Interneighborhood Housing Corp. v. Commissioner

1982 T.C. Memo. 661, 45 T.C.M. 115, 1982 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 86
CourtUnited States Tax Court
DecidedNovember 16, 1982
DocketDocket No. 20885-81X.
StatusUnpublished

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Opinion

INTERNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING CORPORATION, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
Interneighborhood Housing Corp. v. Commissioner
Docket No. 20885-81X.
United States Tax Court
T.C. Memo 1982-661; 1982 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 86; 45 T.C.M. (CCH) 115; T.C.M. (RIA) 82661;
November 16, 1982.

*86 P, a nonprofit corporation, received fees from the City of New York for managing eight apartment buildings owned by the city as a result of tax foreclosures. Held, P has failed to prove that it is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes under sec. 501(c)(3), I.R.C. 1954.

Msgr. John C. McCarthy and Thomas J. Kloc (directors), for the petitioner.
Kevin C. Reilly, for the respondent.

SIMPSON

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SIMPSON, Judge: The petitioner, Interneighborhood Housing Corporation (INHC), has instituted this action pursuant to section 7428 of the Internal Revenue Code of 19541 for a declaratory judgment that it qualifies as an exempt organization under*88 section 501(c)(3). The sole issue for decision is whether INHC was organized and operated exclusively for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3).

Pursuant to Rule 217(b), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2 the parties filed with this Court the administrative record relating to the request for a determination that INHC qualifies as an exempt organization. The case was submitted fully stipulated pursuant to Rule 122. The facts in the administrative record are assumed to be true for purposes of this proceeding.

INHC was incorporated on July 28, 1977, as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State of New York. Its principal place of business at the time it filed its petition in this case was in Bronx, N.Y. On May 1, 1980, INHC filed an Application for Recognition of Exemption with the Commissioner. On May 7, 1981, the Commissioner issued a final determination letter denying such application. Such letter stated, in part:

Our adverse*89 determination was made for the following reason(s):

A major part of your activity is the management of eight multiple family dwellings for a fee. Income Tax Regulation section 1.501(c)(3)-[1](a)(1) states "In order to be exempt as an organization described in section 501(c)(3), an organization must be both organized and operated exclusively for one or more of the purposes specified in such section." The management of buildings for a fee is not an exempt activity within the scope of section 501(c)(3) * * *. Accordingly, your organization does not meet the requirements for exemption under that section of the Code.

According to its certificate of incorporation, INHC was organized to:

carry out educational, scientific, and business purposes incidental thereto in furtherance of the following purposes:

a) To combat the physical deterioration of the Northwest Bronx and adjacent areas of Bronx County, New York, and the Marble Hill section of New York County, New York.

b) To develop and cooperate with other not-for-profit corporations, entities, and individuals in the development of comprehensive housing rehabilitation, preservation, development, construction, management, and*90 related programs.

c) To initiate housing rehabilitation, preservation, development, construction, management, and related programs in the capacity of sponsor, co-sponsor, developer, co-developer, and/or mortgagor.

d) To develop and provide financial, technical, and other assistance to private and non-profit sponsors of rehabilitation, preservation, development, construction and/or management projects for non-luxury housing to be utilized for rental or sale to persons or familes of limited income.

e) To receive, expend, lend, and otherwise use financial and other grants, contributions, subvention devises, gifts, loans, and bequests from private, non-private, and government sources in furtherance of the purposes otherwise set forth herein.

f) To provide organizational, technical, and professional aid to tenants' associations, including but not limited to aiding in the process of cooperative conversion through such assistance as loans, sponsorships, and aid in obtaining loans for acquisition and development from private and non-private sources.

g) To temporarily acquire title to vacant or residential real property for use in rehabilitation and sale by the Corporation and/or*91 other community entities.

h) To assist in the formulation of long-range community goals for housing and other related services.

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