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VIETNAM FOUNDATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2014

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Organization
VIETNAM FOUNDATION (EIN 01-0905269)
Tax period
2014-07-01 to 2015-06-30
Filed
2016-01-15
IRS object ID
201630159349200213
Schema version
2014v6.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2016-01-15T10:45:02-00:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2015-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

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Business Name Line1Roy D Carson CPA LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

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Address Line1776 Sonne DriveAddressLine1Txt
CityAnnapolisCityNm
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Filer Filer

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Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1Vietnam FoundationBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlVIETBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2023342787PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1500 Fifth Street NWAddressLine1Txt
CityWashingtonCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20001ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonH Ray GamblePersonNm
Person TitleChairmanPersonTitleTxt
Signature2016-01-15SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

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Preparer PersonRoy D Carson CPAPreparerPersonNm
Phone4105735558PhoneNum
Preparation2016-01-15PreparationDt
Self EmployedYes (X)SelfEmployedInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2014TaxYr
Build TS2016-04-25 22:37:26ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Addresswww.vnfoundation.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$111,526GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc$111,182ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Investment Income$344InvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Revenue$111,526TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid$24,021GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft$49,089SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct$1,764FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$9,018OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$1,052PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$4,120OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$89,064TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year$22,462ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$117,323NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$9,696OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$149,481NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

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BOY$127,323BOYAmt
EOY$149,481EOYAmt

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BOY$127,323BOYAmt
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Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

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BOY$10,000BOYAmt

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BOY$117,323BOYAmt
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Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt PurposeConduct educational activities to improve the lives of the Vietnamese people.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (4 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxtProgram Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmtForeign GrantsForeignGrantsInd
Open Educational Resource OER Program to provide online source of teaching and learning materials for Vietnamese users free of charge. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail.$46,470
Institutional Linkage Program to establish contacts and exchanges between U. S. universities and educational entities in Vietnam. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail.$6,015
Provided assistance to handicapped students in local universities, and provided gifts to primary schools and orphanages. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail.$30,565
Educational Advisory Program Assisted numerous Vietnamese students in large and small groups in their efforts to understand the U.S. educational system and search for a suitable school. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail.$6,015Yes (X)
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$89,065TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmt
Kien Pham
President010.00$0
H Ray Gamble
Chairman002.00$0
Julie Parker
Treasurer001.00$0
Ha Nguyen
Operations Manager040.00$8,400
Minh Do
OER Program Director040.00$12,000
Cuong Nguyen
OER Technology Manager040.00$8,400
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Organization Had UBIfalseOrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy TaxfalseSubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved EtcfalseOrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
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Engaged In Excess Benefit TransfalseEngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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PersonH Ray GamblePersonNm

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Address Line1500 Fifth Street NWAddressLine1Txt
CityWashingtonCityNm
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Phone2023342787PhoneNum
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Foreign Financial AccountYes (true)ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Financial Account CntryVMForeignFinancialAccountCntryCd
Foreign OfficeYes (true)ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Office CountryVMForeignOfficeCountryCd
Donor Advised FndsfalseDonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate HospitalfalseOperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services ProvidedfalseTanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl EntfalseRelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control EntfalseTransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign ActyfalsePoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying ActivitiesfalseLobbyingActivitiesInd
School OperatingfalseSchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd OrgfalseTrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd EmplNONEPartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof SrvcNONEPartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule AYes (true)FiledScheduleAInd

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Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$101,792CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$142,743CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$94,482CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$168,970CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$111,182CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$619,169TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$168,970CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$111,182CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$619,169TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170$619,169PublicSupportTotal170Amt

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$319CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$517CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$223CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$103CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$344CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,506TotalAmt
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Total Support$620,675TotalSupportAmt
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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

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Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
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Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (13 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 31Educational Advisory Program Assisted numerous Vietnamese students in large and small groups in their efforts to understand the U.S. educational system and search for a suitable school. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail.Grants and allocations, including foreign grants 0, Program service expenses 6,015
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10, Grants PaidActivity Award 50 scholarships for blind college students in HCMC, Grantee Various, Cash Grant 14,134, Relationship
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other ExpensesTravel, lodging, and meals 2,538
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other ExpensesEquipment 360
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other ExpensesTechcombank card expenses 922
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other ExpensesBank fees 300
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20, Net AssetsForeign exchange loss -304
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20, Net AssetsLoan from Kien Pham forgiven 10,000
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26, LiabilitiesDue to Kien Pham for advance to pay scholarships from TPG Global prior to receipt of cash Beginning of year 10,000, End of year 0
Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 28Open Educational Resource OER Program In 2014 and 2015, after the successful launch of the new platform - Hanoi Spring, an advanced technology platform designed to allow the public to share teaching and learning materials and curriculum, we concentrated on maintaining and upgrading its technical functions to meet with higher demand of users, developing mobile app for Hanoi Spring, and building a module of QA bank www.pls.edu.vn. We also focused on expanding and developing community of users through our VOLT Alliance Vietnam Open Learning Technology and other channels like social networks. VOER has become a major portal for learners, students and teachers inside and outside of Vietnam. Every day, 30,000 to 50,000 visitors access VOER www.voer.edu.vn to contribute, research and download materials. 90 of them are domestic users and the rest are international visitors from the US, Germany, India, Russia, Japan, and other countries. The Vietnam Foundation and its technology team in Hanoi played a leading role in the development, technology and framework for global OER. Every year, Vietnamese OER experts have been invited to many international and local conferences and seminars to share experience and lessons when implementing OER. We assisted a project by the Ministry of Education and Training to develop a repository of open course ware for foreign languages training.
Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 29Institutional Linkage Program We continued to maintain and strengthen ties between US universities and Vietnamese institutions. We provided assistance to a significant number of faculties from U.S. universities including Stanford University, the University of California in Irvine, the University of California in San Diego, to establish contacts and exchanges with suitable educational entities in Vietnam.
Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 30We provided assistance to handicapped students especially blind students in local universities and schools. VNF scholarship program for blind college students named Sunflower Scholarship in Ho Chi Minh City HCMC became an annual, traditional and well-recognized scholarship program since its establishment in 2008. The scholarship program was established to financially support and award blind students in HCMC who were pursuing undergraduate and graduate study. In 2014, VNF had 60 blind scholars who were excelling in college. Each scholarship amounted to 5 million Vietnamese dong, equivalent to USD 236. Most of the scholarship recipients were from underprivileged families in central and Southern provinces, and some of their parents were dioxin-affected by the wars. However, they all shared a desire to purse higher education for a better future. Many of them chose to study pedagogy, psychological counseling, and music. Other awarding program is laptops for those who excel in schools. In 2014, 14 laptops were granted to the top scholars who met the requirement of GPA equal to or above 7.0. This support facilitated their study and research at school and improve their contact with the global community. Younger students at primary, secondary and high schools with blindness were also our targeted scholarship recipients. In 2014, VNF granted 50 scholarships to this group of students.
Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 31Educational Advisory Program We assisted numerous Vietnamese students in large and small groups in their efforts to understand the U.S. educational system and search for a suitable school. We participated in local forums and seminars to provide knowledge.

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