GIVE WELL FOUNDATION INC: Form 990PF, tax year 2019

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Organization: GIVE WELL FOUNDATION INC (EIN 81-4539175)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-02-04
IRS object ID: 202010359349100301
Schema version: 2019v5.0
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-PF
Accounting Fees Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-02-04T06:32:00-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	911313420	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Southard Beckham Atwater & Berry CPA PS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	691 Bethel Ave	AddressLine1Txt
City	Port Orchard	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98366	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	814539175	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GIVE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7207481570	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6094 S PARIS ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	GREENWOOD VILLAGE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80111	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	WENDY SKAALERUD	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2020-02-04	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	TODD EGGERS CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00052126	PTIN
Phone	3608764491	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-04-22 16:20:28Z	BuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY	$0	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	$3,000	ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Total Rev And Expnss	$3,000	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss	$800	AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$210	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$1,010	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$7,828	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$7,828	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$8,838	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$7,828	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	-$5,838	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY	$15,667	CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY	$9,829	CashEOYAmt
Total Assets BOY	$15,667	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$9,829	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$0	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind
Retained Earning BOY	$15,667	RetainedEarningBOYAmt
Retained Earning EOY	$9,829	RetainedEarningEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$15,667	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$9,829	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$15,667	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$9,829	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$15,667	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	-$5,838	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal	$9,829	SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$9,829	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	$0	InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt

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	CO	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	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7207481570	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6094 S PARIS ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	GREENWOOD VILLAGE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80111	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	false	FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn	false	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	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurposeInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
WENDY SKAALERUD
6094 S PARIS ST	GREENWOOD VILLAGE	CO	80111	President	3.00	$0
AMY KULLANDER
2448 S SCRANTON WAY	AURORA	CO	80014	Treasurer	5.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

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

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	$7,828	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$7,828	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri	$7,828	AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3	$1,550	ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2	$11,550	ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1	$10,918	ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov	$24,018	TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$7,828	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus	$0	TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus	$7,828	RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus	$31,846	TotalCorpusAmt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr	$31,846	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year3	$1,550	ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2	$11,550	ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1	$10,918	ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year	$7,828	ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Only Contri To Preselected	Yes (X)	OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (10 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityRecipientUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipTxt	Recipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusTxt	Grant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxt	AmtAmt
COTTONWOOD INSTITUTE
PO BOX 7067	DENVER	CO	80207	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$1,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO
13123 EAST 16TH AVENUE	AURORA	CO	80045	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$1,520
LIFEWATER INTERNATIONAL
2972 S HIGUERA ST	SAN LUIS OBISPO	CA	93401	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$300
REGIS JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
6400 S LEWISTON WAY	AURORA	CO	80016	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$400
COLORADO SUCCEEDS
1390 LAWRENCE ST SUITE 200	DENVER	CO	80204	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$3,000
AIDSLIFECYCLE
1035 MARKET ST	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$515
UNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONSYWAM KONA
75-5851 KUAKANI HWY 255	KAILUAKONA	HI	96740	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$350
BROOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12451 BROOKS SCHOOL RD	FISHERS	IN	46037	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$43
RARE SISTERS FUND
PO BOX 50221	AUSTIN	TX	78763	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$500
PRESENT HOPE
PO BOX 655	EAST ELLIJAY	GA	30539	NONE	PC	COMMUNITY SERVICE	$200

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr	$7,828	TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

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

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	SBAB CPA PS	CategoryTxt
Amt	$800	Amt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income	$0	AdjustedNetIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$0	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS	Desc
Revenue And Expenses Per Books	$210	RevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt

GIVE WELL FOUNDATION INC: Form 990PF, tax year 2019

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-PF IRS990PF

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

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 (2 entries)

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 (10 entries)

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp

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