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BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718CHILDRENS FUND INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2019

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Organization: BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718CHILDRENS FUND INC (EIN 20-5803258)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-10-28
IRS object ID: 202003029349200320
Schema version: 2019v5.0
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-10-28T10:18:51-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	843575076	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	POLITO & MAZZA LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	213 ELM STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	DEDHAM	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02026	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	205803258	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 718	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	CHILDREN'S FUND INC	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BOST	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6172882100	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	55 HALLET ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	DORCHESTER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02124	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOSEPH QUINN	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6172882100	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-10-28	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ROBERT L MAZZA CPA MST	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01081192	PTIN
Phone	7813294100	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-10-28	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	71.248.169.8	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-10-28	IPDt
IP Tm	10:18:51	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	F1D40B242740E9A5DA8A2AB2B91CEE9F7367FB04	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	F1D40B242740E9A5DA8A2AB2B91CEE9F7367FB04	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$47,374	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$46,610	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Investment Income	$764	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Revenue	$47,374	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$80,327	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Total Expenses	$80,327	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$32,953	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$180,832	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$147,879	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$180,832	BOYAmt
EOY	$147,879	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$180,832	BOYAmt
EOY	$147,879	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$180,832	BOYAmt
EOY	$147,879	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE CHILDREN AND DESCENDANTS OF CURRENT, DISABLED AND RETIRED BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE CHILDREN AND DESCENDANTS OF CURRENT, DISABLED AND RETIRED BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS. TO CONDUCT SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING PURPOSES AS MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY A CORPORATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$80,327	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$80,327	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$80,327	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
JOHN SOARES
PRESIDENT	000.00	$0
MATTHEW ARSENEAULT
SECRETARY	000.00	$0
JOSEPH QUINN
TREASURER	000.00	$0
JOHN SARRO
VICE PRESIDE	000.00	$0
MICHAEL O'REILLY
DIRECTOR	000.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOSEPH QUINN	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	23 ROSARIA ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	DORCHESTER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02122	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6172882100	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$32,225	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$81,935	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$93,661	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$56,924	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$46,610	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$311,355	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$412	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$629	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$903	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$903	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$764	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,611	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$32,637	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$82,564	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$94,564	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$57,827	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$47,374	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$314,966	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$314,966	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$32,637	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$82,564	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$94,564	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$57,827	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$47,374	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$314,966	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	1.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	1.00000	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10	NAME: SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE CASH CONTRIBUTION: 16,500 NAME: COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM CASH CONTRIBUTION: 15,997 NAME: VARIOUS DONATIONS UNDER 1,000 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 23,630
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE CHILDREN AND DESCENDANTS OF CURRENT, DISABLED AND RETIRED BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28	TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE CHILDREN AND DESCENDANTS OF CURRENT, DISABLED AND RETIRED BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS. TO CONDUCT SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING PURPOSES AS MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY A CORPORATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.