ARAB AMERICAN ARTS INSTITUTE INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: ARAB AMERICAN ARTS INSTITUTE INC (EIN 11-3483211)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-10-20
IRS object ID: 201822939349300507
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
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-10-20T17:14:44-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Norman Lahage & Sons	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	424 Madison Ave FL 12	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100171161	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	113483211	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ARAB AMERICAN ARTS INSTITUTE INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ARAB	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7187455159	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 90370	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brooklyn	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	112090370	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SIMON SHAHEEN	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7187455159	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-08-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DANIEL LAHAGE CPA EA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00529443	PTIN
Phone	7188334304	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-10-20	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	96.232.114.118	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-10-20	IPDt
IP Tm	17:14:37	IPTm
IP Timezone	PD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	2384BAB1AE9263F81E99C95DF0E1EAEBF16D4FC1	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	2384BAB1AE9263F81E99C95DF0E1EAEBF16D4FC1	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	SIMON SHAHEEN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 90370	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11209	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$259,621	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1997	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	EDUCATION & THE ARTS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	2	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$111,672	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$125,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$160,208	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$134,197	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$396	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$424	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$272,276	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$259,621	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$30,400	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$16,451	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$202,743	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$104,778	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$233,143	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$121,229	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$39,133	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$138,392	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$134,913	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$272,298	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$134,913	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$272,298	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To foster, study and research Middle Eastern music, dance	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$116,385	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$125,000	GrantAmt
Revenue	$259,581	RevenueAmt
Desc	EDUCATIONAL EXPOSURE TO OTHER CULTURES AND TRADITIONS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$116,385	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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
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
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
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	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	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SIMON SHAHEEN	PersonNm
Phone	7187455159	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	571 82ND ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOKLYN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	11209	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
SIMON SHAHEEN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00	Yes (X)	$14,751	$0	$0
NAJIB SHAHEEN
OFFICER	1.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ALFONSO F RAMOS ESQ
ATTORNEY	1.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
KAY CAMPBELL
OFFICER	1.00		$1,700	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$16,451	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$125,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$125,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt
Concerts	999999	$50,950
Music Retreat	999999	$83,247

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$134,197	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$424	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$259,621	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$134,621	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,451	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,451	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,578	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,578	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,434	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
MUSICIANS' FEES	$16,200	$16,200	$0	$0
Retreat Costs	$71,722	$71,722	$0	$0
Administrative	$4,844	$0	$4,844	$0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$121,229	TotalAmt
Program Services	$116,385	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,844	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$120,917	BOYAmt
EOY	$252,877	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,996	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,421	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$134,913	BOYAmt
EOY	$272,298	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$66,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$69,024	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,213	BOYAmt
EOY	$203,274	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$134,913	BOYAmt
EOY	$272,298	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$134,913	BOYAmt
EOY	$272,298	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$138,392	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$5,424	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$6,431	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind
Public Support Total170	$0	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY170	0	PublicSupportCY170Pct

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,850	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$111,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$125,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$254,022	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$151,451	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$151,451	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$159,951	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,850	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$111,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$125,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$405,473	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$405,473	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$312	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$312	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$312	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$312	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$405,785	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99920	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.99860	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00080	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00140	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 2	SIMON AND NAJIB SHAHEEN ARE BROTHERS.
Pt VI, Line 11b	All members of the board were provided with form 990 for review.
Pt VI, Line 19	Form 990 provided upon request and available for inspection at office of organization.