READING COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: READING COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC (EIN 04-3446282)
Tax period: 2009-11-01 to 2010-10-31
Filed: 2011-01-19
IRS object ID: 201100199349300400
Schema version: 2009v1.7
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-01-19T07:14:28-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-10-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SPURR & SPURR LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	131 MAIN ST	AddressLine1
City	READING	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	018673900	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-11-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043446282	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	READING COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	READ	NameControl
Phone	7819448888	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	557 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1
City	READING	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01867	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PHILLIP RUSHWORTH	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	7819448888	Phone
Date Signed	2011-11-10	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Date Prepared	2011-01-05	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	X	AddressChange
Gross Receipts	406097	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.RCTV.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	TO PRODUCE NON-COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	8	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	8	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	417875	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	415063	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	22133	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	20348	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1222	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	-29314	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	441230	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	406097	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	101265	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	133441	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	205731	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	198838	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	306996	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	332279	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	134234	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	73818	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	314215	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	388033	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	314215	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	388033	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO PRODUCE NON-COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	311194	Expense
Description	PRODUCE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND PROVIDE FACILITIES, EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE TO THE TOWN OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	5957	Expense

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	5957	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	317151	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
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
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	8	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
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
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	8	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	8	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	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	false	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	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	PHILLIP RUSHWORTH	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7819448888	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	224 ASH ST	AddressLine1
City	READING	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	01867	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (8 entries)

TitleTitle	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
GORDON ROGERSON
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
EUGENE NIGRO
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
CHRIS CARUSO
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
JOHN SULLIVAN
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
MARCEL DUBOIS
PRESIDENT		0	0	0	X
STEVE CROOK
VICE PRES.		0	0	0	X
EDWARD SMETHURST
CLERK		0	0	0	X
BRUCE COOPER
TREASURER		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
Membership Dues	2201	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	412862	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	415063	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE	Description
Total Revenue Column	20348	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	20348	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	20348	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	748	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	748	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-30062	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-30062	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	-30062	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	406097	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	-8966	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	110803	Total
Program Services	110803	ProgramServices

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9486	Total
Program Services	9486	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13152	Total
Program Services	13152	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1800	Total
Management And General	1800	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5957	Total
Program Services	5957	ProgramServices

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	91733	Total
Program Services	91733	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	33231	Total
Program Services	33231	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
CONTRACT LABOR	23315	23315
SUPPLIES	16220	16220
OFFICE EXPENSES	7546		7546
REPAIRS	7175	7175
INSURANCE	5091	5091

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6770	Total
Program Services	988	ProgramServices
Management And General	5782	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	332279	Total
Program Services	317151	ProgramServices
Management And General	15128	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	178689	BOY
EOY	7307	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	51809	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3320	BOY
EOY	2440	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	662264	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	335787	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	132206	BOY
EOY	326477	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	314215	BOY
EOY	388033	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	314215	BOY
EOY	388033	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	314215	BOY
EOY	388033	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	314215	BOY
EOY	388033	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	124650	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	172576	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	129025	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	420020	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	413610	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1259881	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	124650	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	172576	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	129025	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	420020	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	413610	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1259881	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1259881	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	15	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	590	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1194	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1222	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	3021	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1262902	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	69759	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99760	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99690	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	169334	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	6139	Depreciation
Book Value	163195	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	492930	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	329648	Depreciation
Book Value	163282	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	326477	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC