GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS (EIN 52-1593963)
Tax period
2010-10-01 to 2011-09-30
Filed
2012-04-08
IRS object ID
201211059349300106
Schema version
2010v3.4
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2012-04-08T11:53:11-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-09-30TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2010-10-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN521593963EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESSBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlGIFTNameControl
Phone2023753142Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11223 Fairmont Street NWAddressLine1
CityWashington DCCity
StateDCState
ZIP Code20009ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameAnne DelhommeauName
TitleTreasurerTitle
Phone2023753142Phone
Date Signed2012-04-08DateSigned
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2010TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonBart EpsteinNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1738 22nd Street SouthAddressLine1
CityArlingtonCity
StateVAState
ZIP Code22202ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts592038GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3XOrganization501c3
Web Sitewww.gfth.orgWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation1986YearFormation
State Legal DomicileDCStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionGFTH solicits used clothing from area law firms, corporate legal departments, and government personnel to donate to area shelters and transitional housing facilities. GFTH also solicits funds, which it uses to purchase new items of warm used clothing to be used by the Washington DC area homeless population.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Total Nbr Employees0TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers250TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year511765GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
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Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Salaries Etc Current Year0SalariesEtcCurrentYear
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Other Expenses Current Year5078OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year516564TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year560816TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year17751RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY31222RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY295208TotalAssetsBOY
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Total Liabilities EOY0TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY295208NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY326430NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionGFTH serves the Washington DC area homeless population by providing donated clothing to area homeless shelters and by using monetary donations to purchase new clothing for the homeless.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense292500Expense
Grants292500Grants
Revenue0Revenue
DescriptionUsed Clothing Drive: Beginning in October 2009 area law firms, corporations and other entities with ties to the Washington DC legal community have their employees donate used clothing. The clothing is collected by each participating entity and assembled at the organization's sorting site during the first weekend of December. Volunteers assist with the sorting of donated clothing, the fulfillment of clothing requests from area shelters and similar organizations, and the delivery of requested clothing to facilities. The entire process is completed during a 3 day period.Description

Activity2 Activity2

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expense266583Expense
Grants263238Grants
Revenue0Revenue
DescriptionNew Clothing Purchases: The organization purchases socks, underwear, hats, gloves, sweats and other items from wholesalers and donates these items to Washington DC area homeless shelters and similar organizations. Donations are made during the late fall, in order to allow shelters to provide warm clothing to the homeless populations they serve. Funds for the purchase of such items are collected from individual and corporate donations made throughout the year, including during the Clothing Drive and a "Battle of the Law Firm Bands" contest each summer.Description
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Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required1ScheduleBRequired
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School0School
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
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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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Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With10960NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
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Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members25NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
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Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
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Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
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Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
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Conflict Of Interest Policy0ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonAnne Delhommeau TreasurerNamePerson
Telephone Number2023753142TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line11223 Fairmont Street NWAddressLine1
CityWashingtonCity
StateDCState
ZIP Code20009ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (25 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorOfficerOfficerReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
Bart Epstein
President15XX000
Joe Edmondson
VP Used Clothing10XX000
Laurel Glassman
VP Development10XX000
Walter Lohman
VP Special Events10XX000
Geraldine Walsh
VP Purchasing10XX000
Nancy Johnson
Secretary10XX000
Anne Delhommeau
Treasurer15XX000
Sarah Albertson
Member5X000
Peggy Fermenella
Member5X000
Ronnie Benson
Member5X000
Robert Dorsey
Member5X000
Lisa Bernstein
Member5X000
Erin Monaghan
Member5X000
Daniel Mayer
Member5X000
Ceceile Patterson
Member5X000
Jay Owen
Member5X000
Matthew Scarlato
Member5X000
James Villa
Member5X000
Carol Weiser
Member5X000
Laurence Williams
Member5X000
Steven Probst
Member5X000
Matthew Michael
Member5X000
Steve Archibald
Member5X000
V Gerard Comizio
Member5X000
Adrianne Goins
Member5X000
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Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns0FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues0MembershipDues
Fundraising Events0FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations0RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants0GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions592038AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions292500NoncashContributions
Total Contributions592038TotalContributions
Total Program Service Revenue0TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

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Real0Real
Personal0Personal

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Securities0Securities
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Total555738Total
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Insurance Insurance

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total852Total
Management And General852ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

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Printing Tickets for Battle of the Law Firm Bands34534500
Rental for Black Cat Event Space3000300000
Bank Fees to PNC8810881

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Total560816Total
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Management And General1733ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

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BOY0BOY
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Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

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BOY295208BOY
EOY326430EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY295208BOY
EOY326430EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses31222ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
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Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
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 Minus3 Years599548CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years566741CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year537315CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year592031CurrentTaxYear
Total2852090Total

Total170 Total170

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years599548CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years566741CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year537315CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year592031CurrentTaxYear
Total2852090Total
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Public Support Total1702852090PublicSupportTotal170
Total Support2852090TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage1701PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year1PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

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 I IRS990ScheduleI

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Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained
No Grant More Than5000XNoGrantMoreThan5000

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierSchI_P01_S00_L02Identifier
Return ReferenceSchedule I, Part I, Line 2ReturnReference
ExplanationPart 1 - Line 2: The organization performs informal site inspections thru periodic visits to shelters and keeps generally informed about how recipients of used clothing use such donations. Part II - Line 1-3: During the taxable year, the organization provided donated clothing as well as purchased new clothing for 76 homeless shelters and similar organizations. All the used clothing donations were made during the period of 3 days in early December. While the organization does maintain records as to the total amount of aggregate clothing donated to each recipient, the organization lacks infomation to fully complete Part II.Explanation

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoods

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Non Cash CheckboxXNonCashCheckbox
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990292500NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues$75/bagMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
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Third Parties Used1ThirdPartiesUsed

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierSchM_P01_S00_L32bIdentifier
Return ReferenceSchedule M, Part I, Line 32bReturnReference
ExplanationPart 1 - line 32b: The organization periodically uses consignment sellers to sell donated clothing that is not appropriate to the population such as cocktail dresses.Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0B_L11aForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11aForm 990 is reviewed by the President prior to filing.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19The organization makes its organizational documents and tax returns available to the public upon request. Contact information for certain officers, including President and Treasurer of the organization can be found on the organization's website.
F990_P09_S00_L24aForm 990, Part IX, Line 24a - 24ePrinting cost of tickets to Battle of the Law Firm Bands

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