EL EDUCATION INC: Form 990PF, tax year 2009

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Organization: EL EDUCATION INC (EIN 06-1576405)
Tax period: 2009-09-01 to 2010-08-31
Filed: 2011-03-10
IRS object ID: 201140699349100704
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-PF
Schedule B
Accounting Fees Schedule
Contractor Compensation Expln
Employee Compensation Expln
Gain Loss Sale Other Assets Sch
General Explanation Attachment
Investments Other Schedule2
Land Etc Schedule2
Legal Fees Schedule
Mortgages And Notes Payable Sch
Other Assets Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule
Other Income Schedule2
Other Increases Schedule
Other Professional Fees Schedule
Taxes Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-03-10T13:03:15-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Macdonald Page & Co LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Long Creek Dr	AddressLine1
City	South Portland	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04106	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	061576405	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound Inc	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	co Outward Bound Inc	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	EXPE	NameControl
Phone	2122394455	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	AddressLine1
City	New York	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10001	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Stephanie Lawkins	Name
Title	CFO	Title
Date Signed	2011-03-10	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Peter Montano	Name
Phone	2077745701	Phone

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

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exempt PF	X	ExemptPF
FMV Assets EOY	5685608	FMVAssetsEOY
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Received Rev And Expnss	4549011	ContriReceivedRevAndExpnss
Interest On Savings Rev And Expnss	31471	InterestOnSavingsRevAndExpnss
Interest On Savings Net Invst Incm	31471	InterestOnSavingsNetInvstIncm
Interest On Savings Adj Net Incm	31471	InterestOnSavingsAdjNetIncm
Dividends Rev And Expnss	6504	DividendsRevAndExpnss
Dividends Net Invst Incm	6504	DividendsNetInvstIncm
Dividends Adj Net Incm	6504	DividendsAdjNetIncm
Net Gain Sale Assets Rev And Expnss	-145884	NetGainSaleAssetsRevAndExpnss
Gross Sales Price	1086805	GrossSalesPrice
Other Income Rev And Expnss	7291745	OtherIncomeRevAndExpnss
Total Revenue And Expenses	11732847	TotalRevenueAndExpenses
Total Net Investment Income	37975	TotalNetInvestmentIncome
Total Adjusted Net Income	37975	TotalAdjustedNetIncome
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Rev And Expnss	753341	CompOfcrDirTrstRevAndExpnss
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	753341	CompOfcrDirTrstDsbrsChrtblPrps
Oth Empl Slrs Wgs Rev And Expnss	3284253	OthEmplSlrsWgsRevAndExpnss
Oth Empl Slrs Wgs Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	3081769	OthEmplSlrsWgsDsbrsChrtblPrps
Pension Empl Bnft Rev And Expnss	129071	PensionEmplBnftRevAndExpnss
Pension Empl Bnft Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	103486	PensionEmplBnftDsbrsChrtblPrps
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss	14140	LegalFeesRevAndExpnss
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss	28000	AccountingFeesRevAndExpnss
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss	1068423	OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnss
Other Prof Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	1068423	OtherProfFeesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Taxes Rev And Expnss	297141	TaxesRevAndExpnss
Taxes Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	296553	TaxesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Deprec And Depletion Rev And Expnss	195343	DeprecAndDepletionRevAndExpnss
Occupancy Rev And Expnss	177285	OccupancyRevAndExpnss
Occupancy Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	176416	OccupancyDsbrsChrtblPrps
Trav Conf Meeting Rev And Expnss	1151089	TravConfMeetingRevAndExpnss
Trav Conf Meeting Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	862927	TravConfMeetingDsbrsChrtblPrps
Printing And Pub Rev And Expnss	16152	PrintingAndPubRevAndExpnss
Printing And Pub Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	16152	PrintingAndPubDsbrsChrtblPrps
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	2001540	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnss
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	2001540	OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	9115778	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnss
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncm
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	8360607	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Contri Gifts Paid Rev And Expnss	780477	ContriGiftsPaidRevAndExpnss
Contri Gifts Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	795908	ContriGiftsPaidDsbrsChrtblPrps
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	9896255	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnss
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncm
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	9156515	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Excess Of Revenue Over Expenses	1836592	ExcessOfRevenueOverExpenses
Net Investment Income	37975	NetInvestmentIncome
Adjusted Net Income	37975	AdjustedNetIncome

Balance Sheets BalanceSheets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY	194719	CashBOY
Cash EOY	97967	CashEOY
Cash EOYFMV	97967	CashEOYFMV
Savings And Temp Cash Invst BOY	2443829	SavingsAndTempCashInvstBOY
Savings And Temp Cash Invst EOY	4236760	SavingsAndTempCashInvstEOY
Savings And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV	4236760	SavingsAndTempCashInvstEOYFMV
Accounts Receivable	508063	AccountsReceivable
Allwnc For Dbtfl Acct Acct Rcvbl	100000	AllwncForDbtflAcctAcctRcvbl
Accounts Receivable BOY	125984	AccountsReceivableBOY
Accounts Receivable EOY	408063	AccountsReceivableEOY
Accounts Receivable EOYFMV	408063	AccountsReceivableEOYFMV
Grants Receivable BOY	672553	GrantsReceivableBOY
Grants Receivable EOY	106350	GrantsReceivableEOY
Grants Receivable EOYFMV	106350	GrantsReceivableEOYFMV
Prepaid Expenses BOY	106760	PrepaidExpensesBOY
Prepaid Expenses EOY	138469	PrepaidExpensesEOY
Prepaid Expenses EOYFMV	138469	PrepaidExpensesEOYFMV
Investments Other BOY	411553	InvestmentsOtherBOY
Investments Other EOY	387460	InvestmentsOtherEOY
Investments Other EOYFMV	387460	InvestmentsOtherEOYFMV
Land Building And Equipment Basis	1106949	LandBuildingAndEquipmentBasis
Accum Deprec Land Bldg And Equip	831985	AccumDeprecLandBldgAndEquip
Land Building And Equipment BOY	504525	LandBuildingAndEquipmentBOY
Land Building And Equipment EOY	274964	LandBuildingAndEquipmentEOY
Land Building And Equipment EOYFMV	274964	LandBuildingAndEquipmentEOYFMV
Other Assets BOY	69088	OtherAssetsBOY
Other Assets EOY	35575	OtherAssetsEOY
Other Assets EOYFMV	35575	OtherAssetsEOYFMV
Total Assets BOY	4529011	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	5685608	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Assets EOYFMV	5685608	TotalAssetsEOYFMV
Accounts Payable BOY	453238	AccountsPayableBOY
Accounts Payable EOY	984683	AccountsPayableEOY
Grants Payable BOY	95413	GrantsPayableBOY
Grants Payable EOY	79982	GrantsPayableEOY
Deferred Revenue BOY	186599	DeferredRevenueBOY
Deferred Revenue EOY	589181	DeferredRevenueEOY
Mortgages And Notes Payable EOY	400000	MortgagesAndNotesPayableEOY
Other Liabilities BOY	1999063	OtherLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities BOY	2734313	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	2053846	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Org That Follow SFAS117	X	OrgThatFollowSFAS117
Unrestricted BOY	-696167	UnrestrictedBOY
Unrestricted EOY	1419927	UnrestrictedEOY
Temporarily Restricted BOY	2490865	TemporarilyRestrictedBOY
Temporarily Restricted EOY	2211835	TemporarilyRestrictedEOY
Total Net Assets BOY	1794698	TotalNetAssetsBOY
Total Net Assets EOY	3631762	TotalNetAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities Net Assets BOY	4529011	TotalLiabilitiesNetAssetsBOY
Total Liabilities Net Assets EOY	5685608	TotalLiabilitiesNetAssetsEOY

