BOWER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2022

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Organization
BOWER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (EIN 84-4063180)
Tax period
2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
Filed
2024-02-19
IRS object ID
202440509349100419
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2024-02-19T16:42:18-08:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2023-09-30TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN871415396PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Lighthouse Accounting Group LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1605 Harris StAddressLine1Txt
CityEurekaCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP95503ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2022-10-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN844063180EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1The Bower Charitable FoundationBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlBOWEBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone5306285004PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 1510AddressLine1Txt
CityHayforkCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP96041ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonJoseph BowerPersonNm
Person TitleChairmanPersonTitleTxt
Signature2024-02-19SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Person FirstJosephPersonFirstNm
Person LastBowerPersonLastNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
SSN999009999SSN
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info CurrYes (true)IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonWyatt D KneaperPreparerPersonNm
PTINP01986023PTIN
Phone7074441341PhoneNum
Self EmployedYes (X)SelfEmployedInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer3TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance LevelAAL1AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance LevelIAL1IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance LevelFAL1FederatedAssuranceLevelCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2022TaxYr
Build TS2023-04-26 12:10:37ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY$0FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss$200,000ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Schedule B Not RequiredYes (X)ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Total Rev And Expnss$200,000TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm$0TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss$400AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss$140OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss$540TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$0TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss$119,000ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl$119,000ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss$119,540TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$119,000TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$80,460ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income$0NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY$118,601CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY$199,061CashEOYAmt
Total Assets BOY$118,601TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$199,061TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV$0TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind
Donor Rstr Net Assets BOY$118,601DonorRstrNetAssetsBOYAmt
Donor Rstr Net Assets EOY$199,061DonorRstrNetAssetsEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$118,601TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$199,061TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY$118,601TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY$199,061TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$118,601TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$80,460ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal$199,061SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$199,061TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax$0InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Applied To ES Tax$0AppliedToESTaxAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political ActyfalseLegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 SpentfalseMoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL FiledfalseForm1120POLFiledInd
Activities Not Previously RptfalseActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or BylawsfalseChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitfalseUnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved EtcfalseOrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr SatisfiedfalseSection508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In AssetsYes (true)AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register StateCAOrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty GenYes (true)Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating FoundationfalsePrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial ContributorsfalseNewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled EntityfalseOwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised FundfalseDonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp RqrYes (true)ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddressTxt

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Joseph BowerBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone5306285004PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 1510AddressLine1Txt
CityHayforkCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP96041ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts QuestionfalseForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified PrsnfalseSaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified PrsnfalseBrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified PrsnfalseFurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified PrsnfalsePayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified PrsnfalseTransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government OfficialfalsePaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Acts Fail To Qlfy As ExceptionsfalseActsFailToQlfyAsExceptionsInd
Uncorrected Prior ActsfalseUncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PYfalseUndistributedIncomePYInd
Business HoldingsfalseBusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy InvestmentsfalseJeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy InvstfalseUncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence LegislationfalseInfluenceLegislationInd
Influence ElectionfalseInfluenceElectionInd
Grants To IndividualsfalseGrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable PurposefalseNoncharitablePurposeInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft CntrctfalseRcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft CntrctfalsePayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht PymtfalseSubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdTitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmt
Joseph Bower
PO Box 1510HayforkCA96041Chairman0.00$0
Jerry Rohde
PO Box 1510HayforkCA96041Treasurer0.00$0
Larry Glass
7310 Myrtle AveEurekaCA95503Secretary0.00$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec$0AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances$0AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast$0FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets$0TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed$0ReductionClaimedAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast$0AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable$0CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets$0NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return$0MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$0DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

PF Qualifying Distributions PFQualifyingDistributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions$119,000ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions$119,000QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$0DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3$43,573ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2$120,575ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov$164,148TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions$119,000QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus$0TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus$119,000RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus$283,148TotalCorpusAmt
Undistributed Income CY$0UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr$283,148ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year3$43,573ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2$120,575ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Current Year$119,000ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Only Contri To PreselectedYes (X)OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Application Submission Info ApplicationSubmissionInfoGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient PersonThe Bower Charitable FoundationRecipientPersonNm

Recipient US Address RecipientUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 1510AddressLine1Txt
CityHayforkCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP96041ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient Phone5306285004RecipientPhoneNum

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (12 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityRecipientUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipTxtRecipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusTxtGrant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxtAmtAmt
North Coast Environmental Center
PO Box 4259ArcataCA95518ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$24,000
Klamath Forest Alliance
2274 Eastern AvenueArcataCA95521ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$24,000
Environmental Protection Info Cente
145 G Street AArcataCA95521ExemptPCTo fund exempt function.$29,000
Alliance For Global Justice
PO Box 225 E 26th StTusconAZ85713ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$5,000
Shasta Environmental Alliance
PO Box 990027ReddingCA96099ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$5,000
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands
PO Box 102AshlandOR97520ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$5,000
Salmon River Restoratiion Council
PO Box 1089Sawyers BarCA96027ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$5,000
Solar Cookers International
2400 22nd StreetSacramentoCA95818ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$5,000
Forest Service Employees for Env Et
PO Box 11615EugeneOR97440ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$5,000
Madre'
121 W 27th StNew YorkNY10001ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$5,000
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology
PO Box 1143Mount ShastaqCA96067ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$5,000
Sierra Club Foundation
2101 Webster Street Suite 1300OaklandCA94612ExemptPCTo fund exempt function$2,000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr$119,000TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EOfalseTrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EOfalseTrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of AssetsfalseSalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EOfalsePurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth AssetsfalseRentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement ArrangementsfalseReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan GuaranteesfalseLoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services EtcfalsePerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities EtcfalseSharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EOfalseRelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryAccountingCategoryTxt
Amt$400Amt
Net Investment Income$0NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income$0AdjustedNetIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps$0DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (2 entries)

DescDescRevenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt
Filing Fees$50
Postage$90

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