BEZOS FAMILY FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2020

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Organization: BEZOS FAMILY FOUNDATION (EIN 91-2073258)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-13
IRS object ID: 202133179349101203
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-PF
Schedule B
Accounting Fees Schedule
Depreciation Schedule
Expenditure Responsibility Stmt
Investments Corp Stock Schedule
Legal Fees Schedule
Other Assets Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule
Other Increases Schedule
Other Professional Fees Schedule
Taxes Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-13T17:03:31-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PIONEER SQUARE ADVISORSLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1624 4TH AVENUE SUITE 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	SEATTLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98101	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	912073258	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BEZOS FAMILY FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% BEZOS FAMILY FOUNDATION	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	BEZO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2062752048	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1700 7th Avenue 116 Suite 149	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98101	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MIGUEL BEZOS	PersonNm
Person Title	DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2062752048	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-11-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	MIGUEL	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	BEZOS	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KENNETH RAGSDALE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00295413	PTIN
Phone	2068384880	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-11-12	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd

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

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY	$156,729,000	FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss	$87,678,745	ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Rev And Expnss	$342,388	InterestOnSavRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Net Invst Incm	$339,984	InterestOnSavNetInvstIncmAmt
Dividends Rev And Expnss	$462,759	DividendsRevAndExpnssAmt
Dividends Net Invst Incm	$462,761	DividendsNetInvstIncmAmt
Gross Rents Rev And Expnss	$0	GrossRentsRevAndExpnssAmt
Gross Rents Net Invst Incm	$0	GrossRentsNetInvstIncmAmt
Net Gain Sale Ast Rev And Expnss	$2,948,301	NetGainSaleAstRevAndExpnssAmt
Gross Sales Price	$22,596,234	GrossSalesPriceAmt
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm	$19,018,710	CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Rev And Expnss	$91,432,193	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$19,821,455	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Rev And Expnss	$0	CompOfcrDirTrstRevAndExpnssAmt
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss	$308,205	LegalFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Legal Fees Net Invst Incm	$0	LegalFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Legal Fees Adj Net Incm	$0	LegalFeesAdjNetIncmAmt
Legal Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl	$308,205	LegalFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss	$7,500	AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Accounting Fees Net Invst Incm	$0	AccountingFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Accounting Fees Adj Net Incm	$0	AccountingFeesAdjNetIncmAmt
Accounting Fees Chrtbl Prps	$0	AccountingFeesChrtblPrpsAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss	$387,665	OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Net Invst Incm	$244,934	OtherProfFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Taxes Rev And Expnss	$16,472	TaxesRevAndExpnssAmt
Taxes Net Invst Incm	$16,472	TaxesNetInvstIncmAmt
Trav Conf Meeting Rev And Expnss	$1,853	TravConfMeetingRevAndExpnssAmt
Trav Conf Meeting Dsbrs Chrtbl	$1,853	TravConfMeetingDsbrsChrtblAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$5,079,368	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Net Invst Incm	$108,015	OtherExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$5,067,053	OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$5,801,063	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$369,421	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Adj Net Incm	$0	TotOprExpensesAdjNetIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$5,377,111	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$74,318,872	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$74,318,872	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$80,119,935	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$369,421	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Adj Net Incm	$0	TotalExpensesAdjNetIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$79,695,983	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$11,312,258	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$19,452,034	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sav And Temp Cash Invst BOY	$4,954,739	SavAndTempCashInvstBOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOY	$12,448,467	SavAndTempCashInvstEOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV	$12,448,467	SavAndTempCashInvstEOYFMVAmt
Corporate Stock BOY	$81,111,788	CorporateStockBOYAmt
Corporate Stock EOY	$140,192,826	CorporateStockEOYAmt
Corporate Stock EOYFMV	$140,192,826	CorporateStockEOYFMVAmt
Other Assets BOY	$1,901,553	OtherAssetsBOYAmt
Other Assets EOY	$4,087,707	OtherAssetsEOYAmt
Other Assets EOYFMV	$4,087,707	OtherAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY	$87,968,080	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$156,729,000	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$156,729,000	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind
Retained Earning BOY	$87,968,080	RetainedEarningBOYAmt
Retained Earning EOY	$156,729,000	RetainedEarningEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$87,968,080	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$156,729,000	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$87,968,080	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$156,729,000	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$87,968,080	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$11,312,258	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Other Increases	$57,448,662	OtherIncreasesAmt
Subtotal	$156,729,000	SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$156,729,000	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm Detail CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmGrp (34 entries)

