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SYLK CHARITABLE TRUST: Form 990PF, tax year 2020

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Organization
SYLK CHARITABLE TRUST (EIN 23-7809130)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-05-11
IRS object ID
202111319349101236
Schema version
2020v4.0
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)
Return2021-05-11T10:09:43-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2020-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN233083411PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1LIEBERMAN AND COMPANYBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line125 W SKIPPACK PIKEAddressLine1Txt
CityAMBLERCityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19002ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2020-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN237809130EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SYLK CHARITABLE TRUSTBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlSYLKBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone6107471111PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1350 N HIGHLAND AVENUEAddressLine1Txt
CityMERION STATIONCityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19066ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonLEONARD A SYLKPersonNm
Person TitleFoundation ManagerPersonTitleTxt
Signature2021-05-11SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Person FirstLEONARD APersonFirstNm
Person LastSYLKPersonLastNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
SSN999009999SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonJEROME CLIEBERMANPreparerPersonNm
PTINP00076419PTIN
Phone2156284100PhoneNum
Self EmployedYes (X)SelfEmployedInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer2TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance LevelAAL1AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance LevelIAL1IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance LevelFAL1FederatedAssuranceLevelCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2020TaxYr
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Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY$279,412FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss$23,898ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Dividends Rev And Expnss$3,722DividendsRevAndExpnssAmt
Dividends Net Invst Incm$3,722DividendsNetInvstIncmAmt
Dividends Adj Net Incm$3,722DividendsAdjNetIncmAmt
Total Rev And Expnss$27,620TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm$3,722TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Adj Net Incm$3,722TotalAdjNetIncmAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss$1,600AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Accounting Fees Net Invst Incm$800AccountingFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Accounting Fees Chrtbl Prps$800AccountingFeesChrtblPrpsAmt
Taxes Rev And Expnss$882TaxesRevAndExpnssAmt
Taxes Net Invst Incm$882TaxesNetInvstIncmAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss$99OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Net Invst Incm$57OtherExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$42OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss$2,581TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm$1,739TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$842TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss$42,300ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl$42,300ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss$44,881TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm$1,739TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$43,142TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses-$17,261ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income$1,983NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income$3,722AdjustedNetIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sav And Temp Cash Invst BOY$41,913SavAndTempCashInvstBOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOY$754SavAndTempCashInvstEOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV$754SavAndTempCashInvstEOYFMVAmt
Corporate Stock BOY$365,234CorporateStockBOYAmt
Corporate Stock EOY$389,132CorporateStockEOYAmt
Corporate Stock EOYFMV$278,653CorporateStockEOYFMVAmt
Corporate Bonds BOY$2,564CorporateBondsBOYAmt
Corporate Bonds EOY$2,564CorporateBondsEOYAmt
Corporate Bonds EOYFMV$5CorporateBondsEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY$409,711TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$392,450TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV$279,412TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow FASB117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind
Retained Earning BOY$409,711RetainedEarningBOYAmt
Retained Earning EOY$392,450RetainedEarningEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$409,711TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$392,450TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY$409,711TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY$392,450TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$409,711TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses-$17,261ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal$392,450SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$392,450TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax$28InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Subtotal$28SubtotalAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$28TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Tax Due$28TaxDueAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political ActyfalseLegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 SpentfalseMoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL FiledfalseForm1120POLFiledInd
Activities Not Previously RptfalseActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or BylawsfalseChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitfalseUnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved EtcfalseOrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr SatisfiedYes (true)Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In AssetsYes (true)AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty GenYes (true)Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating FoundationfalsePrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial ContributorsfalseNewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled EntityfalseOwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised FundfalseDonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp RqrYes (true)ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddressTxt

