URBAN CREATORS: Form 990EZ, tax year 2014

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Organization: URBAN CREATORS (EIN 46-4004947)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-08-04
IRS object ID: 201502169349200425
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O
Compensation Explanation

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-08-04T12:25:28-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	John Howell & Assoc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	39 West 84th St S	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10024	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	464004947	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	URBAN CREATORS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	URBA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9179211248	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2315 N 11TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19133	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Alex Epstein	PersonNm
Person Title	Treeasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2015-08-04	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	false	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	John Howell	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	2123626086	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-08-04	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Initial Return	Yes (X)	InitialReturnInd
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$58,688	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$41,948	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$16,740	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Total Revenue	$58,688	TotalRevenueAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$19,745	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$523	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$32,868	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$53,136	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$5,552	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$5,552	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$5,552	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,552	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,552	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt Purpose	a To Educate inner-city Communities b Facilitate multi-cultural Community Building c Transform Vacant Urban Landscapes Into Farms and Gardens	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (3 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Education - Educational programming for over 300 young people in Philadelphia. Hands on training in urban agriculture, Commiunity building, leadership development, sustainable design and sociasl Entrepreneurship	$17,300
Build - Invested in the tnfrastructure of Urban Gardening including School Gardens, Greenhouses and Community Gardens making it possible to produce several hundred pounds of fresh produce for local communities	$15,137
Gardening - Life Do Grow Farm on 11th York, Dakota St Community garden, Carlisle St Community Garden, 3 School Gardens in North Philadelphia. Producing organic produce to feed members of local communities	$10,812

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$43,249	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
Jeaninne Kayembe
Chairman	020.00	$5,906
Alexander Epstein
Treasurer	020.00	$4,789
Devon Bailey
Secretary	020.00	$4,690
Denzel Thompson
Productiomn Manager	020.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Alex Epstein	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2329 Carlisle St Apt B	AddressLine1Txt
City	Philadelphia	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19132	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9179211248	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$41,948	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$41,948	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$41,948	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$41,948	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$41,948	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$41,948	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (15 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Travel 1,117
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Supplies 6,542
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Garden Materials 12,850
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Equipment 514
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Local Transportation 1,761
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Repairs 1,791
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	On Site Craft Services 602
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Merchandise 557
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Special Events 2,487
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Web Site Host and Maintenance 262
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Insurance 1,821
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Data Processing 1,419
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	License Permit 850
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Dues Subscriptions 175
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses	Bank Charges 120

Compensation Explanation CompensationExplanation

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