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Variable Interest Entities | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES [Abstract] |
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities [Table Text Block] | VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES The Company's subsidiary, Carver Statutory Trust I, is not consolidated with Carver Bancorp Inc. for financial reporting purposes. Carver Statutory Trust I was formed in 2003 for the purpose of issuing $13.0 million aggregate liquidation amount of floating rate Capital Securities due September 17, 2033 (“Capital Securities”) and $0.4 million of common securities (which are the only voting securities of Carver Statutory Trust I), which are 100% owned by Carver Bancorp Inc., and using the proceeds to acquire Junior Subordinated Debentures issued by Carver Bancorp Inc. Carver Bancorp Inc. has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the Capital Securities along with all obligations of Carver Statutory Trust I under the trust agreement relating to the Capital Securities. The Bank's subsidiary, Carver Community Development Corporation (“CCDC”), was formed to facilitate its participation in local economic development and other community-based activities. Per the NMTC Award's Allocation Agreement between the CDFI Fund and CCDC, CCDC is permitted to form and sub-allocate credits to subsidiary Community Development Entities (“CDEs”) to facilitate investments in separate development projects. The VIEs are consolidated, as required, where Carver has controlling financial interest in these entities and is deemed to be the primary beneficiary. Carver is normally deemed to have a controlling financial interest and be the primary beneficiary if it has both of the following characteristics: (a) the power to direct activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entities economic performance; and (b) the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could benefit from the entities that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The Bank's involvement with VIEs, consolidated and unconsolidated, in which the company holds significant variable interests or has continuing involvement through servicing a majority of assets in a VIE is presented below:
| Involvement with SPE (000's) | Funded Exposure | Unfunded Exposure | Total
| Recognized Gain (Loss) (000's) | Total Rights transferred | Consolidated assets | Significant unconsolidated VIE assets | Total Involvement with SPE asset | Debt Investments | Equity Investments | Funding Commitments | Maximum exposure to loss |
Carver Statutory Trust 1 | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 13,400 |  | $ | 13,400 |  | $ | 13,000 |  | $ | 400 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 13,400 |
CDE 1-9, CDE 11-12 | — |  | 40,000 |  | 34,244 |  | — |  | 34,244 |  | — |  | 6,701 |  | — |  | 7,800 |  | 14,501 |
CDE 10 | 1,700 |  | 19,000 |  | — |  | 16,674 |  | 16,674 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 7,400 |  | 7,400 |
CDE 13 | 500 |  | 10,500 |  | — |  | 10,593 |  | 10,593 |  | — |  | 1 |  | — |  | 4,100 |  | 4,101 |
CDE 14 | 400 |  | 10,000 |  | — |  | 10,004 |  | 10,004 |  | — |  | 1 |  | — |  | 3,900 |  | 3,901 |
CDE 15, CDE 16, CDE 17 | 500 |  | 20,500 |  | — |  | 20,913 |  | 20,913 |  | — |  | 2 |  | — |  | 8,000 |  | 8,002 |
CDE 18 | 600 |  | 13,254 |  | — |  | 13,282 |  | 13,282 |  | — |  | 1 |  | — |  | 5,200 |  | 5,201 |
CDE 19 | 500 |  | 10,746 |  | — |  | 10,809 |  | 10,809 |  | — |  | 1 |  | — |  | 4,200 |  | 4,201 |
Total | $ | 4,200 |  | $ | 124,000 |  | $ | 34,244 |  | $ | 95,675 |  | $ | 129,919 |  | $ | 13,000 |  | $ | 7,108 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 40,600 |  | $ | 60,708 |
The Bank was originally awarded $59.0 million of NMTC. In fiscal 2008, the Bank transferred $19.0 million of rights to an investor in a NMTC project. The entity was called CDE-10. With respect to the remaining $40 million of the original NMTC award, the Bank has established various special purpose entities (CDE's 1-9,11-12) through which its investments in NMTC eligible activities are conducted. As the Bank is exposed to all of the expected losses and residual returns from these investments, under ASC topic 810 the Bank has determined it has a controlling financial interest and is the primary beneficiary of these entities. During December 2010 Carver transferred its equity ownership in the CDEs and the associated rights to an investor in exchange for $6.7 million in cash. As a result of Carver financing the purchase note, the CDEs continue to be consolidated and the investor's equity investment of $6.7 million was reflected as non-controlling interest in the Statement of Financial Condition. The sale of the equity interest in the CDEs provides the investor with rights to the new market tax credit on a prospective basis. A portion of non-controlling interest is transferred to the controlling interest as the investor earns the tax credits. Under the current arrangement, the Bank has a contingent obligation to reimburse the investor for any loss or shortfall incurred as a result of the NMTC project not being in compliance with certain regulations that would void the investor's ability to otherwise utilize tax credits stemming from the award. In May 2009, the Bank received a second NMTC award in the amount of $65 million. During the period from December 2009 to June 2010, the Bank transferred rights to investors in NMTC projects (entities CDE 13-19). The Bank has a contingent obligation to reimburse the investor for any loss or shortfall incurred as a result of the NMTC project not being in compliance with certain regulations that would void the investor's ability to otherwise utilize tax credits stemming from the award. In August 2011, the Bank received a third NMTC award in the amount of $25 million. The Bank has established various special purpose entities (CDE's 20-25) through which its investments in NMTC eligible activities will be conducted. These entities have been reviewed for possible consolidation under the accounting guidance related to variable interest entities and are not consolidated for financial statement reporting purposes as Carver does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance. As of December 31, 2011, no investments have been made related to this allocation.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6970148&loc=SL6228884-111685 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Variable Interest Entity -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6528138 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 167 -Appendix D -Paragraph 23A Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 46R -Paragraph 2, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. 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