CHARLES A BECKER FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: CHARLES A BECKER FOUNDATION (EIN 33-0758379)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-10-29
IRS object ID: 201543029349301454
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-10-29T10:46:20-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	330758379	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Charles A Becker Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CHAR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6503426870	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 216	AddressLine1Txt
City	Belmont	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94002	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	G Eric Pleschner	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6503426870	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-10-26	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Terrence R Feltes	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	4808606760	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-08-06	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	G Eric Pleschner	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 216	AddressLine1Txt
City	Belmont	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94002	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$580,480	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.beckerfoundation.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1997	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The Foundation awards financial grants to charitable child and youth programs of and associated with Desert Mission JCL, Inc., Fremont Presbyterian Church and YMCA of San Francisco, Urban Services branch.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	3	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$35,872	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$31,547	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$127,004	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$105,120	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$162,876	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$136,667	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$242,500	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$399,115	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$93,948	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$94,889	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$35,328	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$37,754	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$371,776	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$531,758	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$208,900	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$395,091	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,896,742	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,652,372	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,866	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,434	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,894,876	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,649,938	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	The Foundation awards financial grants to charitable child and youth programs of and associated with Desert Mission JCL, Inc., Fremont Presbyterian Church and YMCA of San Francisco, Urban Services branch.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$454,633	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$399,115	GrantAmt
Desc	The Foundations sole purpose is toward child and youth charitable program benefit.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$454,633	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	3	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (true)	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	G Eric Pleschner	PersonNm
Phone	6503426870	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 216	AddressLine1Txt
City	Belmont	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94002	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
G Eric Pleschner
Pres - Exec Dir	030.00	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$81,200	$0	$0
James Lincoln
Director	001.00	002.00	Yes (X)				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Steven A Cinelli
Former Treasurer	001.00	002.00	Yes (X)				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Mark Eshoff
Secretary	001.00	040.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)			$0	$0	$0
Paul Wyatt
Director	001.00	002.00	Yes (X)				$0	$0	$0
Julie Arvo MacKenzie
Director	001.00	003.00	Yes (X)				$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$81,200	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$31,547	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$31,547	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$76,808	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$76,808	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$472,125	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$443,813	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$28,312	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$28,312	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$28,312	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$136,667	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$105,120	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$399,115	TotalAmt
Program Services	$399,115	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$81,200	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,660	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,540	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,477	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,112	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,365	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,212	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,417	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,795	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,154	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,154	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,270	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,270	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,215	TotalAmt
Management And General	$17,215	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,930	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,930	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,200	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,625	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,625	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
Board of Directors Expenses	$3,056	$3,056
Contributions	$813		$813
Website	$575	$259	$316
Workers Comp Insurance	$652	$652

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,464	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,464	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$531,758	TotalAmt
Program Services	$454,633	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$77,125	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,201,703	BOYAmt
EOY	$707,264	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$2,197	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,197	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,690,627	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,972,879	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,004,412	BOYAmt
EOY	$972,229	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,896,742	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,652,372	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,866	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,434	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,866	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,434	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,899,498	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,686,147	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$995,378	BOYAmt
EOY	$963,791	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,894,876	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,649,938	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,896,742	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,652,372	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$395,091	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$150,153	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supporting Organization509a3	Yes (X)	SupportingOrganization509a3Ind
Supporting Org Type1	Yes (X)	SupportingOrgType1Ind
Supported Organizations	3	SupportedOrganizationsCnt

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformationGrp (3 entries)

