GO AFRICA NETWORK INC: Form 990PF, tax year 2017

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Organization: GO AFRICA NETWORK INC (EIN 47-1150332)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-09-27
IRS object ID: 201822709349100857
Schema version: 2017v2.2
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-PF
Schedule B
Investments Land Schedule2
Other Decreases Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-09-27T18:24:24-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ARISTIDE CPA&BUSINESS CONSULTANT PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10201 Flatlands Ave 360377	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	112360377	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	471150332	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Go Africa Network Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GOAF	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6464081915	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1760 2nd Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10128	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DENNIE BEACH	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6464081915	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-09-26	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SHERWOOD ARISTIDE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00810080	PTIN
Phone	3477138477	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-09-26	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY	$4,203	FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss	$457,633	ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm	$0	CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Rev And Expnss	$457,633	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss	$8,157	LegalFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest Rev And Expnss	$56	InterestRevAndExpnssAmt
Deprec And Dpltn Rev And Expnss	$353	DeprecAndDpltnRevAndExpnssAmt
Occupancy Rev And Expnss	$70,717	OccupancyRevAndExpnssAmt
Trav Conf Meeting Rev And Expnss	$16,884	TravConfMeetingRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$337,343	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$433,510	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$0	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$433,510	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$24,123	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY	$10,683	CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY	$2,851	CashEOYAmt
Cash EOYFMV	$2,851	CashEOYFMVAmt
Rcvbl From Officers BOY	$25,000	RcvblFromOfficersBOYAmt
Rcvbl From Officers EOY	$25,000	RcvblFromOfficersEOYAmt
Rcvbl From Officers EOYFMV	$25,000	RcvblFromOfficersEOYFMVAmt
Other Nts And Loans Rcvbl BOY	-$25,000	OtherNtsAndLoansRcvblBOYAmt
Other Nts And Loans Rcvbl EOY	-$25,000	OtherNtsAndLoansRcvblEOYAmt
Other Nts And Loans Rcvbl EOYFMV	-$25,000	OtherNtsAndLoansRcvblEOYFMVAmt
Invst Land Cost Or Other Basis	$2,470	InvstLandCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Invst Land Accum Depreciation	$1,118	InvstLandAccumDepreciationAmt
Land Bldg Investments BOY	$1,705	LandBldgInvestmentsBOYAmt
Land Bldg Investments EOY	$1,352	LandBldgInvestmentsEOYAmt
Land Bldg Investments EOYFMV	$1,352	LandBldgInvestmentsEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY	$12,388	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,203	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$4,203	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Accounts Payable BOY	$57,665	AccountsPayableBOYAmt
Accounts Payable EOY	$25,709	AccountsPayableEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$57,665	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$25,709	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind
Unrestricted BOY	-$45,277	UnrestrictedBOYAmt
Unrestricted EOY	-$21,506	UnrestrictedEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	-$45,277	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	-$21,506	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$12,388	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$4,203	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	-$45,277	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$24,123	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal	-$21,154	SubtotalAmt
Other Decreases	$352	OtherDecreasesAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	-$21,506	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Qlfy Und Sect4940e Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eReducedTaxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distribution Yr1	0.000000	DistributionYr1Rt
Distribution Yr2	0.000000	DistributionYr2Rt
Total Distribution	0.000000	TotalDistributionRt
Average Distribution	0.000000	AverageDistributionRt
Adj Nonchrtbl Net Invst Incm Pct	$0	AdjNonchrtblNetInvstIncmPctAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$0	QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	$0	InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Tax Under Section511	$0	TaxUnderSection511Amt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$0	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Applied To ES Tax	$0	AppliedToESTaxAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty	false	LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent	false	MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	false	ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr Satisfied	Yes (true)	Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In Assets	Yes (true)	AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register State	NY	OrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty Gen	false	Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors	Yes (true)	NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity	false	OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp Rqr	Yes (true)	ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website Address	http://goafricanetwork.org/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Individual With Books	DENNIE BEACH	IndividualWithBooksNm
Phone	6464081915	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1760 2nd Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10128	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question	false	ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn	false	SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn	false	BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified Prsn	false	FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn	false	PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn	false	TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official	false	PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts	false	UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY	false	UndistributedIncomePYInd
Business Holdings	false	BusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments	false	JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst	false	UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation	false	InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election	false	InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurposeInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (7 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
DRDENNIE BEACH
1760 2nd Avenue	New York	NY	10128	Bd Member	40.00	$0	$0	$0
IBRAHIMA CISSE
1201 Ogden Avenue	New York	NY	10452	Bd Member	20.00	$0	$0	$0
DEMETRIC DUCKETT
690 Fort Washington Avenue	New York	NY	10040	Fiscal Officer	10.00	$0	$0	$0
SAMUEL JONES II MD
166 Montgomery Street	Newburgh	NY	12550	Bd Member	15.00	$0	$0	$0
GILROY SIMPSON
138 Edgecombe Avenue	New York	NY	10030	SENIOR OPERATIONS OF	15.00	$0	$0	$0
CHARLES C EDWARDS
1206 Pacific Street	Brooklyn	NY	11216	SENIOR SOCIAL OFFICE	15.00	$0	$0	$0
KAM-AU AMEN
150 Stevens Avenue	Mount Vernon	NY	10550	SENIOR SOCIAL OFFICE	20.00	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Other Employee Paid Over50k	0	OtherEmployeePaidOver50kCnt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt
Contractor Paid Over50k	0	ContractorPaidOver50kCnt

