ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC (EIN 52-1591139)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-05-14
IRS object ID: 201311349349303636
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 B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-05-14T11:21:05-07:00	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	Linton Shafer Warfield & Garrett PA CPAs	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	201 Thomas Johnson Drive	AddressLine1
City	Frederick	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	21702	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	521591139	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	ADVO	NameControl
Phone	3016622003	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	216 ABRECHT PLACE	AddressLine1
City	FREDERICK	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	21701	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KENNETH W ALLREAD	Name
Title	Executive Director	Title
Date Signed	2013-05-14	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Barbara Roman	Name
PTIN	P00972808	PTIN
Phone	3016629200	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)
Gross Receipts	342922	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.afhf88.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1988	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MD	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Advocates for Homeless Families empowers motivated individuals to overcome homelessness. Families achieve success through a two year structured program of education, housing, and support services. Two programs are offered: Transitional Housing - provides housing for homeless families who must enroll in Advocates' program which will educate the participant on proper budgeting techniques and assist the family in seeking and maintaining employment and obtaining job skill training and/or additional educational training such as GED's or college degrees to seek better employment opportunities; Families Forward - is a similar program which supports families not yet homeless, but at risk for becoming homeless. Participants must adhere to Advocates' program guidelines or risk being terminated from the program.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	10	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	6	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	60	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	300916	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	296878	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	27498	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	32826	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	36	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	23	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	9933	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	10534	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	338383	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	340261	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	142836	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	149338	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	7743	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	212639	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	202943	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	355475	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	352281	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-17092	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-12020	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	879082	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	867225	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	355822	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	355985	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	523260	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	511240	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Advocates for Homeless Families empowers motivated individuals to overcome homelessness. Families achieve success through a two year structured program of education, housing, and support services. Two programs are offered: Transitional Housing - provides housing for homeless families who must enroll in Advocates' program which will educate the participant on proper budgeting techniques and assist the family in seeking and maintaining employment and obtaining job skill training and/or additional educational training such as GED's or college degrees to seek better employment opportunities; Families Forward - is a similar program which supports families not yet homeless, but at risk for becoming homeless. Participants must adhere to Advocates' program guidelines or risk being terminated from the program.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	285800	Expense
Description	TRANSITIONAL HOUSING - TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES THROUGH A TWO YEAR STRUCTURED PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AND SUPPORT.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	45264	Expense
Description	FAMILIES FORWARD - TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT EVICTIONS, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT FORECLOSURE AND OTHER SUPPORT TO HELP FAMILIES REESTABLISHING HOUSEHOLDS	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	331064	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	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	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	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	true	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
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
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	4	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	6	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	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	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	10	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	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	THE ORGANIZATION	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3016622003	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	216 ABRECHT PLACE	AddressLine1
City	FREDERICK	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	21701	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Average Hours Per Week RelatedAverageHoursPerWeekRelated	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
DARLENE AULLS
Vice President	2.00	0.00	X	X	0	0	0
KENDYL LOVELACE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	X		0	0	0
MEREDITH MCADAM
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	X		0	0	0
REV KAY RICE
President	2.00	0.00	X	X	0	0	0
MELISSA PHILLIPS
Secretary	2.00	0.00	X	X	0	0	0
DAN LAJEWSKI
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	X		0	0	0
ANN HEDGES
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	X		0	0	0
KAREN MYRICK
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	X		0	0	0
LINDA CHRISLER
Treasurer	2.00	0.00	X	X	0	0	0
TED LUCK
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	X		0	0	0
KENNETH W ALLREAD
Executive Direc	40.00	0.00		X	30000	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	30000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation

Name Of Contractor NameOfContractor

Name Business NameBusiness

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Government Grants	81245	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	215633	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	296878	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FEES	Description
Total Revenue Column	32826	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	32826	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	32826	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	23	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$23	ExclusionAmount

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	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

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

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	13195	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	2661	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	10534	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$10,534	ExclusionAmount

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	340261	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	32826	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$10,557	ExclusionAmount

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	30000	Total
Program Services	19790	ProgramServices
Management And General	9752	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	458	Fundraising

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	119338	Total
Program Services	78724	ProgramServices
Management And General	38792	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1822	Fundraising

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	0	Total

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	7800	Total
Management And General	7800	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	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10829	Total
Management And General	10829	ManagementAndGeneral

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	10162	Total
Program Services	10162	ProgramServices

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	12006	Total
Program Services	12006	ProgramServices

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	49318	Total
Program Services	46643	ProgramServices
Management And General	2675	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10331	Total
Program Services	5189	ProgramServices
Management And General	5142	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	FundraisingFundraising	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSE	4559	4559
STIPENDS	13570		13570
STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTING	14000			14000
UTILITIES	64137		56039	8098

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6231	Total
Program Services	88941	ProgramServices
Management And General	-83614	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	904	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	352281	Total
Program Services	331064	ProgramServices
Management And General	13474	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7743	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137323	BOY
EOY	169698	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10935	BOY
EOY	4970	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2675	BOY
EOY	3235	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)
BOY	8473	BOY
EOY	12878	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	1308337	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	632857	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	717851	BOY
EOY	675480	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	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)
BOY	1506	BOY
EOY	645	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	319	BOY
EOY	319	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	879082	BOY
EOY	867225	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9081	BOY
EOY	13366	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	346741	BOY
EOY	342619	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	355822	BOY
EOY	355985	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	116071	BOY
EOY	152924	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	407189	BOY
EOY	358316	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	523260	BOY
EOY	511240	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	879082	BOY
EOY	867225	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-12020	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	262163	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	305472	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	290409	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	300916	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	296878	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1455838	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	262163	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	305472	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	290409	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	300916	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	296878	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1455838	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	0	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	1455838	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	144	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	74	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	48	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	36	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	23	CurrentTaxYear
Total	325	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	338	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	305	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	85	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	728	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1456891	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99930	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99860	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	25070	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	1587	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	26657	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	27371	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-2301	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	25070	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	23040	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	4331	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	27371	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	25195	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	2500	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-3176	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Administrative Expenses	219	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	23040	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	true	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	55900	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	55900	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1103076	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	552910	Depreciation
Book Value	550166	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	137416	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	69231	Depreciation
Book Value	68185	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	9448	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	9199	Depreciation
Book Value	249	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2497	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1517	Depreciation
Book Value	980	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	675480	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	367643	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	24721	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Other Revenues	2661	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	27382	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	340261	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	340261	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	379663	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	24721	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Other Expenses Included	2661	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	27382	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	352281	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	352281	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Part XII, Line 2d	Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	DIRECT FUNDRAISING ON PART VIII, LN 8B $2661
Part XI, Line 2d	Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	DIRECT FUNDRAISING ON PART VIII, LN 8B $2661
Part V, Line 4	Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	The endowment fund was set up to provide a long term endowment resource for the organization. Advocates does not hold the investments in the fund, rather they are invested with the Community Foundation of Frederick County, Inc. The board of the Community Foundation makes investment decisions and calculates distributions. Advocates only records income when it receives an income distribtution from the Community Foundation as determined by the Community Foundations' board of directors.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Advocates posts an annual report on its own website and other documents are available upon request
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The executive director salary is set and approved by the officers of the board considering such items as educational and experience background and comparable salaries for similiar positions in the geographical area with consideration of the organization's available budget.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	The board annually signs conflict of interest policy updates and any noted conflicts are brought up for discussion in front of the full board.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	Form 990 is reviewed by the executive director and staff accountant and then provided to the administrative committee for review who can then take any questions or comments to the full board.