PS SCIENCE: Form 990EZ, tax year 2011

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Organization: PS SCIENCE (EIN 20-0607113)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2013-02-15
IRS object ID: 201330469349200863
Schema version: 2011v1.5
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-02-15T11:29:48-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FELDMAN & OVEREEM CPAS INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11845 W OLYMPIC BLVD STE 845	AddressLine1
City	LOS ANGELES	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	900641163	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200607113	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Crossroads Community Outreach Foundation	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CROS	NameControl
Phone	3108297391	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1714 21st Street	AddressLine1
City	Santa Monica	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90404	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Roger Weaver	Name
Title	President	Title
Date Signed	2013-02-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	David A Feldman	Name
Phone	3108269116	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Web Site	www.xrds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=107774	WebSite
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Gross Receipts	133049	GrossReceipts
Info In Schedule O Part I	X	InfoInScheduleOPartI
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	120599	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtc
Cost Other Basis And Sales Expenses	0	CostOtherBasisAndSalesExpenses
Fundraising Gross Income	12450	FundraisingGrossIncome
Special Events Direct Expenses	37309	SpecialEventsDirectExpenses
Special Events Net Income Loss	-24859	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLoss
Cost Of Goods Sold	0	CostOfGoodsSold
Total Revenue	95740	TotalRevenue
Salaries Other Comp Empl Benefits	54815	SalariesOtherCompEmplBenefits
Fees And Oth Pymt To Ind Contractors	2025	FeesAndOthPymtToIndContractors
Printing Publications Postage	622	PrintingPublicationsPostage
Other Expenses Total	146520	OtherExpensesTotal
Total Expenses	203982	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-108242	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	383815	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	275573	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part II	X	InfoInScheduleOPartII

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	384006	BOY
EOY	275573	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	384006	BOY
EOY	275573	EOY

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	191	BOY

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	383815	BOY
EOY	275573	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt Purpose	Crossroads Community Outreach Foundation, Inc. (CCOF) is dedicated to bridging schools and the larger civic, educational and cultural communities and creating programs in support of children, youth and families and their education.	PrimaryExemptPurpose

Program Service Accomplishment ProgramServiceAccomplishment (2 entries)

Description Program Service AccomDescriptionProgramServiceAccom	Grants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocations
K-8 Comprehensive Music:In partnership with West Los Angeles non-profit SOL-LA Music Academy, students living below the poverty line receive a broad-based exposure to music. Students in kindergarten to second grade benefit from weekly Orff Schulwerk lessons, an approach that incorporates singing, movement, and melody instruments in a creative environment. Beginning in third grade, all interested students get weekly string instruction by SOL-LA paired with supervised after-school practice sessions by teen mentor musicians from Crossroads School's Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute (EMMI). This is the heart of the program. For those in grades 3-8 not playing a string instrument, weekly choral or guitar lessons complete their experience with music. During the year ending June 30, 2012 218 students were served.	5200
P.S. Science:Created in 2006 to fill a void in early elementary school seience education, P.S. Science provides a foundation of relevant and compelling science experiences to underserved children in grades 1 through 3 where science is rarely taught. The goals of P.S. Science are: (1) Students experience science in a fun, engaging and relevant way to promote a positive affect toward science; (2)Students participate in science processes including observations, measurements, data collection and communicating ideas and results; (3)Students use inquiry to explore personally relevant topics and (4) Teachers demonstrate increased comfort with, and interest in, teaching inquiry-based science as a result of the program. P.S. Science delivers 90 minutes of classroom instruction per week throughout the school year. During the year ending June 30, 2012 P.S. Science served approximately 525 students at two sites.	123108

Description Program Service AccomDescriptionProgramServiceAccom

Grants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocations

K-8 Comprehensive Music:In partnership with West Los Angeles non-profit SOL-LA Music Academy, students living below the poverty line receive a broad-based exposure to music. Students in kindergarten to second grade benefit from weekly Orff Schulwerk lessons, an approach that incorporates singing, movement, and melody instruments in a creative environment. Beginning in third grade, all interested students get weekly string instruction by SOL-LA paired with supervised after-school practice sessions by teen mentor musicians from Crossroads School's Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute (EMMI). This is the heart of the program. For those in grades 3-8 not playing a string instrument, weekly choral or guitar lessons complete their experience with music. During the year ending June 30, 2012 218 students were served.

