ALPHA CHI OMEGA ALPHA UPSILON HOUSE CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
ALPHA CHI OMEGA ALPHA UPSILON HOUSE CORPORATION (EIN 63-6050535)
Tax period
2017-08-01 to 2018-07-31
Filed
2018-12-17
IRS object ID
201833519349301158
Schema version
2017v2.3
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Tax Period End2018-07-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

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ANGELA HAMITER
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SHARON MOORE
MEMBER AT LA1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JEWEL HOWARD
MEMBER AT LA1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
DENA PRINCE
MEMBER AT LA1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MARTHA JEAN WEAVER
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SUSAN BISHIP WILLIAMS
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MARY BETH CHAMBERS
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KATHY RAUGHLEY
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JANET CROWDER
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MELANIE EDWARDS
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Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

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Total$2,861,325TotalAmt

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Total$896TotalAmt

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Total$95,852TotalAmt

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Total$8,512TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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Total$2,852TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Total$322,427TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$661,620TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$508,721TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmt
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CREDIT CARD DISCOUNTS$75,964
SECURITY$56,293
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All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$62,256TotalAmt

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Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

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BOY$26,195BOYAmt
EOY$46,890EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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BOY$14,545,426BOYAmt
EOY$14,211,577EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

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BOY$19,088,574BOYAmt
EOY$17,598,358EOYAmt

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BOY$160,926BOYAmt
EOY$139,483EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

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BOY$1,271,746BOYAmt
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Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

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BOY$12,117,508BOYAmt
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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BOY$13,550,180BOYAmt
EOY$11,370,991EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

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EOY$17,598,358EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$15,349,621OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,569,623DepreciationAmt
Book Value$13,779,998BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,028,163OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$596,584DepreciationAmt
Book Value$431,579BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$14,211,577TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedfalseGrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMABusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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CityTUSCALOOSACityNm
State AbbreviationALStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP35487ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IRC Section3IRCSectionDesc
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Purpose Of GrantCAPITAL CAMPAIGNPurposeOfGrantTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 9JANET CROWDER MSC870414 TUSCALOOSA , AL 35487
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BTHE RETURN IS E-MAILED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. ANY CHANGES WOULD THEN BE SUBMITTED TO THE PREPARER FOR CORRECTION IF NECESSARY.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS UPON REQUEST TO THE PRESIDENT OR TREASURER OF THE ORGANIZATION.

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