AVE MARIA PRESS: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
AVE MARIA PRESS (EIN 35-1283188)
Tax period
2015-05-01 to 2016-04-30
Filed
2017-03-13
IRS object ID
201700729349300145
Schema version
2015v3.0
Source
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MissionFOUNDED IN 1865 AT NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, AVE MARIA PRESS, INC, A MINISTRY OF THE CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS UNITED STATES PROVINCE, INC, IS A CATHOLIC PUBLISHING COMPANY. THEY SERVE THE SPIRITUAL AND FORMATIVE NEEDS OF THE CHURCH AND ITS SCHOOLS, INSTITUTIONS, AND MINISTERS, CHRISTIAN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AND OTHERS SEEKING SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT. IN THE TRADITION OF THE HOLY CROSS, THEY ARE COMMITTED, AS EDUCATORS IN THE FAITH, TO HELPING PEOPLE KNOW, LOVE AND SERVE GOD AND TO SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS THROUGH BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES.MissionDesc
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,002,001BOYAmt
EOY$5,752,644EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,517,073BOYAmt
EOY$7,075,806EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$246,791ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$496,148NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

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

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$6,931,591CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,689,046CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$6,308,187CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,723,487CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$5,499,880CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$31,152,191TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$6,931,591CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,689,046CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$6,308,187CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,723,487CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$5,499,880CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$31,152,191TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,012,716CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,317,368CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,998,236CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,281,722CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,183,904CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,793,946TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,012,716CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,317,368CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,998,236CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,281,722CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,183,904CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,793,946TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$21,358,245PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$83,025CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$73,735CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$143,973CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$210,449CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$169,279CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$680,461TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$83,025CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$73,735CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$143,973CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$210,449CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$169,279CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$680,461TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,014,616CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,762,781CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$6,452,160CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$5,933,936CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$5,669,159CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$31,832,652TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.67095PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.69980PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.02138InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.01704InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition AmountsArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works ArtHeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt FundCYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt FundCYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
LandLandGrp
BuildingsBuildingsGrp

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$62,729OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$26,507DepreciationAmt
Book Value$36,222BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$98,278OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$76,323DepreciationAmt
Book Value$21,955BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$640,987OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$528,135DepreciationAmt
Book Value$112,852BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$171,029TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability$0FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDEFERRED COMPENSATIONDesc
Amt$593,889Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$593,889TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,306,655TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$496,148NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported-$496,148RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$2,802,803RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$2,802,803TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,556,012TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,556,012ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,556,012TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSCHEDULE DFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationASC 740 FOOTNOTE MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THEIR INCOME TAX POSITIONS UNDER THE GUIDANCE INCLUDED IN ASC 740. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, MANAGEMENT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS TO BE RECORDED OR DISCLOSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Congregation of Holy Cross US ProvinceIncBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 774AddressLine1Txt
CityNOTRE DAMECityNm
State AbbreviationINStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP46556ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN320344245RecipientEIN
IRC Section501(C)(3)IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$150,000CashGrantAmt
Valuation Method UsedFMVValuationMethodUsedDesc
Purpose Of GrantOPERATIONSPurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSCHEDULE I, PART I, QUESTION 1FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE GRANT TO THE PROVINCE IS A RETURN OF REVENUE TO AVE MARIA'S RELIGIOUS ORDER.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 1BMark Witbeck, Robert Hamma, and Thomas Grady are all paid employees of Ave Maria Press and, as such, are considered non-independent board members. PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 6 THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE ONE CLASS OF MEMBERS. THE MEMBERS SHALL BE THE PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL (THE "PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP") OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY CROSS, UNITED STATES PROVINCE OF PRIESTS AND BROTHERS (THE "PROVINCE"). MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION THAT CEASE TO BE MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP SHALL CEASE TO BE MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION. PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 7A The members of Ave Maria Press have the power to appoint, elect or remove any of the directors of the Corporation. PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 7B The members have the power to approve the adoption, alteration, amendment or repeal of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. They also have the power to adopt an agreement to merge, consolidate, dissolve, or otherwise change the corporate structure of the Corporation or to revoke any merger, consolidation, dissolution or any other change in the corporate structure of the Corporation approved by the Members. Other powers of the members are stated in Ave Maria Press' Bylaws.
PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BTHE ACCOUNTING AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS THE VP OF FINANCE REVIEW THE FINISHED DOCUMENT BEFORE SENDING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR REVIEW. THE FORM 990 IS ALSO REVIEWED BY AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONAIRES ARE SENT OUT ANNUALLY. ALL EMPLOYEES AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE COVERED BY THE POLICY. ANY POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE CONFLICTS ARE REVIEWED BY HUMAN RESOURCES AND/OR THE CEO. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INDIVIDUAL (PRIMARILY RELIGIOUS) BOARD MEMBERS ARE REVIEWED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND THE CEO. ALL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE DEALT WITH INTERNALLY.
PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A & 15BIN 2015, A COMPENSATION REVIEW WAS COMPLETED FOR THE CEO BY THE PROVINCIAL OFFICE AND THE PROVINCIAL SUPERVISOR. PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS US PROVINCEBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 774AddressLine1Txt
CityNOTRE DAMECityNm
State AbbreviationINStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP46556ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN320344245EIN
Primary ActivitiesCHURCHPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateINLegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section501(C)(3)ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status1PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1NABusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Controlled OrganizationfalseControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgYes (true)GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgYes (true)RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgfalsePerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesfalseSharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingfalsePaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd

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