BON FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: BON FOUNDATION (EIN 95-4275835)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-11-14
IRS object ID: 202443199349309954
Schema version: 2023v5.0
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
Schedule A
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-11-14T14:20:37-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	161424411	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CAVACO MANAGEMENT GROUP LTD	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	124 W FRANKLIN ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	HORSEHEADS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	148452437	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	954275835	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE BON FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	JOANN CLOUGH	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BONF	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6074262644	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2571 DAVIS RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	CORNING	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14830	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JO A MORSE-CLOUGH	PersonNm
Person Title	OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6074262644	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-11-13	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	false	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	WILLIAM CAVALUZZI EA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00580101	PTIN
Phone	6077396239	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-11-13	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-10-15 13:58:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JO A MORSE-CLOUGH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 LYONS DR	AddressLine1Txt
City	HORSEHEADS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14845	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$39,708	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.BONFOUNDATION.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1989	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROMOTE AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF TH TIBETAN BON CULTURE AND TO ASSIST TIBETAN BON PO REFUGEES WHO HAVE SETTLED IN INDIA AND HELP PRESERVE THE ANCIENT TRADITIONS OF BON, THE INDIGENOUSE CULTURE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$43,581	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$39,708	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$43,581	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$39,708	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$7,771	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$56,171	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$10,978	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$5,880	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$18,749	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$62,051	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$24,832	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$22,343	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$82,729	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$60,386	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$82,729	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$60,386	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO ASSIST TIBETAN BON PO REFUGEES WHO HAVE SETTLED IN INDIA AND HELP PRESERVE THE ANCIENT TRADITIONS OF BON, THE INDIGENOUSE CULTURE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$21,314	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$21,314	GrantAmt
Desc	GENERAL WELFARE	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$12,752	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$12,752	GrantAmt
Desc	CHILDRENS WELFARE	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$22,105	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$22,105	GrantAmt
Desc	SPECIAL PROJECTS	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,456	ExpenseAmt
Desc	OTHER	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$5,456	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$61,627	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JO A MORSE-CLOUGH	PersonNm
Phone	6074258473	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 LYONS DR	AddressLine1Txt
City	HORSEHEADS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14845	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
CHELSEA AMBROSE
OFFICER	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JONATHAN KRAMER MD
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JO A MORSE-CLOUGH
OFFICER	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN NEWSTEAD
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
VICKI JENKINS PHD
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KIT SAWYER
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LYNN WINTERS
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$39,708	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$39,708	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$39,708	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,171	TotalAmt
Program Services	$56,171	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,880	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,456	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$424	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,051	TotalAmt
Program Services	$61,627	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$424	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,233	BOYAmt
EOY	$54,890	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,496	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,496	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,729	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,386	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,729	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,386	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,729	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,386	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,729	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,386	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$22,343	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Governmental Unit	Yes (X)	GovernmentalUnitInd

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	false	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	false	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
GENERAL WELFARE
$21,314
CHILDRENS WELFARE
$12,752
SPECIAL PROJECTS
$22,105

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	OTHER
FORM 990, PART VI	PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B: THERE ARE NO COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. SECTION B. LINE 11B: THE 990 IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S ADMINISTRATOR, THEN SENT TO THE ORGANIZATIONS'S PRESIDENT AND TREASURER FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO SUBMITTLE TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	CASH BALANCE ADJUSTMENT 0

BON FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2023

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

US Address USAddress

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

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