PropertyPropertyDesc	How AcquiredHowAcquiredCd	SoldSoldDt	Gross Sales PriceGrossSalesPriceAmt	Cost Or Other BasisCostOrOtherBasisAmt	Gain Or LossGainOrLossAmt	Gains Minus Excess Or LossesGainsMinusExcessOrLossesAmt	AcquiredAcquiredDt
5,000 SHARES AMZN	D	2020-03-19	$9,612,827	$65	$9,612,762	$9,612,762
1,900 SHARES AMZN	D	2020-06-22	$5,134,098	$25	$5,134,073	$5,134,073
1,300 SHARES AMZN	D	2020-12-09	$4,099,439	$17	$4,099,422	$4,099,422
2,504 SHARES VANGUARD RE ETF	P	2020-06-23	$199,715	$206,820	-$7,105	-$7,105	2018-09-16
1,765 SHARES VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK	P	2020-12-18	$339,899	$264,575	$75,324	$75,324	2018-10-03
120,000 SHARES US TREAS NT 2.375% UST NOTE DUE 12/31/2020	P	2020-01-30	$120,894	$118,768	$2,126	$2,126	2018-09-27
250,000 SHARES US TREAS NT 2.25% 11/25 UST NOTE DUE 11/15/25	P	2020-03-12	$270,551	$260,161	$10,390	$10,390	2019-09-05
65,000 SHARES US TREAS NT 2.75% 11/15/23	P	2020-03-12	$69,842	$66,065	$3,777	$3,777	2019-03-07
175,000 US TREASURY 2.375% 05/29 UST BOND DUE 5/15/29	P	2020-03-23	$199,738	$180,801	$18,937	$18,937
65,000 SHARES US TREASURY NT 2.5% 5/24 UST NOTE DUE 5/15/24	P	2020-03-19	$69,465	$65,528	$3,937	$3,937	2019-04-02
155,000 SHARES THE BOEING CO 3.2% DUE 03/01/29	P	2020-03-27	$141,145	$161,481	-$20,336	-$20,336	2019-11-04
10,000 SHARES US TREASUR NT 2.75% 11/23 UST NOTE 11/15/23	P	2020-03-12	$10,745	$10,102	$643	$643	2019-03-17
120,000 SHARES US TREASUR NT 2% 04/24 UST NOTE DUE 4/30/24	P	2020-03-19	$125,638	$115,444	$10,194	$10,194	2018-09-27
170,000 SHARES US TREASUR NT 2.5% 05/24 UST NOTE DUE 5/15/24	P	2020-03-19	$181,677	$170,155	$11,522	$11,522	2019-03-07
4,000 SHARES UNITED TECH 3.65% DUE 8/16/23	P	2020-05-18	$4,413	$4,152	$261	$261	2019-06-25
30,000 SHARES US TREASUR NT 2% DUE 11/30/20	P	2020-05-14	$30,292	$29,944	$348	$348	2019-04-02
115,000 SHARES US TREAS DUE 5/31/2020	P	2020-05-31	$115,000	$115,000			2019-03-04
40,000 SHARES US TREASURY DUE 11/30/2020	P	2020-06-01	$40,349	$39,932	$417	$417	2019-04-02
100,000 SHARES AZ ST MATURED XTRO	P	2020-07-01	$100,000	$100,000			2018-09-27
45,000 SHARES US TREASURY DUE 2/28/21		2020-07-06	$45,521	$44,908	$613	$613	2019-04-02
170,000 SHARES US TREASURY DUE 11/30/2020	P	2020-07-06	$171,233	$169,670	$1,563	$1,563
60,000 SHARES WASTE MNGMT CALLED	P	2020-07-02	$60,600	$61,369	-$769	-$769	2019-06-25
75,000 SHARES US TREASURY DUE 11/15/19	P	2020-08-25	$82,500	$82,876	-$376	-$376	2020-05-14
180,000 SHARES THE TORONTO DOM DUE 4/07/21		2020-08-10	$182,129	$179,015	$3,114	$3,114
140,000 SHARES US TREASURY DUE 5/31/21		2020-08-17	$142,041	$139,545	$2,496	$2,496
160,000 SHARES BANK OF AMERICA DUE 4/01/24		2020-08-24	$178,472	$162,363	$16,109	$16,109
69,000 SHARES MEDTRONIC PLC CALLED	P	2020-10-29	$71,662	$68,563	$3,099	$3,099	2018-09-18
125,000 SHARES DUKE ENERGY CORP DUE 6/15/21	P	2020-11-10	$126,481	$125,608	$873	$873
130,000 SHARES WESTPAC BANKING DUE 8/19/21	P		$131,747	$128,827	$2,920	$2,920
110,000 SHARES ABBVIE INC DUE 11/06/22	P	2020-11-24	$115,077	$108,905	$6,172	$6,172
165,000 SHARES THE BANK OF NEW DUE 1/29/23	P	2020-11-24	$173,814	$164,108	$9,706	$9,706
85,000 SHARES AMGEN INC CALLED	P	2020-12-16	$72,641	$71,697	$944	$944	2019-02-25
105,000 SHARES CVS HEALTH CORP EXP 12/18		2020-12-22	$119,383	$105,534	$13,849	$13,849
UNITED TECHNOLOG		2020-02-28	$57,206	$55,501	$1,705	$1,705	2018-01-01

