JOEL I WARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2025

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Organization
JOEL I WARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (EIN 39-3615571)
Tax period
2025-08-05 to 2025-12-31
Filed
2026-05-11
IRS object ID
202621319349101527
Schema version
2025v4.1
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)
Return2026-05-11T10:34:41-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2025-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN331374517PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES ADVISORY LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1245 PARK AVENUE 12TH FLOORAddressLine1Txt
CityNEW YORKCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP10167ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2025-08-05TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN393615571EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1JOEL I WARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONBusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2C/O PKF O'CONNOR DAVIESBusinessNameLine2Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlJOELBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2122862600PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1245 PARK AVENUE 12TH FLOORAddressLine1Txt
CityNEW YORKCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP101670008ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonPAUL DWORKINPersonNm
Person TitlePRESIDENTPersonTitleTxt
Phone2122862600PhoneNum
Signature2026-05-11SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (1)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonMICHAEL R KOENECKE CPAPreparerPersonNm
PTINP02100881PTIN
Phone2122862600PhoneNum
Preparation2026-05-11PreparationDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2025TaxYr
Build TS2025-03-06 01:10:19ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Application PendingYes (X)ApplicationPendingInd
Initial ReturnYes (X)InitialReturnInd
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY$147,923FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting OtherYes (X)MethodOfAccountingOtherInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss$150,000ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Rev And Expnss$41InterestOnSavRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Net Invst Incm$41InterestOnSavNetInvstIncmAmt
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm$0CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Rev And Expnss$150,041TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm$41TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Rev And Expnss$0CompOfcrDirTrstRevAndExpnssAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Net Invst Incm$0CompOfcrDirTrstNetInvstIncmAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Dsbrs Chrtbl$0CompOfcrDirTrstDsbrsChrtblAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss$2,118OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Net Invst Incm$0OtherProfFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Other Prof Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl$2,118OtherProfFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss$2,118TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$2,118TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss$0ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl$0ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss$2,118TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$2,118TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$147,923ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income$41NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOY$147,923SavAndTempCashInvstEOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV$147,923SavAndTempCashInvstEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY$0TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$147,923TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV$147,923TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind
No Donor Rstr Net Assests EOY$147,923NoDonorRstrNetAssestsEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$0TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$147,923TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY$147,923TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$0TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$147,923ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Other Increases$0OtherIncreasesAmt
Subtotal$147,923SubtotalAmt
Other Decreases$0OtherDecreasesAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$147,923TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax$1InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Tax Under Section511$0TaxUnderSection511Amt
Subtotal$1SubtotalAmt
Subtitle A Tax$0SubtitleATaxAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$1TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Estimated Plus Ovpmt Incm Tx$250EstimatedPlusOvpmtIncmTxAmt
Exempt Frgn Org Tax Wthld At Srce$0ExemptFrgnOrgTaxWthldAtSrceAmt
Extsn Request Income Tax Paid$0ExtsnRequestIncomeTaxPaidAmt
Backup Withholding Withheld$0BackupWithholdingWithheldAmt
Total Payments And Credits$250TotalPaymentsAndCreditsAmt
Es Penalty$0EsPenaltyAmt
Overpayment$249OverpaymentAmt
Applied To ES Tax$249AppliedToESTaxAmt
Refund$0RefundAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty0LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent0MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed0Form1120POLFiledInd
Section4955 Organization Tax$0Section4955OrganizationTaxAmt
Section4955 Managers Tax$0Section4955ManagersTaxAmt
Tax Reimbursed$0TaxReimbursedAmt
Activities Not Previously Rpt0ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws0ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit0UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved Etc0OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr SatisfiedYes (1)Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In AssetsYes (1)AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register StateDEOrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty GenYes (1)Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating Foundation0PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial ContributorsYes (1)NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity0OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp RqrYes (1)ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddressTxt
Individual With BooksPKF O'CONNOR DAVIESIndividualWithBooksNm
Phone2122862600PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1245 PARK AVENUE 12TH FLOORAddressLine1Txt
CityNEW YORKCityNm
State AbbreviationNYStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP101670008ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question0ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn0SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn0BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified PrsnYes (1)FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified PrsnYes (1)PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn0TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official0PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Acts Fail To Qlfy As Exceptions0ActsFailToQlfyAsExceptionsInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts0UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY0UndistributedIncomePYInd
Business Holdings0BusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments0JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst0UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation0InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election0InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose0NoncharitablePurposeInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct0RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct0PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt0SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

