FRIENDS OF THE ARAVA INSTITUTE LTD: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: FRIENDS OF THE ARAVA INSTITUTE LTD (EIN 11-3485736)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-10-22
IRS object ID: 201322959349300532
Schema version: 2012v2.3
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 F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-10-22T13:24:51-05:00	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	O'HARA WARD & ASSOCIATES	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1036 MILL CREEK DR	AddressLine1
City	FEASTERVILLE	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19053	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	113485736	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRIENDS OF THE ARAVA INSTITUTE LTD	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	FRIE	NameControl
Phone	6175226849	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	896 BEACON STREET	AddressLine1
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02215	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	HILLEL SALOMON	Name
Title	CHAIRMAN	Title
Phone	6175226849	Phone
Date Signed	2013-10-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROBERT A O'HARA	Name
Phone	2153225558	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-10-22	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	HILLEL SALOMON-CHAIRMAN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	896 BEACON STREET	AddressLine1
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02215	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	961861	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.FRIENDSOFARAVA.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1999	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	FOSTER ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	40	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	40	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	7	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	100	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	987340	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	898722	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	4	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	-52966	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	-42411	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	934374	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	856315	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	817183	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	426153	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	310625	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	277455	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	172317	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	104280	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	162049	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	1232088	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	865657	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-297714	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-9342	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	79346	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	144354	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	31103	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	105453	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	48243	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	38901	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	FOSTER ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	667254	Expense
Grants	426153	Grants
Description	SUPPORTED DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES	Description
Total Program Service Expense	667254	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	false	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	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	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	true	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	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
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	7	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	40	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	40	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	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	MANAGEMENT	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6172667100	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	896 BEACON STREET	AddressLine1
Address Line2	896 BEACON STREET	AddressLine2
City	BOSTON	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02215	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (40 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	FormerFormer
HILLEL SALOMON
CHAIRMAN	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
FRANK CHUDNOW
VICE CHAIRMA	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
KAREN FIERST
TREASURER	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
KAREN SHAPIRO
SECRETARY	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
MEHNAZ AFRIDI
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
MOHAMMED ATWA
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
ERIC BERZON
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
ANDREA BOYARSKY-MAISEL
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
COLLEEN CAMP
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
MORIAH COHEN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
SONIA CUMMINGS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BROCK EVANS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BARRY FIERST
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
AARON FRANK
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
LISA FRIEDMAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
AUDREY GALEX
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
STEVE GREENBERG
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BARBARA GURAL
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
RABBI AMY WALLK KATZ
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
DAVID LEHRER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
JONATHAN LEO
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
RON LUBIN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
MICHAEL MARCUS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
GLENDA MINKIN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
DAN MOGULOF
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
MARK MOWER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
MANDY PATINKIN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
JACK PLATT
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
HOWIE RODENSTEIN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BONNIE ROTH
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
NIGEL SAVAGE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
STUART SCHOENFELD
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
JONATHAN SCHORSCH
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
MIRIAM SHARTON
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
ORI SIVAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BRUCE STANGER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
CHESTER STEIN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BUTCH WEAVER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
SUNNY ZIA
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
DANIEL SCHACHTER
FORMER DIREC	40.00			37063	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	37063	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	true	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Fundraising Events	278702	FundraisingEvents
All Other Contributions	620020	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	898722	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	63135	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	278702	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	105546	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-42411	TotalRevenueColumn

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	856315	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	57553	Total
Program Services	57553	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	368600	Total
Program Services	368600	ProgramServices

