BETA FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2018

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Organization
BETA FOUNDATION (EIN 83-1731278)
Tax period
2018-08-24 to 2018-12-31
Filed
2019-09-09
IRS object ID
201902529349100815
Schema version
2018v3.1
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)
Return2019-09-09T14:58:22-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2018-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Douglas Corey & Associates PCBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line110201 Fairfax Blvd Suite 480AddressLine1Txt
CityFairfaxCityNm
State AbbreviationVAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP22030ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2018-08-24TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN831731278EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1The Beta FoundationBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlBETABusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2022431000PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line116192 Coastal HighwayAddressLine1Txt
CityLewesCityNm
State AbbreviationDEStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19958ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonEli GottesdienerPersonNm
Person TitleOfficerPersonTitleTxt
Phone2022431000PhoneNum
Signature2019-09-09SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonDouglas S Corey CPAPreparerPersonNm
PTINP00635040PTIN
Phone7033542900PhoneNum
Preparation2019-09-09PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address174.75.73.246IPv4AddressTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IP2019-09-09IPDt
IP Tm14:58:19IPTm
IP TimezonePDIPTimezoneCd
Filing License TypePFilingLicenseTypeCd
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2018TaxYr
Build TS2019-02-21 02:37:17ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Initial ReturnYes (X)InitialReturnInd
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY$7,151,262FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss$8,362,870ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Schedule B Not RequiredYes (X)ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Dividends Rev And Expnss$82,328DividendsRevAndExpnssAmt
Dividends Net Invst Incm$82,328DividendsNetInvstIncmAmt
Net Gain Sale Ast Rev And Expnss-$7,584NetGainSaleAstRevAndExpnssAmt
Gross Sales Price$83,856GrossSalesPriceAmt
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm$0CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Net ST Capital Gain Adj Net Incm$0NetSTCapitalGainAdjNetIncmAmt
Gross Profit Rev And Expnss$0GrossProfitRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Income Rev And Expnss$0OtherIncomeRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Rev And Expnss$8,437,614TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm$82,328TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Adj Net Incm$0TotalAdjNetIncmAmt
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss$0LegalFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss$0AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss$0OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Taxes Rev And Expnss$0TaxesRevAndExpnssAmt
Deprec And Dpltn Rev And Expnss$0DeprecAndDpltnRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss$0OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss$0TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$0TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss$84,500ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl$84,500ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss$84,500TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$84,500TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$8,353,114ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income$82,328NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income$0AdjustedNetIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Rcvbl From Officers EOY$0RcvblFromOfficersEOYAmt
Other Nts And Loans Rcvbl EOY$0OtherNtsAndLoansRcvblEOYAmt
Corporate Stock EOY$8,353,114CorporateStockEOYAmt
Corporate Stock EOYFMV$7,151,262CorporateStockEOYFMVAmt
Land Bldg Investments EOY$0LandBldgInvestmentsEOYAmt
Other Investments EOY$0OtherInvestmentsEOYAmt
Land EOY$0LandEOYAmt
Other Assets BOY$0OtherAssetsBOYAmt
Other Assets EOY$0OtherAssetsEOYAmt
Other Assets EOYFMV$0OtherAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY$0TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$8,353,114TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV$7,151,262TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Loans From Officers EOY$0LoansFromOfficersEOYAmt
Mortgages And Notes Payable EOY$0MortgagesAndNotesPayableEOYAmt
Other Liabilities BOY$0OtherLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Other Liabilities EOY$0OtherLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind
Retained Earning EOY$8,353,114RetainedEarningEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$8,353,114TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY$8,353,114TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$8,353,114ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal$8,353,114SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$8,353,114TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm Detail CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmGrp (3 entries)

PropertyPropertyDescHow AcquiredHowAcquiredCdAcquiredAcquiredDtSoldSoldDtGross Sales PriceGrossSalesPriceAmtDepreciationDepreciationAmtCost Or Other BasisCostOrOtherBasisAmtGain Or LossGainOrLossAmtFMV As Of123169FMVAsOf123169AmtAdjusted Basis As Of123169AdjustedBasisAsOf123169AmtExcess FMV Over Adjusted BssExcessFMVOverAdjustedBssAmtGains Minus Excess Or LossesGainsMinusExcessOrLossesAmt
Vanguard Ttl Stk Mkt Adml (ST) CoveredD2018-08-242018-12-27$231$0$271-$40$0$0$0-$40
Vanguard Ttl Stk Mkt Adml (LT)CoveredD2018-08-242018-12-27$58,439$0$61,431-$2,992$0$0$0-$2,992
Vanguard Ttl Stk Mkt Adml (LT)NoncoveredD2018-08-242018-12-27$25,186$0$29,738-$4,552$0$0$0-$4,552
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Capital Gain Net Income-$7,584CapitalGainNetIncomeAmt
Net Short Term Capital Gain Loss-$7,584NetShortTermCapitalGainLossAmt