Summary Of Direct Chrtbl Acty SummaryOfDirectChrtblActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description1	"GO AFRICA HARLEM STREET FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN 2015 & 2016 AND RECENTLYON 7/14/2017 AND WILL BE HELD ON7/13/2018. 25,000 ATTENDEESPARTICIPATED AT OUR EVENT ON 7/14/2017	Description1Txt
Expenses1	$151,729	Expenses1Amt
Description2	"AFRICAN UNION EXPO: THIS EVENT WAS HELD LAST YEAR AND WAS HELD ON11/14/2017. THIS EVENT WAS ABOUT SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANDEDUCATION. OVER 1,000 INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATED FOR THIS EVENT.	Description2Txt
Expenses2	$108,378	Expenses2Amt
Description3	"GO AFRICA HEALTH ARTICLES, ARTICLES AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE HAVEREACHED 15,000 INDIVIDUALS PER MONTH. PLANS ARE ALSO IN PLACE FOR AMOBILE HEALTH SOLUTION.	Description3Txt
Expenses3	$85,447	Expenses3Amt
Description4	"GO AFRICA TRADE MISSION (COTE D'IVOIRE) FROM 09/06 - 09/14/2017 TODIRECTLY SUPPORT CASHEW, COCAO COOPERATIVES IN THE COUNTRY REGIONS	Description4Txt
Expenses4	$87,957	Expenses4Amt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec	$0	AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances	$0	AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast	$0	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	$0	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast	$0	AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable	$0	CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$0	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return	$0	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	$0	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Only Contri To Preselected	Yes (X)	OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	false	SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO	false	PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets	false	RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements	false	ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	false	LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc	false	PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	false	SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO	false	RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
General Rule	Yes (X)	GeneralRuleInd

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp (2 entries)

ContributorContributorNum	Address Line1ContributorUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContributorUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContributorUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContributorUSAddress/ZIPCd	Total ContributionsTotalContributionsAmt	Person ContributionPersonContributionInd
DENNIE BEACH
1	1760 2nd Avenue	New York	NY	10128	$250,000	Yes (X)
SAMUEL JONES
2	166 Montgomery Street	Newburgh	NY	12550	$200,000	Yes (X)

Investments Land Schedule2 InvestmentsLandSchedule2

Investment Land InvestmentLandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category Or Item	Furniture	CategoryOrItemTxt
Cost Or Other Basis	$2,470	CostOrOtherBasisAmt
Accumulated Depreciation	$1,118	AccumulatedDepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,352	BookValueAmt

Other Decreases Schedule OtherDecreasesSchedule

Other Decreases Detail OtherDecreasesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Prior Period adjustments	Desc
Amt	$352	Amt

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (25 entries)

DescDesc	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt
Advertising	$17,309
Bank Charges	$4,709
Board member health expense	$14,735
Commissions & fees	$317
Dues & Subscriptions	$4,763
Meals & Entertainment	$29,489
Office Expense	$3,812
Supplies	$12,126
Utilities	$13,852
Web Server	$1,467
Healthcare
Commissions & fees	$724
Credit Card Merchang Services
Finance Charge	$2,256
General and Admin Expenses	$87,881
Insurance
Internet Services
Program related cost	$2,211
Repair & Maintenance	$298
Special events	$63,859
Subcontractors	$26,010
Donation	$49,900
Promotional	$639
Shipping	$107
Licenses	$879

GO AFRICA NETWORK INC: Form 990PF, tax year 2017

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Qlfy Und Sect4940e Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eReducedTaxGrp

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (7 entries)

Summary Of Direct Chrtbl Acty SummaryOfDirectChrtblActyGrp

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp (2 entries)

Investments Land Schedule2 InvestmentsLandSchedule2

Investment Land InvestmentLandGrp

Other Decreases Schedule OtherDecreasesSchedule

Other Decreases Detail OtherDecreasesDetail

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (25 entries)

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