THE CROSS FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2011

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Organization
THE CROSS FOUNDATION (EIN 04-3526349)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-05-02
IRS object ID
201241239349100029
Schema version
2011v1.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2012-05-02T15:56:42-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN042442519EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1EDELSTEIN AND COMPANY LLPBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1160 FEDERAL STREET 9TH FLOORAddressLine1
CityBOSTONCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code021101772ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN043526349EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1THE CROSS FOUNDATIONBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlCROSNameControl
Phone6175637434Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1284 MATTISON DRIVEAddressLine1
CityCONCORDCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code017424147ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameROBERT LAWRENCEName
TitleTRUSTEETitle
Phone6175637434Phone
Date Signed2012-05-01DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameALFONSO PERILLOName
PTINP00950491PTIN
Phone6172276161Phone
Date Prepared2012-05-01DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-03-07 17:11:31ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exempt PFXExemptPF
FMV Assets EOY3494958FMVAssetsEOY
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Not Required To Attach Schedule BXNotRequiredToAttachScheduleB
Dividends Rev And Expnss366708DividendsRevAndExpnss
Dividends Net Invst Incm366708DividendsNetInvstIncm
Net Gain Sale Assets Rev And Expnss126878NetGainSaleAssetsRevAndExpnss
Gross Sales Price1091386GrossSalesPrice
Capital Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm126878CapitalGainNetIncmNetInvstIncm
Total Revenue And Expenses493586TotalRevenueAndExpenses
Total Net Investment Income493586TotalNetInvestmentIncome
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Rev And Expnss0CompOfcrDirTrstRevAndExpnss
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Net Invst Incm0CompOfcrDirTrstNetInvstIncm
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps0CompOfcrDirTrstDsbrsChrtblPrps
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss2289AccountingFeesRevAndExpnss
Accounting Fees Net Invst Incm0AccountingFeesNetInvstIncm
Accounting Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps2289AccountingFeesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Taxes Rev And Expnss19779TaxesRevAndExpnss
Taxes Net Invst Incm0TaxesNetInvstIncm
Taxes Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps0TaxesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss70OtherExpensesRevAndExpnss
Other Expenses Net Invst Incm0OtherExpensesNetInvstIncm
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps70OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss22138TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnss
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm0TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncm
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps2359TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Contri Gifts Paid Rev And Expnss87420ContriGiftsPaidRevAndExpnss
Contri Gifts Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps87420ContriGiftsPaidDsbrsChrtblPrps
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss109558TotalExpensesRevAndExpnss
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm0TotalExpensesNetInvstIncm
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps89779TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Excess Of Revenue Over Expenses384028ExcessOfRevenueOverExpenses
Net Investment Income493586NetInvestmentIncome

Balance Sheets BalanceSheets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Savings And Temp Cash Invst EOY1716091SavingsAndTempCashInvstEOY
Savings And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV1716091SavingsAndTempCashInvstEOYFMV
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Investments Corp Stock EOY650000InvestmentsCorpStockEOY
Investments Corp Stock EOYFMV650000InvestmentsCorpStockEOYFMV
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Investments Other EOY1107557InvestmentsOtherEOY
Investments Other EOYFMV1128867InvestmentsOtherEOYFMV
Total Assets BOY3183304TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY3473648TotalAssetsEOY
Total Assets EOYFMV3494958TotalAssetsEOYFMV
Total Liabilities BOY0TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY0TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Org That Do Not Follow SFAS117XOrgThatDoNotFollowSFAS117
Capital Stock BOY0CapitalStockBOY
Capital Stock EOY0CapitalStockEOY
Paid In Or Capital Surplus BOY0PaidInOrCapitalSurplusBOY
Paid In Or Capital Surplus EOY0PaidInOrCapitalSurplusEOY
Retained Earnings BOY3183304RetainedEarningsBOY
Retained Earnings EOY3473648RetainedEarningsEOY
Total Net Assets BOY3183304TotalNetAssetsBOY
Total Net Assets EOY3473648TotalNetAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities Net Assets BOY3183304TotalLiabilitiesNetAssetsBOY
Total Liabilities Net Assets EOY3473648TotalLiabilitiesNetAssetsEOY

Changes In Net Assets Fund Balances ChangesInNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Net Assets Fund Balances BOY3183304TotalNetAssetsFundBalancesBOY
Excess Of Revenue Over Expenses384028ExcessOfRevenueOverExpenses
Other Increases0OtherIncreases
Subtotal3567332Subtotal
Other Decreases93684OtherDecreases
Total Net Assets Fund Balances EOY3473648TotalNetAssetsFundBalancesEOY

Capital Gains And Losses CapitalGainsAndLosses

Capital Gains And Losses Info CapitalGainsAndLossesInfo (2 entries)

