READING COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: READING COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC (EIN 04-3446282)
Tax period: 2010-11-01 to 2011-10-31
Filed: 2012-01-03
IRS object ID: 201200619349300805
Schema version: 2010v3.6
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-01-03T13:34:32-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-10-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SPURR & SPURR LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	131 MAIN ST	AddressLine1
City	READING	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	018673900	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-11-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043446282	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	READING COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	READ	NameControl
Phone	7819448888	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	557 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1
City	READING	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01867	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PHILLIP RUSHWORTH	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	7819448888	Phone
Date Signed	2011-12-15	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Date Prepared	2011-12-14	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	MARCEL DUBOIS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson
Gross Receipts	454541	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.RCTV.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	TO PRODUCE NON-COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	8	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	8	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	415063	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	432436	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	20348	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	21959	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	-29314	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	146	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	406097	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	454541	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	133441	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	141946	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	198838	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	244348	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	332279	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	386294	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	73818	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	68247	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	388033	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	456280	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	388033	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	456280	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO PRODUCE NON-COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	368007	Expense
Description	PRODUCE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND PROVIDE FACILITIES, EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE TO THE TOWN OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	368007	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	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	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	2	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	3	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	8	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	8	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	PHILLIP RUSHWORTH	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7819448888	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	224 ASH ST	AddressLine1
City	READING	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01867	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

TitleTitle	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
GORDON ROGERSON
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
EUGENE NIGRO
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
CHRIS CARUSO
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
JOHN SULLIVAN
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
MARCEL DUBOIS
PRESIDENT		0	0	0	X
STEVE CROOK
VICE PRES.		0	0	0	X
EDWARD SMETHURST
CLERK		0	0	0	X
BRUCE COOPER
TREASURER		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	2759	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	429677	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	432436	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE	Description
Total Revenue Column	21959	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	21959	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	21959	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	146	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	146	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	454541	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	22105	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	116132	Total
Program Services	116132	ProgramServices

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10671	Total
Program Services	10671	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15143	Total
Program Services	15143	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	185	Total
Management And General	185	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1800	Total
Management And General	1800	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9288	Total
Program Services	9288	ProgramServices

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	103045	Total
Program Services	103045	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	DescriptionDescription	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
46904	46904
31575	31575	CONTRACT LABOR
16859	16859	SUPPLIES
7679	7679	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
5480		JANITORIAL	5480

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21533	Total
Program Services	10711	ProgramServices
Management And General	10822	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	386294	Total
Program Services	368007	ProgramServices
Management And General	18287	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7307	BOY
EOY	5315	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	51809	BOY
EOY	107201	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2440	BOY
EOY	1480	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	724975	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	382691	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	326477	BOY
EOY	342284	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	388033	BOY
EOY	456280	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	388033	BOY
EOY	456280	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	388033	BOY
EOY	456280	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	388033	BOY
EOY	456280	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	68247	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

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	172576	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	129025	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	420020	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	413610	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	432436	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1567667	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	172576	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	129025	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	420020	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	413610	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	432436	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1567667	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1567667	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	590	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1194	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1222	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total	3006	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1570673	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	22105	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99810	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99760	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	227370	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	18334	Depreciation
Book Value	209036	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	497605	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	364357	Depreciation
Book Value	133248	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	342284	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC