OUT TEACH: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
OUT TEACH (EIN 20-5946552)
Tax period
2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed
2016-11-15
IRS object ID
201603209349308515
Schema version
2015v2.1
Source
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$96,904TotalAmt
Program Services$72,086ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$7,167ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$17,651FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$13,135TotalAmt
Program Services$9,771ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$971ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$2,393FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$51,909TotalAmt
Program Services$38,615ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$3,839ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$9,455FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$28,564TotalAmt
Program Services$21,248ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,113ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$5,203FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$58,893TotalAmt
Program Services$43,810ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$4,356ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$10,727FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$35,839TotalAmt
Program Services$26,660ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$2,651ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$6,528FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,865TotalAmt
Program Services$1,387ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$138ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$340FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$13TotalAmt
Program Services$10ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$2FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$16,338TotalAmt
Program Services$12,154ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$1,208ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$2,976FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$4,968TotalAmt
Program Services$3,696ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$367ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$905FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmtProgram ServicesProgramServicesAmtManagement And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmtFundraisingFundraisingAmt
Books and Journals$4,684$3,485$346$853
Garden Materials$290,100$215,803$21,455$52,842
Education Programming$70,814$52,678$5,237$12,899
.$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$12,821TotalAmt
Program Services$9,534ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$949ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$2,338FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,050,864TotalAmt
Program Services$1,525,618ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$151,679ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$373,567FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$237,199BOYAmt
EOY$162,320EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$577,196BOYAmt
EOY$123,790EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$412,014BOYAmt
EOY$2,185,594EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$72,754BOYAmt
EOY$37,182EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$12,145BOYAmt
EOY$17,873EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$315,107LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$286,458LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$22,015BOYAmt
EOY$28,649EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$1,051,706EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,333,323BOYAmt
EOY$3,607,114EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$78,846BOYAmt
EOY$105,688EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

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

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

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

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

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

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

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

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

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

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$78,846BOYAmt
EOY$105,688EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$498,842BOYAmt
EOY$1,412,925EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$755,635BOYAmt
EOY$2,088,501EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,254,477BOYAmt
EOY$3,501,426EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,333,323BOYAmt
EOY$3,607,114EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$2,245,157ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$1,792NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
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)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,692,892CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,339,673CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,154,253CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,688,377CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$4,160,755CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,035,950TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,692,892CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,339,673CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,154,253CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,688,377CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$4,160,755CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,035,950TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$3,641,325SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$6,394,625PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,936CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,286CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,030CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$837CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,594CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,683TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,796CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,882CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$5,821CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$732CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$272CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$11,503TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$10,057,136TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$556,494GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.63583PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.64180PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support CY5090.00000PublicSupportCY509Pct

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

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 ImprovementsLeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$315,107OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$286,458DepreciationAmt
Book Value$28,649BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Land BuildingsOtherLandBuildingsGrp
Total Book Value Land Buildings$28,649TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial DerivativesFinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity InterestsCloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescU.S. TREASURY SECURITIESDesc
Book Value$1,051,706BookValueAmt
Method ValuationFMethodValuationCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities$1,051,706TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$4,331,713TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$1,792NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$33,900DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$35,692RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$4,296,021RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$4,296,021TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,084,764TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$33,900DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$33,900ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,050,864ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,050,864TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 3Delegation of control over management duties: THE DAILY MANAGEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTING AND FINANCES OF REAL SCHOOL GARDENS IS PERFORMED BY THE STAFF OF NEW LEAF CHANGE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF NAMRATA MAGUIRE. PER IRS GUIDANCE, NO COMPENSATION IS SHOWN ON THE FORM 990, PART VII FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL: NAMRATA MAGUIRE $ 37,750
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8BAUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF GOVERNING BODY: For the 2016 fiscal year, THERE WERE NO COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BREVIEW OF FORM 990: THE FORM 990 IS INITIALLY REVIEWED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. THE DOCUMENT IS REFINED THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT. THE FORM 990 IS THEN FINALIZED AND SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CCONFLICT OF INTEREST: ALL NEW EMPLOYEES ARE BRIEFED ABOUT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AS PART OF AN ORIENTATION ABOUT STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR THE ORGANIZATION. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED WITH ALL EMPLOYEES AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EACH OCTOBER. AT THIS TIME, EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER, AND EMPLOYEE IS ASKED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN WRITING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLICY. IN ADDITION, EACH DIRECTOR, OFFICER AND EMPLOYEE IS ASKED TO COMPLETE A DISCLOSURE FORM THAT IDENTIFIES ANY RELATIONSHIPS, POSITIONS, OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT REPRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE SERVES AS THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR THE ORGANIZATION, INVESTIGATING ANY REPORTED VIOLATIONS TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AND APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE DETERMINED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A & 15BCOMPENSATION REVIEW: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LED BY THE BOARD CO-CHAIRS, ESTABLISHES COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AT REAL SCHOOL GARDENS. A COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY IS USED DURING THIS PROCESS (I.E., PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE'S COMPENSATION REPORT) TO DETERMINE A MARKET RANGE, AS IN BENCHMARKING WITH SELECT EDUCATION NON-PROFITS. COMPENSATION IS FINALIZED WITHIN THE MARKET RATE RANGE BASED ON EXPERIENCE, EARNINGS HISTORY, AND RESULTS THE SELECTED CANDIDATE DEMONSTRATED IN RECENT ROLES. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE ESTABLISHES COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES IN THE ORGANIZATION, BASED ON MARKET RATE RANGE, EXPERIENCE, EARNINGS HISTORY, AND RESULTS DEMONSTRATED BY THE CANDIDATE. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PRESENTS EMPLOYEE PROMOTION AND COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEIR INPUT. A review was conducted in 2016 by the board co-chair, Julie Neimat, and documented in the board's meeting minutes.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS: THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED EITHER ELECTRONICALLY OR VIA US MAIL, BASED ON THE PREFERENCE OF THE REQUESTOR.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2COVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT AND SELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT. THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

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