THE CYPRESS INITIATIVE INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2012

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Organization: THE CYPRESS INITIATIVE INC (EIN 20-8378337)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-04-16
IRS object ID: 201311069349200116
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O
Compensation Explanation

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-04-16T11:47:51-05:00	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	FOELGNER RONZ & STRAW PA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1301 66TH ST N	AddressLine1
City	SAINT PETERSBURG	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	337105501	ZIPCode

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	208378337	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE CYPRESS INITIATIVE INC	BusinessNameLine1

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	402 EAST OAK AVENUE SUITE 101	AddressLine1
City	TAMPA	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33602	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LYNANNE LAWHEAD	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Date Signed	2013-04-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PAUL E HOROWITZ	Name
Phone	7273471120	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-04-15	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Web Site	WWW.CYPRESSCENTERWELLBEING.ORG	WebSite
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Gross Receipts	133317	GrossReceipts
Info In Schedule O Part I	X	InfoInScheduleOPartI
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	133317	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtc
Total Revenue	133317	TotalRevenue
Salaries Other Comp Empl Benefits	103844	SalariesOtherCompEmplBenefits
Fees And Oth Pymt To Ind Contractors	9524	FeesAndOthPymtToIndContractors
Occupancy Rent Utilities And Maint	8796	OccupancyRentUtilitiesAndMaint
Printing Publications Postage	123	PrintingPublicationsPostage
Other Expenses Total	52435	OtherExpensesTotal
Total Expenses	174722	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-41405	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	74045	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	32640	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part II	X	InfoInScheduleOPartII

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	80817	BOY
EOY	39171	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4008	BOY
EOY	3631	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	84825	BOY
EOY	42802	EOY

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10780	BOY
EOY	10162	EOY

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	74045	BOY
EOY	32640	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Primary Exempt Purpose	PROMOTE WELL-BEING, HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND RESILIENCY IN INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE UNDERSTANDING OF PRINCIPLES EXPLAINING HOW WE CREATE AND CHANGE OUR EXPERIENCE OF LIFE.	PrimaryExemptPurpose

Program Service Accomplishment ProgramServiceAccomplishment (2 entries)

Description Program Service AccomDescriptionProgramServiceAccom	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpenses
CREATING A BETTER LIFE FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PRINCIPLE BASED TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. REGULAR, ON-GOING PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS. THE OVERALL FOCUS OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO FACILITATE INDIVIDUAL WELL BEING AND HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THOUGHT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO WORKS TO ENCOURAGE, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.	117443
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PRINCIPLE BASED TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. REGULAR, ON-GOING PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS. THE OVERALL FOCUS OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO FACILITATE INDIVIDUAL WELL BEING AND HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THOUGHT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO WORKS TO ENCOURAGE, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

Description Program Service AccomDescriptionProgramServiceAccom

Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpenses

CREATING A BETTER LIFE FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PRINCIPLE BASED TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. REGULAR, ON-GOING PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS. THE OVERALL FOCUS OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO FACILITATE INDIVIDUAL WELL BEING AND HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THOUGHT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO WORKS TO ENCOURAGE, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

117443

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PRINCIPLE BASED TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. REGULAR, ON-GOING PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS. THE OVERALL FOCUS OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO FACILITATE INDIVIDUAL WELL BEING AND HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THOUGHT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO WORKS TO ENCOURAGE, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	117443	TotalProgramServiceExpenses

Officer Director Trustee Key Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeKeyEmpl (3 entries)

TitleTitle	Avg Hours Per Wk Devoted To PositionAvgHoursPerWkDevotedToPosition	CompensationCompensation
KATHY MIZE
PRESIDENT	5.00	0
M LYNANNE LAWHEAD
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00	23024
CALLY BEKHOR
SECRETARY/TR	5.00	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRpt
Made Changes To Orgnzng Etc Doc	false	MadeChangesToOrgnzngEtcDoc
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBI
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtc
Did Org File Form1120 POL This Year	false	DidOrgFileForm1120POLThisYear
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficers
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTrans
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	CANDACE SIMMONS	NamePerson

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	402 E OAK AVE STE 101	AddressLine1
City	TAMPA	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33602	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	8135746920	TelephoneNumber

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Maintain Any Donor Advised Funds	false	MaintainAnyDonorAdvisedFunds
Does Org Have Hospital	false	DoesOrgHaveHospital
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvided
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction With Control Entity	false	TransactionWithControlEntity
Engage Political Cmpgn Activities	false	EngagePoliticalCmpgnActivities
Engage In Lobbying Activities	false	EngageInLobbyingActivities
Operating School	false	OperatingSchool
Trnsfrs Exempt Non Char Related Org	false	TrnsfrsExemptNonCharRelatedOrg
Part VI Of Comp Of Highest Paid Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHighestPaidEmpl
Part VIA Hghst Paid Cntrct Prof Ser	NONE	PartVIAHghstPaidCntrctProfSer
Filed Schedule A	true	FiledScheduleA

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	372346	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	100349	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	320020	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	248420	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	127928	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1169063	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4778	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	45265	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3800	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5389	CurrentTaxYear
Total	59232	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	372346	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	105127	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	365285	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	252220	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	133317	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1228295	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	1228295	PublicSupportTotal509

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	372346	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	105127	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	365285	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	252220	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	133317	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1228295	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	1.00000	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
OTHER EXPENSES	FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES ADVERTISING 56 BANK CHARGES 113 OFFICE EXPENSE 3,507 MISC 6 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 907 SOFTWARE EXPENSE - ANNUAL 3,048 WEBSITE 3,480 FOOD & BEVERGE 1,568 INSURANCE 1,184 1,184 TRAINING EVENTS 23,171 SUPPLIES & MATERIALS 6,211 SPEAKERS 8,000 TOTAL 52,435
OTHER ASSETS	FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24	PREPAID EXPENSES AND DEFERRED CHARGES 1,200 1,200 FURNITURE 4,819 4,819 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 4,176 4,819 COMPUTERS AND OFFICE EQUIP 3,899 4,707 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 2,856 3,398 SECURITY DEPOSITS 1,122 1,122 TOTAL 4,008 3,631
OTHER LIABILITIES	FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26	ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 10,780 10,162
PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE	FORM 990-EZ, PART III	PROMOTE WELL-BEING, HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND RESILIENCY IN INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE UNDERSTANDING OF PRINCIPLES EXPLAINING HOW WE CREATE AND CHANGE OUR EXPERIENCE OF LIFE.
FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT	FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28	CREATING A BETTER LIFE FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PRINCIPLE BASED TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. REGULAR, ON-GOING PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS. THE OVERALL FOCUS OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO FACILITATE INDIVIDUAL WELL BEING AND HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THOUGHT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO WORKS TO ENCOURAGE, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT	FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES PRINCIPLE BASED TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY. REGULAR, ON-GOING PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS. THE OVERALL FOCUS OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO FACILITATE INDIVIDUAL WELL BEING AND HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THOUGHT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO WORKS TO ENCOURAGE, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

Compensation Explanation CompensationExplanation

Compensation Compensation (3 entries)

KATHY MIZE
M LYNANNE LAWHEAD
CALLY BEKHOR