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BENAKA FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2021

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Organization
BENAKA FOUNDATION (EIN 95-4748730)
Tax period
2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed
2022-05-09
IRS object ID
202201299349103575
Schema version
2021v4.0
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)
Return2022-05-09T18:20:48-04:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2021-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990PFReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2021-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN954748730EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BENAKA FOUNDATIONBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
In Care Of% Sundaresh RamayyaInCareOfNm
Business Name ControlBENABusinessNameControlTxt
Foreign Phone3104807300ForeignPhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line136 PASEO DE CASTANAAddressLine1Txt
CityRCH PALOS VRDCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP902756385ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonSundar RamayyaPersonNm
Person TitlePresidentPersonTitleTxt
Foreign Phone3104807300ForeignPhoneNum
Signature2022-05-09SignatureDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2021TaxYr
Build TS2022-09-23 18:48:47ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY$1,302,179FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Schedule B Not RequiredYes (X)ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Interest On Sav Rev And Expnss$54InterestOnSavRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Net Invst Incm$54InterestOnSavNetInvstIncmAmt
Net Gain Sale Ast Rev And Expnss$0NetGainSaleAstRevAndExpnssAmt
Gross Sales Price$0GrossSalesPriceAmt
Total Rev And Expnss$54TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm$54TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss$0TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$0TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss$6,321ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl$6,321ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss$6,321TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$6,321TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses-$6,267ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income$54NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income$0AdjustedNetIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY$1,308,190CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY$1,302,179CashEOYAmt
Cash EOYFMV$1,302,179CashEOYFMVAmt
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Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOY$0SavAndTempCashInvstEOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV$0SavAndTempCashInvstEOYFMVAmt
Acct Rcvbl$0AcctRcvblAmt
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Pledges Rcvbl$0PledgesRcvblAmt
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Pledges Rcvbl BOY$0PledgesRcvblBOYAmt
Pledges Rcvbl EOY$0PledgesRcvblEOYAmt
Pledges Rcvbl EOYFMV$0PledgesRcvblEOYFMVAmt
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Grants Receivable EOY$0GrantsReceivableEOYAmt
Grants Receivable EOYFMV$0GrantsReceivableEOYFMVAmt
Inventories BOY$0InventoriesBOYAmt
Inventories EOY$0InventoriesEOYAmt
Inventories EOYFMV$0InventoriesEOYFMVAmt
Prepaid Expenses BOY$0PrepaidExpensesBOYAmt
Prepaid Expenses EOY$0PrepaidExpensesEOYAmt
Prepaid Expenses EOYFMV$0PrepaidExpensesEOYFMVAmt
Mortgage Loans BOY$0MortgageLoansBOYAmt
Mortgage Loans EOY$0MortgageLoansEOYAmt
Mortgage Loans EOYFMV$0MortgageLoansEOYFMVAmt
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Total Assets EOY$1,302,179TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV$1,302,179TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Accounts Payable BOY$0AccountsPayableBOYAmt
Accounts Payable EOY$0AccountsPayableEOYAmt
Grants Payable BOY$0GrantsPayableBOYAmt
Grants Payable EOY$0GrantsPayableEOYAmt
Deferred Revenue BOY$0DeferredRevenueBOYAmt
Deferred Revenue EOY$0DeferredRevenueEOYAmt
Loans From Officers BOY$0LoansFromOfficersBOYAmt
Loans From Officers EOY$0LoansFromOfficersEOYAmt
Mortgages And Notes Payable BOY$0MortgagesAndNotesPayableBOYAmt
Mortgages And Notes Payable EOY$0MortgagesAndNotesPayableEOYAmt
Other Liabilities BOY$0OtherLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Other Liabilities EOY$0OtherLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow FASB117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind
Capital Stock BOY$1,308,190CapitalStockBOYAmt
Capital Stock EOY$1,302,179CapitalStockEOYAmt
Additional Paid In Capital BOY$0AdditionalPaidInCapitalBOYAmt
Additional Paid In Capital EOY$0AdditionalPaidInCapitalEOYAmt
Retained Earning BOY$0RetainedEarningBOYAmt
Retained Earning EOY$0RetainedEarningEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$1,308,190TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$1,302,179TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY$1,308,190TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY$1,302,179TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$1,308,190TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses-$6,267ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Other Increases$256OtherIncreasesAmt
Subtotal$1,302,179SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$1,302,179TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm DetailCapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