Changes In Net Assets Fund Balances ChangesInNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Net Assets Fund Balances BOY	1794698	TotalNetAssetsFundBalancesBOY
Excess Of Revenue Over Expenses	1836592	ExcessOfRevenueOverExpenses
Other Increases	472	OtherIncreases
Subtotal	3631762	Subtotal
Total Net Assets Fund Balances EOY	3631762	TotalNetAssetsFundBalancesEOY

Capital Gains And Losses CapitalGainsAndLosses

Capital Gains And Losses Info CapitalGainsAndLossesInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Of Asset	Mutual Funds & MM withdrawals	DescriptionOfAsset
How Acquired	P	HowAcquired
Date Acquired	2009-01-01	DateAcquired
Date Sold	2010-01-01	DateSold
Gross Sales Price	1086805	GrossSalesPrice
Cost Or Other Basis	1086805	CostOrOtherBasis

Excise Tax Based On Investment Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvestmentIncm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	760	InvestmentIncomeExciseTax
Subtotal	760	Subtotal
Tax Based On Investment Income	760	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncome
Form2220 Attached	X	Form2220Attached
Penalty For Underpayment	23	PenaltyForUnderpayment
Tax Due	783	TaxDue
Amount Credited To Next Year	0	AmountCreditedToNextYear

Statements Regarding Activities StatementsRegardingActivities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Activities	false	LegislativePoliticalActivities
More Than100 Spent	false	MoreThan100Spent
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiled
Activities Not Prev Reported	false	ActivitiesNotPrevReported
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	false	ChangesToArticlesOrBylaws
Unrelated Bus Income Over1000	false	UnrelatedBusIncomeOver1000
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiled
Termination Etc	false	TerminationEtc
Requirements Of Sect508e	true	RequirementsOfSect508e
At Least5000 In Assets	true	AtLeast5000InAssets
States Filed With	NY	StatesFiledWith
Form990 PF Filed With AG	true	Form990PFFiledWithAG
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundation
New Substantial Contributors	false	NewSubstantialContributors
Interest In Controlled Entity	false	InterestInControlledEntity
Applicable Insurance Contract	false	ApplicableInsuranceContract
Comply With Public Inspection Rqr	true	ComplyWithPublicInspectionRqr
Website Address	elschools.org	WebsiteAddress

Books In Care Of Business Name BooksInCareOfBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Stephanie Lawkins	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Books In Care Of Phone Number	2122394455	BooksInCareOfPhoneNumber

Books In Care Of US Address BooksInCareOfUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	AddressLine1
City	New York	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10001	ZIPCode

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exchange With Dsqfly Person	false	SaleOrExchangeWithDsqflyPerson
Borrow Or Lend With Dsqfly Person	false	BorrowOrLendWithDsqflyPerson
Furnished Goods With Dsqfly Person	false	FurnishedGoodsWithDsqflyPerson
Pay Compensation To Dsqfly Person	false	PayCompensationToDsqflyPerson
Transfer Assets To Dsqfly Person	false	TransferAssetsToDsqflyPerson
Payment To Government Offical	false	PaymentToGovernmentOffical
Acts Fail To Qualify As Exceptions	false	ActsFailToQualifyAsExceptions
Uncorrected Prior Acts	false	UncorrectedPriorActs
Undistributed Income Prior Years	false	UndistributedIncomePriorYears
Undistr Income4942a2 Not Applied	false	UndistrIncome4942a2NotApplied
Business Holdings	false	BusinessHoldings
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Jeopardy Investments	false	JeopardyInvestments
Uncorrected Jeopardy Investments	false	UncorrectedJeopardyInvestments
Influence Legislation	false	InfluenceLegislation
Influence Election	false	InfluenceElection
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurpose
Tr Fail To Qualify As Exceptions	false	TrFailToQualifyAsExceptions
Maint Expend Responsibility	false	MaintExpendResponsibility
Rcv Funds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Contract	false	RcvFundsToPayPrsnlBnftContract
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Contract	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftContract
Prohibited Tax Shelter Transactn	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransactn
Proceeds Or Net Income	false	ProceedsOrNetIncome

