LYNN COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
LYNN COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC (EIN 47-5277535)
Tax period
2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed
2018-02-01
IRS object ID
201840329349300414
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2018-02-01T09:21:14-06:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2017-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

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Preparer Firm EIN042934388PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

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Business Name Line1Neal A Price & Company LLPBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

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Address Line1194 Newbury Street - Suite 6AddressLine1Txt
CityPeabodyCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP01960ZIPCd
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2016-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN475277535EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1Lynn Community Television IncBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlLYNNBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone7817809460PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1181 Union StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityLynnCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP01901ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonRichard CoppingerPersonNm
Person TitleTreasurerPersonTitleTxt
Phone7817809460PhoneNum
Signature2018-01-26SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (1)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonPaul D Price CPAPreparerPersonNm
PTINP00449819PTIN
Phone9788545656PhoneNum
Preparation2018-01-26PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

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I Pv4 Address74.92.30.233IPv4AddressTxt
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IP2018-01-26IPDt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Build TS2021-01-29 14:40:06ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Principal OfficerRichard CoppingerPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1181 Union StreetAddressLine1Txt
CityLynnCityNm
State AbbreviationMAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP01902ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$897,215GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website AddressWWW.LYNNTV.ORGWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation2015FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateMALegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionLynn Community Television (LCTV) is a non-profit Lynn, MA - based organization dedicated to providing the members and access users of the Lynn Community with a platform to voice: opinions, news, and local information which may not be generally available from commercial or public media. LCTV enables Lynn residents and qualifying Lynn based individuals or entities with the ability to express themselves via cablecast media.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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CY Investment Income$0CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
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CY Other Revenue$0CYOtherRevenueAmt
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PY Revenues Less Expenses$309,247PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$645,900CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Total Assets EOY$1,026,847TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$7,207TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$1,019,640NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionLynn Community Television (LCTV) ia a non-profit Lynn, MA - based organization dedicated to providing the members and access users of the Lynn community with a platform to voice;opinions, news and local information which may not be generally available from commercial or public media. LCTV enables Lynn residents and qualifying Lynn based individuals or entities the ability to express themselves via cablecast media.MissionDesc
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Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
Expense$207,855ExpenseAmt
Revenue$897,215RevenueAmt
DescProviding Lynn, MA community a platform to voice opinions, news and local information via cablecast media.Desc
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Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments0TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities0ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote0IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl StmtYes (1)IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org0MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities0FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans0PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding0LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPersonInd
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Deductible Art Contribution0DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations0TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity0RelatedEntityInd
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IRP Document0IRPDocumentCnt
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Employee3EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (1)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions0NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
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Delegation Of Mgmt Duties0DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
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Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members0ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva0DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (1)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (1)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy0ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
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Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVentureInd
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Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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No Listed Persons CompensatedYes (X)NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

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Robert Tucker
President20.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Joseph Carritte
Vice President4.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Richard Coppinger
Treasurer20.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
Michael Cerulli
Director4.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Michael Marks
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Total Program Service Revenue$897,215TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

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Total$121,557TotalAmt
Program Services$121,557ProgramServicesAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

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Total$22,727TotalAmt
Program Services$22,727ProgramServicesAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

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Total$9,603TotalAmt
Program Services$9,603ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

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Total$14,558TotalAmt
Management And General$14,558ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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Total$975TotalAmt
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Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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Total$5,867TotalAmt
Management And General$5,867ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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Total$7,203TotalAmt
Management And General$7,203ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Total$4,414TotalAmt
Management And General$4,414ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Total$23,763TotalAmt
Program Services$19,010ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$4,753ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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Total$790TotalAmt
Program Services$790ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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Total$25,814TotalAmt
Program Services$23,603ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,211ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Total$4,076TotalAmt
Program Services$3,261ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$815ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

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Other Expenses$2,846$182$2,664
Payroll Processing Fees$1,520$1,520

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$251,315TotalAmt
Program Services$207,855ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$43,460ManagementAndGeneralAmt
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BOY$284,195BOYAmt
EOY$440,867EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

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EOY$233,457EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

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EOY$4,489EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$401,330LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$59,358LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

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BOY$25,052BOYAmt
EOY$341,972EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$6,062EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

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BOY$309,247BOYAmt
EOY$1,026,847EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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EOY$7,207EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$7,207EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$309,247BOYAmt
EOY$1,019,640EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

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BOY$309,247BOYAmt
EOY$1,019,640EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

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BOY$309,247BOYAmt
EOY$1,026,847EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$645,900ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$64,493OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$25CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$25TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$25CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$25TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170$25PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support$25TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$1,213,423GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1701.00000PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1701.00000PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$213,120OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$7,097DepreciationAmt
Book Value$206,023BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

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Other Cost Or Other Basis$188,210OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$52,261DepreciationAmt
Book Value$135,949BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$341,972TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$897,215TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$897,215RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$897,215TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$251,315TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$251,315ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$251,315TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11bForm 990 will be reviewed and approved by the entire Board of Directors before filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19Governing Documents are made available upon written request.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:Adjustment of prior period accounts receivable 64,493.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:The Year ended June 30, 2015 was the initial year of operations & an Audited Financial Statement was not required.

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