EARICLES: Form 990EZ, tax year 2020

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Organization: EARICLES (EIN 46-1587678)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-10
IRS object ID: 202123149349203732
Schema version: 2020v4.1
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O
Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-10T20:18:11-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	222428965	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CITRIN COOPERMAN & COMPANY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	21650 OXNARD STREET 12TH FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	WOODLAND HILLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	91367	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	461587678	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EARICLES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	EARI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3108281414	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	23430 HAWTHORNE BLVD NO 120	AddressLine1Txt
City	TORRANCE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90505	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SHERYL LEWIN	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3108281414	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-11-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	SHERYL	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	LEWIN	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MARK UMEMOTO	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00367368	PTIN
Phone	8187830570	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-11-10	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Address	LEWINEAR.COM/MIRACLES-FOR-EARS	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$26,050	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$25,374	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$676	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Total Revenue	$26,050	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$4,150	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Other Expenses Total	$394	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$4,544	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$21,506	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$43,784	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$65,290	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,784	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,290	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,784	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,290	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,784	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,290	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	EARICLES IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS CHILDREN BORN WITHOUT EARS THRIVE THROUGHEDUCATION, RESEARCH, ADVOCACY AND COST-FREE MICROTIA TREATMENT.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	EARICLES SUPPORTS AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE CONFERENCE TO EDUCATE MICROTIA AND ATRESIA (HEARING LOSS) PATIENTS WORLDWIDE ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE PATIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES WITH KEY ACCESS TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS AND CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EAR RECONSTRUCTION. THE CONFERENCE'S UNIQUE FORMAT BRINGS TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED TREATMENT AND THOSE WHO WILL DO SO IN THE FUTURE, FOSTERING A COMMUNITY OF MUTUAL SUPPORT AND LEARNING FOR FAMILIES COPING WITH THE MANY STAGES OF MICROTIA.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$4,150	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$4,300	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$4,300	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SHERYL LEWIN	PersonNm
Title	CEO	TitleTxt
Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To Pos	5.00	AverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt
Compensation	$0	CompensationAmt
Employee Benefit Program	$0	EmployeeBenefitProgramAmt
Expense Account Other Allwnc	$0	ExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	0	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	0	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	0	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	0	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend	$0	DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Made Loans To From Officers	0	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr	$0	TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization	$0	TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EARICLES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	23430 HAWTHORNE BLVD SUITE 120	AddressLine1Txt
City	TORRANCE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90505	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3108281414	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	0	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	0	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (1)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$31,824	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$54,865	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$53,552	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$20,368	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$26,874	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$187,483	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,168	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$12,251	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$10,572	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,979	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$676	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$36,646	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$37,992	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$67,116	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$64,124	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$27,347	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$27,550	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$224,129	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$26,823	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$44,746	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$40,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$15,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$140,069	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$26,823	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$44,746	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$40,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$15,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$140,069	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$84,060	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$37,992	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$67,116	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$64,124	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$27,347	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$27,550	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$224,129	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.37510	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.44580	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: GRANT. GRANTEE NAME: CINDY & JOSEPH KIRBY. GRANTEE RELATIONSHIP: NONE. DATE OF GIFT: 04/21/20. AMOUNT GIVEN: 3,150.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: GRANT. GRANTEE NAME: VICTORIA MIKULSKI. GRANTEE RELATIONSHIP: NONE. DATE OF GIFT: 10/21/20. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,000. TOTAL INCLUDED ON FORM 990-EZ, LINE 10: 4,150.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES	DESCRIPTION: BANK MERCHANT FEES. AMOUNT: 135. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 64. DESCRIPTION: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. AMOUNT: 25. DESCRIPTION: TAXES AND LICENSES. AMOUNT: 20. DESCRIPTION: REFUNDS GIVEN. AMOUNT: 150. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 394.

Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl TransferPrsnlBnftContractsDecl

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Declaration	THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.	DeclarationDesc

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