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Capital Gain Net Income	$19,018,710	CapitalGainNetIncomeAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	$270,383	InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Subtotal	$270,383	SubtotalAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$270,383	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Estimated Plus Ovpmt Incm Tx	$221,876	EstimatedPlusOvpmtIncmTxAmt
Exempt Frgn Org Tax Wthld At Srce	$0	ExemptFrgnOrgTaxWthldAtSrceAmt
Extsn Request Income Tax Paid	$140,000	ExtsnRequestIncomeTaxPaidAmt
Total Payments And Credits	$361,876	TotalPaymentsAndCreditsAmt
Form2220 Attached	Yes (X)	Form2220AttachedInd
Overpayment	$91,493	OverpaymentAmt
Applied To ES Tax	$91,493	AppliedToESTaxAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty	false	LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent	false	MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	false	ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr Satisfied	Yes (true)	Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In Assets	Yes (true)	AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register State	WA	OrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty Gen	Yes (true)	Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors	false	NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity	false	OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp Rqr	Yes (true)	ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website Address	WWW.BEZOSFAMILYFOUNDATION.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BEZOS FAMILY FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2062752048	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1700 7TH AVENUE SUITE 116 NO 149	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98101	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question	false	ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn	false	SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn	false	BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified Prsn	Yes (true)	FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn	Yes (true)	PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn	false	TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official	false	PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Acts Fail To Qlfy As Exceptions	false	ActsFailToQlfyAsExceptionsInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts	false	UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY	false	UndistributedIncomePYInd
Business Holdings	false	BusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments	false	JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst	false	UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation	false	InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election	false	InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurposeInd
Transactions Fail To Qlfy As Exc	false	TransactionsFailToQlfyAsExcInd
Maintained Expenditure Rspns	Yes (true)	MaintainedExpenditureRspnsInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Proceeds Or Net Income	false	ProceedsOrNetIncomeInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (8 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
MIGUEL A BEZOS
1700 7th Avenue 116	Seattle	WA	98101	DIRECTOR	0	$0	$0	$0
JACKLYN G BEZOS
1700 7th Avenue 116	Seattle	WA	98101	DIRECTOR	0	$0	$0	$0
CHRISTINA BEZOS POORE
1700 7th Avenue 116	Seattle	WA	98101	DIRECTOR	0	$0	$0	$0
MARK S BEZOS
1700 7th Avenue 116	Seattle	WA	98101	DIRECTOR	0	$0	$0	$0
LISA BEZOS
1700 7th Avenue 116	Seattle	WA	98101	DIRECTOR	0	$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN S POORE
1700 7th Avenue 116	Seattle	WA	98101	DIRECTOR	0	$0	$0	$0
JEFFREY P BEZOS
1700 7th Avenue 116	Seattle	WA	98101	DIRECTOR	0	$0	$0	$0
MACKENZIE T Scott
1700 7th Avenue 116	Seattle	WA	98101	DIRECTOR	0	$0	$0	$0

