TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES IN EVANSTON INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES IN EVANSTON INC (EIN 36-4233166)
Tax period: 2012-04-01 to 2013-03-31
Filed: 2014-02-12
IRS object ID: 201410439349301716
Schema version: 2012v2.3
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
Schedule A
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-02-12T14:01:16-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-03-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KUTCHINS ROBBINS & DIAMOND LTD	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1101 PERIMETER DR STE 760	AddressLine1
City	SCHAUMBURG	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60173	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-04-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	364233166	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES IN	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	EVANSTON INC	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	TENT	NameControl
Phone	8477338258	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	719 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1
City	EVANSTON	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60202	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	RICK MARTIN	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	8477338258	Phone
Date Signed	2014-02-06	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CHAD PORTER	Name
Phone	8472401040	Phone
Date Prepared	2014-02-07	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	JOAN VOGT	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	719 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1
City	EVANSTON	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60202	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	828736	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.EVANSTON.TENTHOUSANDVILLAGES.COM	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1998	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	IL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES IN EVANSTON, INC. (THE "ORGANIZATION") IS A NON-STOCK, NON-MEMBER ILLINOIS NONPROFIT CORPORATION FORMED APRIL 29, 1998 TO CREATE INCOME FOR THIRD WORLD ARTISANS BY SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS TO SELL QUALITY HANDICRAFTS PRODUCED BY LOW-INCOME PERSONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.OTHER THAN RETAIL OPERATIONS, THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE EVANSTON COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES SUCH AS ECONOMIC JUSTICE, FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES, AND THIRD WORLD ARTISANS AND THEIR HANDICRAFT TECHNIQUES. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONSTITUTE APPROXIMATELY 5% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES. THE REMAINING 95% IS DEVOTED TO THE SALE OF HANDICRAFTS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	10	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	80	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	2515	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	5610	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	831201	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	823091	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	81	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	35	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	833797	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	828736	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	150718	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	159075	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	674220	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	668787	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	824938	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	827862	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	8859	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	874	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	215145	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	207790	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	41640	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	33411	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	173505	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	174379	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES IN EVANSTON, INC. (THE "ORGANIZATION") IS A NON-STOCK, NON-MEMBER ILLINOIS NONPROFIT CORPORATION FORMED APRIL 29, 1998 TO CREATE INCOME FOR THIRD WORLD ARTISANS BY SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS TO SELL QUALITY HANDICRAFTS PRODUCED BY LOW-INCOME PERSONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.OTHER THAN RETAIL OPERATIONS, THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE EVANSTON COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES SUCH AS ECONOMIC JUSTICE, FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES, AND THIRD WORLD ARTISANS AND THEIR HANDICRAFT TECHNIQUES. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONSTITUTE APPROXIMATELY 5% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES. THE REMAINING 95% IS DEVOTED TO THE SALE OF HANDICRAFTS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	727572	Expense
Revenue	823091	Revenue
Description	SALE OF CRAFTS PRODUCED BY THIRD WORLD ARTISANS	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	11513	Expense
Description	EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE EVANSTON COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES SUCH AS ECONOMIC JUSTICE, FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES, AND THIRD WORLD ARTISANS AND THEIR HANDICRAFT TECHNIQUES	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	739085	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	10	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	10	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DOUG HORST	NamePerson
Telephone Number	8477338258	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	719 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1
City	EVANSTON	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60202	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (10 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
PHIL CARLSEN
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	0	0	0
DIANE MONK MCCLELLAND
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	0	0	0
JEANIE BRABECK
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	0	0	0
RICK MARTIN
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	0	0	0
JULIAN JACKSON
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	0	0	0
CHARLIE KOOP
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	0	0	0
JOAN VOGT
VICE CHAIR	10.00		0	0	0	X
JOE ZURAWSKI
CHAIR	10.00		0	0	0	X
GLENNA EAVES
SECRETARY	10.00		0	0	0	X
MARIANNE LITTAU
TREASURER	10.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	5610	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	5610	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
SALES OF CRAFT ITEMS	812466	812466
OTHER RETAIL OPERATING INCOME	10625	10625

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	823091	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	35	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$35	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	828736	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	823091	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$35	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	112817	Total
Program Services	112817	ProgramServices

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3561	Total
Program Services	3561	ProgramServices

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12501	Total
Program Services	12501	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30196	Total
Program Services	30196	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4876	Total
Management And General	4876	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	39790	Total
Program Services	5465	ProgramServices
Management And General	34325	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19103	Total
Management And General	19103	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	95590	Total
Program Services	95590	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7723	Total
Management And General	7723	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
PURCHASE, RESALE GOODS	451771	451771
BANK CHARGES	15671	15671
EDUCATION EXPENSES	11513	11513
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES	5850		5850

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16900	Total
Management And General	16900	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	827862	Total
Program Services	739085	ProgramServices
Management And General	88777	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	109460	BOY
EOY	71662	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2208	BOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	92548	BOY
EOY	108626	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3994	BOY
EOY	15298	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	91331	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	79127	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6935	BOY
EOY	12204	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	215145	BOY
EOY	207790	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	27336	BOY
EOY	22451	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	14304	BOY
EOY	10960	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	41640	BOY
EOY	33411	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	173505	BOY
EOY	174379	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	173505	BOY
EOY	174379	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	215145	BOY
EOY	207790	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	874	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	32	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	313	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1030	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2515	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5610	CurrentTaxYear
Total	9500	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	886670	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	818051	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	733246	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	831201	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	823091	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4092259	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	886702	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	818364	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	734276	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	833716	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	828701	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4101759	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	4101759	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	856	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	239	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	170	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	81	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	35	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1381	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	856	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	239	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	170	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	81	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	35	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1381	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	887558	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	818603	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	734446	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	833797	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	828736	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4103140	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99970	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99940	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	34349	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	34349	Depreciation

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	56982	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	44778	Depreciation
Book Value	12204	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	12204	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
GIFT CARDS REDEEMABLE	$10,960
GIFT CERTIFICATES REDEEMABLE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	10960	TotalOfAmounts
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	828736	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	828736	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	828736	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	827862	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	827862	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	827862	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES IN EVANSTON, INC. (THE "ORGANIZATION") IS A NON-STOCK, NON-MEMBER ILLINOIS NONPROFIT CORPORATION FORMED APRIL 29, 1998 TO CREATE INCOME FOR THIRD WORLD ARTISANS BY SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS TO SELL QUALITY HANDICRAFTS PRODUCED BY LOW-INCOME PERSONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.OTHER THAN RETAIL OPERATIONS, THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE EVANSTON COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES SUCH AS ECONOMIC JUSTICE, FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES, AND THIRD WORLD ARTISANS AND THEIR HANDICRAFT TECHNIQUES. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONSTITUTE APPROXIMATELY 5% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES. THE REMAINING 95% IS DEVOTED TO THE SALE OF HANDICRAFTS.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE FORM IS REVIEWED BY THE INTERNAL BOOKKEEPER AND THEN DETAILED REVIEW BY THE MANAGER. THE FORM IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS SIGN A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY UPON ELECTION TO THE BOARD. THE POLICY IS MONITORED EACH YEAR BASED ON SELF-REPORTING.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	UPON REQUEST