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$0EstimatedPlusOvpmtIncmTxAmt
Extsn Request Income Tax Paid$0ExtsnRequestIncomeTaxPaidAmt
Backup Withholding Withheld$0BackupWithholdingWithheldAmt
Total Payments And Credits$0TotalPaymentsAndCreditsAmt
Original Return Tax Paid$1OriginalReturnTaxPaidAmt
Es Penalty$0EsPenaltyAmt
Tax Due$1TaxDueAmt
Applied To ES Tax$0AppliedToESTaxAmt
Refund$0RefundAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political ActyfalseLegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 SpentfalseMoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL FiledfalseForm1120POLFiledInd
Section4955 Organization Tax$0Section4955OrganizationTaxAmt
Section4955 Managers Tax$0Section4955ManagersTaxAmt
Tax Reimbursed$0TaxReimbursedAmt
Activities Not Previously RptfalseActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or BylawsfalseChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitfalseUnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved EtcfalseOrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr SatisfiedfalseSection508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In AssetsYes (true)AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register StateCAOrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty GenYes (true)Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating FoundationfalsePrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial ContributorsfalseNewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled EntityfalseOwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised FundfalseDonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp RqrfalseComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Individual With BooksSunndar RamayyaIndividualWithBooksNm
Phone3104807300PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line136 PASEO DE CASTANAAddressLine1Txt
CityRCH PALOS VRDCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP902756385ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts QuestionfalseForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified PrsnfalseSaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified PrsnfalseBrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified PrsnfalseFurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified PrsnfalsePayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified PrsnfalseTransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government OfficialfalsePaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Undistributed Income PYYes (true)UndistributedIncomePYInd
Undistributed Income PY12020UndistributedIncomePY1Yr
Undistributed Income PY22019UndistributedIncomePY2Yr
Undistributed Income PY32018UndistributedIncomePY3Yr
Undistributed Income PY42017UndistributedIncomePY4Yr
Undistr Incm Sect4942a2 Not AppYes (true)UndistrIncmSect4942a2NotAppInd
Business HoldingsfalseBusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy InvestmentsfalseJeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy InvstfalseUncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence LegislationfalseInfluenceLegislationInd
Influence ElectionfalseInfluenceElectionInd
Grants To IndividualsfalseGrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable PurposefalseNoncharitablePurposeInd
Transactions Fail To Qlfy As ExcfalseTransactionsFailToQlfyAsExcInd
Maintained Expenditure RspnsfalseMaintainedExpenditureRspnsInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft CntrctfalseRcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft CntrctfalsePayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht PymtfalseSubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonSundar RamayyaPersonNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line136 Paseo De CastanaAddressLine1Txt
Cityrancho palos verdesCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP90275ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
TitleCEOTitleTxt
Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To Pos1.00AverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt
Compensation$0CompensationAmt
Employee Benefit Program$0EmployeeBenefitProgramAmt
Expense Account Other Allwnc$0ExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Summary Of Direct Chrtbl ActySummaryOfDirectChrtblActyGrp
Sum Of Program Related InvstSumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec$0AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances$1,305,185AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast$0FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets$1,305,185TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed$0ReductionClaimedAmt
Acquisition Indebtedness$0AcquisitionIndebtednessAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast$1,305,185AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable$19,578CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets$1,285,607NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return$64,280MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return$64,280MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$1TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Income Tax$1IncomeTaxAmt
Total Tax$2TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj$64,278DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Recoveries Qualfied Distri$0RecoveriesQualfiedDistriAmt
Distributable Before Ded$64,278DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Deduction From Distributable$6,321DeductionFromDistributableAmt
Distributable As Adjusted$57,957DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