Description Of AssetDescriptionOfAssetGross Sales PriceGrossSalesPriceCost Or Other BasisCostOrOtherBasisGain Or LossGainOrLossGains Minus Excess Or LossesGainsMinusExcessOrLossesHow AcquiredHowAcquired
SALE OF PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES10000009645083549235492
CAPITAL GAINS DIVIDENDS913869138691386P
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Capital Gain Net Income126878CapitalGainNetIncome

Qlfy Und Sect4940e For Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eForReducedTax

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Liable For4942 Tax0LiableFor4942Tax
Qualifying Distributions Year1116057QualifyingDistributionsYear1
Noncharitable Assets Year13098583NoncharitableAssetsYear1
Distribution Ratio Year10.037455DistributionRatioYear1
Qualifying Distributions Year2268867QualifyingDistributionsYear2
Noncharitable Assets Year22750145NoncharitableAssetsYear2
Distribution Ratio Year20.097765DistributionRatioYear2
Qualifying Distributions Year3126173QualifyingDistributionsYear3
Noncharitable Assets Year32288513NoncharitableAssetsYear3
Distribution Ratio Year30.055133DistributionRatioYear3
Qualifying Distributions Year4108820QualifyingDistributionsYear4
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Distribution Ratio Year40.056269DistributionRatioYear4
Qualifying Distributions Year584700QualifyingDistributionsYear5
Noncharitable Assets Year51695044NoncharitableAssetsYear5
Distribution Ratio Year50.049969DistributionRatioYear5
Total Distribution Ratio0.296591TotalDistributionRatio
Average Distribution Ratio0.059318AverageDistributionRatio
Net Noncharitable Assets3341920NetNoncharitableAssets
Adjusted Noncharitable Assets198236AdjustedNoncharitableAssets
One Percent Net Investment Income4936OnePercentNetInvestmentIncome
Adj Nonchrtbl Assets And One203172AdjNonchrtblAssetsAndOnePct
Qualifying Distributions89779QualifyingDistributions

Excise Tax Based On Investment Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvestmentIncm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Tax Under Section5110TaxUnderSection511
Subtotal9872Subtotal
Subtitle A Tax0SubtitleATax
Tax Based On Investment Income9872TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncome
Est Tax Payments And Overpayment11120EstTaxPaymentsAndOverpayment
Total Credits And Payments11120TotalCreditsAndPayments
Overpayment1248Overpayment
Amount Credited To Next Year1248AmountCreditedToNextYear
Amount To Be Refunded0AmountToBeRefunded

Statements Regarding Activities StatementsRegardingActivities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Activities0LegislativePoliticalActivities
More Than100 Spent0MoreThan100Spent
Form1120 POL Filed0Form1120POLFiled
Sect4955 Tax On Organization0Sect4955TaxOnOrganization
Sect4955 Tax On Managers0Sect4955TaxOnManagers
Reimbursement Of Tax0ReimbursementOfTax
Activities Not Prev Reported0ActivitiesNotPrevReported
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws0ChangesToArticlesOrBylaws
Unrelated Bus Income Over10000UnrelatedBusIncomeOver1000
Termination Etc0TerminationEtc
Requirements Of Sect508e1RequirementsOfSect508e
At Least5000 In Assets1AtLeast5000InAssets
States Filed WithMAStatesFiledWith
Form990 PF Filed With AG1Form990PFFiledWithAG
Private Operating Foundation0PrivateOperatingFoundation
New Substantial Contributors0NewSubstantialContributors
Interest In Controlled Entity0InterestInControlledEntity
Applicable Insurance Contract0ApplicableInsuranceContract
Comply With Public Inspection Rqr1ComplyWithPublicInspectionRqr
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddress
Books In Care Of Person NameROBERT LAWRENCEBooksInCareOfPersonName
Books In Care Of Phone Number6175637434BooksInCareOfPhoneNumber

Books In Care Of US Address BooksInCareOfUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1284 MATTISON DRIVEAddressLine1
CityCONCORDCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code01742ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign Bank1ForeignBank
Name Of Foreign CountryCJNameOfForeignCountry

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exchange With Dsqfly Person0SaleOrExchangeWithDsqflyPerson
Borrow Or Lend With Dsqfly Person0BorrowOrLendWithDsqflyPerson
Furnished Goods With Dsqfly Person0FurnishedGoodsWithDsqflyPerson
Pay Compensation To Dsqfly Person0PayCompensationToDsqflyPerson
Transfer Assets To Dsqfly Person0TransferAssetsToDsqflyPerson
Payment To Government Offical0PaymentToGovernmentOffical
Uncorrected Prior Acts0UncorrectedPriorActs
Undistributed Income Prior Years0UndistributedIncomePriorYears
Business Holdings0BusinessHoldings
Jeopardy Investments0JeopardyInvestments
Uncorrected Jeopardy Investments0UncorrectedJeopardyInvestments
Influence Legislation0InfluenceLegislation
Influence Election0InfluenceElection
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Noncharitable Purpose0NoncharitablePurpose
Rcv Funds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Contract0RcvFundsToPayPrsnlBnftContract
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Contract0PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftContract
Prohibited Tax Shelter Transactn0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransactn

