ARAB AMERICAN ARTS INSTITUTE INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: ARAB AMERICAN ARTS INSTITUTE INC (EIN 11-3483211)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-22
IRS object ID: 201212359349300616
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Note: A later return for the same period supersedes this one.
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-08-22T10:11:31-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NORMAN LAHAGE & SONS	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	321 93RD STREET 1R	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11209	ZIPCode

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	113483211	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ARAB AMERICAN ARTS INSTITUTE INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	ARAB	NameControl
Phone	7187455159	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 90370	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	112090370	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	SIMON SHAHEEN	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	7187455159	Phone
Date Signed	2012-08-10	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DANIEL LAHAGE CPA	Name
Phone	7188334304	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-08-14	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amended Return	X	AmendedReturn
Name Of Principal Officer Person	SIMON SHAHEEN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 90370	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11209	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	189365	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1997	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	EDUCATION	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	2	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	0	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	2	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	13074	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	3250	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	157528	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	159680	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	979	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	18413	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	171581	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	181343	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	57113	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	56415	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	99376	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	115732	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	156489	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	172147	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	15092	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	9196	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	137769	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	124366	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	12155	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	13400	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	125614	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	110966	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	To foster, study and research Middle Eastern music, dance	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	166855	Expense
Grants	3250	Grants
Revenue	159680	Revenue
Description	EDUCATIONAL EXPOSURE TO OTHER CULTURES	Description
Total Program Service Expense	166855	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	false	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
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	2	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	0	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	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	true	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	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	SIMON SHAHEEN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7187455159	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	571 82ND ST	AddressLine1
City	BROOKLYN	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	11209	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (2 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
SIMON SHAHEEN
OFFICER	40.00	X	51415	0	0
NAJIB SHAHEEN
OFFICER	3.00		5000	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	56415	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	3250	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	3250	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn
Concerts	999999	101427
Music Retreat	999999	58253

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	159680	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	456	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	25979	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	8022	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	17957	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	17957	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	17957	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	181343	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	178093	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	56415	Total
Program Services	56415	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16072	Total
Program Services	16072	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
MUSICIANS' FEES	32550	32550	0
Retreat Costs	58518	58518	0
Administrative	5292	0	5292
SRO COMMISSION (witheld)	3300	3300	0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	172147	Total
Program Services	166855	ProgramServices
Management And General	5292	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	100468	BOY
EOY	114141	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	37301	BOY
EOY	10225	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137769	BOY
EOY	124366	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12155	BOY
EOY	13400	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12155	BOY
EOY	13400	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	125614	BOY
EOY	110966	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	125614	BOY
EOY	110966	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137769	BOY
EOY	124366	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	9196	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-23844	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2
Public Support Total170	0	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Pertcentage170	0	PublicSupportPertcentage170

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	4000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	13074	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3250	CurrentTaxYear
Total	24824	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	163124	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	208171	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	161509	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	157528	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	159680	CurrentTaxYear
Total	850012	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	167124	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	208171	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	166009	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	170602	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	162930	CurrentTaxYear
Total	874836	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	874836	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	443	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1150	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	889	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	979	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	18413	CurrentTaxYear
Total	21874	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	443	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1150	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	889	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	979	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	18413	CurrentTaxYear
Total	21874	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	896710	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.97560	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0.02440	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 2	SIMON AND NAJIB SHAHEEN ARE BROTHERS.
Pt VI, Line 11a	Both members of the board were provided with form 990 for review.
Pt VI, Line 19	Form 990 provided upon request and available for inspection at office of organization.
Pt XI	reduction in investment securities
PAGE 9	ADJUSTED TO CORRECT CLASSIFICATION OF EXEMPT REVENUE
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	OTHER MUSICIAN EXPENSE