Qlfy Und Sect4940e Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eReducedTaxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Adj Nonchrtbl Net Invst Incm Pct$0AdjNonchrtblNetInvstIncmPctAmt
Qualifying Distributions$0QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax$1,647InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Tax Under Section511$0TaxUnderSection511Amt
Subtotal$1,647SubtotalAmt
Subtitle A Tax$0SubtitleATaxAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$1,647TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Extsn Request Income Tax Paid$0ExtsnRequestIncomeTaxPaidAmt
Total Payments And Credits$0TotalPaymentsAndCreditsAmt
Original Return Tax Paid$0OriginalReturnTaxPaidAmt
Tax Due$1,647TaxDueAmt
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 SatisfiedYes (true)Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In AssetsYes (true)AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
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
Individual With BooksEli GottesdienerIndividualWithBooksNm
Phone2022431000PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line116192 Coastal HwyAddressLine1Txt
CityLewesCityNm
State AbbreviationDEStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19958ZIPCd
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 PrsnYes (true)FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
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

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonEli GottesdienerPersonNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1929 President StAddressLine1Txt
CityBrooklynCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP11215ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
TitleTrusteeTitleTxt
Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To Pos1.00AverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt
Compensation$0CompensationAmt
Employee Benefit Program$0EmployeeBenefitProgramAmt
Expense Account Other Allwnc$0ExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Other Employee Paid Over50k0OtherEmployeePaidOver50kCnt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt
Contractor Paid Over50k0ContractorPaidOver50kCnt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec$8,173,155AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances$0AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast$0FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets$8,173,155TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed$0ReductionClaimedAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast$8,173,155AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable$122,597CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets$8,050,558NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return$143,366MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return$143,366MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$1,647TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax$1,647TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj$141,719DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded$141,719DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted$141,719DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions$84,500ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions$84,500QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Pct Sect4940e Org Net Invst Incm$0PctSect4940eOrgNetInvstIncmAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri$84,500AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$141,719DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Qualifying Distributions$84,500QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus$0TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Applied To Current Year$84,500AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus$0RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus$0TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm$0PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Taxable1$0Taxable1Amt
Taxable2$0Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY$57,219UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5$0ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr$0ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4$0ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3$0ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2$0ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1$0ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year$0ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributing ManagerNoneContributingManagerNm
Shareholder ManagerNoneShareholderManagerNm

Application Submission Info ApplicationSubmissionInfoGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient PersonThe Beta FoundationRecipientPersonNm

Recipient US Address RecipientUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line116192 Coastal HwyAddressLine1Txt
CityLewesCityNm
State AbbreviationDEStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19958ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient Phone2022431000RecipientPhoneNum
Form And Info And MaterialsApplications by letter stating name of organization, charitable purpose, amount requested and proposed use of amount requested from the Foundation.FormAndInfoAndMaterialsTxt
Submission DeadlinesNoneSubmissionDeadlinesTxt
Restrictions On AwardsAny recognized charity. No geographical restrictions or other limitations.RestrictionsOnAwardsTxt

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (7 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityRecipientUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusTxtGrant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxtAmtAmt
WBGO
54 Park PlaceNewardNJ07102Public CharityEducational support$1,500
Beam Center Inc
60 Sackett StBrooklynNY11231Public CharityEducational support$10,000
Fractured Atlas
248 W 35th StNew YorkNY10001Public CharityGeneral support$20,000
American Indian College Fund
8333 Greenwood Blvd 120DenverCO80221Public CharityEducational support$10,000
Prospect Park Alliance
95 Prospect Park WestBrooklynNY11215Public CharityCommunity support$10,000
The Old Stone House
336 3rd StBrooklynNY11215Public CharityEducational support$8,000
The Pension Rights Center
1730 M Street NWWashingtonDC20036Public CharityGeneral support$25,000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr$84,500TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Div And Int From Sec Part VII DivAndIntFromSecPartVIIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion18ExclusionCd
Exclusion$82,328ExclusionAmt

Gain Sales Ast Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion18ExclusionCd
Exclusion-$7,584ExclusionAmt

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion$74,744ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty$74,744TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

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

Gain Loss Sale Other Assets Sch GainLossSaleOtherAssetsSch

Gain Loss Sale Other Asset GainLossSaleOtherAssetGrp (3 entries)

AssetAssetDescAcquiredAcquiredDtHow AcquiredHowAcquiredTxtSoldSoldDtGross Sales PriceGrossSalesPriceAmtBasisBasisAmtTotal NetTotalNetAmt
Publicly traded
Vanguard Ttl Stk Mkt Adml (ST)2018-08Donated2018-12$231$271-$40
Publicly traded
Vanguard Ttl Stk Mkt Adml (LT)2018-08Donated$58,439$61,431-$2,992
Publicly traded
Vanguard Ttl Stk Mkt Inst (LT)(Noncovered)2018-08Donated2018-12$25,186$29,738-$4,552

Investments Corp Stock Schedule InvestmentsCorpStockSchedule

Investments Corporate Stock InvestmentsCorporateStockGrp (3 entries)

StockStockNmEOY Book ValueEOYBookValueAmtEOYFMVEOYFMVAmt
Vanguard Mutual Funds$7,875,049$6,733,664
Vanguard EFTs$478,065$402,955
Vanguard MM$0$14,643

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