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PERSIAN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: PERSIAN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY INC (EIN 59-3494548)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-05-16
IRS object ID: 202441379349301729
Schema version: 2023v5.0
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-05-16T10:59:44-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Bay Income Tax Services	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1936 W MLK Blvd Ste 207	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tampa	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33607	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	593494548	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PERSIAN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TAMPA B	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	PERS	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 270068	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tampa	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33688	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ABBAS BIDARIAN	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8139173425	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-04-30	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	false	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	ABBAS	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	BIDARIAN	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Mohsen Zadeh PhD EA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00287948	PTIN
Phone	8137671539	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-05-16	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
OOB Security Verification	00	OOBSecurityVerificationCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL2	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PASTB	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$31,312	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.PASTB.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1998	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	FL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE PROMOTION, RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF PERSIAN CULTURE AND CUSTOM WITHIN IRANIAN AND AMERICAN COMMUNITY	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$26	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$31,286	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$26	CYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$31,312	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
CY Other Expenses	$36,885	CYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$36,885	CYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$5,573	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$43,853	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$38,280	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$43,853	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$38,280	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE PROMOTION, RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF PERSIAN CULTURE AND CUSTOM WITHIN IRANIAN AND AMERICAN COMMUNITY	MissionDesc
Expense	$30,176	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$21,600	RevenueAmt
Desc	Nowruz, or new day in Persian, New year celebration	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$6,338	ExpenseAmt
Desc	OTHER EXPENSES	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$221	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Sizdah Bedar (Persian: Sizdebedar) is an Iranian festival held annually on the thirteenth day of Farvardin (the first month of the Iranian calendar), during which people spend time picnicking outdoors	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp (5 entries)

ExpenseExpenseAmt	RevenueRevenueAmt	DescDesc
$150	$1,175	Mehregan or Jashn-e Mehr, is a Zoroastrian and Persian (Iranian) festival, which is responsible for friendship, affection and love. It is also widely referred to as Persian Festival of Autumn
		OTHER MISCELLENIANCE EXPENSES
		FUN NIGHT
		YALDA, Iranian Persian Festival of Yalda, Shab-e Yalda Celebration and Traditions,
		Chaharshanbe Suri (Persian: usually pronounced Caranba-suri;), also widely known as the Persian Festival of Fire, is an Iranian festival celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz (the Iranian New Year)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$150	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$1,175	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$36,885	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ABBAS BIDARIAN	PersonNm
Phone	7274332133	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 270068	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tampa	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33688	ZIPCd

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
HAHDIYEH NOORIN
VP	2.00	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MAHSA SHARIF
SECRETARY	2.00	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
VAHID SOLHIVAND
VP	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
FARAH ESMKAANI
VP	2.00	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MOHSEN ZADEH
T	2.00	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ABBAS BIDARIAN
P	4.00	4.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALI SOLTANI
VP	2.00	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MASOUD HEDAYAT
VP	2.00	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$10,300	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$20,986	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$31,286	TotalContributionsAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$26	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$26	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$26	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$31,312	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$26	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$117	TotalAmt
Program Services	$117	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
POSTAGE	$248	$248
REGISTRATION FEES	$61	$61
FLOWERS	$713	$713
ZOOM MEETING	$150	$150

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,596	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,596	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,885	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,885	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	Yes (X)	JointCostsInd

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,280	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,280	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,280	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,280	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,280	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$5,573	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consol And Sep Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolAndSepBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Community Trust	Yes (X)	CommunityTrustInd

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$83,610	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$8,515	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$102,075	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$83,610	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,950	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$8,515	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$102,075	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$102,075	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$102,075	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$73,473	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	1.00000	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Member election for additional members Part VI line 7a	ABBAS BIDARIAN PMOHSEN ZADEH TMASOUD HEDAYAT VPALI SOLTANI VP MAHSA SHARIF VPMAHDIYEH NOORIN VPFARAH ESMKHANI VPFARID SOLHIVAND VP
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	THE PROMOTION, RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF PERSIAN CULTURE AND CUSTOM WITHIN IRANIAN AND AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	THE PROMOTION, RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF PERSIAN CULTURE AND CUSTOM WITHIN IRANIAN AND AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g	EXPENSES FOR ALL PROGRAM DURING 01/01/2023 TO 12/31/20223
List of other expenses Part IX line 24e	EXPENSES FOR ALL PROGRAM DURING 01/01/2023 TO 12/31/2023