GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization
GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC (EIN 04-2703281)
Tax period
2009-10-01 to 2010-09-30
Filed
2011-05-06
IRS object ID
201141269349300444
Schema version
2009v1.7
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2011-05-06T14:43:29-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-09-30TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

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Business Name Line1ALEXANDER ARONSON FINNING & CO PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

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Address Line121 EAST MAIN STREETAddressLine1
CityWESTBOROCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code01581ZIPCode
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Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2009-10-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN042703281EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlGIRLNameControl
Phone6174821078Phone

US Address USAddress

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Address Line195 BERKELEY STREETAddressLine1
CityBOSTONCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code02116ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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NameRUTH BRAMSONName
Titlechief executive officerTitle
Phone6174821078Phone
Date Signed2011-04-29DateSigned
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Preparer Preparer

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NameCARLA M MCCALL CPAName
Phone5083669100Phone
Date Prepared2011-04-29DatePrepared
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Tax Year2009TaxYear
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Form 990 IRS990

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Activity Or Mission DescriptionGIRL SCOUTING BUILDS GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER, WHO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Mission DescriptionGIRL SCOUTING BUILDS GIRLS OF COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER, WHO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.All GSEM activities and programs link to its mission to build girls into the leaders of tomorrow. Girls meet in troops, special interest groups and community-based programs. They can attend camp and council-sponsored programs too. Individual programs are offered on a regular basis on a wide variety of topics: science and the environment, healthy living, outdoor education, arts, leadership, teambuilding, and much more. Girls learn about career opportunities, go on field trips to further explore their interests, work on local community service projects and get to know people from a variety of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2009, GSEM served over 43,000 girls between the ages of five and seventeen with the help of over 17,000 trained adult volunteers.MissionDescription
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DescriptionProgramming: Girl Scout programs include many troop activities and other courses which are designed to broaden a girl's skill set, leadership ability and self-confidence. Courses are offered at an affordable cost in a variety of locations and areas of interest. Additionally, the Girl Scout Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards are granted to girls who have completed the rigorous requirements of the awards, which must have a leadership and community outreach component.Description

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DescriptionFab factor: This is a community-based program targeted at communities with lower than average scores on the state exams (MCAS), low-income populations, high crime rates, and/or high levels of sexual activity in teens and teen pregnancy. The program is specially designed to deliver critical 21st century life skills to girls in safe, local environments. FaB Factor has a 40-week curriculum that guides girls through topics on Science Technology engineering and math, environmental education, healthy living, financial literacy, and leadership development. GSEM served approximately 5,660 girls last year in the 22 target communities for FaB Factor. GSEM ALSO REACHES A GROUP OF UNIQUE GIRLS THROUGH THE Girl Scouting Beyond Bars (GSBB) PROGRAM. GSBB is a unique program for girls and their incarcerated mothers. GSEM serves about 25 girls and 20 mothers in partnership with the state correctional facilities for women. The program incorporates parent classes and opportunities for the mothers to become positive role models for the their daughters as well as leadership development activities for the girls. The girls have monthly Girl Scout troop meetings, run by their mothers, at the correctional institutes, and they also meet for girl-only meetings.Description

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DescriptionCamp: Girl Scout camp is a long, historic tradition. Thousands of girls experience the great outdoors in a wide variety of programs on boating, the environment, arts, science and more at day and residential camps. GSEM has seventeen facilities across eastern Massachusetts (including three in southern New Hampshire). In addition to summer camp, GSEM holds vacation week camps during the school year, and the outdoor facilities are used by troops and council-sponsored programs on an ongoing basis.Description
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (27 entries)

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Protection Of Natural HabitatXProtectionOfNaturalHabitat
Preservation Of Open SpaceXPreservationOfOpenSpace
Total Number Of Easements1TotalNumberOfEasements
Total Acreage45.00TotalAcreage
Nmbr Hist Struct Easements0NmbrHistStructEasements
Nmbr Hist Struct Easements After0NmbrHistStructEasementsAfter
Nmbr Easements Modified0NmbrEasementsModified
Nmbr States In Which Easements Held1NmbrStatesInWhichEasementsHeld
Written Policy Monitoring0WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Staff Hours Spent On Enforcement0.00StaffHoursSpentOnEnforcement
Expenses Incurred For Enforcement0ExpensesIncurredForEnforcement
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied0Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied

Current Year CurrentYear

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance2392762BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions20025Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses81462InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures15923OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance2478326EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance3094308BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions10000Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses-652907InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures58639OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance2392762EndOfYearBalance
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance1.00000PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs0EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs0EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs

Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis1362800OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value1362800BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis11123292OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation6992451Depreciation
Book Value4130841BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis81371OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation58820Depreciation
Book Value22551BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis2303339OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation1756878Depreciation
Book Value546461BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis1221354OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation912735Depreciation
Book Value308619BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings6371272TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue11667621TotalRevenue
Total Expenses11355760TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year311861ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments-183206NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Other$3,809OtherAmount
Total Adjustments-179397TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS132464ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt11613281TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments-183206NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities168133DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Other Revenues3809OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990-11264RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal11624545RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included43076InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt43076RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form99011667621TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt11480817TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities168133DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990168133ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal11312684ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included243076InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt43076ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form99011355760TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
Part II, Line 9:Description of How Organization Reports Conservation Easements:THE GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, INC. DID NOT INCUR ANY EXPENSES OR GENERATE ANY REVENUE ON THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT DURING THE YEAR.
Part V, Line 4:Description of Intended Use of Endowment Funds:gsem's endowment funds are to be used for the following donor designated purposes: Program and property projects Financial aid Girl Scouting in various individual towns
part xi, line 8 and part xii, line 2d: Change in carrying value of beneficial interest in perpetual trust.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1leading womenNameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1248562GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1183062CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event165500GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event166128OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2Cookie CreationsNameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event221790GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event211135CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event210655GrossRevenueEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event226104OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Total270352GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total194197CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events76155GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events92232OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events92232DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary-16077NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained1RecordsMaintained

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (3 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrantNumber Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipientsAmount Of Non Cash AssistanceAmountOfNonCashAssistance
Camperships458138035
Program Awards17519347
Membership237628407

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IdentifierProcedure for Monitoring Grants in the U.S.:Identifier
Return ReferencePart I, Line 2:ReturnReference
ExplanationSchedule I, Part I, Line 2: Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc does not make grants to individuals but does provide financial assistance to individuals to help them to become members, attend our programs or enroll in camp. We use the Federal Poverty Guidelines and based on the cost of the event, individuals are granted camp funding awards, or financial assistance to other programs. We will also pay the membership fee required by GSUSA to enroll a girl in Scouting. The forms are filed and kept. There is a record for each girl who is provided financial assistance. Files are retained based on our retention policy.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeXCompensationCommittee
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs0CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org0CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs0CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgsComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgComp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
Ruth N Bramson
19785601800000000159800231836000
Violet Apple
1387590000000146840153443000

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxXNonCashCheckbox
Description42,000 candlesDescription
Number Of Contributions1NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F99025000NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining RevenuesDonor LetterMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts0ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used0ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6All adult volunteers and girls fourteen (14) years of age and over who are members of the Girl Scout Movement registered through the Council are eligible to be members of the Council. All members of the Council shall be voting members; the voting members of the Council shall consist of: 1.02.1 Delegates elected by regions (as defined in Article V); 1.02.2 Voting members of the Board of Directors (as set forth in Article IV, Section 4.02, excluding girl members) 1.02.3 Members of the Council nominating and development committee; and 1.02.4 Delegates elected to the National Council of Girl Scouts of the USA as defined in Article VI. The total number of voting members shall be no fewer than ninety-two (92), and at least three-quarters (3/4) of the voting members shall be delegates elected by the regions.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7aThe voting members of the Council shall: 1.03.1 Elect, as set forth in Article III, Section 3.01 of these bylaws, the officers of the Council (except the Chief Executive Officer) and other officers as provided for in Article III, Section 3.02; the members at large of the Board of Directors; the members of the Council nominating and development committee; and the delegates and the persons to fill vacancies among delegates to the National Council of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A; 1.03.2 Suggest the general lines of direction for Girl Scouting locally by receiving and acting upon reports of the Board of Directors and by giving guidance to the board; Members of the Council nominating and development committee; and 1.03.3 Be authorized to amend the articles of incorporation and bylaws, except as stated in Article XI of these bylaws; 1.03.4 Be authorized to take all other actions within the responsibilities of the members of the Council and requiring a vote of the members of the Council; 1.03.5 Conduct such other business as may from time to time come before the members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11The 990 will be reviewed by the Audit Committee and once approved by that committee will be distributed to the full board via e-mail. They will be given a date prior to submission by which they must submit their questions. A non-response to the e-mail distribution will indicate approval of the 990 submission.`
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12cAnnually the Board is asked to review and sign off on the conflict of interest policy. A statement is submitted by each Board member.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15GSEM, with the assistance of Girl Scouts OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (GSUSA), has established salary grades and bands for all positions. GSEM (through its Director of Human Resources) reviews comparable industry data to determine compensation for key positions, including the CEO. Salary determination for the CEO is made by the GSEM Executive Board. Compensation for other positions is based on salary grades, internal equity considerations, and budgetary considerations and is made by the CEO and/or Chief officer for the function, and the Director of Human Resources.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.
form 990, part xi, line 2c: The PRocess has not changed from the prior year.

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