INVISIBLE GIRL PROJECT: Form 990EZ, tax year 2012

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Organization
INVISIBLE GIRL PROJECT (EIN 27-3658257)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-05-10
IRS object ID
201301309349201365
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2013-05-10T13:31:08-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

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EIN351178661EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

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Business Name Line1BLUE & CO LLCBusinessNameLine1

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Address Line1ONE AMERICAN SQUARE 2200AddressLine1
CityINDIANAPOLISCity
StateINState
ZIP Code46282ZIPCode
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Return Type990EZReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN273658257EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1INVISIBLE GIRL PROJECT INCORPORATEDBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlINVINameControl
Phone3175234305Phone

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO BOX 301103AddressLine1
CityINDIANAPOLISCity
StateINState
ZIP Code46230ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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NameJILL MCELYAName
TitleVICE PRESIDENTTitle
Phone3175234305Phone
Date Signed2013-05-01DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

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NameAMBER KOCHER CPAName
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Phone3176334705Phone
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Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-25 16:41:14ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

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Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash
Web SiteWWW.INVISIBLEGIRLPROJECT.ORGWebSite
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Grants And Similar Amounts Paid52754GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaid
Fees And Oth Pymt To Ind Contractors8039FeesAndOthPymtToIndContractors
Printing Publications Postage2211PrintingPublicationsPostage
Other Expenses Total61523OtherExpensesTotal
Total Expenses124527TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year25497ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY16716NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Other Changes In Net Assets0OtherChangesInNetAssets
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Info In Schedule O Part IIXInfoInScheduleOPartII

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Info In Schedule O Part IIIXInfoInScheduleOPartIII
Primary Exempt PurposeINVISIBLE GIRL PROJECT'S MISSION IS TO END GENDERCIDE (THE SYSTEMATIC KILLING OF FEMALES) AND TO INCREASE THE PERCEIVED VALUE OF GIRLS AND WOMEN IN THE INDIAN CULTURE. INVISBLE GIRL PROJECT'S VISION IS TO RAISE GLOBAL AWARENESS CONCERNING THE LOSS OF FEMALE LIVES IN INDIA, TO PURSUE JUSTICE IN INDIA FOR THE LIVES LOST, ADN TO ASSIST OUR INDIAN PARTNERS IN THE RESCUE OF AND CARE FOR INDIAN GIRLS.PrimaryExemptPurpose

Program Service Accomplishment ProgramServiceAccomplishment (4 entries)