EINEIN	Organization TypeOrganizationTypeDesc	Governing Document ListedGoverningDocumentListedInd	SupportSupportAmt	Other SupportOtherSupportAmt
Desert Mission Inc of Phx
860096941	7	Yes (true)	$0	$0
Fremont Presbyterian Church
941279824	1	Yes (true)	$0	$0
YMCA of San Francisco Urban Services branch
940997140	7	Yes (true)	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supported Organizations Total	3	SupportedOrganizationsTotalCnt
Public Support CY170	0.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Form990 Sch A Supporting Org Form990SchASupportingOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Listed By Name Governing Doc	Yes (true)	ListedByNameGoverningDocInd
Suprt Org No IRS Determination	false	SuprtOrgNoIRSDeterminationInd
Supported Org Section C456	false	SupportedOrgSectionC456Ind
Supported Org Not Organized US	false	SupportedOrgNotOrganizedUSInd
Organization Change Suprt Org	Yes (true)	OrganizationChangeSuprtOrgInd
Supported Org Class Designated	false	SupportedOrgClassDesignatedInd
Substitution Beyond Org Cntl	false	SubstitutionBeyondOrgCntlInd
Support Non Supported Org	Yes (true)	SupportNonSupportedOrgInd
Payment Substantial Contribtr	false	PaymentSubstantialContribtrInd
Loan Disqualified Person	false	LoanDisqualifiedPersonInd
Controlled Disqualified Prsn	false	ControlledDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Disqualified Prsn Controll Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnControllIntInd
Disqualified Prsn Ownr Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings Rules	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Contribution Controller	false	ContributionControllerInd
Contribution Family	false	ContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 Controlled	false	Contribution35ControlledInd

Form990 Sch A Type1 Suprt Org Form990SchAType1SuprtOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Power Appoint Majority Dir Trst	Yes (true)	PowerAppointMajorityDirTrstInd
Operate Benefit Non Suprt Org	false	OperateBenefitNonSuprtOrgInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Facts And Circumstances Test	Part IV Section A Line 1 - The Charles A. Becker Foundation also wrote checks to directly related organizations and programs that those supported organizations collaborate and are partnered with.	FactsAndCircumstancesTestTxt

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part IV Section A Line 5a -	The Charles A. Becker Foundation chose Urban Services Y, a branch of the San Francisco YMCA Association, as a supported organization in 2014 as a result of having collaborative relationships with several other youth support programs around the city. The programs The Charles A. Becker Foundation supported in 2014 were a result of those collaborations.
Part IV Section A Line 6 -	The Charles A. Becker Foundation also provided supported for local community charitable organizations.

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,197	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,197	DepreciationAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Dividends Receivable	$1,287
Accrued Interest Receivable	$7,005
Split-Interest Agreements	$963,791
Prepaid Expense	$146

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$972,229	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Federal income taxes	Desc

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Desert Mission Inc of Phoenix
9108 N 3rd St	Phoenix	AZ	85020	860096941	501c3	$100,000	Charitable
Fremont Presbyterian Church
5770 Carlson Dr	Sacramento	CA	95819	941279824	501c3	$100,000	Charitable
YMCA of San Francisco Urban Services branch
50 California St	San Francisco	CA	94111	940997140	501c3	$199,115	Charitable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org	3	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Our award letters request a summary of fund use one year after award distribution.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt
James Lincoln
Director
Steven A Cinelli
Former Treasurer

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4	On November 17, 2014, the Board of Directors adopted Articles of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws of The Charles A. Becker Foundation.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	Form 990 is provided to each Board member for review and comment before filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	A conflict of interest form is distributed to each Director at each annual meeting for their execution at said annual meeting. Newly executed forms will replace the previous, until such time disclosure information is provided. All forms with disclosed information will be retained as long as the Director stays on the Board. At such time disclosure by any member raises concern, the Board will determine necessary action - ranging from further inquiry, cease and desist, or removal from the Board - to be entered in the minutes of said meeting such action is taken.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a	Compensation ceilings and benchmarks are determined using comparable compensation data tables found in the annual Foundation Operations and Management Report, compiled and published by the Association of Small Foundations 1720 N St., NW, Washington, DC 20036, www.smallfoundations.org. The report is categorically broken down Foundation location, asset size, position full-time/part-time, Director length of experience, etc.. Reviewed annually, the Board of Directors establishes and agrees upon reasonable Director compensation.
Form 990, Part IV, Section C, Line 19	Upon request.