5200

P.S. Science:Created in 2006 to fill a void in early elementary school seience education, P.S. Science provides a foundation of relevant and compelling science experiences to underserved children in grades 1 through 3 where science is rarely taught. The goals of P.S. Science are: (1) Students experience science in a fun, engaging and relevant way to promote a positive affect toward science; (2)Students participate in science processes including observations, measurements, data collection and communicating ideas and results; (3)Students use inquiry to explore personally relevant topics and (4) Teachers demonstrate increased comfort with, and interest in, teaching inquiry-based science as a result of the program. P.S. Science delivers 90 minutes of classroom instruction per week throughout the school year. During the year ending June 30, 2012 P.S. Science served approximately 525 students at two sites.

123108

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	128308	TotalProgramServiceExpenses

Officer Director Trustee Key Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeKeyEmpl (8 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	TitleTitle	Avg Hours Per Wk Devoted To PositionAvgHoursPerWkDevotedToPosition	CompensationCompensation
Michael Levin
1714 21st Street	Santa Monica	CA	90404	Director	0	0
Rachel Roth
1721 21st Street	Santa Monica	CA	90404	Director	0	0
Mary Farrell
1714 21st Street	Santa Monica	CA	90404	Director	0	0
Joan Abrahamson
1714 21st Street	Santa Monica	CA	90404	Treasurer	0	0
Martha Goldstein
1714 21st Street	Santa Monica	CA	90404	Secretary	10.00	0
Corrine Schulman
1714 21st Street	Santa Monica	CA	90404	Vice President	5.00	0
Gennifer Yoshimaru
1714 21st Street	Santa Monica	CA	90404	Vice President	8.00	0
Roger Weaver
1721 21st Street	Santa Monica	CA	90404	President	4.00	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part V	X	InfoInScheduleOPartV
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRpt
Made Changes To Orgnzng Etc Doc	false	MadeChangesToOrgnzngEtcDoc
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBI
Organization Filed990 T	false	OrganizationFiled990T
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtc
Did Org File Form1120 POL This Year	false	DidOrgFileForm1120POLThisYear
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficers
Initiation Fees And Capital Contri	0	InitiationFeesAndCapitalContri
Gross Receipts For Public Use	0	GrossReceiptsForPublicUse
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTrans
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Peggy Bender	NamePerson

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1721 21st Street	AddressLine1
City	Santa Monica	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90404	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	3108297391	TelephoneNumber

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Maintain Any Donor Advised Funds	false	MaintainAnyDonorAdvisedFunds
Does Org Have Hospital	false	DoesOrgHaveHospital
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvided
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction With Control Entity	false	TransactionWithControlEntity
Engage Political Cmpgn Activities	false	EngagePoliticalCmpgnActivities
Engage In Lobbying Activities	false	EngageInLobbyingActivities
Operating School	false	OperatingSchool
Trnsfrs Exempt Non Char Related Org	false	TrnsfrsExemptNonCharRelatedOrg
Related Org Section527 Org	false	RelatedOrgSection527Org
Part VI Of Comp Of Highest Paid Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHighestPaidEmpl
Part VIA Hghst Paid Cntrct Prof Ser	NONE	PartVIAHghstPaidCntrctProfSer
Filed Schedule A	true	FiledScheduleA

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	104762	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	153765	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	148778	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	284077	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	120599	CurrentTaxYear
Total	811981	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	104762	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	153765	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	148778	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	284077	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	120599	CurrentTaxYear
Total	811981	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	172280	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	639701	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	811981	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.78780	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.56120	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 G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Rock the Museum	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	39375	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	26925	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	12450	GrossRevenueEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event1	12200	RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	12295	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1	2712	EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	10102	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	39375	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	26925	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	12450	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events	12200	RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	12295	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events	2712	EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	10102	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	37309	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-24859	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (12 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26.1	Total Liabilities.1	Payroll taxes payable - Beginning $191 Payroll taxes payable - Ending $0
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.10	Other Expenses.10	Recrutiment advertisements $70
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.9	Other Expenses.9	Tax & licenses $100
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.7	Other Expenses.7	Program miscellaneous $751
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.6	Other Expenses.6	Payroll processing $1727
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.5	Other Expenses.5	Program transportation $1971
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.4	Other Expenses.4	Program technology fees $2862
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.3	Other Expenses.3	Payroll tax expense $5426
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.2	Other Expenses.2	Program materials $17546
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.1	Other Expenses.1	Program outside services $105178
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.1012	Other Expenses.1012	Insurance $9570
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16.1002	Other Expenses.1002	Office Expenses $1319