Compensation Of Hghst Pd Cntrct CompensationOfHghstPdCntrctGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Service TypeServiceTypeTxt	CompensationCompensationAmt
PERKINS COIE LLP
1201 THIRD AVENUE STE 4800	SEATTLE	WA	981013099	LEGAL	$308,205
MCCUTCHEN GROUP
925 4TH AVE	SEATTLE	WA	98104	CONSULTING	$203,690

Summary Of Direct Chrtbl Acty SummaryOfDirectChrtblActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description1	VROOM (SEE ATTACHMENT A)	Description1Txt
Expenses1	$1,809,744	Expenses1Amt
Description2	BEZOS SCHOLARS PROGRAM (SEE ATTACHMENT A)	Description2Txt
Expenses2	$182,305	Expenses2Amt
Description3	STUDENTS REBUILD (SEE ATTACHMENT A)	Description3Txt
Expenses3	$529,730	Expenses3Amt
Description4	MIND IN THE MAKING (SEE ATTACHMENT A)	Description4Txt
Expenses4	$583,694	Expenses4Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sum Of Program Related Invst		SumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec	$134,661,366	AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances	$9,725,477	AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast	$2,895,813	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	$147,282,656	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Acquisition Indebtedness	$0	AcquisitionIndebtednessAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast	$147,282,656	AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable	$2,209,240	CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$145,073,416	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return	$7,253,671	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return	$7,253,671	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$270,383	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax	$270,383	TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj	$6,983,288	DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded	$6,983,288	DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted	$6,983,288	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	$79,695,983	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Program Related Invst Total	$0	ProgramRelatedInvstTotalAmt
Charitable Assets Acquis Paid	$0	CharitableAssetsAcquisPaidAmt
Set Aside Suitability Test	$0	SetAsideSuitabilityTestAmt
Set Aside Cash Distri Test	$0	SetAsideCashDistriTestAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$79,695,983	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Pct Sect4940e Org Net Invst Incm	$0	PctSect4940eOrgNetInvstIncmAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri	$79,695,983	AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$6,983,288	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Undistributed Income PY	$0	UndistributedIncomePYAmt
Prior Year1	2018	PriorYear1Yr
Prior Year2	2017	PriorYear2Yr
Prior Year3	2016	PriorYear3Yr
Total For Prior Years	$0	TotalForPriorYearsAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr5	$23,284,966	ExcessDistributionCyovYr5Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr4	$27,823,112	ExcessDistributionCyovYr4Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3	$62,832,430	ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2	$64,139,544	ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1	$83,993,535	ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov	$262,073,587	TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$79,695,983	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Applied To Year1	$0	AppliedToYear1Amt
Applied To Current Year	$6,983,288	AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus	$72,712,695	RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus	$334,786,282	TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm	$0	PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Taxable1	$0	Taxable1Amt
Taxable2	$0	Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5	$23,284,966	ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr	$311,501,316	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4	$27,823,112	ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3	$62,832,430	ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2	$64,139,544	ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1	$83,993,535	ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year	$72,712,695	ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Private Operating Foundations		PrivateOperatingFoundationsGrp

