FRESH POND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization
FRESH POND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (EIN 04-3278769)
Tax period
2009-11-01 to 2010-10-31
Filed
2011-09-08
IRS object ID
201122519349300107
Schema version
2009v1.3
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)
Timestamp2011-09-08T07:50:46-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-10-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1YELENA VAYSBURD CPABusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12 FISHER AVEAddressLine1
CitySWAMPSCOTTCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code019071019ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2009-11-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN043278769EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1FRESH POND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlFRESNameControl
Phone6178644307Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1173 HARVEY STREETAddressLine1
CityCAMBRIDGECity
StateMAState
ZIP Code02140ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameSTEVEN ORZACKName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone6178644307Phone
Date Signed2011-09-07DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameYELENA VAYSBURDName
Phone7815925954Phone
Date Prepared2011-09-08DatePrepared
Self EmployedXSelfEmployed
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2009TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonSTEVEN ORZACKNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1173 HARVEY STREETAddressLine1
CityCAMBRIDGECity
StateMAState
ZIP Code02140ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts156482GrossReceipts
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web Sitewww.freshpond.orgWebSite
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Year Formation1995YearFormation
State Legal DomicileMAStateLegalDomicile
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Nbr Voting Members Governing Body6NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members6NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees3TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year708ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year36354ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY0ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year1758InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year528InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year425OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year125OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year2891TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year37007TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Salaries Etc Current Year119508SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year7107OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year8151OtherExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Expenses Current Year127659TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year-149820RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
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Total Liabilities BOY46911TotalLiabilitiesBOY
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Significant ChangefalseSignificantChange
Expense30423Expense
DescriptionRESEARCH ON EVOLUTIONARY AND POPULATION BIOLOGYDescription

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Expense44793Expense
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Expense30319Expense
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SchoolfalseSchool
Foreign OfficefalseForeignOffice
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Partial LiquidationfalsePartialLiquidation
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Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotification
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Quid Pro Quo ContributionsfalseQuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed OffalseForm8282PropertyDisposedOf
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members6NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business RelationshipfalseFamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Material Diversion Or MisusefalseMaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or StockholdersfalseMembersOrStockholders
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Minutes Of Governing BodytrueMinutesOfGoverningBody
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Local ChaptersfalseLocalChapters
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Conflict Of Interest PolicyfalseConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower PolicyfalseWhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention PolicyfalseDocumentRetentionPolicy
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Name PersonSTEVEN ORZACK PRESIDENTNamePerson
Telephone Number6178644307TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line1173 HARVEY STREETAddressLine1
CityCAMBRIDGECity
StateMAState
ZIP Code02140ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (6 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficer
WILLIAM ETGES
Director1.00X000
DANIEL KINDLON
Director1.00X000
MARTIN KREITMAN
Director1.00X000
STEVEN ORZACK
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WILLIAM PARSONS
Director1.00X000
SHRIPAD TULJAPURKAR
Director1.00X000
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Total Other Compensation10993TotalOtherCompensation
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Government Grants649GovernmentGrants
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Total Contributions36354TotalContributions

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Exclusion$3,489ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

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Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

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Securities-2961Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

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Total Revenue Column-2961TotalRevenueColumn
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Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

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Total Other Revenue125TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Total Revenue Column37007TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion$653ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Total66500Total
Program Services53200ProgramServices
Management And General13300ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

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Fundraising0Fundraising

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Fundraising0Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

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Fundraising0Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

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Management And General1611ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Fundraising0Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

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Management And General0ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

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Fundraising0Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Fundraising0Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

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Total801Total
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Management And General160ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Travel Travel

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Total922Total
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Fundraising0Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Total816Total
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Management And General0ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Interest Interest

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Total779Total
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Fundraising0Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

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Membership Dues656500
Research Fees0000
Misc equipment274219550
Internet0000
Bank Charges2080020800

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Total74Total
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Fundraising0Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Fundraising0Fundraising

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

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BOY9676BOY
EOY2895EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

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BOY50721BOY
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Land Buildings Equipment Basis3107LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec3107LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

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Total Assets TotalAssets

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Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

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EOY40611EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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EOY86172EOY
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EOY104167EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

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Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years127765CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years283921CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year708CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year36354CurrentTaxYear
Total560328Total

Total170 Total170

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years127765CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year708CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year36354CurrentTaxYear
Total560328Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years2113CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1993CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year1746CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year3488CurrentTaxYear
Total13110Total

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years150CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year425CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year125CurrentTaxYear
Total1467Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Public Support Pertcentage1700.97460PublicSupportPertcentage170
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Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total5090PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage5090PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage0InvestmentIncomePercentage
Facts And Circumstances TestOTHER INCOME PART II, LINE 10; DESCRIPTION: HONORARIUM; 2005: 767.; 2007: 150.; 2008: 425.; DESCRIPTION: BANK REIMBURSEMENTS; 2009: 125.;FactsAndCircumstancesTest

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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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 Basis3107InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation3107Depreciation

Other Securities OtherSecurities (5 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBook ValueBookValueMethod Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
300 shs ABB LTD6207F
600 shs Apple Inc.180588F
100 shs Google Inc.61370F
700 shs 3M Co58954F
800 shs 3M Co67376F
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities374495TotalOfBookValueSecurities

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

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Name PersonARIANE CHERBULIEZNamePerson
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationshipfamily member of Exec DirectorRelationship
Amount Of Transaction35705AmountOfTransaction
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Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenues

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

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Number Of Contributions35705NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F99035705NoncashContribsRptdF990
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Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierPt VI-B, Line 11AIdentifier
Explanationform 990 is reviewed by Executive Director before filingExplanation

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