A ADOPTION ADVOCATES OF GEORGIA INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: A ADOPTION ADVOCATES OF GEORGIA INC (EIN 26-3299036)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-07
IRS object ID: 201222209349301102
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 C
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-08-07T02:03:20-04:00	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	R Terry Pate PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	706 HOLCOMB BRIDGE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	NORCROSS	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30071	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	263299036	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	A Adoption Advocates of Georgia Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	ADVO	NameControl
Phone	7708539591	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7199 Dunhill Terrace NE	AddressLine1
City	Atlanta	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30328	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Steve Van Duzen	Name
Title	President	Title
Phone	7708539591	Phone
Date Signed	2012-05-08	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	R Terry Pate PC	Name
Phone	7703688081	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-08-07	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)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	STEVE VAN DUZEN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8470 Bethel Ridge CT	AddressLine1
City	Gainesville	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30406	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	106750	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.adoptionadvocatesofga.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2009	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	GA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The organization provides home studies and performs other related services attendant to the adoption of children in the State of Georgia. To conduct, manage and carry on in lawful manner the whole or any part of the business which shall be lawful and to do any acts and things permitted by by law and designed to protect, preserve, improve or enhance the mission of the non-profit corporation.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	92598	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	106750	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	92598	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	106750	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	61815	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	73162	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	29363	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	36197	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	91178	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	109359	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	1420	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-2609	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	2687	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	78	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	2687	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	78	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The organization provides home studies and performs other related services attendant to the adoption of children in the State of Georgia. To conduct, manage and carry on in lawful manner the whole or any part of the business which shall be lawful and to do any acts and things permitted by by law and designed to protect, preserve, improve or enhance the mission of the non-profit corporation.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	109359	Expense
Revenue	106750	Revenue
Description	The organization provides home studies and performs other related services attendant to the adoption of children in the State of Georgia. To conduct, manage and carry on in lawful manner the whole or any part of the business which shall be lawful and to do any acts and things permitted by by law and designed to protect, preserve, improve or enhance the mission of the non-profit corporation. Approximately 70 home studies were conducted in 2011.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	109359	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	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
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
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	4	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Form8886 T Filed	false	Form8886TFiled
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	false	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	false	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	5	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	true	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	false	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
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
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ASHLEY A BYERS	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7708539591	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8460 BETHEL RIDGE CT	AddressLine1
City	GAINESVILLE	City
State	GA	State
ZIP Code	30506	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitle	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
STEVE VAN DUZEN
PRESIDENT	X	0	0	0
LYN THOMAS
VICE PRESIDENT	X	0	0	0
EVELYN FOLDGER
SECRETARY	X	0	0	0
DAVID CUMMINGHAM
DIRECTOR		0	0	0	X
PARKER CUMMINGHAM
DIRECTOR		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

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
ASHLEY A BYERS
8460 BETHEL RIDGE CT	Gainesville	GA	30506	CONSULTING	35025
M WHITNEY OCONNELL
7199 DUNHILL TERRACE NE	Atlanta	GA	30328	CONSULTING	38137
JULIA V STEVENS
220 ISLAND CREEK LANE	Savannah	GA	31410	CONSULTING	12754
DONNA K BOOTH
5407 WATERS EDGE TRAIL	Roswell	GA	30075	CONSULTING	1597
GIANNA THACKER
3296 HICKORY BLUFF DR	Marietta	GA	30062	CONSULTING	1860

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	HOME STUDIES	Description
Total Revenue Column	106750	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	106750	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	106750	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	106750	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	106750	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	73162	Total
Program Services	73162	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	750	Total
Management And General	750	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17068	Total
Program Services	17068	ProgramServices

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1515	Total
Program Services	1515	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4322	Total
Program Services	4322	ProgramServices

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8275	Total
Program Services	8275	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1376	Total
Program Services	1376	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
SUPPLIES	1610	1610
ALL OTHER	1035	1035
EQUIPMENT RENTAL	246	246

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	109359	Total
Program Services	108609	ProgramServices
Management And General	750	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2687	BOY
EOY	78	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2687	BOY
EOY	78	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2687	BOY
EOY	78	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2687	BOY
EOY	78	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2687	BOY
EOY	78	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-2609	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	false	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Explanation	PART VI SECTION A 3 CONSULTANTS PROVIDE IN HOME STUDY SERVICES FOR FAMILIES ADOPTING. PART VI SECTION B 11a A COPY OF FORM 990 IS EMAIL TO EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR REVIEW. ANY QUESTIONS ARE FORWARDED TO THE TAX PREPARER AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS NECESSARY.	Explanation