Description Program Service AccomDescriptionProgramServiceAccomGrants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsProgram Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesIncludes Foreign GrantsIncludesForeignGrants
PROGRAMS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND CREATE A MOVEMENT: IGP BELIEVES THAT IN ORDER TO SAVE INNOCENT LIVES OF GIRLS IN INDIA, PEOPLE FROM THE "WESTERN WORLD" MUST RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE AND HELP ADDRESS THE INJUSTICE OF GENDERCIDE IN INDIA. THEREFORE, IN EFFORT TO HELP "VINDICATE THE ORPHAN AND THE OPPRESSED,"(PSALM 10:18), IGP MOBILIZES PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES TO ADDRESS GENDERCIDE BY GIVING THEM PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAVEL AND SERVE ORPHAN GIRLS IN INDIA, VISITING THEM AND CARING FOR THEM. IN TURN, INDIVIDUALS CONSISTENTLY DESIRE TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT GENDERCIDE AND TO FURTHER RAISE AWARENESS, SO THAT ULTIMATELY, LIVES OF YOUNG INDIAN GIRLS WILL BE SEEN GLOBALLY TO HAVE VALUE AND WILL BE SPARED. THESE PROGRAMS HAVE PROVEN TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING TOOL AS THE MAJORITY OF IGP'S MAJOR DONORS HAVE TRAVELED TO INDIA AND SEEN THE WORK FIRST-HAND. IN ADDITION, THESE PROGRAMS HAVE PROVEN TO BE THE GREATEST SOURCE FOR HELPING INDIVIDUALS RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GENDERCIDE IN THE US. PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAVELED TO VISIT THE GIRLS AND HAVE SEEN IGP'S WORK ON THE FIELD HAVE NOT ONLY TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RAISE AWARENESS, BUT ALSO, THEY HAVE HOSTED VARIOUS EVENTS UPON THEIR RETURN, IN WHICH THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATED OTHERS ABOUT GENDERCIDE AND THE NEED FOR WESTERNERS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN COMBATTING THIS ISSUETHEREBY HELPING TO CREATE A MOVEMENT.044272
CARE FOR AND MEET NEEDS OF ORPHAN GIRLS: IGP INCREASES THE CAPACITY OF ITS INDIAN FIELD PARTNERS TO CARE FOR ORPHANED OR UNWANTED GIRLS. IN DOING SO, IGP HELPS MEET THEIR PARTNERS' FINANCIAL NEEDS, SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE SAFE, HEALTHY, AND LOVING ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH YOUNG INDIAN GIRLS CAN FLOURISH. IGP PROVIDES MONTHLY SUPPORT TO ITS PARTNER-ORPHANAGES, FOR THE ORPHAN GIRLS, PROVIDING THEIR FOOD, CLOTHING, BOARDING, AND MEDICAL EXPENSES. IN ADDITION, IGP HELPS PROVIDE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES FOR THESE INDIAN GIRLS SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE QUALITY PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND EVEN COLLEGE EDUCATIONS.3227032270X
EDUCATE INDIAN GIRLS: ACCORDING TO 2011 ESTIMATES, MEN OUTNUMBER WOMEN IN INDIAN SOCIETY BY NEARLY 40 MILLION. THIS GENDER GAP IS DUE TO THE SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION OF GIRLS THROUGH GENDERCIDE; THAT IS, MORE SPECIFICALLY, FEMALE FETICIDE (SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION) AND FEMALE INFANTICIDE (THE KILLING OF BABY GIRLS). ACCORDING TO A 2006 UNICEF REPORT, 7,000 FEWER GIRLS ARE BORN IN INDIA EVERY DAY, BECAUSE THEY ARE ABORTED DUE TO ILLEGAL SEX-DETERMINATION TESTS. THEY ARE ILLEGALLY ABORTED, JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE GIRLS. IN ADDITION, AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF BABY GIRLS ARE UNWANTED AND MURDERED EVERY DAY, ALSO, JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE GIRLS. BECAUSE OF THIS SYSTEMATIC GENDERCIDE, THE UNITED NATIONS ESTIMATES THAT 50 MILLION GIRLS AND WOMEN ARE MISSING FROM INDIA'S POPULATION. INVISIBLE GIRL PROJECT'S MISSION IS TO END GENDERCIDE IN INDIA (THE SYSTEMATIC KILLING OF FEMALES) AND TO INCREASE THE PERCEIVED VALUE OF GIRLS AND WOMEN IN THE INDIAN CULTURE, BY RAISING GLOBAL AWARENESS CONCERNING THE LOSS OF FEMALE LIVES IN INDIA, PURSUING JUSTICE IN INDIA FOR THE LIVES LOST, AND ASSISTING INDIAN PARTNERS IN THE RESCUE OF AND CARE FOR INDIAN GIRLS. IN ASSISTING INDIAN PARTNERS IN INCREASING THE PERCEIVED VALUE OF GIRLS AND WOMEN IN INDIA, IGP PROVIDES MANY OF ITS PARTNERS' FINANCIAL NEEDS. IN 2012, ONE SUCH MAJOR NEED WAS TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO EDUCATE 155 GIRLS WHO HAD BEEN RESCUED BY ONE OF IGP'S INDIAN PARTNERS. BUT FOR IGP'S PARTNER, THESE GIRLS WOULD NEITHER BE ALIVE NOR EDUCATED AT ALL. IGP'S PARTNER NOT ONLY HELPS CARE FOR THESE GIRLS AND ENSURES THEY HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT ALSO ENSURES THEY RECEIVE QUALITY EDUCATION. IN FACT, MANY OF THE GIRLS ATTEND SCHOOLS WHERE THEY LEARN ENGLISH AS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. IN ADDITION TO THE QUALITY EDUCATION, THE GIRLS ARE TAUGHT THEIR INTRINSIC VALUE. IGP AND ITS PARTNER BELIEVE IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR GIRLS TO BE BOTH EDUCATED AND TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE VALUABLE. AND, IN SPITE OF THE CULTURAL PREFERENCE FOR SONS, THROUGH IGP'S PARTNER THESE GIRLS LEARN THAT THEY ARE EQUALLY VALUABLE, AS HUMAN BEINGS.1998419984
OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDING GRANT TO HELP IGP'S PARTNERS PURCHASE SPORTS EQUIPMENT.5008903
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Total Program Service Expenses105429TotalProgramServiceExpenses

