COLUMBIA FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2015

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Organization: COLUMBIA FOUNDATION (EIN 46-2874852)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-09-02
IRS object ID: 201602469349100100
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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
Schedule B
Investments Land Schedule2
Other Assets Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-09-02T07:58:17-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	263837289	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MILLER BALES & CUNNINGHAM PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1603 CHAPEL HILL RD STE 203	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLUMBIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	652035511	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	462874852	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COLU	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1801 WESTFALL DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLUMBIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	65202	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ALFREDO MUBARAH	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2016-08-29	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ANGELA CUNNINGHAM CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00201583	PTIN
Phone	5734471777	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-08-29	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-12-15 16:53:06Z	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	$39,568	ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Rev And Expnss	$39,568	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Trav Conf Meeting Rev And Expnss	$1,860	TravConfMeetingRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$4,943	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$6,803	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$37,727	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$37,727	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$44,530	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$37,727	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	-$4,962	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY	$663	CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY	-$7	CashEOYAmt
Invst Land Cost Or Other Basis	$21,366	InvstLandCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Invst Land Accum Depreciation	$8,893	InvstLandAccumDepreciationAmt
Land Bldg Investments BOY	$16,765	LandBldgInvestmentsBOYAmt
Land Bldg Investments EOY	$12,473	LandBldgInvestmentsEOYAmt
Other Assets BOY	$874	OtherAssetsBOYAmt
Other Assets EOY	$874	OtherAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets BOY	$18,302	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$13,340	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$0	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind
Unrestricted BOY	$18,302	UnrestrictedBOYAmt
Unrestricted EOY	$13,340	UnrestrictedEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$18,302	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$13,340	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$18,302	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$13,340	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$18,302	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	-$4,962	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal	$13,340	SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$13,340	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Qlfy Und Sect4940e Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eReducedTaxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Liable Section4942 Tax	false	LiableSection4942TaxInd
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr1	$30,430	AdjustedQlfyDistriYr1Amt
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr2	$32,063	AdjustedQlfyDistriYr2Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$0	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Adj Nonchrtbl Net Invst Incm Pct	$0	AdjNonchrtblNetInvstIncmPctAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$37,727	QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Domestic Org Meeting Sect4940e	Yes (X)	DomesticOrgMeetingSect4940eInd
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	MO	OrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors	Yes (true)	NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity	false	OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp Rqr	Yes (true)	ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website Address	HTTP://THECOLUMBIAFOUNDATION.ORG/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Individual With Books	ALFREDO MUBARAH	IndividualWithBooksNm
Phone	9175201121	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1801 WESTFALL DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLUMBIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	65202	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
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

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
ALFREDO MUBARAH
1801 WESTFALL DRIVE	COLUMBIA	MO	65202	EXECUTIVE DI	20.00	$0	$0	$0
BEAU MARTIN
1801 WESTFALL DRIVE	COLUMBIA	MO	65202	TREASURER	3.00	$0	$0	$0
SANDRA MARTIN
1801 WESTFALL DRIVE	COLUMBIA	MO	65202	SECRETARY	1.00	$0	$0	$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

Summary Of Direct Chrtbl Acty SummaryOfDirectChrtblActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description1	WE SUPPORT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN CHILDRENS CAUSES, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES BY DISTRIBUTING GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS THAT TOUCH AND TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF MANY.	Description1Txt
Description2	WE PROMOTE PHILANTHROPY BY ADDRESSING EMERGING COMMUNITY ISSUES, AND WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, CORPORATIONS AND OTHER FOUNDATIONS.	Description2Txt
Description3	WE ALSO OPERATE OUR OWN CHARITABLE PROGRAMS TO HELP COMMUNITIES BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THEIR NEEDS AND RESTRICTED PUBLIC FUNDS TO MEET THEM. PROTECTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH AN INFORMATIONAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES EDUCATION PERTAINING TO CHILD AND YOUTH ABUSE AND HOMELESSNESS, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION AND HUNGER BY OUR EXPERTS THROUGH LIVE MEDIA INTERVIEWS, LECTURES AND SLIDESHOWS AT SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES AND CORPORATIONS. THESE PRESENTATIONS FOCUS ON THE CAUSES, CURRENT EFFORTS AND SOLUTIONS TO HELP ERADICATE CHILD AND YOUTH ABUSE AND HOMELESSNESS, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION AND HUNGER, AND HOW EVERYONE CAN HELP. AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THE COLUMBIA FOUNDATIONS AMBASSADOR PROGRAM FOCUSES ON RAISING AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR PREVENTION OF CHILD AND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS AND ABUSE, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION AND HUNGER BY COMBINING INFORMATION WITH FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES. THE COLUMBIA FOUNDATION HUMANITARIAN EXPEDITION A GLOBAL MOTORCYCLE RIDE TO ADDRESS CHILD AND YOUTH ABUSE AND HOMELE	Description3Txt

