRISTEN FERNANDEZ
CO-TREASURER	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
KAREN EPSTEIN
CO-TREASURER	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
ABIGAIL SHOWERS
VP	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
VALERIE MOURACADE
VP	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
ANN LEFEVER
VP	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
REBECCA CHARLES
VP	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
THERESA FINCK
VP	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
ERIN FULLER
VP	10.00	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
Membership Dues	3901	MembershipDues
Total Contributions	3901	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS	43345	43345
AFTER SCHOOL MUSICAL	11211	11211
WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAM	10841	10841
YEARBOOK	6713	6713
5TH GRADE GRADUATION	6115	6115

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	78225	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	429	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	429	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	171012	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	65129	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	105883	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	105883	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	188438	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	184537	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
COGS	73737	73737
SCHOOL COMM PROGRAMS	19714	19714
ART, HISTORY, CHESS PROG	17163	17163
ADMINISTRATIVE	6711		6711
CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT	5682	5682

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2758	Total
Program Services	2758	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	125765	Total
Program Services	119054	ProgramServices
Management And General	6711	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	26603	BOY
EOY	28847	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	111383	BOY
EOY	171812	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137986	BOY
EOY	200659	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	137986	BOY
EOY	200659	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137986	BOY
EOY	200659	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137986	BOY
EOY	200659	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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)
Supporting Organization509a3	X	SupportingOrganization509a3
Supporting Org509a3 Type2	X	SupportingOrg509a3Type2
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	CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOL	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOL	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	136007132	EIN
Type Of Organization	2	TypeOfOrganization
Listed In Governing Doc	false	ListedInGoverningDoc
Supported Organization Notified	false	SupportedOrganizationNotified
Organized In US	true	OrganizedInUS
Amount	$57,918	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of Supported Orgs	1	TotalNumberOfSupportedOrgs
Sum Of Amounts	57918	SumOfAmounts

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	PARENTS' NIGHT	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	54681	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	54681	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	8112	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	CARNIVAL	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	42174	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	42174	GrossRevenueEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	16517	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events	3	TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events	65785	GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events	65785	GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events	37476	OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	162640	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	162640	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	62105	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	62105	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	100535	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOL PTA AND ALL MAMARONECK SCHOOL DISTRICT PTA UNITS OBSERVE THE MISSION OF THE NEW YORK STATE CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS, INC. (NYS PTA)RECOGNIZING THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AND IN QUALITY OF LIFE. NYS PTA MAINTAINS COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO ALL CHILDREN AND TO ITS DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP THROUGH INCREASED PARENT AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND INVOLVEMENT.
ALL OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	SCHOLARSHIPS TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11	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