UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE (EIN 26-4078735)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-08-14
IRS object ID
201202279349300125
Schema version
2011v1.2
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)
Timestamp2012-08-14T08:03:52-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN132669370EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1HOBERMAN GOLDSTEIN & LESSERBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1226 WEST 26TH STREETAddressLine1
CityNEW YORKCity
StateNYState
ZIP Code100016785ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN264078735EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLEBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlUNIVNameControl
Phone6267370393Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1225 S LAKE AVENUE SUITE 300AddressLine1
CityPASADENACity
StateCAState
ZIP Code91101ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameSHAI RESHEFName
TitleDIRECTOR, PRESIDENTTitle
Phone6267370393Phone
Date Signed2012-08-13DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameLARRY GOLDSTEINName
PTINP00005683PTIN
Phone2124630900Phone
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonSHAI RESHEFNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer Foreign AddressPrincipalOfficerForeign

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line17 MANDELSHTAMAddressLine1
CityTEL AVIVCity
CountryISCountry
Postal Code62598PostalCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts282449GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
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Web SiteHTTP://WWW.UOPEOPLE.ORGWebSite
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Year Formation2009YearFormation
State Legal DomicileCAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionUNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE PROVIDES EDUCATION AROUND THE GLOBE.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year0SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year188966SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Total Expenses Prior Year1034295TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year1295226TotalExpensesCurrentYear
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Revenues Less Expenses CY-1012777RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY69067TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY80397TotalAssetsEOY
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Total Liabilities EOY2074389TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY-860715NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY-1993992NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part IIIXInfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission DescriptionIT IS ORGANIZATIONS GOAL TO PROVIDE WEB BASED LOW COST QUALITY EDUCATION WORLDWIDE.UNIVERSITY OF PEOPLE MAY ALSO UTILIZE FOR-PROFIT AND NON PROFIT SUBSIDIARIES TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN OF ITS FUNCTIONS IN ORDER TO OPERATE IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS AND TO RECOGNIZE COST SAVINGS. TO DATE, IT HAS CREATED A WHOLLY-OWNED, FOR SUBSIDIARY IN ISRAEL, U.O.P. EDUCATION LTD. ("UOPE"), WHICH WILL ASSIST IN PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES RELATING TO PROCESSING STUDENT APPLICATIONS.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense1073535Expense
Revenue282449Revenue
DescriptionEDUCATION SERVICES: AS STATED IN ITS MISSION, THIS ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO PROVIDE QUALITY WEB-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, LEADING TO A DEGREE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPANT. IN 2011, THE EXPENSES INCLUDED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES, ACCREDITATION EXPENSES AND SUPPORT.Description
Total Program Service Expense1073535TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required1ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivities
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Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
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School0School
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
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Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
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Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
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Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members0NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
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Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body0Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy0ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
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Upon RequestXUponRequest

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Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1HOBERMAN GOLDSTEIN & LESSERBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number2124630900TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1226 WEST 26TH STREETAddressLine1
CityNEW YORKCity
StateNYState
ZIP Code10001ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (9 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorOfficerOfficerReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
SHAI RESHEF
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR10.00XX000
ASHOK CHANDRASHEKAR
DIRECTOR1.00X000
DANIEL GREENWOOD
DIRECTOR1.00X000
DAVID GELBER
DIRECTOR1.00X000
YOAV VENTURA
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER10.00X000
BEV MYERS
GENERAL COUNSEL10.00X000
DAVID HARRIS COHEN
PROVOST1.00X000
ARIELLA ZELLER
DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS1.00X000
PAUL AFFUSSO
CFO1.00X000
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Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
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Total Contributions282449TotalContributions

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Total Revenue Column282449TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income0RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total174430Total
Program Services167630ProgramServices
Management And General6800ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1850Total
Management And General1850ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total7500Total
Management And General7500ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Advertising Advertising

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total16240Total
Management And General16240ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

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Total7108Total
Management And General7108ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total2939Total
Management And General2939ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total4164Total
Management And General4164ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO863464863464
OUTSIDE CONTRACT SERVIC4180041800
COURSE DEVELOPMENT4069940699
COMPUTER EXPENSES2842528425

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total36814Total
Management And General36814ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total1295226Total
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Management And General221691ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY52499BOY
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY2371BOY
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY927411BOY
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY929782BOY
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117XDoNotFollowSFAS117

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BOY-860715BOY
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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY-860715BOY
EOY-1993992EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY69067BOY
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIXInfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses-1012777ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes-120500ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
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Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Supporting Organization509a3XSupportingOrganization509a3
Supporting Org509a3 Type3 OtherXSupportingOrg509a3Type3Other
Contrib By Controlling Individual1ContribByControllingIndividual
Contribution By Related Party0ContributionByRelatedParty
Contrib By35 Controlled Entity0ContribBy35ControlledEntity

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformation

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE EDUCATION LTDBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN514228139EIN
Type Of Organization9TypeOfOrganization
Listed In Governing Doc0ListedInGoverningDoc
Supported Organization Notified0SupportedOrganizationNotified
Organized In US0OrganizedInUS
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of Supported Orgs1TotalNumberOfSupportedOrgs
Sum Of Amounts863464SumOfAmounts

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings0TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (6 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
ACCRUED EXPENSES$30,644
DUE TO DIRECTOR$3,426
DUE TO CREDIT CARD COMPANY$2,758
LOAN PAYABLE$1,800,000
DEFERRED REVENUE$112,500
INTERCOMPANY$102,751
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts2052079TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue282449TotalRevenue
Total Expenses1295226TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year-1012777ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Other-$120,500OtherAmount
Total Adjustments-120500TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS-1133277ExcessOrDeficitPerFS

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierPART XI, LINE 8 - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:Identifier
ExplanationENTERTAINMENT & MEALS 50% NON DEDUCTIBLE -8,000. DEFERRED REVENUE RECOGNIZED IN TAX NOT BOOKS -112,500. TOTAL TO SCHEDULE D, PART XI, LINE 8: -120,500.Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanationIdentifierIdentifier
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION REVIEW FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19UPON REQUEST
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5:ENTERTAINMENT & MEALS 50% NON DEDUCTIBLE -8,000. DEFERRED REVENUE RECOGNIZED IN TAX NOT BOOKS -112,500. TOTAL TO FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5: -120,500.CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES:

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

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Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org0SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org0PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets0ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities0SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees0SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org1ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org0OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org0OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable

Name Of Other Organization NameOfOtherOrganization

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1UOP EDUCATION LTDBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transaction TypeOTransactionType
Amount Involved863464AmountInvolved

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