MERCED LAO FAMILY COMMUNITY INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization
MERCED LAO FAMILY COMMUNITY INC (EIN 77-0268241)
Tax period
2009-10-01 to 2010-09-30
Filed
2011-05-16
IRS object ID
201121369349307117
Schema version
2009v1.7
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)
Timestamp2011-05-16T18:43:57-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-09-30TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Spinardi & JonesBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1478 E Yosemite Ave Suite AAddressLine1
CityMercedCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code95340ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2009-10-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN770268241EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Merced Lao Family Community IncBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlMERCNameControl
Phone2093847384Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1855 W 15th StreetAddressLine1
CityMercedCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code95340ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameHOUA VANGName
TitleEXECUTIVE DIRECTORTitle
Phone2093847384Phone
Date Signed2011-05-16DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameEDWARD C SPINARDI IIName
Phone2097227429Phone
Date Prepared2011-05-16DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2009TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonHOUA VANGNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1855 W 15th StreetAddressLine1
CityMercedCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code95340ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts1227998GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
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Web SiteWWW.LAOFAMILYMERCED.COMWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation1990YearFormation
State Legal DomicileCAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO ENCOURAGE SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR ALL MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TO MAINTAIN PRIDE IN CULTURAL HISTORIES AND TO OFFER POSITIVE SUPPORT AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. TO EMPOWER THE PEOPLE IN MERCED COUNTY; TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES, ELIMINATE OPPRESSION AND BUILD A JUST, INFORMED AND COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
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Other Revenue Current Year-49612OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year1077919TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year1178386TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Salaries Etc Current Year965569SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Mission DescriptionTO ENCOURAGE SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR ALL MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TO MAINTAIN PRIDE IN CULTURAL HISTORIES AND TO OFFER POSITIVE SUPPORT AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. TO EMPOWER THE PEOPLE IN MERCED COUNTY; TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, ADDRESS THEIR ISSUES, ELIMINATE OPPRESSION AND BUILD A JUST, INFORMED AND COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense1106852Expense
DescriptionTO HELP NEW IMMIGRANTS FIT INTO THE COMMUNITY IN ALL AREAS SUCH AS CULTURAL, EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.Description
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Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
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School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
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Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
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Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
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Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
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Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributions
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Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
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Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
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Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement0RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
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Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
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Upon RequestXUponRequest

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1KAI MOUA BOOKKEEPERBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number2093847384TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line1855 W 15TH STREETAddressLine1
CityMERCEDCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code95340ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficer
PAUL YANG
PRESIDENT10.00X000
CHONG SUE XIONG
VICE PRESIDENT10.00X000
KOUA YANG
SECRETARY10.00X000
KEITH VANG
TREASURER10.00X000
ANDY L
YANG10.00X000
SENG XIOG
PUBLIC RELATION10.00X000
LAWSOUA LOR
ATHLETICS10.00X000
CHOUA VANG
CULTURE & ARTS10.00X000
PANG LANG XIONG
CHARITY10.00X000
SAM PAUL
BOARD MEMBER10.00X000
HOUA VANG
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40.009701600X
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Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Total Contributions1227998TotalContributions
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Fundraising Direct Expenses49612FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

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Total Revenue Column-49612TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion-$49,612ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion-$49,612ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Total97016Total
Program Services97016ProgramServices

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Total675060Total
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Total115808Total
Program Services115808ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Program Services77685ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

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Total15127Total
Program Services15127ProgramServices

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

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Program Services10283ProgramServices

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Total17008Total
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Occupancy Occupancy

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Program Services31705ProgramServices

Travel Travel

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Total21271Total
Program Services21271ProgramServices

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Program Services2773ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

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Total4342Total
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Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

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STIPEND EXPENSE93529352
COMMUNICATION EXPENSE70257025
COMSUMABLE SUPPLIES EXP57675767
POSTAGE20722072

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BOY339659BOY
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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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Land Buildings Equipment Basis67481LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec63554LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

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BOY0BOY
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BOY34850BOY
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY354895BOY
EOY420833EOY

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Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
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 Years1106560CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1109489CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years1106560CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1109489CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year1051131CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year1227998CurrentTaxYear
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years9937CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years388CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year6058CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis59212InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation59212Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

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Other Cost Or Other Basis8269OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation4342Depreciation
Book Value3927BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings3927TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (3 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
LOAN PAYABLE - TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES$5,278
PAYROLL LIABILITIES$259,122
PROGRAM ADVANCES$26,038
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts290438TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue1178386TotalRevenue
Total Expenses1112448TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year65938ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS65938ExcessOrDeficitPerFS

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11FORM 990 WAS PRESENTED AND REVIEWED BY THE BOARD AT A REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19THE ORGANIZATION MAKES FORM 990 AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT 855 W. 15TH STREET, MERCED, CA, TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS TO VIEW THE DOCUMENT. A HARD COPY IS ALSO PROVIDED ON REQUEST.
There has been no change in the audit oversight committee process from the prior year.

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