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PAUL DWORKIN
C/O PKFOD 245 PARK AVENUE 12TH FLNEW YORKNY101670008DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT10.00$0$0$0
SHEILA MAHER DWORKIN
C/O PKFOD 245 PARK AVENUE 12TH FLNEW YORKNY101670008DIRECTOR, SECRETARY1.00$0$0$0
DAUNE THORINGTON
C/O PKFOD 245 PARK AVENUE 12TH FLNEW YORKNY101670008DIRECTOR, TREASURER1.00$0$0$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Other Employee Paid Over50k0OtherEmployeePaidOver50kCnt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt
Contractor Paid Over50k0ContractorPaidOver50kCnt

Sum Of Program Related Invst SumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec$0AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances$29,585AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast$0FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets$29,585TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed$0ReductionClaimedAmt
Acquisition Indebtedness$0AcquisitionIndebtednessAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast$29,585AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable$444CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets$29,141NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return$595MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return$595MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$1TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax$1TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj$594DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Recoveries Qualfied Distri$0RecoveriesQualfiedDistriAmt
Distributable Before Ded$594DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Deduction From Distributable$0DeductionFromDistributableAmt
Distributable As Adjusted$594DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

PF Qualifying Distributions PFQualifyingDistributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions$2,118ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Program Related Invst Total$0ProgramRelatedInvstTotalAmt
Qualifying Distributions$2,118QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$594DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Undistributed Income PY$0UndistributedIncomePYAmt
Total For Prior Years$0TotalForPriorYearsAmt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov$0TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions$2,118QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Applied To Year1$0AppliedToYear1Amt
Applied To Prior Years$0AppliedToPriorYearsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus$0TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Applied To Current Year$594AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus$1,524RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Excess Distri Cyov App CY Corpus$0ExcessDistriCyovAppCYCorpusAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov App CY$0ExcessDistributionCyovAppCYAmt
Total Corpus$1,524TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm$0PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Prior Year Deficiency Or Tax$0PriorYearDeficiencyOrTaxAmt
Taxable1$0Taxable1Amt
Taxable2$0Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY$0UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Corpus Distri170b1 E Or4942g3$0CorpusDistri170b1EOr4942g3Amt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5$0ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr$1,524ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Current Year$1,524ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Only Contri To PreselectedYes (X)OnlyContriToPreselectedInd
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr$0TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt
Total Grant Or Contri Apprv Fut$0TotalGrantOrContriApprvFutAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion14ExclusionCd
Exclusion$41ExclusionAmt

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Unrelated Business Taxbl Incm$0UnrelatedBusinessTaxblIncmAmt
Exclusion$41ExclusionAmt
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$0RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty$41TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO0TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO0TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets0SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO0PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets0RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements0ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees0LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc0PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc0SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO0RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
General RuleYes (X)GeneralRuleInd

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor1ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1JOEL I WARD ADMINISTRATIVE TRUST UA DTD 12092024BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line116130 VENTURA BLVD SUITE 400AddressLine1Txt
CityENCINOCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP914362519ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions$150,000TotalContributionsAmt
Person ContributionYes (X)PersonContributionInd

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryGRANTS ADMINISTRATIONCategoryTxt
Amt$2,118Amt
Net Investment Income$0NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps$2,118DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Substantial Contributors Sch SubstantialContributorsSch

Substantial Contributor Detail SubstantialContributorDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonJOEL I WARD ADMINISTRATIVE TRUST UAPersonNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line116130 VENTURA BLVD SUITE 400AddressLine1Txt
CityENCINOCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP914362519ZIPCd

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