R & J COPE FOUNDATION INC: Form 990PF, tax year 2017

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Organization
R & J COPE FOUNDATION INC (EIN 82-1039876)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-01-31
IRS object ID
201800319349100620
Schema version
2017v2.2
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)
Return2018-01-31T13:30:58-06:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2017-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1WISNIEWSKI LAW OFFICEBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1812 EAST STATE STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityMILWAUKEECityNm
State AbbreviationWIStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP53202ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2017-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN821039876EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1R & J COPE FOUNDATION INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2C/O WISNIEWSKI LAW OFFICEBusinessNameLine2Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlR&JCBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone4142769976PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1812 EAST STATE STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityMILWAUKEECityNm
State AbbreviationWIStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP53202ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonKEITH E LEMEREPersonNm
Person TitlePRESIDENTPersonTitleTxt
Phone4142769976PhoneNum
Signature2018-01-18SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonJACK G WISNIEWSKIPreparerPersonNm
PTINP00285620PTIN
Phone4142769976PhoneNum
Preparation2018-01-17PreparationDt
Self EmployedYes (X)SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address184.58.193.38IPv4AddressTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IP2018-01-31IPDt
IP Tm13:30:58IPTm
IP TimezoneCSIPTimezoneCd
Filing License TypePFilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id6C9B1A35775087DBDB8A6D25ECA509C7F6C27838AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id83BBC015A7154BEF2C3E92487681EEB61A099541AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2017TaxYr
Build TS2021-01-29 14:40:06ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Initial ReturnYes (X)InitialReturnInd
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY$595,397FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Schedule B Not RequiredYes (X)ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Interest On Sav Rev And Expnss$351InterestOnSavRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Net Invst Incm$351InterestOnSavNetInvstIncmAmt
Dividends Rev And Expnss$4,436DividendsRevAndExpnssAmt
Dividends Net Invst Incm$4,436DividendsNetInvstIncmAmt
Net Gain Sale Ast Rev And Expnss$9,473NetGainSaleAstRevAndExpnssAmt
Gross Sales Price$26,700GrossSalesPriceAmt
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm$9,473CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Other Income Rev And Expnss$137OtherIncomeRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Rev And Expnss$14,397TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm$14,260TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss$2,200LegalFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Legal Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl$2,200LegalFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss$847OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Net Invst Incm$847OtherProfFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss$3,047TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm$847TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$2,200TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss$20,000ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl$20,000ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss$23,047TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm$847TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$22,200TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses-$8,650ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income$13,413NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cash EOY$17,812CashEOYAmt
Cash EOYFMV$17,812CashEOYFMVAmt
Corporate Stock EOY$261,075CorporateStockEOYAmt
Corporate Stock EOYFMV$325,658CorporateStockEOYFMVAmt
Other Investments EOY$261,717OtherInvestmentsEOYAmt
Other Investments EOYFMV$251,927OtherInvestmentsEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets EOY$540,604TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV$595,397TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind
Unrestricted EOY$540,604UnrestrictedEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$540,604TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY$540,604TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Excess Revenue Over Expenses-$8,650ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Other Increases$607,702OtherIncreasesAmt
Subtotal$599,052SubtotalAmt
Other Decreases$58,448OtherDecreasesAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$540,604TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm Detail CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmGrp (2 entries)

PropertyPropertyDescHow AcquiredHowAcquiredCdAcquiredAcquiredDtSoldSoldDtGross Sales PriceGrossSalesPriceAmtCost Or Other BasisCostOrOtherBasisAmtGain Or LossGainOrLossAmtGains Minus Excess Or LossesGainsMinusExcessOrLossesAmt
BCE INCP2016-06-292017-12-18$12,351$12,201$150$150
JANUS INVT FDP2007-10-102017-12-18$10,250$5,026$5,224$5,224
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Capital Gain Net Income$9,473CapitalGainNetIncomeAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax$268InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Subtotal$268SubtotalAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$268TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Tax Due$268TaxDueAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political ActyfalseLegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 SpentfalseMoreThan100SpentInd
Activities Not Previously RptfalseActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or BylawsfalseChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitfalseUnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved EtcfalseOrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
At Least5000 In AssetsYes (true)AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register StateWIOrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty GenYes (true)Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating FoundationfalsePrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial ContributorsfalseNewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled EntityfalseOwnControlledEntityInd
Comply With Public Insp RqrYes (true)ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddressTxt
Individual With BooksKEITH E LEMEREIndividualWithBooksNm
Phone4142769976PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1812 EAST STATE STREETAddressLine1Txt
CityMILWAUKEECityNm
State AbbreviationWIStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP53202ZIPCd
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 PrsnfalseFurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified PrsnfalsePayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified PrsnfalseTransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government OfficialfalsePaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
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

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdTitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmtEmployee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmtExpense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
KEITH E LEMERE
812 EAST STATE STREETMILWAUKEEWI53202PRESIDENT3.00$0$0$0
FRANCHION K LEMERE
812 EAST STATE STREETMILWAUKEEWI53202VP / TREASUR0.25$0$0$0
NICHOLAS R LEMERE
812 EAST STATE STREETMILWAUKEEWI53202SECRETARY0.25$0$0$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt

Sum Of Program Related Invst SumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Description1N/ADescription1Txt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec$583,321AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances$15,066AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast$0FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets$598,387TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast$598,387AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable$8,976CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets$589,411NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return$29,471MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return$29,471MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$268TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax$268TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj$29,203DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded$29,203DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted$29,203DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions$22,200ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions$22,200QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri$22,200AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$29,203DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2$1,245ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1$6,822ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov$8,067TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions$22,200QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Applied To Current Year$22,200AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Excess Distri Cyov App CY Corpus$7,003ExcessDistriCyovAppCYCorpusAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov App CY$7,003ExcessDistributionCyovAppCYAmt
Total Corpus$1,064TotalCorpusAmt
Undistributed Income CY$0UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr$1,064ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year1$1,064ExcessFromYear1Amt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Application Submission Info ApplicationSubmissionInfoGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient PersonKEITH E LEMERERecipientPersonNm

Recipient US Address RecipientUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1C/O WISNIEWSKI LAW OFFICEAddressLine1Txt
Address Line2812 EAST STATE STREETAddressLine2Txt
CityMILWAUKEECityNm
State AbbreviationWIStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP53202ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient Phone4142769976RecipientPhoneNum
Recipient Email AddressPLEASE WRITERecipientEmailAddressTxt
Form And Info And MaterialsTHE FOUNDATION DOES NOT REQUIRE A SPECIFIC APPLICATION FORMAT OR ANY PARTICULAR MATERIALS OTHER THAN AN EXPLANATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED GRANT AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED GRANTEE'S IRS TAX EXEMPTION LETTER.FormAndInfoAndMaterialsTxt
Submission DeadlinesALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 31ST OF EACH CALENDAR YEARSubmissionDeadlinesTxt
Restrictions On AwardsNO RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS ARE PLACED ON GRANTS OTHER THAN THAT WHICH IS REQUIRED TO MANTAIN THE FOUNDATION'S IRS APPROVED TAX EXEMPT STATUSRestrictionsOnAwardsTxt

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityRecipientUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipTxtGrant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxtAmtAmt
GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MED FD
1836 SOUTH AVENUELACROSSEWI54601NONEMEDICAL RESEARCH$10,000
FROEDTERT HOSPITAL FD
9200 WEST WISCONSIN AVEMILWAUKEEWI53226NONEMEDICAL RESEARCH$10,000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr$20,000TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$351RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Div And Int From Sec Part VII DivAndIntFromSecPartVIIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$4,436RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Gain Sales Ast Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$9,473RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Other Revenue Described OtherRevenueDescribedGrp (2 entries)

DescDescRelated Or Exempt Function IncmRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt
RBC 918$137
RBC 916

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$14,397RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty$14,397TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

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

Investments Corp Stock Schedule InvestmentsCorpStockSchedule

Investments Corporate Stock InvestmentsCorporateStockGrp (10 entries)

StockStockNmEOY Book ValueEOYBookValueAmtEOYFMVEOYFMVAmt
RBC 916
ALPS ETF TR$73,411$53,939
FEDERATED STRAT VALUE$29,821$29,344
JANUS INVT FD$25,689$46,469
SPDR DOW JONES$29,905$56,897
SPDR S&P ETF$31,037$50,169
VERISON$12,215$12,174
RBC 918
BLACKSTONE GROUP LP$33,126$32,020
CITIGROUP INC$25,871$44,646

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOtherGrp (13 entries)

Category Or ItemCategoryOrItemTxtBook ValueBookValueAmtEOYFMVEOYFMVAmt
RBC INTL 916
GLAXOSMITHKLINE$12,330$10,286
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL$12,381$15,365
SPDR INDEX$64,260$54,851
RBC INTL 918
HSBC HOLDINGS$18,991$21,947
RBC FIXED 916
SPDR TRT$47,785$44,762
RBC FIXED 918
ALLSTATE 6.25%$17,500$18,620
DOUBLELINE$24,981$24,228
PIMCO$28,253$24,690
GSR MORTGAGE LN TRT$35,236$37,178

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFeesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryWLOCategoryTxt
Legal Fees$2,200LegalFeesAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps$2,200DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Other Decreases Schedule OtherDecreasesSchedule

Other Decreases Detail OtherDecreasesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescUNREALIZED GAIN ON TRANSFER-INDesc
Amt$58,448Amt

Other Income Schedule2 OtherIncomeSchedule2

Other Income Detail OtherIncomeDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescRBC 918Desc
Revenue And Expenses Per Books$137RevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases Detail OtherIncreasesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescIRC 507(B)(2) TRANSFER-INDesc
Amt$607,702Amt

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail (2 entries)

CategoryCategoryTxtAmtAmtNet Investment IncomeNetInvestmentIncomeAmt
RBC 916$847$847
RBC 918

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