SISKIYOU DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & CRISIS CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
SISKIYOU DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & CRISIS CENTER (EIN 68-0025514)
Tax period
2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed
2013-01-24
IRS object ID
201310249349300211
Schema version
2011v1.2
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)
Timestamp2013-01-24T10:07:09-06:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-06-30TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN262426369EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1PAVLIK & CHITWOOD LLPBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 626AddressLine1
CityYREKACity
StateCAState
ZIP Code96097ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN680025514EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SISKIYOU DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & CRISIS CTR CENTERBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlSISKNameControl
Phone5308426629Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 688AddressLine1
CityYREKACity
StateCAState
ZIP Code96097ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameLINDA MILESName
TitleEXECUTIVE DIRECTORTitle
Phone5308426629Phone
Date Signed2013-01-22DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameJEFFREY CHITWOODName
PTINP00580998PTIN
Phone5308422796Phone
Date Prepared2013-01-21DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
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Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonLINDA MILESNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 688AddressLine1
CityYREKACity
StateCAState
ZIP Code96097ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Nbr Voting Members Governing Body4NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members4NbrIndependentVotingMembers
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Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
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Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
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Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required1ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
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Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
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Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributions
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Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members4NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy1WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other1CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
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Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1THE ORGANIZATIONBusinessNameLine1
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Telephone Number5308426629TelephoneNumber

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Address Line1PO BOX 688AddressLine1
CityYREKACity
StateCAState
ZIP Code96097ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorOfficerOfficerReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
LORI KEYSER-BOSWELL
FINANCE OFFICER2.00XX000
TED BASTIAN
SECRETARY1.00XX000
RITA HAAS
BOARD MEMBER1.00X000
YVETTE A ROOKER
PRESIDENT1.00XX000
LINDA SKILLEN
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Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions38047AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions38047TotalContributions

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DescriptionGOVERNMENTAL CONTRACTSDescription
Business Code624200BusinessCode
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Related Or Exempt Function Income608588RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
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Total Program Service Revenue608588TotalProgramServiceRevenue
Gross Income Fundraising Events5302GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses2338FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

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Total Revenue Column2964TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion$2,964ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
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Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Total66780Total
Program Services33390ProgramServices
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Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

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Total330878Total
Program Services330878ProgramServices

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

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Total35651Total
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Management And General3030ManagementAndGeneral

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Total11968Total
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Advertising Advertising

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Total3361Total
Program Services3361ProgramServices

Occupancy Occupancy

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Total7608Total
Program Services7608ProgramServices

Travel Travel

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Total15576Total
Program Services15576ProgramServices

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Total6827Total
Program Services6827ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

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Total11959Total
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Insurance Insurance

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Total9235Total
Program Services9235ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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WORKERS COMPENSATION IN48943447834160
UTILITIES1284612246600
TELEPHONE1165011650
SHELTER SUPPLIES & EXP.585731002757

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Total10975Total
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Management And General8711ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Total637075Total
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BOY255627BOY
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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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BOY160947BOY
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis324687LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec222045LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

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BOY111158BOY
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Total Assets TotalAssets

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BOY527732BOY
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BOY40902BOY
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY16547BOY
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

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BOY470283BOY
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BOY470283BOY
EOY482807EOY

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Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years635677CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years632334CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year605588CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year651937CurrentTaxYear
Total3252035Total

Total170 Total170

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years635677CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years632334CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year605588CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year651937CurrentTaxYear
Total3252035Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total1703252035PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years2864CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years4103CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total6967Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support3259002TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage1700.99790PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year0.99720PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

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Other Cost Or Other Basis18000OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value18000BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis96273OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation42103Depreciation
Book Value54170BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis210414OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation179942Depreciation
Book Value30472BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings102642TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue649599TotalRevenue
Total Expenses637075TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year12524ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS12524ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt671748TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Revenues22149OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F99022149RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal649599RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990649599TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt659224TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included22149OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F99022149ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal637075ExpensesSubtotal
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990637075TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanation
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:INKIND REVENUE 19,810. DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 2,338. ROUNDING 1.
PART XIII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:INKIND EXPENSES 19,810. DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 2,338. ROUNDING 1.
FORM 990 IS PREPARED UNDER THE CASH BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS PREPARED UNDER ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11COPY OF FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER WITH BOARD MEETING PACKET.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12COFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND, EMPLOYEES ARE ASKED TO DISCLOSE POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15BBOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPARE COMPENSATION RATES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROVE THE COMPENSATION RATES AT A BOARD MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

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