Ofcr Dir Trustees Key Employee Info OfcrDirTrusteesKeyEmployeeInfo

Ofcr Dir Trustees Or Key Employee OfcrDirTrusteesOrKeyEmployee (23 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1	CityUSAddress/City	StateUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCode	TitleTitle	Avg Hours Per Wk Devoted To PositionAvgHoursPerWkDevotedToPosition	CompensationCompensation	Contri To Empl Benefit Plans EtcContriToEmplBenefitPlansEtc
Lucy Hedley
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Secretary	40.00	69008	2472
Stephanie Lawkins
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	CFO	40.00	0
Lili Brown
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Chief Advanc Of	40.00	99688	6353
Scott Mengel
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Chief Growth Of	40.00	91255	8688
Ron Berger
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Chief Progr Of	40.00	129938	8814
Tom Van Winkle
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	COO	40.00	140350	9588
Douglas Tansill
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Irwin Silverberg
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Joanne Ziesing
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Kurt Schmoke
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Frances Rubacha
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Harriet Weissman
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Robert Gable
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Allen Grossman
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Bruce Rich
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Alexandra Buckley Voris
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Judith Glaser
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Roland Barth
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Lee Klingenstein
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Corinne Rieder
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Greg Farrell
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Director	1.00	0
Scott Hartl
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	President & CEO	40.00	181067	6120
Virginia Worden
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Chairman	40.00	0

Compensation Of Highest Paid Empl CompensationOfHighestPaidEmpl (5 entries)

NameName	Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1	CityUSAddress/City	StateUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCode	TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	CompensationCompensation	Employee BenefitsEmployeeBenefits
Deborah Otto	247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Regional director	40.00	111384	3883
Scott Gill	247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Regional director	40.00	115839	12099
Angela Jolliffe	247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Regional director	40.00	128357	12407
Ruth Shaw	247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Dir of Finance	40.00	114779	8080
Jane Heidt	247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Dir of Spec Proj	40.00	148512	13100

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Number Of Oth Empl Paid Over50k	44	TotNumberOfOthEmplPaidOver50k

Compensation Of Hghst Paid Cntrct CompensationOfHghstPaidCntrct (5 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1	CityUSAddress/City	StateUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCode	Type Of ServiceTypeOfService	CompensationCompensation
David Albert
48 Rindge Ave	Cambridge	MA	02140	IT Support	66711
Accounting Management Solutions
800 South Street Suite 195	Waltham	MA	02453	Fin Consultants	103953
Four Kitchens LLC
3415 Greystone Dr Suite 210	Austin	TX	78731	Web Development	124515
The Bridgespan Group Inc
535 Boylston Street 10th Floor	Boston	MA	02116	Bus Strategy Consult	225780
Thinkso Creative LLC
115 W 30th Street Studio 709	New York	NY	10001	Design & Marketing	290408

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Number Of Cntrct Paid Over50k	3	TotNumberOfCntrctPaidOver50k

Summary Of Direct Charitable Acty SummaryOfDirectCharitableActy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description1	Expeditionary Schools opened new elementary, middle and college-oriented secondary schools, and partnered with existing schools, to improve student achievement; build student character; enhance teacher practices and instill a positive school culture.	Description1
Expenses1	9156515	Expenses1

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Avg Monthly FMV Of Securities	399507	AvgMonthlyFMVOfSecurities
Avg Monthly Cash Balances	3486638	AvgMonthlyCashBalances
FMV All Other Noncharitable Assets	0	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAssets
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	3886145	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssets
Reduction Claimed	0	ReductionClaimed
Adj Total FMV Of Unused Assets	3886145	AdjTotalFMVOfUnusedAssets
Cash Deemed Charitable	58292	CashDeemedCharitable
Net Noncharitable Assets	3827853	NetNoncharitableAssets
Minimum Investment Return	191393	MinimumInvestmentReturn