Persons With Books Name PersonsWithBooksName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1LEONARD A SYLKBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone6107471111PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1350 N HIGHLAND AVENUEAddressLine1Txt
CityMERION STATIONCityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP190661708ZIPCd
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
Acts Fail To Qlfy As ExceptionsfalseActsFailToQlfyAsExceptionsInd
Uncorrected Prior ActsfalseUncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PYfalseUndistributedIncomePYInd
Business HoldingsfalseBusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy InvestmentsfalseJeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy InvstfalseUncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence LegislationfalseInfluenceLegislationInd
Influence ElectionfalseInfluenceElectionInd
Grants To IndividualsfalseGrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable PurposefalseNoncharitablePurposeInd
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)
PersonLEONARD A SYLKPersonNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1350 N HIIGHLAND AVENUEAddressLine1Txt
CityMERION STATIONCityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19066ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
TitleFoundation Mgr.TitleTxt
Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To Pos3.00AverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt
Compensation$0CompensationAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec$255,260AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances$21,334AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast$0FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets$276,594TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed$0ReductionClaimedAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast$276,594AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable$4,149CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets$272,445NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return$13,622MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return$13,622MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$28TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax$28TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj$13,594DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded$13,594DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted$13,594DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions$43,142ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions$43,142QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri$43,142AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$13,594DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr5$84,040ExcessDistributionCyovYr5Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr4$93,901ExcessDistributionCyovYr4Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3$106,627ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2$101,253ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1$113,879ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov$499,700TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions$43,142QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus$0TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Applied To Current Year$13,594AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus$29,548RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus$529,248TotalCorpusAmt
Undistributed Income CY$0UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5$84,040ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr$445,208ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4$93,901ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3$106,627ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2$101,253ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1$113,879ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year$29,548ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

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

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (16 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityRecipientUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCdGrant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxtAmtAmt
HAR ZION TEMPLE
1500 HAGYS FORD RDPENN VALLEYPA19072RELIGIOUS$3,500
COLUMBIA UNIV BUS SCHOOL
33 W 60TH STNEW YORK CITYNY10023CHARITABLE$5,000
PA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
128 N BROAD STPHILAPA19102CHARITABLE$1,000
PHILA MUSEUM OF ART
BOX 7646PHILAPA19107CHARITABLE$250
UNIVERSITY OF PA-ABRAMSON CANCER
3535 MARKET STPHILAPA19104RESEARCH$10,000
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
ONE SO BROAD ST 14TH FLOORPHILADELPHIAPA19107CHARITABLE$2,500
LYCOMING COLLEGE
700 COOLEGE PLACEWILLIAMSPORTPA17701EDUCATIONAL$10,000
JEWISH NATIONA FUND
42 E 69TH STREETNEW YORKNY10021RELIGIOUS$1,800
MIDDLE EAST FORUM
1650 MARKET STREET 3600PHILADELPHIAPA19103CHARITABLE$1,000
MISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY
180 W GERMANTOWN PIKEEAST NORITONPA19401CHARITABLE$5,000
THE BULL STONE HOUSE FDTN
183 COUNTY ROAD 56CAMPBELL HALLNY10916CHARITABLE$1,000
FRIENDS CENTRAL SCHOOL
1101 CITY AVEWYNNEWOODPA19096EDUCATIONAL$250
JCHAI
274 S BRYN MAWR AVEBRYN MAWRPA19010CHARITABLE$300
LIVE THE ARTS
777 S BROAD ST STE 300PHILADELPHIAPA19147CHARITABLE$300
MERION CIVIC ASSN
BOX 263MERIONPA19066CIVIC$100
MORRIS ARBORETUM
100 E NORTHWESTERN AVEPHILADELPHIAPA19118CHARITABLE$300
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr$42,300TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Div And Int From Sec Part VII DivAndIntFromSecPartVIIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion14ExclusionCd
Exclusion$3,722ExclusionAmt

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion$3,722ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty$3,722TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

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

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 PersonLEONARD A SYLKContributorPersonNm

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1350 N HIGHLAND AVEAddressLine1Txt
CityMERION STATIONCityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19066ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions$23,898TotalContributionsAmt
Noncash ContributionYes (X)NoncashContributionInd

Non Cash Property Contribution NonCashPropertyContributionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor1ContributorNum
Noncash Property200 shares of APPLE INCNoncashPropertyDesc
Fair Market Value$23,898FairMarketValueAmt
Received2020-11-01ReceivedDt

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryLIEBERMAN AND COMPANYCategoryTxt
Amt$1,600Amt
Net Investment Income$800NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income$0AdjustedNetIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps$800DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (2 entries)

DescDescRevenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmtNet Investment IncomeNetInvestmentIncomeAmtDisbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt
BANK CHARGES$84$42$42
PA LICENSE$15$15

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryTAX ON INVESTMENT INCOMECategoryTxt
Amt$882Amt
Net Investment Income$882NetInvestmentIncomeAmt