A ADOPTION ADVOCATES OF GEORGIA INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: A ADOPTION ADVOCATES OF GEORGIA INC (EIN 26-3299036)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-11-12
IRS object ID: 201303169349303655
Schema version: 2012v2.1
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-11-12T12:18:53-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	582447405	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	R Terry Pate PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	706 Holcomb Bridge Road	AddressLine1
City	Norcross	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30071	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	263299036	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	A ADOPTION ADVOCATES OF GEORGIA INC	BusinessNameLine1

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7199 DUNHILL TERRACE NE	AddressLine1
City	ATLANTA	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30328	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	STEVE VAN DUZEN	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	7708539591	Phone
Date Signed	2013-10-31	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	R Terry Pate	Name
PTIN	P01224444	PTIN
Phone	7703688081	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-11-12	DatePrepared

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	STEVE VANDUZEN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8470 BETHEL RIDGE CT	AddressLine1
City	GAINESVILLE	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30506	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	137319	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.ADOPTIONADVOCATESOFGA.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2009	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	GA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HOME STUDIES AND PERFORMS OTHER RELATED SERVICES ATTENDANT TO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. TO CONDUCT, MANAGE AND CARRY ON IN LAWFUL MANNER THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE BUSINESS WHICH SHALL BE LAWFUL AND TO DO ANY ACTS AND THINGS	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	106750	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	137319	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	106750	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	137319	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	73162	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	82142	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	36197	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	39421	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	109359	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	121563	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-2609	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	15756	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	78	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	15834	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	78	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	15834	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HOME STUDIES AND PERFORMS OTHER RELATED SERVICES ATTENDANT TO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. TO CONDUCT, MANAGE AND CARRY ON IN LAWFUL MANNER THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE BUSINESS WHICH SHALL BE LAWFUL AND TO DO ANY ACTS AND THINGS	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	120813	Expense
Revenue	137319	Revenue
Description	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HOME STUDIES AND PERFORMS OTHER RELATED SERVICES ATTENDANT TO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. TO CONDUCT, MANAGE AND CARRY ON IN LAWFUL MANNER THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE BUSINESS WHICH SHALL BE LAWFUL AND TO DO ANY ACTS AND THINGS PERMITTED BY BY LAW AND DESIGNED TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, IMPROVE OR ENHANCE THE MISSION OF THE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION. APPROXIMATELY 90 HOME STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED IN 2012.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	120813	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
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
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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	4	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
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	true	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	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
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
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ASHLEY A BYERS	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7708539591	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8460 BETHEL RIDGE CT	AddressLine1
City	GAINESVILLE	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30506	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	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
PARKER CUMMINGHAM
DIRECTOR	0.25	X	0	0	0
DAVID CUNNINGHAM
VICE PRESIDENT	0.25		0	0	0	X
EVELYN FOLGER
SECRETARY	0.25		0	0	0	X
LYN THOMAS
TREASURER	0.25		0	0	0	X
STEVE VANDUZEN
PRESIDENT	0.25		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	0	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	HOME STUDIES	Description
Business Code	624100	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	137319	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	137319	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	137319	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	137319	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	137319	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIX

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	82142	Total
Program Services	82142	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	750	Total
Management And General	750	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22144	Total
Program Services	22144	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3746	Total
Program Services	3746	ProgramServices

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4928	Total
Program Services	4928	ProgramServices

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1002	Total
Program Services	1002	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	457	Total
Program Services	457	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
SUPPLIES	5679	5679
ALL OTHER	715	715

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	121563	Total
Program Services	120813	ProgramServices
Management And General	750	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	X	JointCosts

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78	BOY
EOY	15834	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78	BOY
EOY	15834	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78	BOY
EOY	15834	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78	BOY
EOY	15834	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78	BOY
EOY	15834	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	15756	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
O01	Management duties delegation Part VI line 3	THE COMPANY UTILIZES CONSULTANTS PROVIDE IN HOME STUDY SERVICES FOR FAMILIES ADOPTING.
O02	Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	A COPY OF FORM 990 IS EMAIL TO EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR REVIEW. ANY QUESTIONS ARE FORWARDED TO THE TAX PREPARER AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS NECESSARY.
O03	Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE.
O04	List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g	CONSULTANTS PROVIDE IN HOME STUDY SERVICES FOR FAMILIES ADOPTING.