Officer Director Trustee Key Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeKeyEmpl (5 entries)

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JILL MCELYA
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DOUG COLLINS
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ROBERT ULRICH
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DANA SHAW
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Organization Had UBI0OrganizationHadUBI
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTax
Organization Dissolved Etc0OrganizationDissolvedEtc
Direct Indirect Political Expend0DirectIndirectPoliticalExpend
Made Loans To From Officers0MadeLoansToFromOfficers
Tax Imposed Under IRC49110TaxImposedUnderIRC4911
Tax Imposed Under IRC49120TaxImposedUnderIRC4912
Tax Imposed Under IRC49550TaxImposedUnderIRC4955
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTrans
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Amount Of Tax Reimbursed By Org0AmountOfTaxReimbursedByOrg
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledINStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled

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Business Name Line1BRAD MCELYABusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line1PO BOX 301103AddressLine1
CityINDIANAPOLISCity
StateINState
ZIP Code46230ZIPCode
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Telephone Number3175234305TelephoneNumber
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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Maintain Any Donor Advised Funds0MaintainAnyDonorAdvisedFunds
Does Org Have Hospital0DoesOrgHaveHospital
Tanning Services Provided0TanningServicesProvided
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Engage Political Cmpgn Activities0EngagePoliticalCmpgnActivities
Engage In Lobbying Activities0EngageInLobbyingActivities
Operating School0OperatingSchool
Trnsfrs Exempt Non Char Related Org0TrnsfrsExemptNonCharRelatedOrg
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Part VIA Hghst Paid Cntrct Prof SerNONEPartVIAHghstPaidCntrctProfSer
Filed Schedule A1FiledScheduleA

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year82202CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year123373CurrentTaxYear
Total205575Total

Total170 Total170

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year82202CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year123373CurrentTaxYear
Total205575Total
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Amounts Subst Contributors Total48833AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170156742PublicSupportTotal170
Total Support205575TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc37160GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
First5 Years170XFirst5Years170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
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Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAIDFORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: ORPHANAGE SUPPORT. GRANTEE NAME: HOME OF LOVE- LOVE INDIA MISSION ENDEAVOR INC. GRANTEE ADDRESS: 7096 SE YEARLING LANE PORTLAND, OR 97267. AMOUNT GIVEN: 28,490.
GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAIDFORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SPONSORSHIP OF A CHILD. GRANTEE NAME: CHRISTIAN MISSIONS CHARITABLE TRUST, AKA GRANTEE NAME: CHRISTIAN MISSIONS CHARITABLE TRUST, AKA. GRANTEE ADDRESS: 72(59) SPUR TANK ROAD CHEPET-CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA 600031. AMOUNT GIVEN: 3,780.
GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAIDFORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SPONSORSHIP OF CHILDREN & EDUCATION. GRANTEE NAME: SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATED SOCIAL UPLIFTMENT (SISU). GRANTEE ADDRESS: 9, VISHWASHANTHI NAGAR MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA 625017. AMOUNT GIVEN: 19,984.
GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAIDFORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SPORTS EQUIPMENT. GRANTEE NAME: GRANT UNDER $1,000 . GRANTEE ADDRESS: PO BOX 301103 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46230. AMOUNT GIVEN: 500. TOTAL INCLUDED ON FORM 990-EZ, LINE 10: 52,754.
OTHER EXPENSESFORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 46,905. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM SERVICES EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 8,403. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 4,119. DESCRIPTION: MEALS EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 991. DESCRIPTION: BANK SERVICE FEES. AMOUNT: 888. DESCRIPTION: LICENSES AND REGISTRATION FEES. AMOUNT: 217. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 61,523.
OTHER LIABILITIESFORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26DESCRIPTION: CREDIT CARD PAYABLE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 42. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 128.

Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl TransferPrsnlBnftContractsDecl

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DeclarationTHE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.Declaration

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