MIGHTY WRITERS: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
MIGHTY WRITERS (EIN 01-0920922)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-08-15
IRS object ID
201202289349302135
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)
Timestamp2012-08-15T11:41:29-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN232938441EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1GALLAGHER MCDEVITT SCHALLEUR SURGENT LLCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1237 LANCASTER AVENUE SUITE 1000AddressLine1
CityDEVONCity
StatePAState
ZIP Code19333ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN010920922EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1MIGHTY WRITERSBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlMIGHNameControl
Phone4847160830Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11501 CHRISTIAN STREETAddressLine1
CityPHILADELPHIACity
StatePAState
ZIP Code19146ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameTIM WHITAKERName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone4847160830Phone
Date Signed2012-08-02DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameLAUREN ADAMSKI CPAName
PTINP00647124PTIN
Phone6109759122Phone
Date Prepared2012-08-02DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonTIM WHITAKERNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11501 CHRISTIAN STREETAddressLine1
CityPHILADELPHIACity
StatePAState
ZIP Code19146ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts280410GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
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Web SiteWWW.MIGHTYWRITERS.ORGWebSite
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Year Formation2009YearFormation
State Legal DomicilePAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTEACHING CITY STUDENTS TO WRITE IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body3NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members3NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees4TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers300TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year193992ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
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Program Service Revenue CY0ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year62InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year194054TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year280410TotalRevenueCurrentYear
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 Year227937SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
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Total Liabilities BOY0TotalLiabilitiesBOY
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY44357NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part IIIXInfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission DescriptionPROVIDES FREE, YEAR-ROUND WRITING PROGRAMS FOR NEARLY 1,000 PHILADELPHIA STUDENTS EACH YEAR. PROGRAMS TARGET ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND INCLUDE AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING, THEMED WRITING WORKSHOPS, ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIPS, A TEEN LOUNGE, SAT PREPARATORY COURSES AND COLLEGE ESSAY WRITING CLASSES. PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS ARE ALL DESIGNED TO REACH CITY STUDENTS ACROSS THE BARRIERS OF NEIGHBORHOOD, SCHOOL AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND, IN ORDER TO HELP THEM THINK, WRITE AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES CLEARLY.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense287960Expense
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Total Program Service Expense287960TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required1ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivities
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Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
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School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations0MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraising
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
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Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
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Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
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Transaction Related Entity0TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org0TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With10964NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
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Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
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Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums0FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid0PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members3NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
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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 Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons0AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledPAStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonMAGGIE LEYMANNamePerson
Telephone Number7346581510TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line11501 CHRISTIAN STREETAddressLine1
CityPHILADELPHIACity
StatePAState
ZIP Code19146ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (4 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
LYN GROOME
CHAIR8.00X000
GEORGE MILLER
SECRETARY4.00X000
JOY TARTAR
TREASURER4.00X000
TIM WHITAKER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40.00X9303900
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Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions280410AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions14780NoncashContributions
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Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Total188039Total
Program Services159833ProgramServices
Management And General28206ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

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Total4800Total
Program Services4080ProgramServices
Management And General720ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total18355Total
Program Services15601ProgramServices
Management And General2754ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Total16743Total
Program Services14231ProgramServices
Management And General2512ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total6000Total
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Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

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Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total2165Total
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Travel Travel

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Total1499Total
Program Services974ProgramServices
Management And General525ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

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Total6851Total
Program Services6509ProgramServices
Management And General342ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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UTILITIES1134110774567
INSURANCE47934793
MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT360123411260

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Total4376Total
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Management And General1105ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Total328950Total
Program Services287960ProgramServices
Management And General40990ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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BOY71477BOY
EOY21466EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis37085LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec14194LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

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BOY21420BOY
EOY22891EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY92897BOY
EOY44357EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY22806BOY
EOY39357EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY70091BOY
EOY5000EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY92897BOY
EOY44357EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY92897BOY
EOY44357EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses-48540ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
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Accountant Compile Or Review1AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Audit Committee0AuditCommittee
Financial Statement SeparateXFinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years220284CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year193992CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year280410CurrentTaxYear
Total694686Total

Total170 Total170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years220284CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year193992CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year280410CurrentTaxYear
Total694686Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170694686PublicSupportTotal170

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1151CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year62CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total1213Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support695899TotalSupport
First5 Years170XFirst5Years170

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

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

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

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Other Cost Or Other Basis20376OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation7169Depreciation
Book Value13207BookValue

Equipment Equipment

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Other Cost Or Other Basis16709OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation7025Depreciation
Book Value9684BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings22891TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue280410TotalRevenue
Total Expenses328950TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year-48540ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS-48540ExcessOrDeficitPerFS

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11A COPY OF THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO BOARD MEMBERS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT ITS' ANNUAL MEETING SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, WHICH IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE CHAIR OF GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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