LADDIE LAWRENCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: LADDIE LAWRENCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC (EIN 27-0959004)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-15
IRS object ID: 202133199349322028
Schema version: 2020v4.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-15T16:50:51-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	061214413	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Financial Equity Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5 Carlton Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfield	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06824	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	270959004	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Laddie Lawrence Scholarship Fnd Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LADD	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Owenoke Park	AddressLine1Txt
City	Westport	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06880	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Paul S Greenberg	PersonNm
Person Title	Pres	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2032537436	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Paul	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Greenberg	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Richard J Huber	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00040117	PTIN
Phone	2032591655	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-11-15	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	0	TrustedCustomerCd
OOB Security Verification	11	OOBSecurityVerificationCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL2	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	Paul Greenberg	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Owenoke Park	AddressLine1Txt
City	Westport	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06880	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$349,858	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2009	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	See Attached Explanation	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$15,787	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,131	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$15,554	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$14,610	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$31,341	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	-$10,479	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$10,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$10,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$7,320	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$7,312	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$17,320	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$17,312	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$14,021	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$27,791	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$390,064	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$432,546	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$390,064	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$432,546	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	See Attached Explanation	MissionDesc
Expense	$17,312	ExpenseAmt
Desc	See Attached Statement	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$17,312	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	John Lawrence	PersonNm
Phone	2032592129	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6 Carlton Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfield	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	06824	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
Philip Merriss Jr
Member at Large	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Charles D Wolgast
Member at Large	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Lawrence
Treasurer	2.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Paul Greenberg
President	2.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Steve D Landowne
Secretary	2.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$4,131	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,131	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$13,064	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$13,064	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$332,663	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$360,337	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$27,674	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$27,674	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$27,674	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$10,479	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$14,610	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$995	TotalAmt
Program Services	$995	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,250	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Foreign Tax	Desc
Total	$67	TotalAmt
Program Services	$67	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,312	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,312	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$390,064	BOYAmt
EOY	$432,546	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$390,064	BOYAmt
EOY	$432,546	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$390,064	BOYAmt
EOY	$432,546	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$390,064	BOYAmt
EOY	$432,546	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$390,064	BOYAmt
EOY	$432,546	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$27,791	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$42,482	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$27,791	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$9,439	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$22,919	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$14,735	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$15,787	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,131	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$67,011	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$9,439	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$22,919	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$14,735	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$15,787	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,131	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$67,011	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$67,011	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$9,510	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$12,458	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$23,168	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13,252	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,064	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$71,452	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$138,463	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.48400	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.54520	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	Scholarship Pennsylvania State University	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	1	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$10,000	CashGrantAmt
Valuation Method Used	Cash Value	ValuationMethodUsedDesc

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	Treasurer reviews the Form 990.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	Governing documents are made avaialble upon request.
Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances Part XI line 9	Due to the global financial turmoil in the financial markets due to COVID-19 the organization took action to protect the portfolio. The portfolio was reviewed and a major reallocation of investments was undfertaken.To reconcile to the 2020 year end market balance of the portfolio, an adjustment was necessary.
General explanation attachment	The organization has no paid staff and all operations of the organization are performed by volunteers.Due to the financial reporting hardship incurred as a result of COVID-19 the organiztion is requesting any filing relief that is available as a result of COVID-19.