BOSTON BENEFITS FOUNDATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2016

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Organization: BOSTON BENEFITS FOUNDATION (EIN 04-3584693)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-07-21
IRS object ID: 201722029349200017
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 G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-07-21T13:22:23-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	042686846	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KING MCNAMARA MORIARTY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	473 WASHINGTON STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NORWOOD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	020622330	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	043584693	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BOSTON BENEFITS FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	C/O HERITAGE FINANCIAL SERVICES	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BOST	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7812550214	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 LOWDER BROOK DRIVE SUITE 1000	AddressLine1Txt
City	WESTWOOD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02090	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHARLES S BEAN III	PersonNm
Person Title	PRES./DIRECT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7812550214	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-06-09	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JOSEPH B MORIARTY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00043600	PTIN
Phone	7817696300	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-06-19	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
At Submission Creation Device Id	8DF8A67CEA31242EBB3DB581CEDE0807E6A783DF	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	36195A61E35F3CA89F577688BD6586AEA29F0A74	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$90,272	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$4,000	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Investment Income	$6,121	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Sale Of Assets Gross	$56,806	SaleOfAssetsGrossAmt
Cost Or Other Basis Expense Sale	$52,373	CostOrOtherBasisExpenseSaleAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets	$4,433	GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$23,345	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$8,518	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$14,827	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Total Revenue	$29,381	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$17,500	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$425	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint	$33	OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Other Expenses Total	$1,420	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$19,378	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$10,003	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$273,597	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$11,101	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$294,701	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$273,531	BOYAmt
EOY	$294,701	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$66	BOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$273,597	BOYAmt
EOY	$294,701	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$273,597	BOYAmt
EOY	$294,701	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	BOSTON BENEFITS FOUNDATION IS OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE,BOSTON BENEFITS FOUNDATION IS OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, LITERARY,RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. THE FOUNDATION PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN FROM THE GREATER BOSTON METROPOLITAN REGION.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$17,500	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$17,500	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$17,500	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
CHARLES S BEAN III
PRES./DIRECT	000.00	$0
MICHAEL J GILL
TREASURER/AS	000.00	$0
CHARLES F MURPHY III
CLERK/ DIREC	000.00	$0
PETER HIGGINS
DIRECTOR	000.00	$0
JOHN CRONIN
DIRECTOR	000.00	$0
JAMES W REIDY
DIRECTOR	000.00	$0
MARK BUCKLEY
DIRECTOR	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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HERITAGE FINANCIAL GROUP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 LOWDER BROOK DRIVE SUITE 1000	AddressLine1Txt
City	WESTWOOD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02090	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7812550214	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)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$27,345	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,645	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$27,345	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,645	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$27,645	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,196	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,823	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,979	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,225	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,121	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$44,344	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$396	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$396	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$72,385	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$23,345	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.38190	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.51060	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GOLF TOURNAMENT	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$23,345	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$23,345	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$8,518	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$23,345	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$23,345	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$8,518	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$8,518	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$14,827	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10	HAYMAKERS FOR HOPE 03/30/2016 100 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET 4TH FLOOR 7,500 0 BOSTON, MA 02114 0 SEAN P LYNCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND 12/30/2016 THE MASSACHUSETTS 9/11 FUND 470 ATLANTIC AVENUE 7,000 0 4TH FLOOR 0 BOSTON, MA 02210
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES MEETINGS 1,229 FOREIGN TAX PAID 137 FILING FEES 54 TOTAL 1,420
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 20	CHANGE IN MARKET VALUE 11,134 CHANGE IN ASSET VALUE FOR AMORTIZATION -33
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24	2,550 2,550 LESS ACCUMULATED AMORTIZATION 2,517 2,550 ORGANIZATION COSTS 2,050 2,050 TRADEMARK 500 500 ACCUM. AMORT. - TRADEMARK -467 -500 ACCUM. AMORT. - ORG. COSTS -2,050 -2,050 TOTAL 66 0
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28	BOSTON BENEFITS FOUNDATION IS OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE,BOSTON BENEFITS FOUNDATION IS OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, LITERARY,RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. THE FOUNDATION PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN FROM THE GREATER BOSTON METROPOLITAN REGION.