Distributable DistributableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return	191393	MinimumInvestmentReturn
Tax Based On Investment Income	760	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncome
Total Tax	760	TotalTax
Distributable Amount Before Adj	190633	DistributableAmountBeforeAdj
Distributable Amount Before Ded	190633	DistributableAmountBeforeDed
Distributable Amount As Adjusted	190633	DistributableAmountAsAdjusted

Qualifying Distributions QualifyingDistributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	9156515	ExpensesAndContributions
Qualifying Distributions	9156515	QualifyingDistributions
Adj Qualifying Distributions	9156515	AdjQualifyingDistributions

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable Amount As Adjusted	190633	DistributableAmountAsAdjusted
Excess Distri Carryover Year2	8117926	ExcessDistriCarryoverYear2
Excess Distri Carryover Year1	9682078	ExcessDistriCarryoverYear1
Total Excess Distri Carryover	17800004	TotalExcessDistriCarryover
Qualifying Distributions	9156515	QualifyingDistributions
Treated As Distri From Corpus	0	TreatedAsDistriFromCorpus
Applied To Current Year	190633	AppliedToCurrentYear
Remaining Distri From Corpus	8965882	RemainingDistriFromCorpus
Total Corpus	26765886	TotalCorpus
Undistributed Income CY	0	UndistributedIncomeCY
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Year	26765886	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYear
Excess From Year2	8117926	ExcessFromYear2
Excess From Year1	9682078	ExcessFromYear1
Excess From Current Year	8965882	ExcessFromCurrentYear

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Only Contributes To Preselected	X	OnlyContributesToPreselected

Grant Or Contri Paid During Year GrantOrContriPaidDuringYear (2 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1	CityRecipientUSAddress/City	StateRecipientUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCode	Recipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatus	Purpose Of Grant Or ContributionPurposeOfGrantOrContribution	AmountAmount
Gates Schools
247 W 35th Street 8th FLR	New York	NY	10001	Public	Educational Improvements	$250,933
NYC Outward Bound Center
29-46 Northern Blvd	Long Island City	NY	11101	501(c)	Educational improvements	$529,544

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Grant Or Contri Paid During Year	780477	TotGrantOrContriPaidDuringYear

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActy

Program Service Revenue Part VII ProgramServiceRevenuePartVII (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
tuition & fees	97575
Education program fees	5698544

Int On Savings And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavingsAndTempCashInvst

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code	14	ExclusionCode
Exclusion	$31,471	ExclusionAmount

Dividends And Int From Sec Part VII DividendsAndIntFromSecPartVII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code	14	ExclusionCode
Exclusion	$6,504	ExclusionAmount

Gain Sales Assets Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAssetsOthThanInvntry

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code	18	ExclusionCode
Exclusion	-$145,884	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Described OtherRevenueDescribed (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	Exclusion CodeExclusionCode	ExclusionExclusionAmount
Other revenue	47066
Merchandise revenue	2434
Forgiveness of debt		1	$1,446,126

Subtotals Part XVIA SubtotalsPartXVIA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	$1,338,217	ExclusionAmount
Related Or Exempt Function Income	5845619	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Part XVIA	7183836	TotalPartXVIA

Rln Of Acty To Accom Of Exempt Prps RlnOfActyToAccomOfExemptPrps

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Line Number	1	LineNumber
Relationship Statement	fees and tuition are for program activities in line with the exempt function of the organization.	RelationshipStatement

