MUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
MUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA (EIN 01-0548371)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-08-12
IRS object ID
201312259349303256
Schema version
2012v2.1
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)
Timestamp2013-08-12T21:53:48-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN271947545EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1PAS Tax & Bookkeeping Service LLCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line19998 Red Cedar DrAddressLine1
CityFriscoCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code75035ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN010548371EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Muslim Legal Fund of AmericaBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlMUSLNameControl

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1833 Arapaho RoadAddressLine1
CityRichardsonCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code75081ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameMehmood BhedaName
TitlePresidentTitle
Date Signed2013-07-30DateSigned
Authorize Third PartytrueAuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameAbdul H KhanName
PTINP00745129PTIN
Phone2149149086Phone
Date Prepared2013-08-12DatePrepared
Self EmployedXSelfEmployed
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonMehmood BhedaNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line17916 Kettlewood CtAddressLine1
CityPlanoCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code75075ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts2187423GrossReceipts
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Nbr Voting Members Governing Body7NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members7NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees20TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers96TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Salaries Etc Current Year134255SalariesEtcCurrentYear
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Total Liabilities BOY77390TotalLiabilitiesBOY
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Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible ContributionsfalseNonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo ContributionsfalseQuidProQuoContributions
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Premiums PaidfalsePremiumsPaid
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Excess Business HoldingsfalseExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable DistributionsfalseTaxableDistributions
Distribution To DonorfalseDistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServices
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Family Or Business RelationshiptrueFamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Material Diversion Or MisusefalseMaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or StockholdersfalseMembersOrStockholders
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Decisions Subject To ApprovalfalseDecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing BodytrueMinutesOfGoverningBody
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Officer Mailing AddressfalseOfficerMailingAddress
Local ChaptersfalseLocalChapters
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Conflict Of Interest PolicytrueConflictOfInterestPolicy
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Regular Monitoring EnforcementtrueRegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower PolicyfalseWhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention PolicyfalseDocumentRetentionPolicy
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Compensation Process OthertrueCompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonSafia MeekNamePerson
Telephone Number8666532872TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line1833 Arapaho RoadAddressLine1
CityRichardsonCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code75081ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

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Coleen Rowley
2.00X000
Hatem Bazian
2.00X000
Jess Ghannam
2.00X000
Moufa Nahhas
2.00X000
Raeed Tayeh
2.00X000Secretary
Tarek Alkadri
2.00X000Treasurer
Mehmood Bheda
2.00000PresidentX
Khalil Meek
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Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
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Total1746708Total
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Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

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Total124234Total
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Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

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Advertising Advertising

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Insurance Insurance

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Total3209Total
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Land Buildings Equipment Basis48746LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
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Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReview
FS AuditedtrueFSAudited

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Financial Statement SeparateXFinancialStatementSeparate

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2XPubliclySupportedOrg509a2

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1481692CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1481692CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
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Public Support Percentage5091.00000PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage0.00000InvestmentIncomePercentage
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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

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Other Cost Or Other Basis48746OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation31100Depreciation
Book Value17646BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings17646TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets (2 entries)

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Prepaid expenses1786
Software1140
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Total Book Value Other Assets2926TotalBookValueOtherAssets

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (3 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
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Accrued Payroll$10,624
Payroll Liablities$22
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Total Of Amounts26592TotalOfAmounts
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt2187423TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal2187423RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form9902187423TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt2435876TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal2435876ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form9902435876TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

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Special Fundraising EventsXSpecialFundraisingEvents
Agreement Ref FundraisingfalseAgreementRefFundraising

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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Records MaintainedtrueRecordsMaintained

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Type Of GrantCase feesTypeOfGrant
Number Of Recipients20NumberOfRecipients

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
O01Officer directors etc family relationship Part VI line 2Executive Director9s wife is the Accounting Manager.
O02Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11The return Form 990 is reviewed by the governing body before filing.
O03Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12cThe organization monitors compliance with conflict of interest policy.
O04CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15aThe management ensures compliance with the market data in compensation.
O05Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15bThe management ensures compliance with the market data in compensation.
O06Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19The records are made available to public upon request.
O07Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances Part XI line 9Adj. to the fund balance

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