CAMBIANDO VIDAS: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
CAMBIANDO VIDAS (EIN 20-8733074)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-05-03
IRS object ID
201241249349300519
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)
Timestamp2012-05-03T10:58:03-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SH BERNSTEIN & ASSOC CPA PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line185 W HAWTHORNE AVEAddressLine1
CityVALLEY STREAMCity
StateNYState
ZIP Code115806107ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN208733074EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1CAMBIANDO VIDASBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlCAMBNameControl

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 5015AddressLine1
CityBROOKFIELDCity
StateCTState
ZIP Code06804ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameJOSE ABREUName
TitleDIRECTORTitle
Date Signed2012-05-01DateSigned
Authorize Third PartytrueAuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameMARTIN STEINName
Phone5168255577Phone
Date Prepared2012-05-03DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonJOSE ABREUNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer Foreign AddressPrincipalOfficerForeign

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1CALLE 5TA 7AAddressLine1
CitySAN JUAN LA MAGUANACity
Province Or StateDOMINICAN REPULICProvinceOrState
CountryDRCountry
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts248727GrossReceipts
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3XOrganization501c3
Web SiteWWW.CAMBIANDOVIDAS.INFOWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
State Legal DomicileCAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionCAMBIANDO VIDAS IS A U.S.-BASED, 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION BUILDING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES FOR FINANCIALLY TROUBLED FAMILIES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CAMBIANDO VIDAS IS DEDICATED TO THE BELIEF THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF LIFES ESSENTIALS SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, EDUCATION, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE ONES FULL POTENTIAL AND AMBITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION BUILDS SMALL, SAFE, AFFORDABLE, CONCRETE-BLOCK HOMES THAT ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE HURRICANE-FORCE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING CAPITAL AND LABOR, INTERNATIONAL BUILD TEAMS WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE RECIPIENT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE MUCH OF THE SWEAT EQUITY. BY THE END OF THE WEEK-LONG BUILD THIS UNIQUE MIXING OF CONCRETE, PEOPLE, AND CULTURES REVEALS THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT, AND THAT A HOUSE IS MUCH MORE THAN A COLLECTION OF CONCRETE, METAL, AND WOOD. TO DATE 19 HURRICANE RESISTANT HOMES WITH 19 DOMINICAN FAMILIES AND WORK TEActivityOrMissionDescription
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Nbr Independent Voting Members0NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees0TotalNbrEmployees
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Contributions Grants Current Year248680ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY0ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year29InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year47InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year133336TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year248727TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year0SalariesEtcCurrentYear
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Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year6081TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Mission DescriptionCAMBIANDO VIDAS IS A U.S.-BASED, 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION BUILDING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES FOR FINANCIALLY TROUBLED FAMILIES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CAMBIANDO VIDAS IS DEDICATED TO THE BELIEF THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF LIFES ESSENTIALS SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, EDUCATION, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE ONES FULL POTENTIAL AND AMBITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION BUILDS SMALL, SAFE, AFFORDABLE, CONCRETE-BLOCK HOMES THAT ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE HURRICANE-FORCE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING CAPITAL AND LABOR, INTERNATIONAL BUILD TEAMS WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE RECIPIENT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE MUCH OF THE SWEAT EQUITY. BY THE END OF THE WEEK-LONG BUILD THIS UNIQUE MIXING OF CONCRETE, PEOPLE, AND CULTURES REVEALS THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT, AND THAT A HOUSE IS MUCH MORE THAN A COLLECTION OF CONCRETE, METAL, AND WOOD. TO DATE 19 HURRICANE RESISTANT HOMES WITH 19 DOMINICAN FAMILIES AND WORK TEMissionDescription
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Significant ChangefalseSignificantChange
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Activity Other ActivityOther

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Described In501 C3trueDescribedIn501C3
Schedule B RequiredfalseScheduleBRequired
Political ActivitiesfalsePoliticalActivities
Lobbying ActivitiesfalseLobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy TaxfalseSubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised FundsfalseDonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation EasementsfalseConservationEasements
Collections Of ArtfalseCollectionsOfArt
Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent EndowmentsfalseTermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg EquipfalseReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth SecuritiesfalseReportInvestOthSecurities
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SchoolfalseSchool
Foreign OfficefalseForeignOffice
Foreign ActivitiesfalseForeignActivities
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Professional FundraisingfalseProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising ActivitiesfalseFundraisingActivities
GamingfalseGaming
HospitalfalseHospital
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizations
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Schedule J RequiredfalseScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt BondsfalseTaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit TransactionfalseExcessBenefitTransaction
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Loan To Officer Or DQPfalseLoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related PersonfalseGrantToRelatedPerson
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Partial LiquidationfalsePartialLiquidation
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Related EntityfalseRelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled EntityfalseRelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related EntityfalseTransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl OrgfalseTransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted PartnershipfalseActivitiesConductedPartnership
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Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Number Of Employees0NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business IncomefalseUnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible ContributionsfalseNonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members5NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business RelationshipfalseFamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management DutiesfalseDelegationOfManagementDuties
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Material Diversion Or MisusefalseMaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or StockholdersfalseMembersOrStockholders
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Local ChaptersfalseLocalChapters
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Conflict Of Interest PolicyfalseConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower PolicyfalseWhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention PolicyfalseDocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEOfalseCompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process OtherfalseCompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVenture

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Name PersonLEONARD STEINNamePerson
Telephone Number5163193128TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line165 POST ROADAddressLine1
CityDANBURYCity
StateCTState
ZIP Code06810ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

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JOSE ABREU
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Formers ListedfalseFormersListed
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Total1365Total
Program Services1365ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

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Total5120Total
Program Services5120ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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BUILDING SUPPLIES175000175000
TRVAEL EXPENSES1307913079
YALE EXPENSES1073710737
TEAM COSTS90159015

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EOY2385EOY

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BOY38591BOY
EOY56564EOY

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EOY56564EOY

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BOY40436BOY
EOY70849EOY
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Reconcilation Revenue Expenses17973ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReview
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year133307CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year248680CurrentTaxYear
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Written Policy MonitoringfalseWrittenPolicyMonitoring
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Agent Trustee EtcfalseAgentTrusteeEtc
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Endowments Held By Related OrgsfalseEndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
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Amount$11,900Amount
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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONFORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONCAMBIANDO VIDAS IS A U.S.-BASED, 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION BUILDING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES FOR FINANCIALLY TROUBLED FAMILIES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. CAMBIANDO VIDAS IS DEDICATED TO THE BELIEF THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF LIFES ESSENTIALS SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, EDUCATION, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE ONES FULL POTENTIAL AND AMBITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION BUILDS SMALL, SAFE, AFFORDABLE, CONCRETE-BLOCK HOMES THAT ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE HURRICANE-FORCE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING CAPITAL AND LABOR, INTERNATIONAL BUILD TEAMS WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE RECIPIENT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE MUCH OF THE SWEAT EQUITY. BY THE END OF THE WEEK-LONG BUILD THIS UNIQUE MIXING OF CONCRETE, PEOPLE, AND CULTURES REVEALS THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT, AND THAT A HOUSE IS MUCH MORE THAN A COLLECTION OF CONCRETE, METAL, AND WOOD. TO DATE 19 HURRICANE RESISTANT HOMES WITH 19 DOMINICAN FAMILIES AND WORK TEAMS IN 2 SEPARATE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN BUILT.
ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTIONFORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4DPRIMARILY TEAM, INSURANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONAL COSTS.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BNO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATIONFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC

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