Trnsfr Tr Rln With Noncharitable EO TrnsfrTrRlnWithNoncharitableEO

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Noncharitable EO	false	TrnsfrOfCashToNoncharitableEO
Trnsfr Oth Assets Noncharitable EO	false	TrnsfrOthAssetsNoncharitableEO
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	false	SalesOrExchangesOfAssets
Purchase Assets Noncharitable EO	false	PurchaseAssetsNoncharitableEO
Rental Of Facilities Etc	false	RentalOfFacilitiesEtc
Reimbursement Arrangements	false	ReimbursementArrangements
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	false	LoansOrLoanGuarantees
Performance Of Services Etc	false	PerformanceOfServicesEtc
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	false	SharingOfFacilitiesEtc
Relationships Noncharitable E Os	false	RelationshipsNoncharitableEOs

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	X	Organization501c3ExemptPF
General Rule	X	GeneralRule

Contributor Info ContributorInfo (22 entries)

Contributor NumberContributorNumber	Contributor Name IndividualContributorNameIndividual	Address Line1ContributorAddressUS/AddressLine1	CityContributorAddressUS/City	StateContributorAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeContributorAddressUS/ZIPCode	Aggregate ContributionsAggregateContributions	Person Contribution TypePersonContributionType	Noncash Contribution TypeNoncashContributionType
22	William Flora Hewlett Foundation	2121 Sand Hill Road	Menlo Park	CA	94025	52062	X
21	The Leon Lowenstein Foundation Inc	150 East 58th St 16th Floor	New York	NY	101551601	10000	X
20	Charles Weiner	25 Forest St Apt 17B	Stamford	CT	069011854	6023	X	X
19	S Spencer Scott Fund Inc	PO Box 549	Lyme	CT	063710549	5000	X
18	Robert Gable	35 Sunset Rock Rd	Andover	MA	018104826	5000	X
17	The Ravenel and Elizabeth Curry Fdn	435 E 52nd St Apt 4C	New York	NY	100226445	10000	X
16	Benchmark Communications Inc	5 Shorehaven Road	Norwalk	CT	06855	6000	X
15	Harriet Johnson	10 Friar Tuck Cir	Summit	NJ	07901	10000	X
14	Raymond Plank	7 Riverway Unit 611	Houston	TX	770561972	2500000	X
13	Nellie Mae Fund Education Foundat-n	1250 Hancock St Suite 205N	Quincy	MA	02169	184350	X
12	Silverberg Family Foundation Inc	40 Bluebird Hill Ct	Manhasset	NY	110304021	15000	X
11	Jacob Hilda Blaustein Foundation	10 E Baltimore St	Baltimore	MD	21202	50000	X
10	the Bill and Melinda Gates F-n	1551 Eastlake Ave	Seattle	WA	98102	1110690	X
9	Bruce Rich	900 5th Ave Apt 15B	New York	NY	100214157	20283		X
8	Klingenstein Fund	605 Third Ave	New York	NY	10017	11000	X
7	P H Weissman Family Foundation	2 Oxford Rd	White Plains	NY	10605	51200	X
6	Greg Farrell	130 Buckingham Road	Brooklyn	NY	112264310	5600	X
5	Geoffrey Virginia Worden	31 East 12th Street Apt PH-B	New York	NY	10003	24735		X
4	Genesee Community Charter Sch	657 East Avenue	Rochester	NY	14607	54544	X
3	Gable Family Foundation	35 Sunset Rock Rd	Andover	MA	01810	10000	X
2	Paul Frances Rubacha	239 Central Park West	New York	NY	10024	10000	X
1	Barr Foundation	Pilot House Lewis Wharf	Boston	MA	02110	225500	X

Noncash Property NoncashProperty (3 entries)

Contributor Number From Part IContributorNumberFromPartI	Noncash Property DescriptionNoncashPropertyDescription	Fair Market ValueFairMarketValue	Date ReceivedDateReceived
20	Stock/Property	3023	2010-04-28
9	Stock	20283	2009-12-29
5	Stock/Property	24735	2009-10-09