Sum Of Program Related Invst SumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description1	N/A	Description1Txt

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
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	$37,727	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$37,727	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri	$37,727	AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2	$32,063	ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1	$30,430	ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov	$62,493	TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$37,727	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus	$37,727	RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus	$100,220	TotalCorpusAmt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr	$100,220	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year2	$32,063	ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1	$30,430	ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year	$37,727	ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Shareholder Manager	BEAU MARTIN	ShareholderManagerNm

Application Submission Info ApplicationSubmissionInfoGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient Person	ALFREDO MUBARAH	RecipientPersonNm

Recipient US Address RecipientUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1801 WESTFALL DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLUMBIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	65202	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient Phone	9175201121	RecipientPhoneNum
Recipient Email Address	ALFREDO@THECOLUMBIAFOUNDATION.ORG	RecipientEmailAddressTxt
Form And Info And Materials	APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.	FormAndInfoAndMaterialsTxt
Submission Deadlines	MARCH 31ST	SubmissionDeadlinesTxt
Restrictions On Awards	TO QUALIFY, PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: REQUESTS OF UP TO 2,500 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN MISSOURI PREFERABLY FOCUSING ON CHILDREN, EDUCATION AND LITERACY, AND THE ARTS (BUT NOT REQUIRED)	RestrictionsOnAwardsTxt

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityRecipientUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipTxt	Recipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusTxt	Grant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxt	AmtAmt
GREAT CIRCLE
4304 S BEARFIELD ROAD	COLUMBIA	MO	65201	NONE	EXEMPT	GENERAL	$10,187
GREAT CIRCLE
4304 S BEARFIELD ROAD	COLUMBIA	MO	65201	NONE	EXEMPT	GENERAL	$4,655
GREAT CIRCLE
4304 S BEARFIELD ROAD	COLUMBIA	MO	65201	NONE	EXEMPT	GENERAL	$2,505
GREAT CIRCLE
4304 S BEARFIELD ROAD	COLUMBIA	MO	65201	NONE	EXEMPT	GENERAL	$5,080
GREAT CIRCLE
4304 S BEARFIELD ROAD	COLUMBIA	MO	65201	NONE	EXEMPT	GENERAL	$15,300

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr	$37,727	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

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
General Rule	Yes (X)	GeneralRuleInd

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp (2 entries)

ContributorContributorNum	Business Name Line2ContributorBusinessName/BusinessNameLine2Txt	Address Line1ContributorUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContributorUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContributorUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContributorUSAddress/ZIPCd	Total ContributionsTotalContributionsAmt	Person ContributionPersonContributionInd	Payroll ContributionPayrollContributionInd
GMES LLC
1	GMES LLC	1801 WESTFALL DRIVE	COLUMBIA	MO	65202	$34,488	Yes (X)
GMES LLC
2	GMES LLC	1801 WESTFALL DRIVE	COLUMBIA	MO	65202	$5,080		Yes (X)

Investments Land Schedule2 InvestmentsLandSchedule2

Investment Land InvestmentLandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cost Or Other Basis	$21,366	CostOrOtherBasisAmt
Accumulated Depreciation	$8,893	AccumulatedDepreciationAmt
Book Value	$12,473	BookValueAmt

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsSchedule

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsScheduleGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER CURRENT ASSETS	Desc
BOY Book Value	$874	BOYBookValueAmt
EOY Book Value	$874	EOYBookValueAmt

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt
EXPENSES
GENERAL OFFICE EXPENSES	$193
GENERAL OPERATIONS EXPENSES	$458
INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION	$4,292

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