Ofcr Dir Trustees Key Employee Info OfcrDirTrusteesKeyEmployeeInfo

Ofcr Dir Trustees Or Key Employee OfcrDirTrusteesOrKeyEmployee (3 entries)

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ROBERT LAWRENCE
284 MATTISON DRIVECONCORDMA01742TRUSTEE1.00000
CONNIE LAWRENCE
284 MATTISON DRIVECONCORDMA01742TRUSTEE1.00000
KELLY LAWRENCE ANDERSON
110 W 39TH STBALTIMOREMD21210TRUSTEE1.00000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Highest Paid Empl NONENONECompOfHighestPaidEmplNONE
Tot Number Of Oth Empl Paid Over50k0TotNumberOfOthEmplPaidOver50k
Comp Of Hghst Paid Cntrct NONENONECompOfHghstPaidCntrctNONE
Tot Number Of Cntrct Paid Over50k0TotNumberOfCntrctPaidOver50k

Sum Of Program Related Investments SumOfProgramRelatedInvestments

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total0Total

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturn

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Avg Monthly FMV Of Securities2230312AvgMonthlyFMVOfSecurities
Avg Monthly Cash Balances1162500AvgMonthlyCashBalances
FMV All Other Noncharitable Assets0FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAssets
Total FMV Of Unused Assets3392812TotalFMVOfUnusedAssets
Reduction Claimed0ReductionClaimed
Acquisition Indebtedness0AcquisitionIndebtedness
Adj Total FMV Of Unused Assets3392812AdjTotalFMVOfUnusedAssets
Cash Deemed Charitable50892CashDeemedCharitable
Net Noncharitable Assets3341920NetNoncharitableAssets
Minimum Investment Return167096MinimumInvestmentReturn

Distributable DistributableAmount

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return167096MinimumInvestmentReturn
Tax Based On Investment Income9872TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncome
Total Tax9872TotalTax
Distributable Amount Before Adj157224DistributableAmountBeforeAdj
Recoveries Qlfy Distributions0RecoveriesQlfyDistributions
Distributable Amount Before Ded157224DistributableAmountBeforeDed
Deduction Fr Distributable$0DeductionFrDistributableAmount
Distributable Amount As Adjusted157224DistributableAmountAsAdjusted

Qualifying Distributions QualifyingDistributions

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions89779ExpensesAndContributions
Program Related Investments Total0ProgramRelatedInvestmentsTotal
Qualifying Distributions89779QualifyingDistributions
One Pct Sect4940e Org Net Invst Incm0OnePctSect4940eOrgNetInvstIncm
Adj Qualifying Distributions89779AdjQualifyingDistributions

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncome

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable Amount As Adjusted157224DistributableAmountAsAdjusted
Undistributed Income Prior Year0UndistributedIncomePriorYear
Total For Prior Years0TotalForPriorYears
Excess Distri Carryover Year55791ExcessDistriCarryoverYear5
Excess Distri Carryover Year417813ExcessDistriCarryoverYear4
Excess Distri Carryover Year316356ExcessDistriCarryoverYear3
Excess Distri Carryover Year2135770ExcessDistriCarryoverYear2
Total Excess Distri Carryover175730TotalExcessDistriCarryover
Qualifying Distributions89779QualifyingDistributions
Applied To Year10AppliedToYear1
Applied To Prior Years0AppliedToPriorYears
Treated As Distri From Corpus0TreatedAsDistriFromCorpus
Applied To Current Year89779AppliedToCurrentYear
Remaining Distri From Corpus0RemainingDistriFromCorpus
Excess Distri Cyov App CY Corpus67445ExcessDistriCyovAppCYCorpus
Excess Distri Cyov Applied CY67445ExcessDistriCyovAppliedCY
Total Corpus108285TotalCorpus
Prior Year Undistributed Income0PriorYearUndistributedIncome
Prior Year Deficiency Or Tax0PriorYearDeficiencyOrTax
Taxable Amount10TaxableAmount1
Taxable Amount20TaxableAmount2
Undistributed Income CY0UndistributedIncomeCY
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Excess Distri Cyov To Next Year108285ExcessDistriCyovToNextYear
Excess From Year2108285ExcessFromYear2

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributing ManagerROBERT LAWRENCEContributingManager
Contributing ManagerCONNIE LAWRENCEContributingManager
Only Contributes To PreselectedXOnlyContributesToPreselected

