BE AN ELF

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $81K · expenses $70K · assets $66K

EIN
51-0655010
Address
8117 W MANCHESTER AVE 500, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293-8211
Website
WWW.BEANELF.ORG
NTEE code
P20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
June 2009 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Patrick C Reynolds (its 2023 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2023 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

BE AN ELF'S MISSION IS TO BRING JOY TO UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AND INSPIRE VOLUNTEERS WITH THE TRUE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Patrick Reynolds PRESIDENT2024-2025 5 $0 reported 2
Alexandra Reynolds SECRETARY2024-2025 1 $0 reported 2
Stavros Olympios TREASURER2024-2025 1 $0 reported 2

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 1,650 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PATRICK REYNOLDS PRESIDENT5 $0$0$0 $02
ALEXANDRA REYNOLDS SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $02
STAVROS OLYMPIOS TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $02
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 1,500 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
PATRICK REYNOLDS PRESIDENT5 $0$0$0 $02
ALEXANDRA REYNOLDS SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $02
STAVROS OLYMPIOS TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$81,364$70,044 $65,865$58,756 $81,101$0 $001,650
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$93,163$60,187 $56,643$47,436 $93,016$0 $001,500

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $199,067 in all, tax years 2010 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor Exact 2010-2020 11$168,291 2020$5,819
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STUART S AND BYRDIE GOULD FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BE AN ELF” 2020-2024 5$29,000 2024$6,000
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DONNA AND STUART FARBER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BE AN ELF” 2016 1$1,000 2016$1,000
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MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BE AN ELF” 2022-2023 2$400 2023$250
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YELP FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BE AN ELF” 2024 1$300 2024$300
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BE AN ELF” 2020-2023 4$51 2023$25
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VERIZON FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “BE AN ELF” 2022 1$25 2022$25
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $70,044 spent · pay $0 · grants $29,408 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $29,408$29,408-- 42.0%
Information technology $26,599$16,180$960$9,459 38.0%
Advertising and promotion $5,424$2,712-$2,712 7.7%
Office expenses $5,053-$5,053- 7.2%
Occupancy $1,196$956$120$120 1.7%
Fees: other services $1,008-$1,008- 1.4%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $726-$726- 1.0%
Fees: legal $630-$630- 0.9%
Total$70,044100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $60,187 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Information technology $30,949$16,648$391$13,910 51.4%
Occupancy $11,652$9,322$1,165$1,165 19.4%
Advertising and promotion $8,715$4,358-$4,357 14.5%
Grants to US individuals $5,000$5,000-- 8.3%
Other (as described)STORAGE $1,860$1,488$186$186 3.1%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $888$888-- 1.5%
Office expenses $708-$708- 1.2%
Other (as described)TELEPHONE $387$310$39$38 0.6%
Travel $28$21$3$4 0.0%
Total$60,187100%

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