2023-10-24T09:39:26-05:00 2020-12-31 366055558 GRANT THORNTON LLP 101 CALIFORNIA STREET SUITE 2700 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111 990PF 2020-01-01 473111779 BRG INSTITUTE INC BERK 5102853300 2200 POWELL STREET NO 1200 EMERYVILLE CA 94608 EION LYS SECRETARY, TREASURER 5102853300 2021-10-14 1 EION LYS 999009999 QI WEN LIANG P01270238 4159863900 3 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X 617700 X 475000 0 0 12794 0 12745 487794 0 12745 0 0 0 0 399533 0 12745 406946 11138 0 0 12277 692 0 0 842 605 0 0 705 411968 0 12745 420770 0 0 411968 0 12745 420770 75826 0 0 563420 607008 607008 10692 10692 563420 617700 617700 65791 38116 65791 38116 X 497629 579584 497629 579584 563420 617700 497629 75826 6129 579584 0 579584 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 CA 1 1 1 0 0 1 WWW.BRGINSTITUTE.ORG EION LYS 5102853300 2200 POWELL STREET EMERYVILLE CA 94608 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DAVID J TEECE 2200 POWELL STREET SUITE 1200 EMERYVILLE CA 94608 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 MARVIN TENENBAUM 2200 POWELL STREET SUITE 1200 EMERYVILLE CA 94608 SECRETARY, TREASURER 3.00 0 0 0 BRUCE GUILE 2200 POWELL STREET SUITE 1200 EMERYVILLE CA 94608 DIRECTOR/PROJECT LEAD 20.00 0 0 0 EION LYS 2200 POWELL STREET SUITE 1200 EMERYVILLE CA 94608 SECRETARY/PROJECT COORDINATOR 1.00 0 0 0 NONE 0 BERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP LLC 2200 POWELL STREET SUITE 1200 EMERYVILLE CA 94608 CONSULTING SERVICES 141771 AR&E STRATEGIES LLC 2915 38TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20016 CONSULTING SERVICES 129377 0 THE BRG INSTITUTE ADVANCES KNOWLEDGE IN POLICY AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH RESEARCH, PUBLICATION, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 420770 0 0 442747 0 442747 0 0 442747 6641 436106 21805 X 420770 0 420770 0 420770 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48005 0 0 48005 0 0 0 0 0 0 48005 0 0 48005 0 0 14537 9085 0 0 23622 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 SERVICE FEE 12745 FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN 01 49 0 49 12745 12794 1A BRG INSTITUTE, INC. AUTHORED A PUBLIC REPORT, NEW ZEALAND FRONTIER FIRMS: A CAPABILITIES-BASED PERSPECTIVE, AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEW ZEALAND PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION ("NZPC"). THE NZPC REPORT PROVIDED AN OPENLY PUBLISHED SCHOLARLY PAPER TO THE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT LITERATURE ON HOW INNOVATIVE FIRMS IMPROVE NATIONAL WELL-BEING. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1 CHARLES A KOCH FOUNDATION 1320 N COURTHOUSE ROAD SUITE 500 ARLINGTON VA 22201 475000 X CONDUIT ELECTION STATEMENT PART XII, LINE 4 BRG INSTITUTE, INC. FORM 990-PF - RETURN OF PRIVATE FOUNDATIONFYE: 12/31/2020CONDUIT ELECTION STATEMENTPURSUANT TO IRS TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 53.4942(A)(3)(C)(I), BRG INSTITUTE, INC. (THE "INSTITUTE") IS PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIONS REPORTED ON PART XII LINE 4, $420,770 OF THE FORM 990-PF.THE INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED BY BERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC AS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, THE CORPORATION, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND ELEMENTS OF LAW AND POLICY THROUGH RESEARCH, OPEN PUBLICATION, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020, CHARLES A. KOCH FOUNDATION (THE "KOCH FOUNDATION" ) MADE A CASH