AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT LEV HATORAH: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT LEV HATORAH (EIN 01-0673538)
Tax period
2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed
2014-08-11
IRS object ID
201402239349301920
Schema version
2013v3.0
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)
Return2014-08-11T15:55:30-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2013-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN222562877PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1LAWRENCE B GOODMAN & CO PABusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line132-16 BROADWAYAddressLine1
CityFAIR LAWNCity
StateNJState
ZIP Code07410ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2013-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN010673538EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT LEV HATORAHBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlAMERBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone7185069911PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line165 ARGYLL AVENUEAddressLine1
CityNEW ROCHELLECity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10804ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonKENETH HACKELPersonNm
Person TitlePRESIDENTPersonTitleTxt
Phone7185069911PhoneNum
Signature2014-07-14SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (1)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonCATHERINE MAROTTA CPAPreparerPersonNm
PTINP01291829PTIN
Phone2017918300PhoneNum
Preparation2014-07-14PreparationDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2013TaxYr
Build TS2015-11-30 17:44:51ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Principal OfficerKENETH HACKELPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line165 ARGYLL AVENUEAddressLine1
CityNEW ROCHELLECity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10804ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$438,839GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation2002FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateNYLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionTO PRESERVE JEWISH HERITAGEActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body8VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent8VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers0TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI$0TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm$0NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants$223,993PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants$281,254CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue$0PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue$0CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$184PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$421CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue$0PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue$123,579CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$224,177PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$405,254CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid$193,676PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid$149,139CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members$0PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$0PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$0CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense$13,823CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$32,929PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$28,161CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$226,605PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$177,300CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses-$2,428PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$227,954CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Total Assets EOY$603,779TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$23,500TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$16,000TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$359,825NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$587,779NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
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Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
Expense$153,499ExpenseAmt
Grant$149,139GrantAmt
DescTO PROVIDE THE SCHOOL WITH ANY NECESSARY FUNDS TO RUN THE SCHOOL SUFFICIENTLYDesc
Total Program Service Expenses$153,499TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3Yes (1)DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
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 Equipment0ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities0ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote0IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt0IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To OrgYes (1)MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising ActivitiesYes (1)FundraisingActivitiesInd
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
Business Rln With Org Mem0BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem0BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent0BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri0DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution0DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations0TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity0RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org0TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp0ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O RequiredYes (1)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document1IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee0EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit0UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
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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Independent Voting Member8IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln0FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties0DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents0ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
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
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is FldNYStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1TAXPAYERBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone7185069911PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line165 ARGYLL AVENUEAddressLine1
CityNEW ROCHELLECity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10804ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedYes (X)NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
DANIEL BARENHOLTZ
SECRETARY5.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KENNETH HACKEL
PRESIDENT5.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
CYRUS SCHWARTZ
DIRECTOR5.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
EDNA KWALWASSER
TREASURER15.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
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Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K0IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed0FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
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Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K0CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
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Total Revenue Column$421TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$421RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income$157,164FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses$33,585FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

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Total Revenue Column$123,579TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion$123,579ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$405,254TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$421RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$123,579ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$149,139TotalAmt
Program Services$149,139ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

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Total$3,500TotalAmt
Management And General$3,500ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$760TotalAmt
Fundraising$760FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

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CONSULTANTS$13,063$13,063
BANK/CC CHARGES$6,368$6,368
ALUMNI EVENTS$4,360$4,360
NYS NON PROFIT FILING F$110$110

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$177,300TotalAmt
Program Services$153,499ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$9,978ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$13,823FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$106,419BOYAmt
EOY$341,758EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$237,340BOYAmt
EOY$237,340EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$39,566BOYAmt
EOY$24,681EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$383,325BOYAmt
EOY$603,779EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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BOY$3,500BOYAmt
EOY$3,500EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$20,000BOYAmt
EOY$12,500EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$23,500BOYAmt
EOY$16,000EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$122,485BOYAmt
EOY$350,439EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$237,340BOYAmt
EOY$237,340EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$359,825BOYAmt
EOY$587,779EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$383,325BOYAmt
EOY$603,779EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$227,954ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
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 Committee0AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

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$270,725CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$196,077CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$267,071CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$223,993CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$404,833CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,362,699TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$196,077CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$267,071CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$223,993CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$404,833CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,362,699TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170$1,362,699PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$189CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$111CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$109CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$184CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$421CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,014TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$1,363,713TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.99930PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.99720PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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 F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained0GrantRecordsMaintainedInd
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees0SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office0ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee0ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$0SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$0TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionMIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICARegionTxt
Purpose Of GrantPROVIDE THE SCHOOL THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO RUN SUFFICIENTLY, AND FOR PHYSICAL EXPANSION.PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant$149,139CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash DisbursementWIRE TRANSFERS AND CHECKSMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Description Of Non Cash AsstN/ADescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt
Valuation Method UsedBOOKValuationMethodUsedDesc
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1DINNERNameOfEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Event1$157,164GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$157,164GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$33,585OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$157,164GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$157,164GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$33,585OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$33,585DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$123,579NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11THE GOVERNING BODY IS GIVEN A DRAFT OF THE 990. A SPECIAL MEETING IS HELD TO REVIEW AND CLARIFY THE 990. WHEN THE GOVERNING BOARD APPROVES THE 990, IT IS FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19THE ORGANIZATION MAKES IT KNOWN THAT ALL DOCUMENTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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