AFRICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF BUFFALO INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: AFRICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF BUFFALO INC (EIN 16-0920652)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-11-12
IRS object ID: 201323169349305032
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-11-12T15:33:11-06:00	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	ARCARA & BORCZYNSKI	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	424 MAIN ST STE 1806	AddressLine1
City	BUFFALO	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	142023618	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	160920652	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AFRICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	BUFFALO INC	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	AFRI	NameControl
Phone	7168842013	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	350 MASTEN AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	BUFFALO	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	14209	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PAULETTE S COUNTS	Name
Title	CHAIRPERSON	Title
Phone	7168842013	Phone
Date Signed	2013-11-12	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DIANE STRAKA	Name
Phone	7168526681	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-11-12	DatePrepared

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)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	PAULETTE S COUNTS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	350 MASTEN AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	BUFFALO	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	14209	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	579701	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.AFRICANCULTURAL.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1958	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO PROMOTE, SPONSOR AND DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION OF AND ALLEGIANCE TO AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE AND COMMIT TO ENHANCE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTHS THROUGH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ARTS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	11	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	13	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	32	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	349556	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	464703	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	83591	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	112151	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	3687	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	2847	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	436834	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	579701	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	224175	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	212017	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	16000	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	293664	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	318429	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	517839	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	530446	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-81005	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	49255	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	349855	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	384673	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	118957	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	104520	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	230898	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	280153	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	TO PROMOTE, SPONSOR AND DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION OF AND ALLEGIANCE TO AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE AND COMMIT TO ENHANCE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTHS THROUGH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ARTS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	387078	Expense
Revenue	112151	Revenue
Description	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED A CENTER FOR THE COMMUNITY WHERE AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTHS COULD DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION OF AND ALLEGIANCE TO AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ENHANCED THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTHS THROUGH MULTI-DICIPLINARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE ARTS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	387078	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
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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	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
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	55	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	13	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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	11	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	11	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	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	7168842013	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	350 MASTEN AVENUE	AddressLine1
Address Line2	350 MASTEN AVENUE	AddressLine2
City	BUFFALO	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	14209	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (12 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
HARRY STOKES
DIRECTOR/TRE	13.00	X	0	0	0
CHRIS MILHOUSE
DIRECTOR/SEC	5.00	X	0	0	0
GWENDOLYN NEAL
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
PAULETTE S COUNTS
DIRECTOR/CHA	10.00	X	0	0	0
EARL SMITH
DIRECTOR	5.00	X	0	0	0
JANICE CRAIG
DIRECTOR	0.00	X	0	0	0
KIMBERLY M SANDERS
DIRECTOR	5.00	X	0	0	0
DOROTHEA BAXTER-HUGHES
DIRECTOR/VIC	5.00	X	0	0	0
JACK MCNULTY
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
TRACIE-MICHELE A LEWIS-POMPEY
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
ADRIAN LANE
DIRECTOR	0.00	X	0	0	0
AGNES BAIN
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00		40000	0	5959	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	40000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	5959	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Federated Campaigns	12477	FederatedCampaigns
Government Grants	288947	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	163279	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	464703	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PLAYS AND SPECIAL EVENTS	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	112151	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	112151	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	112151	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	SUNDRY	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	2847	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2847	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	2847	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	579701	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	114998	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIX

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	45959	Total
Program Services	20852	ProgramServices
Management And General	25107	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	143081	Total
Program Services	104411	ProgramServices
Management And General	38670	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22977	Total
Program Services	15223	ProgramServices
Management And General	7754	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14525	Total
Program Services	12346	ProgramServices
Management And General	2179	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	135179	Total
Program Services	116399	ProgramServices
Management And General	2780	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	16000	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	96354	Total
Program Services	72290	ProgramServices
Management And General	24064	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18581	Total
Program Services	14601	ProgramServices
Management And General	3980	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8688	Total
Program Services	5825	ProgramServices
Management And General	2863	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	995	Total
Management And General	995	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34667	Total
Program Services	21540	ProgramServices
Management And General	13127	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4064	Total
Program Services	2886	ProgramServices
Management And General	1178	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

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PENALTIES AND ASSESSMENTS	4371	4371
SUNDRY	1005	300	705

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	530446	Total
Program Services	387078	ProgramServices
Management And General	127368	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	16000	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	40860	BOY
EOY	25171	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	45992	BOY
EOY	132287	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5280	BOY
EOY	4159	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	250	BOY
EOY	250	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	685320	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	462514	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	257473	BOY
EOY	222806	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	349855	BOY
EOY	384673	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	118957	BOY
EOY	23644	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	29900	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	50976	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	118957	BOY
EOY	104520	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	140037	BOY
EOY	131165	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	90861	BOY
EOY	148988	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	230898	BOY
EOY	280153	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	349855	BOY
EOY	384673	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	49255	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	574834	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	597763	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	317434	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	349556	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	464703	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2304290	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	574834	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	597763	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	317434	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	349556	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	464703	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2304290	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	2304290	PublicSupportTotal170

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	391	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	5482	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4629	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3702	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2847	CurrentTaxYear
Total	17051	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	2321341	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	461417	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99270	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99370	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

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	8000	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	8000	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	578627	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	365569	Depreciation
Book Value	213058	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	97073	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	95325	Depreciation
Book Value	1748	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1620	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1620	Depreciation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	222806	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amount	$50,976	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	50976	TotalOfAmounts
Footnote In Part XIII	X	FootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	579701	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	579701	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	579701	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	530446	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	530446	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	530446	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	ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REQUIRE CENTER MANAGEMENT TO EVALUATE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE CENTER AND RECOGNIZE A TAX LIABILITY IF THE CENTER HAS TAKEN AN UNCERTAIN POSITION THAT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. CENTER MANAGEMENT HAS ANALYZED THE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE CENTER, AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012 THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION OF A LIABILITY OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE CENTER IS SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO AUDITS FOR ANY TAX PERIODS IN PROGRESS. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THE CENTER IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS FOR YEARS PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 2009.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	TO PROMOTE, SPONSOR AND DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION OF AND ALLEGIANCE TO AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE AND COMMIT TO ENHANCE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTHS THROUGH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ARTS.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE ORGANIZATION REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY HAVING GOVERNING BODY AND STAFF FILL OUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND EVALUATES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, HOWEVER IT CAN BE REQUESTED IN WRITING TO THE GOVERNING BODY STATING THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST.
OTHER FEES FOR SERVICES	FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	116,399 2,780 16,000

AFRICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF BUFFALO INC: 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

Name Business NameBusiness

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (12 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

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 Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Total170 Total170

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Buildings Buildings

Equipment Equipment

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

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