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees AccountingFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	accounting and auditing	Category
Amount	$28,000	Amount
Net Investment Income	0	NetInvestmentIncome
Adjusted Net Income	0	AdjustedNetIncome
Disbursements Charitable Prps	0	DisbursementsCharitablePrps

Contractor Compensation Expln ContractorCompensationExpln

Contractor Comp Explanation ContractorCompExplanation (5 entries)

Thinkso Creative LLC
The Bridgespan Group Inc
Four Kitchens LLC
David Albert
Accounting Management Solutions

Employee Compensation Expln EmployeeCompensationExpln

Employee Comp Explanation EmployeeCompExplanation (5 entries)

Employee NameEmployeeName
Deborah Otto
Scott Gill
Angela Jolliffe
Ruth Shaw
Jane Heidt

Gain Loss Sale Other Assets Sch GainLossSaleOtherAssetsSch

Gain Loss Sale Other Asset GainLossSaleOtherAsset

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Disposals of Electronic Systems	Name
Date Acquired	2009-01	DateAcquired
How Acquired	Purchase	HowAcquired
Date Sold	2010-01	DateSold
Basis	167525	Basis
Basis Method	Cost	BasisMethod
Total Net	-145884	TotalNet
Accumulated Depreciation	21641	AccumulatedDepreciation

General Explanation Attachment GeneralExplanationAttachment

General Explanation GeneralExplanation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Explanation	Termination of private foundation status under IRC Section 507(b)(1)(B): The organizatrion has filed a notification of intent to terminate its private foundation status and signed Form 872-B, consenting to extend the time to assess excise tax. Copies of the 872-B and IRS notification letter are attached. Accordingly, the foundation is not currently required to pay the excise tax on investment income computed in Part VI of this return. Donors may rely on the determination that the organization is not a private foundation until ninety days after August 31, 2013.	Explanation

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category Or Item	Mutual Funds	CategoryOrItem
Listed At Cost Or FMV	FMV	ListedAtCostOrFMV
Book Value	387460	BookValue
EOYFMV	387460	EOYFMV

Land Etc Schedule2 LandEtcSchedule2

Land Etc LandEtc (2 entries)

Category Or ItemCategoryOrItem	Cost Or Other BasisCostOrOtherBasis	Accumulated DepreciationAccumulatedDepreciation	Book ValueBookValue	EOYFMVEOYFMV
Improvements	206083	118064	88019	88019
Furniture and Fixtures	900866	713921	186945	186945

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	legal	Category
Amount	$14,140	Amount
Net Investment Income	0	NetInvestmentIncome
Adjusted Net Income	0	AdjustedNetIncome
Disbursements Charitable Prps	0	DisbursementsCharitablePrps

Mortgages And Notes Payable Sch MortgagesAndNotesPayableSch

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Mortgage	$400,000	TotalMortgageAmount

Note Payable NotePayable

Lenders Name LendersName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Individual	Outward Bound Inc	Individual

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Original Amount Of Loan	400000	OriginalAmountOfLoan
Balance Due	400000	BalanceDue
Date Of Note	2010-02	DateOfNote
Maturity Date	2018-08	MaturityDate
Repayment Terms	8 annual payments of $50,000	RepaymentTerms
Consideration Fmv	400000	ConsiderationFmv

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsSchedule

Other Assets OtherAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Accrued revenue	Description
BOY Book Value	69088	BOYBookValue
EOY Book Value	35575	EOYBookValue
EOYFMV	35575	EOYFMV

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (16 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooks	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrps
Telephone and internet	67983	67983
Subcontractors	18135	18135
student transportation	39238	39238
Postage and delivery	27190	27190
Office Supplies	21760	21760
Miscellaneous	139472	139472
Meals/Food Program	233533	233533
Insurance	20499	20499
equipment lease and maint	15163	15163
equipment and supplies	294008	294008
Employee benefits	983145	983145
Dues & Subscriptions	4167	4167
computer expenses	17072	17072
bad debt exp	78288	78288
background checks	494	494
advertising	41393	41393