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	37063	Total
Program Services	25945	ProgramServices
Management And General	2223	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8895	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	215283	Total
Program Services	113997	ProgramServices
Management And General	12918	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	88368	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3629	Total
Program Services	2540	ProgramServices
Management And General	218	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	871	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21480	Total
Program Services	11384	ProgramServices
Management And General	1289	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8807	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3350	Total
Program Services	2345	ProgramServices
Management And General	201	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	804	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	40677	Total
Program Services	22071	ProgramServices
Management And General	2441	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	16165	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3247	Total
Program Services	1801	ProgramServices
Management And General	195	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1251	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15775	Total
Program Services	8748	ProgramServices
Management And General	947	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6080	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8845	Total
Program Services	4905	ProgramServices
Management And General	531	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3409	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16875	Total
Program Services	9358	ProgramServices
Management And General	1013	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6504	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	56567	Total
Program Services	31370	ProgramServices
Management And General	3394	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	21803	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1515	Total
Program Services	840	ProgramServices
Management And General	91	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	584	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1075	Total
Program Services	596	ProgramServices
Management And General	65	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	414	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
TELEPHONE AND UTILITIES	7779	4314	467	2998
FUNDRAISING COSTS	4747			4747
BANK SERVICE CHARGES	1028	570	62	396
MISCELLANEOUS	569	317	31	221

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	865657	Total
Program Services	667254	ProgramServices
Management And General	26086	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	172317	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	63831	BOY
EOY	131652	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8082	BOY
EOY	5824	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	7575	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	2272	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6818	BOY
EOY	5303	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	615	BOY
EOY	1575	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	79346	BOY
EOY	144354	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	22103	BOY
EOY	105000	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9000	BOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	453	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	31103	BOY
EOY	105453	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48243	BOY
EOY	23901	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	15000	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48243	BOY
EOY	38901	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	79346	BOY
EOY	144354	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-9342	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 Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1548683	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1316026	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1302159	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	987340	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	898722	CurrentTaxYear
Total	6052930	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	115838	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	216030	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	74197	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	63135	CurrentTaxYear
Total	469200	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1548683	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1431864	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1518189	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1061537	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	961857	CurrentTaxYear
Total	6522130	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	6522130	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	514	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year	4	CurrentTaxYear
Total	524	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	514	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year	4	CurrentTaxYear
Total	524	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1549197	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1431868	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1518191	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1061537	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	961861	CurrentTaxYear
Total	6522654	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99990	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99890	PriorYearSupportPercentage
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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	7575	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2272	Depreciation
Book Value	5303	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	5303	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PAYROLL TAXES PAYABLE	Description
Amount	$453	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	453	TotalOfAmounts
Footnote In Part XIII	X	FootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	856315	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	856315	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	856315	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	865657	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	865657	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	865657	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	LIABILITY UNDER FIN 48 FOOTNOTE	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION HAS ADOPTED CURRENT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES FOR UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS, WHICH REQUIRE EVALUATION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN ON ITS INCOME TAX RETURN AND RECOGNIZING A TAX ASSET OR LIABILITY IF THE POSTION WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINED UNDER AUDIT. THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICY IS TO RECORD INTEREST AND PENALTIES FROM TAX EXAMINATIONS AS INCOME TAXES. FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THE RETURNS REMAIN OPEN FOR POSSIBLE EXAMINATION THREE YEARS AFTER THEY ARE FILED.	Explanation

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Purpose Of Grant	ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY	PurposeOfGrant
Amount Of Cash Grant	368600	AmountOfCashGrant
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	ELECTRONIC TRAN	MannerOfCashDisbursement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	false	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountries

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	BIKE RIDE	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	341837	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	278702	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	63135	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	105546	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	341837	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	278702	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	63135	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	105546	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	105546	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-42411	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

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

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	829 THIRD AVE	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10022	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient	134087102	EINOfRecipient
IRC Section	3	IRCSection
Amount Of Cash Grant	57553	AmountOfCashGrant
Purpose Of Grant	ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY	PurposeOfGrant

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	1	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	1	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DANIEL SCHACHTER	NamePerson
Title	FORMER DIRECTOR	Title
Base Compensation Filing Org	37063	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	37063	TotalCompensationFilingOrg

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE 990 WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEFORE IT WILL BE FILED.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	COMPENSATION OF KEY EMPLOYEES IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.

FRIENDS OF THE ARAVA INSTITUTE LTD: Form 990, tax year 2012

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (40 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Total509 Total509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Address US AddressUS

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

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