CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOWELL: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOWELL (EIN 20-8788352)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-09-24
IRS object ID: 201302679349300200
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-09-24T03:19:41-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DOUGLAS B COLPITTS CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 LONGFELLOW PL APT 3607	AddressLine1
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	021142400	ZIPCode

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	208788352	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	OF GREATER LOWELL	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CATH	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3 FAYETTE STREET	AddressLine1
City	LOWELL	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01852	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	NICHOLAS SANNELLA	Name
Title	Trustee	Title
Date Signed	2013-09-24	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	EDWARD W MURPHY III CPA	Name
PTIN	P00265259	PTIN
Phone	6175229023	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	NICHOLAS SANNELLA	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7 WARWICK CIRCLE	AddressLine1
City	ANDOVER	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01810	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	186599	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
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Web Site	N/A	WebSite
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State Legal Domicile	MA	StateLegalDomicile
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Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	1950	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
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Other Revenue Current Year	6367	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	41854	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	57927	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
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Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Other Expenses Current Year	9123	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	9505	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	9123	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	32349	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	48804	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
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Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	908700	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO FOSTER AND ENHANCE CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AFFILIATED WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	ONGOING WORK TO ENHANCE CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OR INITIATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY.	Description
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	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	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
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
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
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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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	0	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	5	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	NICHOLAS SANNELLA	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6177428831	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3 FAYETTE STREET	AddressLine1
City	LOWELL	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01852	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Average Hours Per Week RelatedAverageHoursPerWeekRelated	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
STEPHEN GERVAIS
Trustee	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
JACK CONNORS
Trustee	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	X
FRANK BARRETT
Trustee	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	X
SHELAGH MAHONEY
Trustee	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	X
NICHOLAS SANNELLA
Trustee	20.00	0.00	0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	2000	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	2000	TotalContributions
Total Program Service Revenue	0	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	29499	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	29499	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	6367	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	6367	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	148733	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	128672	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	20061	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	20061	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	20061	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	57927	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	55927	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	515	Total
Management And General	515	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2000	Total
Management And General	2000	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	99	Total
Management And General	99	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3623	Total
Management And General	3623	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	FOREIGN TAX WITHHELD	Description
Total	2886	Total
Management And General	2886	ManagementAndGeneral

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9123	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	9123	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1938	BOY
EOY	1939	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1095971	BOY
EOY	906761	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1097909	BOY
EOY	908700	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1097909	BOY
EOY	908700	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1097909	BOY
EOY	908700	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1097909	BOY
EOY	908700	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	48804	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-238013	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Church170b1 Ai	X	Church170b1Ai

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	NET UNREALIZED GAIN/LOSSES ON INVESTMENTS = -$238013
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND OTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	No review was or will be conducted.