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributing Manager	MIGUEL A BEZOS JACKLYN G BEZOS	ContributingManagerNm
Contributing Manager	AND MACKENZIE SCOTT	ContributingManagerNm
Only Contri To Preselected	Yes (X)	OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SEE ATTACHMENT C	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Recipient US Address RecipientUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	SEE ATTACHMENT C	AddressLine1Txt
City	Various	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	99999	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Or Contribution Purpose	SEE ATTACHMENT C	GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt
Amt	$74,318,872	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr	$74,318,872	TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees Contracts From Govt Ag		FeesContractsFromGovtAgGrp
Membership Dues And Assmnt		MembershipDuesAndAssmntGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	14	ExclusionCd
Exclusion	$342,388	ExclusionAmt

Div And Int From Sec Part VII DivAndIntFromSecPartVIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	14	ExclusionCd
Exclusion	$462,759	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Net Rntl Incm Re Debt Fincd Prop		NetRntlIncmReDebtFincdPropGrp
Net Rntl Incm Re Not Debt Fincd Prop		NetRntlIncmReNotDebtFincdProp

Net Rental Income Personal Prop NetRentalIncomePersonalPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	16	ExclusionCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Investment Incm Part VII		OtherInvestmentIncmPartVIIGrp

Gain Sales Ast Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	18	ExclusionCd
Exclusion	$2,948,301	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Net Income Loss From Special Evt		NetIncomeLossFromSpecialEvtGrp
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of Invntry		GrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryGrp

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	$3,753,448	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty	$3,753,448	TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	false	SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO	false	PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets	false	RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements	false	ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	false	LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc	false	PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	false	SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO	false	RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
General Rule	Yes (X)	GeneralRuleInd

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	1	ContributorNum
Contributor Person	MIGUEL AND JACKLYN BEZOS	ContributorPersonNm

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7683 Southeast 27th Street 224	AddressLine1Txt
City	MERCER ISLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98040	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	$87,678,745	TotalContributionsAmt
Person Contribution	Yes (X)	PersonContributionInd
Noncash Contribution	Yes (X)	NoncashContributionInd

Non Cash Property Contribution NonCashPropertyContributionGrp (3 entries)

ContributorContributorNum	Noncash PropertyNoncashPropertyDesc	Fair Market ValueFairMarketValueAmt	ReceivedReceivedDt
1	45,000 SHARES AMAZON.COM INC.	$85,904,550	2020-03-03
1	450 SHARES OF FACEBOOK INC	$120,191	2020-12-22
1	30,755 SHARES OF UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1,654,004	2020-12-22

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	PIONEER SQUARE ADVISORS LLC	CategoryTxt
Amt	$7,500	Amt

Depreciation Schedule DepreciationSchedule

Expenditure Responsibility Stmt ExpenditureResponsibilityStmt

Expenditure Responsibility ExpenditureResponsibilityGrp

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TED FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	330 HUDSON STREET FLOOR 11	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10013	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Purpose Of Grant	EXCLUSIVELY FOR EXEMPT PURPOSES AS DESCRIBED IN SEC. 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Expended By Grantee	$4,650,000	ExpendedByGranteeAmt
Any Diversion By Grantee	NO	AnyDiversionByGranteeTxt
Dates Of Reports By Grantee	01/06/2021, 2/11/2021	DatesOfReportsByGranteeTxt
Verification	2021-02-11	VerificationDt
Results Of Verification	SEE ATTACHMENT B	ResultsOfVerificationTxt