Other Income Schedule2 OtherIncomeSchedule2

Other Income OtherIncome (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooks
tuition & fees	97575
Other revenue	47066
Merchandise revenue	2434
Forgiveness of debt	1446126
Education program fees	5698544

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases OtherIncreases

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Unrealized gain on investments	Description
Amount	$472	Amount

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees OtherProfessionalFees (3 entries)

CategoryCategory	AmountAmount	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrps
prof fees and serv. contracts	$49,553	49553
Other Consultants	$926,562	926562
Computer services	$92,308	92308

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Taxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	Payroll taxes	Category
Amount	$297,141	Amount
Disbursements Charitable Prps	296553	DisbursementsCharitablePrps

EL EDUCATION INC: Form 990PF, tax year 2009

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Balance Sheets BalanceSheets

Changes In Net Assets Fund Balances ChangesInNetAssetsFundBalances

Capital Gains And Losses CapitalGainsAndLosses

Capital Gains And Losses Info CapitalGainsAndLossesInfo

Excise Tax Based On Investment Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvestmentIncm

Statements Regarding Activities StatementsRegardingActivities

Books In Care Of Business Name BooksInCareOfBusinessName

Books In Care Of US Address BooksInCareOfUSAddress

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720

Ofcr Dir Trustees Key Employee Info OfcrDirTrusteesKeyEmployeeInfo

Ofcr Dir Trustees Or Key Employee OfcrDirTrusteesOrKeyEmployee (23 entries)

Compensation Of Highest Paid Empl CompensationOfHighestPaidEmpl (5 entries)

Compensation Of Hghst Paid Cntrct CompensationOfHghstPaidCntrct (5 entries)

Summary Of Direct Charitable Acty SummaryOfDirectCharitableActy

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturn

Distributable DistributableAmount

Qualifying Distributions QualifyingDistributions

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncome

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformation

Grant Or Contri Paid During Year GrantOrContriPaidDuringYear (2 entries)

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActy

Program Service Revenue Part VII ProgramServiceRevenuePartVII (2 entries)

Int On Savings And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavingsAndTempCashInvst

Dividends And Int From Sec Part VII DividendsAndIntFromSecPartVII

Gain Sales Assets Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAssetsOthThanInvntry

Other Revenue Described OtherRevenueDescribed (3 entries)

Subtotals Part XVIA SubtotalsPartXVIA

Rln Of Acty To Accom Of Exempt Prps RlnOfActyToAccomOfExemptPrps

Rln Of Acty To Accom Of Exempt Prps RlnOfActyToAccomOfExemptPrps

Trnsfr Tr Rln With Noncharitable EO TrnsfrTrRlnWithNoncharitableEO

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo (22 entries)

Noncash Property NoncashProperty (3 entries)

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees AccountingFees

Contractor Compensation Expln ContractorCompensationExpln

Contractor Comp Explanation ContractorCompExplanation (5 entries)

Employee Compensation Expln EmployeeCompensationExpln

Employee Comp Explanation EmployeeCompExplanation (5 entries)

Gain Loss Sale Other Assets Sch GainLossSaleOtherAssetsSch

Gain Loss Sale Other Asset GainLossSaleOtherAsset

General Explanation Attachment GeneralExplanationAttachment

General Explanation GeneralExplanation

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOther

Land Etc Schedule2 LandEtcSchedule2

Land Etc LandEtc (2 entries)

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFees

Mortgages And Notes Payable Sch MortgagesAndNotesPayableSch

Note Payable NotePayable

Lenders Name LendersName

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsSchedule

Other Assets OtherAssets

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (16 entries)

Other Income Schedule2 OtherIncomeSchedule2

Other Income OtherIncome (5 entries)

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases OtherIncreases

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees OtherProfessionalFees (3 entries)

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Taxes

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