Grant Or Contri Paid During Year GrantOrContriPaidDuringYear (8 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1CityRecipientUSAddress/CityStateRecipientUSAddress/StateZIP CodeRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCodeRecipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipRecipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusPurpose Of Grant Or ContributionPurposeOfGrantOrContributionAmountAmount
GLOBAL SERVICE NETWORK
1775 W WILLIAMS ST 162APEXNC27523N/A509(A)GENERAL PROGRAM FUNDING$5,000
HAGAR'S SISTERS INC
PO BOX 2260ACTONMA01720N/A509(A)GENERAL PROGRAM FUNDING$35,000
LEADERSHIP TRANSFORMATIONS INC
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YOUNG LIFE
420 N CASCADE AVENUECOLORADO SPRINGSCO80903N/ACHURCHRELIGIOUS$15,000
WABANNA CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER
101 LIKES ROADMAYOMD21037N/A509(A)GENERAL PROGRAM FUNDING$1,420
MARCH OF DIMES
114 TURNPIKE ROADWESTBOROUGHMA01581N/A509(A)GENERAL PROGRAM FUNDING$1,000
LAZARUS HOUSE
PO BOX 408LAWRENCEMA01842N/A509(A)GENERAL PROGRAM FUNDING$5,000
LIFE SAVER MINISTRIES
83 MIDDLESEX STREETN CHELMSFORDMA01863N/ACHURCHRELIGIOUS$5,000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Grant Or Contri Paid During Year87420TotGrantOrContriPaidDuringYear
Tot Grant Or Contri Approved Future0TotGrantOrContriApprovedFuture

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActy

Dividends And Int From Sec Part VII DividendsAndIntFromSecPartVII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code14ExclusionCode
Exclusion$366,708ExclusionAmount

Gain Sales Assets Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAssetsOthThanInvntry

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code18ExclusionCode
Exclusion$126,878ExclusionAmount

Subtotals Part XVIA SubtotalsPartXVIA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Unrelated Business Income$0UnrelatedBusinessIncomeAmount
Exclusion$493,586ExclusionAmount
Related Or Exempt Function Income0RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Part XVIA493586TotalPartXVIA

Trnsfr Tr Rln With Noncharitable EO TrnsfrTrRlnWithNoncharitableEO

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Noncharitable EO0TrnsfrOfCashToNoncharitableEO
Trnsfr Oth Assets Noncharitable EO0TrnsfrOthAssetsNoncharitableEO
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets0SalesOrExchangesOfAssets
Purchase Assets Noncharitable EO0PurchaseAssetsNoncharitableEO
Rental Of Facilities Etc0RentalOfFacilitiesEtc
Reimbursement Arrangements0ReimbursementArrangements
Loans Or Loan Guarantees0LoansOrLoanGuarantees
Performance Of Services Etc0PerformanceOfServicesEtc
Sharing Of Facilities Etc0SharingOfFacilitiesEtc
Relationships Noncharitable E Os0RelationshipsNoncharitableEOs

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees AccountingFees

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryTAX PREPARATIONCategory
Amount$2,289Amount
Net Investment Income0NetInvestmentIncome
Disbursements Charitable Prps2289DisbursementsCharitablePrps

Investments Corp Stock Schedule InvestmentsCorpStockSchedule

Investments Corp Stock InvestmentsCorpStock (2 entries)

Name Of StockNameOfStockEOY Book ValueEOYBookValueEOYFMVEOYFMV
BALLYROCK CLO III LTD SUBORDINATED SECURITIES400000400000
BALLYROCK CLO 2006-1 LTD SUBORDINATED SECURITIES250000250000

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOther (2 entries)

Category Or ItemCategoryOrItemListed At Cost Or FMVListedAtCostOrFMVBook ValueBookValueEOYFMVEOYFMV
FIDELITY FLOATING RATE HIGH YIELD FUNDAT COST189733186473
FIDELITY FOCUSED HIGH INCOME FUNDAT COST917824942394

Other Decreases Schedule OtherDecreasesSchedule

Other Decreases OtherDecreases (3 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
PFIC DISTRIBUTIONS IN DEFICIT OF TAXABLE INCOME-BALLYROCK CLO 2006-1$33,347
PFIC DISTRIBUTIONS IN DEFICIT OF TAXABLE INCOME-BALLYROCK CLO III$55,337
TIMING DIFFERENCE FOR OUTSTANDING CHECK$5,000

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses OtherExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionSTATE FILING FEEDescription
Revenue And Expenses Per Books70RevenueAndExpensesPerBooks
Net Investment Income0NetInvestmentIncome
Disbursements Charitable Prps70DisbursementsCharitablePrps

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Taxes

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryFEDERAL EXCISE TAXCategory
Amount$19,779Amount
Net Investment Income0NetInvestmentIncome
Disbursements Charitable Prps0DisbursementsCharitablePrps

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