HOPE WOMENS CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
HOPE WOMENS CENTER (EIN 56-2530679)
Tax period
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed
2011-04-29
IRS object ID
201131199349300028
Schema version
2010v3.2
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 ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2011-04-29T13:51:11-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1PINGLETON HOWARD & COMPANY PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 148AddressLine1
CityFRISCOCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code750340148ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2010-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN562530679EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1HOPE RESOURCE CENTER OF MCKINNEYBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlHOPENameControl
Phone9725624673Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12740 VIRGINIA PARKWAYAddressLine1
Address Line2ROOM/SUITE 200AddressLine2
CityMCKINNEYCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code75071ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameMARK TURMANName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone9725624673Phone
Date Signed2011-02-16DateSigned
Authorize Third PartytrueAuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameR WAYNE NABORS CPAName
Phone9723359754Phone
Date Prepared2011-04-25DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2010TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Name Of Principal Officer PersonMARK TURMANNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

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StateTXState
ZIP Code75070ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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State Legal DomicileTXStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO PROVIDE FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL PREGNANCY TESTS, GUIDANCE FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE, AND EDUCATION RELATED TO PREGNANCY AND RELATIONSHIPS, AGENCY REFERRALS AND BABY CARE AND MATERNITY ITEMS TO CLIENTS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
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Other Revenue Prior Year-13549OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year-16880OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year241830TotalRevenuePriorYear
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Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY315937NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
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Mission DescriptionTO PROVIDE FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL PREGNANCY TESTS, GUIDANCE FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE, AND EDUCATION RELATED TO PREGNANCY AND RELATIONSHIPS, AGENCY REFERRALS AND BABY CARE AND MATERNITY ITEMS TO CLIENTS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.MissionDescription
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Significant ChangefalseSignificantChange
Expense152822Expense
DescriptionCLIENT SERVICES: DURING 2010 WE PROVIDED FREE SERVICES TO 452 INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME IN FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,694 VISITS. 860 OF THESE VISITS WERE ONE-ON-ONE GUIDANCE AND 132 PREGNANCY TESTS WERE GIVEN. 251 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED MATERIAL ASSISTANCE SUCH AS MATERNITY CLOTHES AND BABY CARE ITEMS. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, VIDEOS AND GUIDANCE SESSIONS THAT COVER TOPICS SUCH AS PREGNANCY OPTIONS, PREGNANCY HEALTH, CHILDBIRTH, INFANT CARE, PARENTING CONCERNS, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUAL INTEGRITY AND BIBLE STUDIES.Description
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Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounseling
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Loan To Officer Or DQPfalseLoanToOfficerOrDQP
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Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees5NumberOfEmployees
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Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible ContributionsfalseNonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServices
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Family Or Business RelationshipfalseFamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Minutes Of CommitteestrueMinutesOfCommittees
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Local ChaptersfalseLocalChapters
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Conflict Of Interest PolicyfalseConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower PolicyfalseWhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention PolicytrueDocumentRetentionPolicy
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Compensation Process OthertrueCompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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Name PersonSTEWART TEASLEYNamePerson
Telephone Number9725624111TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line1390 ASHWOOD LANEAddressLine1
CityFAIRVIEWCity
StateTXState
ZIP Code75069ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

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MARK TURMAN
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STEWART TEASLEY
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FRAN KAYLOR
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JORJANA WHITE
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BRITT SLOAN
MEMBER10.00X000
RUTHANN BUCHANAN
MEMBER10.00X000
RICH HOOPER
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Compensation From Other SourcesfalseCompensationFromOtherSources
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Advertising Advertising

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Total4752Total
Program Services4752ProgramServices

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Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Insurance Insurance

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REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE12891289

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Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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Land Buildings Equipment Basis7100LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
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BOY5798BOY
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Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

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BOY2944BOY
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2XPubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years58932CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years168858CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year253508CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years58932CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years168858CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year253508CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year301611CurrentTaxYear
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years58932CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years168858CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year255379CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year303662CurrentTaxYear
Total842326Total
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Investment Income Percentage0.00000InvestmentIncomePercentage
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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
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Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

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Disclosed For Charitable PurposesfalseDisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy MonitoringfalseWrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements SatisfiedfalseSect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For SalefalseSolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee EtcfalseAgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FSfalseIncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated OrgsfalseEndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related OrgsfalseEndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule RfalseAreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis7100OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation2722Depreciation
Book Value4378BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings4378TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

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Name Of Event1BANQUETNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1121192GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1121192CharitableContributionsEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event116489RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Name Of Event2BABY BOTTLE CAMNameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event214922GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event214922CharitableContributionsEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2391OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Total136114GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total136114CharitableContributionsTotal
Rent Facility Costs Total Events16489RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events391OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events16880DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary-16880NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONFORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONTO PROVIDE FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL PREGNANCY TESTS, GUIDANCE FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE, AND EDUCATION RELATED TO PREGNANCY AND RELATIONSHIPS, AGENCY REFERRALS AND BABY CARE AND MATERNITY ITEMS TO CLIENTS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BTHE BOARD REVIEWS FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIALFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15AALL COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERSFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15BALL COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATIONFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19GOVERNING DOCUMENTS MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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