PRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: PRESCHOOL ADVANTAGE INC (EIN 22-3360099)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-10-17
IRS object ID: 201132909349300313
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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 D
Schedule G
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-10-17T08:45:35-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Hulse & Associates PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	350 Passaic Avenue	AddressLine1
City	Fairfield	City
State	NJ	State
ZIP Code	07004	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	223360099	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PROJECT ACORN INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	PROJ	NameControl
Phone	9735322501	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	62 ELM STREET	AddressLine1
City	MORRISTOWN	City
State	NJ	State
ZIP Code	07960	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	BARBARA DEMAREST	Name
Title	President	Title
Date Signed	2011-10-17	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Edward L Hulse	Name
Phone	9738825690	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	814424	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1995	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NJ	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	PROJECT ACORN PROVIDES FUNDING FOR 3 AND 4 YEAR OLD CHILDREN TO ATTEND QUALITY PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	15	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	15	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	70	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	252063	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	645987	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	-10164	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	65762	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	73074	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	62946	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	314973	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	774695	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	61107	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	63391	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	14330	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	287423	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	311205	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	348530	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	374596	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-33557	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	400099	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	690716	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1109719	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	690716	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	1109719	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	PROJECT ACORN PROVIDES CHILDREN OF LOCAL FAMILIES IN NEED (MORRIS AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES (N.J.)) WITH THE FOUNDATION FOR A LIFETIME OF SUCCESSFUL LEARNING BY FUNDING QUALITY PRESCHOOL EDUCATION.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	309079	Expense
Description	PROJECT ACORN PROVIDES FUNDING FOR 3 AND 4 YEAR OLD CHILDREN TO ATTEND QUALITY PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. TUITION COSTS FOR SUCH EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE INCURRED BY THE ORGANIZATION. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO INCURS OTHER COSTS OF FINDING AND MATCHING FAMILIES AND PRESCHOOLS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	309079	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	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	true	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	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	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
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
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	true	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	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Form8886 T Filed	false	Form8886TFiled
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	false	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	true	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	true	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	0	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	15	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	15	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
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
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	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	PROJECT ACORN INC	NamePerson
Telephone Number	9735322501	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	62 ELM STREET	AddressLine1
City	MORRISTOWN	City
State	NJ	State
ZIP Code	07960	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (16 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee	OfficerOfficer
STEPHEN NEVILLE
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
STAN MORIN
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
ROBERT DALEO
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
ROB STEIDLITZ
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
RICK THOENI
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
KAREN L TITTERTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		47250	0	0	X
JIM SONNEBORN
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
JESSICA FIDDES
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
GAIL REUTHER
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
EUGENE HUANG
Treasurer	2.00		0	0	0		X
ELAINE CHEN
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
DAVID DENNISON
Vice President	2.00		0	0	0		X
CINDY WEISS
Secretary	2.00		0	0	0		X
BETSEY BLAIR
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0
BARBARA DEMAREST
President	20.00		0	0	0		X
ADRIENNE KIRBY
Trustee	2.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	47250	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	645987	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	645987	TotalContributions
Total Program Service Revenue	0	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	14381	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	14381	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	51381	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	51381	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	51381	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	51381	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	102675	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	39729	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	62946	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	774695	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	128708	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	57840	Total
Program Services	38560	ProgramServices
Management And General	12532	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6748	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5551	Total
Program Services	3701	ProgramServices
Management And General	1202	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	648	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

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

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1761	Total
Management And General	1761	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
TUITION	257218	257218
RENT	14400	9600	3120	1680
OFFICE EXPENSES	6795		6795
MANAGEMENT FEES	5247		5247
INSURANCE	8904		8904

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11380	Total
Management And General	6126	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5254	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	374596	Total
Program Services	309079	ProgramServices
Management And General	51187	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14330	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	320392	BOY
EOY	329769	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	20016	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	16692	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5085	BOY
EOY	3324	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	362339	BOY
EOY	773726	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2900	BOY
EOY	2900	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	690716	BOY
EOY	1109719	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	431216	BOY
EOY	1109719	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	259500	BOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	690716	BOY
EOY	1109719	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	690716	BOY
EOY	1109719	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	400099	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	18904	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	false	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

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 Minus4 Years	220865	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	325677	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	326044	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	252253	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	645987	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1770826	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	220865	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	325677	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	326044	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	252253	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	645987	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1770826	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	0	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	1770826	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3968	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	21097	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	16418	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	10495	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	14381	CurrentTaxYear
Total	66359	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	14762	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1750	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	-20659	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	51381	CurrentTaxYear
Total	47234	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1884419	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.93970	PublicSupportPertcentage170
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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	20016	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	16692	Depreciation
Book Value	3324	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	3324	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Of Book Value Securities	773726	TotalOfBookValueSecurities
Total Revenue	774695	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	374596	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	400099	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	18904	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	18904	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	419003	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	774695	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	774695	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	774695	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	374596	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	374596	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	374596	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agreement Ref Fundraising	false	AgreementRefFundraising

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	GOLF OUTING	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	62566	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	62566	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	29546	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	FALL GALA	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	40109	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	40109	GrossRevenueEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	10183	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Total	102675	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	102675	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	39729	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	39729	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	62946	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	GAIL REUTHER	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	TRUSTEE	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	47940	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	TUITION ASSISTANCE	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Explanation	GAIL REUTHER IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MOUNT OLIVE CHILDCARE AND LEARNING CENTER AS WELL AS A VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PROJECT ACORN, INC. MOUNT OLIVE IS ONE OF 19 PARTNER PRESCHOOLS TO WHICH PROJECT ACORN MAKES TUITION PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN WHOSE PRESCHOOL EDUCATION WE SUPPORT.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	DOCUMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE PROJECT ACORN WEBSITE OR UPON REQUEST.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE INDEPENDENT PERSONS AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	IT IS THE POLICY OF PROJECT ACORN TO HAVE ALL TRUSTEES SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECEIVED A COPY OF FORM 990 AND RELEVANT SCHEDULES AND REVIEWED IT PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE. IN ADDITION, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET TO REVIEW FORM 990 IN DETAIL PRIOR TO FILING