GRANT OF $475,000 TO THE INSTITUTE; EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY THE INSTITUTE WITH THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE INSTITUTE'S CALCULATION OF QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIONS AND SHALL BE TREATED AS QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE TAX RETURN OF THE KOCH FOUNDATION. THIS IS PERMITTED UNDER IRS TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 53.4942(A)(3)(C)(1) BECAUSE:1.NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE END OF THE TAX YEAR IN WHICH THE INSTITUTE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE KOCH FOUNDATION, IT MADE A DISTRIBUTION EQUAL TO THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION; THE DISTRIBUTION CONSTITUTES A QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTION THAT IS TREATED AS BEING MADE OUT OF CORPUS (OR WOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH IF THE INSTITUTE WERE A PRIVATE NON-OPERATING FOUNDATION), AND2. THE INSTITUTE HAS PROVIDED ADEQUATE RECORDS TO THE KOCH FOUNDATION THAT IT HAS ACTUALLY PAID OUT THE GRANTED FUNDS TO QUALIFYING SECTION 501(C)(3) GRANTEES AND/OR EXPENDED THE FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.BRG'S TOTAL QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIONS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020 IS CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:*TOTAL ADJUSTED QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIONS PER PART XII, LINE 6 - $420,770*EXCLUDED THE KOCH FOUNDATION CONDUIT GIFT - $420,770 *TOTAL QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTIONS REPORTABLE ON PART XIV, LINES 2(C) AND (E) - $0NOTE: THE $475,000 KOCH FOUNDATION CONDUIT GIFT IS LIMITED TO THE $420,770 OF QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020. THE REMAINING GIFT BALANCE OF $54,230 WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2021. INTERNET 346 0 0 346 INFORMATION SERVICES 259 0 0 259 MEALS 0 0 0 100 SERVICE FEE 12745 12745 FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN 49 0 0 PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT 6129 ADMIN AND CONSULTING SERVICES 399533 0 12745 406946 DURING TAX YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019, THE INSTITUTE CHANGED FROM A PUBLIC CHARITY TO A PRIVATE OPERATING FOUNDATION AND LEGALLY CHANGED ITS NAME FROM "BERKELEY RESEARCH POLICY INSTITUTE, INC." TO "BRG INSTITUTE, INC." THE INSTITUTE WAS UNABLE TO E-FILE THE 2019 FORM 990-PF DUE TO THE NAME CHANGE, AS SUCH THE RETURN WAS PAPER-FILED. THE 2019 FORM 990-PF WAS THE INITIAL RETURN OF A FORMER PUBLIC CHARITY.DUE TO THE PROCESSING DELAYS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE PAPER COPY OF 2019 FORM 990-PF WAS NOT PROCESSED BY THE DUE DATE OF THE SUBSEQUENT FILING FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020; THUS, THE IRS DATABASE HAD NOT PROCESSED THE INSTITUTE'S CHANGE FROM A PUBLIC CHARITY TO A PRIVATE OPERATING FOUNDATION. AS A RESULT, THE IRS DATABASE REJECTED THE ORIGINAL E-FILED 2020 FORM 990-PF BECAUSE THE RETURN WAS NOT MARKED AS AN INITIAL RETURN OF A FORMER PUBLIC CHARITY. THE INSTITUTE PAPER-FILED THE 2020 RETURN, WHICH WAS NOT PROCESSED DUE TO THE IRS E-FILING MANDATE. THE ORGANIZATION'S NAME CHANGE AND PRIVATE FOUNDATION STATUS HAS NOW BEEN PROCESSED BY THE IRS. THEREFORE, THE ORGANIZATION IS RE-SUBMITTING ITS 2020 FORM 990-PF WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED REASONABLE CAUSE FOR LATE FILING. CHARLES A KOCH FOUNDATION 1320 N COURTHOUSE ROAD SUITE 500 ARLINGTON VA 22201