Investments Corp Stock Schedule InvestmentsCorpStockSchedule

Investments Corporate Stock InvestmentsCorporateStockGrp (9 entries)

StockStockNm	EOY Book ValueEOYBookValueAmt	EOYFMVEOYFMVAmt
AMAZON COM, INC.	$87,341,092	$87,341,092
FACEBOOK	$122,922	$122,922
UBER TECHNOLOGIES	$1,568,505	$1,568,505
SEE ATTACHMENT C-1	$13,800,508	$13,800,508
SEE ATTACHMENT C-2	$23,282,102	$23,282,102
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP LTD	$3,333,333	$3,333,333
BLACKSTONE PTNRS OFFSHORE FUND	$7,604,303	$7,604,303
CQS DIRECTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES	$1,197,940	$1,197,940
HAWKES BAY INVESTORS (CAYMAN)	$1,942,121	$1,942,121

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	PERKINS COIE, LLP	CategoryTxt
Legal Fees	$308,205	LegalFeesAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$308,205	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsSchedule

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsScheduleGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	BOY Book ValueBOYBookValueAmt	EOY Book ValueEOYBookValueAmt	EOYFMVEOYFMVAmt
BROOKFIELD STRATEGIC RE III	$692,091	$1,662,866	$1,662,866
MITM - INTANGIBLE ASSETS	$269,010	$269,010	$269,010
NB CROSSROADS PRIV MKTS FUND V	$625,751	$960,662	$960,662
TOWNSEND REAL ESTATE ALPHA III	$314,701	$767,031	$767,031
HARBOURVEST ACCESS -DOVER ST	$0	$207,025	$207,025
ARDIAN VIII PFIC	$0	$221,113	$221,113

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (10 entries)

DescDesc	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt	Net Investment IncomeNetInvestmentIncomeAmt
BANK FEES	$12,315
SERVICE EXPENSE	$1,708,225	$1,708,225
ACTIVITIES LISTED IN PART IX-A	$3,074,800	$3,074,800
INSURANCE	$12,407	$12,407
DIGITAL SUPPORT	$48	$48
WEBSITE	$4,768	$4,768
ADVERTISING	$31,303	$31,303
TECHNOLOGY EXPENSE	$18,040	$18,040
OTHER EXPENSES	$217,462	$217,462
PARTNERSHIP LOSSES			$108,015

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases Detail OtherIncreasesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	UNREALIZED GAIN	Desc
Amt	$57,448,662	Amt

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail (2 entries)

CategoryCategoryTxt	AmtAmt	Net Investment IncomeNetInvestmentIncomeAmt
PROFESSIONAL FEES	$203,690	$203,690
MANAGEMENT FEES	$183,975	$41,244

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	FOREIGN TAX CREDIT	CategoryTxt
Amt	$16,472	Amt
Net Investment Income	$16,472	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

BEZOS FAMILY FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2020

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

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm Detail CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmGrp (34 entries)

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (8 entries)

Compensation Of Hghst Pd Cntrct CompensationOfHghstPdCntrctGrp (2 entries)

Summary Of Direct Chrtbl Acty SummaryOfDirectChrtblActyGrp

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Recipient US Address RecipientUSAddress

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

Div And Int From Sec Part VII DivAndIntFromSecPartVIIGrp

Net Rental Income Personal Prop NetRentalIncomePersonalPropGrp

Gain Sales Ast Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Non Cash Property Contribution NonCashPropertyContributionGrp (3 entries)

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

Depreciation Schedule DepreciationSchedule

Expenditure Responsibility Stmt ExpenditureResponsibilityStmt

Expenditure Responsibility ExpenditureResponsibilityGrp

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Investments Corp Stock Schedule InvestmentsCorpStockSchedule

Investments Corporate Stock InvestmentsCorporateStockGrp (9 entries)

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFeesGrp

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsSchedule

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsScheduleGrp (6 entries)

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (10 entries)

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases Detail OtherIncreasesDetail

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail (2 entries)

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

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