CIVILITAS FOUNDATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2016

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Organization: CIVILITAS FOUNDATION (EIN 27-0205235)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-11-15
IRS object ID: 201703199349202985
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-11-15T08:54:37-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BEDIG ARARADIAN CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	700 N CENTRAL AVENUE SUITE 310	AddressLine1Txt
City	GLENDALE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	912034237	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	270205235	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE CIVILITAS FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CIVI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8185473474	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	315 W ARDEN AVE SUITE 1	AddressLine1Txt
City	GLENDALE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	91203	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MICHAEL NAHABET	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8185473474	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-11-14	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	BEDIG ARARADIAN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00838476	PTIN
Phone	8185473474	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-11-14	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
At Submission Creation Device Id	AEBB47FC0E0B4239D903201941D6837D8529552D	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	AEBB47FC0E0B4239D903201941D6837D8529552D	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$157,341	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$157,341	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Total Revenue	$157,341	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$161,356	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Other Expenses Total	$1,455	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$162,811	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$5,470	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$6,374	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$904	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,374	BOYAmt
EOY	$904	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,374	BOYAmt
EOY	$904	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,374	BOYAmt
EOY	$904	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	THIS ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE OPEN EXHANGES IN CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIC MATTERS, TO PROMOTE A BROADER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE IN THE CAUCASUS AND SURROUNDING REGIONS, AND TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS IN FULFILLING THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (3 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt	Grants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsAmt	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
PROMOTE OPEN AND OBJECTIVE DISCOURSE AND EXCHANGES IN CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CIVIC MATTERS AFFECTING THE CAUCASUS AND SURROUNDING REGIONS.	$53,785	$53,785
PROMOTE A BROADER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE IN THE CAUCASUS AND SURROUNDING REGIONS.	$53,785	$53,785
PROVIDE ADVICE AND TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS IN FULFILLING THEIR CIVIC POTENTIONAL AND MEETING THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES.	$53,786	$53,786

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$161,356	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
MICHAEL NAHABET
PRESIDENT	000.00	$0
HRAIR SARKISSIAN
SEC/TREASURE	000.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MICHAEL NAHABET	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	315 W ARDEN AVE 1	AddressLine1Txt
City	GLENDALE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	91203	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8182460202	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	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	$40,873	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$16,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$16,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$187,643	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$157,341	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$417,857	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$40,873	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$16,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$16,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$187,643	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$157,341	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$417,857	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$417,857	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$40,873	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$16,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$16,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$187,643	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$157,341	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$417,857	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	1.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	1.00000	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
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 (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10	53,785 0 0 53,785 0 0 53,786 0 0
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES OFFICE EXPENSE 1,455 TOTAL 1,455
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24	1,412 1,412 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 1,412 1,412 TOTAL 0 0
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	THIS ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE OPEN EXHANGES IN CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIC MATTERS, TO PROMOTE A BROADER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE IN THE CAUCASUS AND SURROUNDING REGIONS, AND TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS IN FULFILLING THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES.

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