PF Qualifying Distributions PFQualifyingDistributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions$6,321ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Program Related Invst Total$0ProgramRelatedInvstTotalAmt
Charitable Assets Acquis Paid$0CharitableAssetsAcquisPaidAmt
Set Aside Suitability Test$0SetAsideSuitabilityTestAmt
Set Aside Cash Distri Test$0SetAsideCashDistriTestAmt
Qualifying Distributions$6,321QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$57,957DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Undistributed Income PY$534,266UndistributedIncomePYAmt
Prior Year12019PriorYear1Yr
Prior Year22018PriorYear2Yr
Prior Year32017PriorYear3Yr
Total For Prior Years$0TotalForPriorYearsAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr5$0ExcessDistributionCyovYr5Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr4$0ExcessDistributionCyovYr4Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3$0ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2$0ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1$534,266ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov$534,266TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions$6,321QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Applied To Year1$6,321AppliedToYear1Amt
Applied To Prior Years$0AppliedToPriorYearsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus$0TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Applied To Current Year$0AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus$0RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Excess Distri Cyov App CY Corpus$57,957ExcessDistriCyovAppCYCorpusAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov App CY$57,957ExcessDistributionCyovAppCYAmt
Total Corpus$476,309TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm$0PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Prior Year Deficiency Or Tax$0PriorYearDeficiencyOrTaxAmt
Taxable1$0Taxable1Amt
Taxable2$527,945Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY$0UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Corpus Distri170b1 E Or4942g3$0CorpusDistri170b1EOr4942g3Amt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5$0ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr$476,309ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4$0ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3$0ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2$0ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1$476,309ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year$0ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Only Contri To PreselectedYes (X)OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityRecipientUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusTxtGrant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxtAmtAmt
NEEM KAROLI BABA ASHRAM
416 Geronimo Lane TaosTaosNM87571N ABuilding Fund$108
SRI PANCHAMUKHA HANUMAN TEM
3555 Lomita Blvd Unit ATorrnceCA90505N ATemple$1,212
SRI PANCHAMUKHA HANUMAN TEM
3555 Lomita Blvd Unit ATorranceCA90505N ATemple$5,001
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr$6,321TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt
Total Grant Or Contri Apprv Fut$0TotalGrantOrContriApprvFutAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business522110BusinessCd
Unrelated Business Taxbl Incm$0UnrelatedBusinessTaxblIncmAmt
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$54RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Net Rental Income Personal PropNetRentalIncomePersonalPropGrp
Other Investment IncomeOtherInvestmentIncomeGrp
Gain Sales Ast Oth Than InvntryGainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp
Net Income Loss From Special EvtNetIncomeLossFromSpecialEvtGrp
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of InvntryGrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryGrp

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Unrelated Business Taxbl Incm$0UnrelatedBusinessTaxblIncmAmt
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$54RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty$54TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

Rln Of Acty To Accom Of Exmpt Prps RlnOfActyToAccomOfExmptPrpsGrp

Rln Of Acty To Accom Of Exmpt Prps RlnOfActyToAccomOfExmptPrpsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Line Number3LineNumberTxt
Relationship StatementBank InterestRelationshipStatementTxt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EOfalseTrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EOfalseTrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of AssetsfalseSalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EOfalsePurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth AssetsfalseRentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement ArrangementsfalseReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan GuaranteesfalseLoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services EtcfalsePerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities EtcfalseSharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EOfalseRelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Cash Distribution Expln Stmt CashDistributionExplnStmt

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationDid not set aside any funds for specific charitable projectsExplanationTxt

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases Detail OtherIncreasesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescInterestDesc
Amt$256Amt