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THE SQ FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2017

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Organization
THE SQ FOUNDATION (EIN 20-8024260)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-07-10
IRS object ID
201821919349100612
Schema version
2017v2.2
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 ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2018-07-10T15:21:17-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2017-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN131610809PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1FRIEDMAN LLPBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12000 MARKET STREET SUITE 500AddressLine1Txt
CityPHILADELPHIACityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19103ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2017-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN208024260EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1THE SQ FOUNDATIONBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlSQFOBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2159510300PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14700 WISSAHICKON AVENUE SUITE 126AddressLine1Txt
CityPHILADELPHIACityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19144ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonMARCO GIORDANOPersonNm
Person TitleDIRECTORPersonTitleTxt
Phone2159510300PhoneNum
Signature2018-06-19SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (1)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonDENISE MCKNIGHTPreparerPersonNm
PTINP01063588PTIN
Phone2154969200PhoneNum
Preparation2018-06-19PreparationDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2017TaxYr
Build TS2022-09-23 18:48:47ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Final ReturnYes (X)FinalReturnInd
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY$0FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Schedule B Not RequiredYes (X)ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm$0CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Other Income Rev And Expnss$15,097OtherIncomeRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Income Net Invst Incm$0OtherIncomeNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Rev And Expnss$15,097TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm$0TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Rev And Expnss$0CompOfcrDirTrstRevAndExpnssAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Net Invst Incm$0CompOfcrDirTrstNetInvstIncmAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Dsbrs Chrtbl$0CompOfcrDirTrstDsbrsChrtblAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss$350AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Accounting Fees Net Invst Incm$0AccountingFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Accounting Fees Chrtbl Prps$350AccountingFeesChrtblPrpsAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss$350TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$350TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss$0ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl$0ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss$350TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$350TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$14,747ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income$0NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Assets BOY$0TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$0TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV$0TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Other Liabilities BOY$14,747OtherLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Other Liabilities EOY$0OtherLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$14,747TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind
Capital Stock BOY$0CapitalStockBOYAmt
Capital Stock EOY$0CapitalStockEOYAmt
Additional Paid In Capital BOY$0AdditionalPaidInCapitalBOYAmt
Additional Paid In Capital EOY$0AdditionalPaidInCapitalEOYAmt
Retained Earning BOY-$14,747RetainedEarningBOYAmt
Retained Earning EOY$0RetainedEarningEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY-$14,747TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$0TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY$0TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY-$14,747TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$14,747ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Other Increases$0OtherIncreasesAmt
Subtotal$0SubtotalAmt
Other Decreases$0OtherDecreasesAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$0TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Qlfy Und Sect4940e Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eReducedTaxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Liable Section4942 Tax0LiableSection4942TaxInd
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr1$695AdjustedQlfyDistriYr1Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr1$0NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr1Amt
Distribution Yr10.000000DistributionYr1Rt
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr2$794AdjustedQlfyDistriYr2Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr2$746NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr2Amt
Distribution Yr21.064343DistributionYr2Rt
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr3$1,226AdjustedQlfyDistriYr3Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr3$2,094NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr3Amt
Distribution Yr30.585482DistributionYr3Rt
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr4$26,617AdjustedQlfyDistriYr4Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr4$3,495NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr4Amt
Distribution Yr47.615737DistributionYr4Rt
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr5$26,740AdjustedQlfyDistriYr5Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr5$2,340NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr5Amt
Distribution Yr511.427350DistributionYr5Rt
Total Distribution20.692912TotalDistributionRt
Average Distribution4.138582AverageDistributionRt
Adj Net Vl Noncharitable Assets$0AdjNetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Net Investment Income Pct$0NetInvestmentIncomePctAmt
Adj Nonchrtbl Net Invst Incm Pct$0AdjNonchrtblNetInvstIncmPctAmt
Qualifying Distributions$350QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax$0InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Tax Under Section511$0TaxUnderSection511Amt
Subtotal$0SubtotalAmt
Subtitle A Tax$0SubtitleATaxAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$0TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Estimated Plus Ovpmt Incm Tx$0EstimatedPlusOvpmtIncmTxAmt
Extsn Request Income Tax Paid$0ExtsnRequestIncomeTaxPaidAmt
Backup Withholding Withheld$0BackupWithholdingWithheldAmt
Total Payments And Credits$0TotalPaymentsAndCreditsAmt
Es Penalty$0EsPenaltyAmt
Tax Due$0TaxDueAmt
Applied To ES Tax$0AppliedToESTaxAmt
Refund$0RefundAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty0LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent0MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed0Form1120POLFiledInd
Section4955 Organization Tax$0Section4955OrganizationTaxAmt
Section4955 Managers Tax$0Section4955ManagersTaxAmt
Tax Reimbursed$0TaxReimbursedAmt
Activities Not Previously Rpt0ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws0ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit0UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved EtcYes (1)OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr Satisfied0Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In Assets0AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register StateDEOrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Private Operating Foundation0PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors0NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity0OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp RqrYes (1)ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddressTxt
Individual With BooksMANAGEMENTIndividualWithBooksNm
Phone2159510300PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14700 WISSAHICKON AVENUE STE 126AddressLine1Txt
CityPHILADELPHIACityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19144ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question0ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn0SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn0BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified Prsn0FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn0PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn0TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official0PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts0UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY0UndistributedIncomePYInd
Business Holdings0BusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments0JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst0UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation0InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election0InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose0NoncharitablePurposeInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct0RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct0PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonMARCO GIORDANOPersonNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1C/O ORGANIZATIONAddressLine1Txt
CityPHILADELPHIACityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP191444248ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
TitleDIRECTOR, TREASURER, & SECTitleTxt
Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To Pos0.00AverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt
Compensation$0CompensationAmt
Employee Benefit Program$0EmployeeBenefitProgramAmt
Expense Account Other Allwnc$0ExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Other Employee Paid Over50k0OtherEmployeePaidOver50kCnt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONENONECompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt
Contractor Paid Over50k0ContractorPaidOver50kCnt

Sum Of Program Related Invst SumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

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

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return$0MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Total Tax$0TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj$0DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Recoveries Qualfied Distri$0RecoveriesQualfiedDistriAmt
Distributable Before Ded$0DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Deduction From Distributable$0DeductionFromDistributableAmt
Distributable As Adjusted$0DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions$350ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Program Related Invst Total$0ProgramRelatedInvstTotalAmt
Qualifying Distributions$350QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Pct Sect4940e Org Net Invst Incm$0PctSect4940eOrgNetInvstIncmAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri$350AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$0DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Undistributed Income PY$0UndistributedIncomePYAmt
Total For Prior Years$0TotalForPriorYearsAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr5$26,623ExcessDistributionCyovYr5Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr4$26,442ExcessDistributionCyovYr4Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3$1,121ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2$757ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1$695ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov$55,638TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions$350QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Applied To Year1$0AppliedToYear1Amt
Applied To Prior Years$0AppliedToPriorYearsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus$0TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Applied To Current Year$0AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus$350RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Excess Distri Cyov App CY Corpus$0ExcessDistriCyovAppCYCorpusAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov App CY$0ExcessDistributionCyovAppCYAmt
Total Corpus$55,988TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm$0PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Prior Year Deficiency Or Tax$0PriorYearDeficiencyOrTaxAmt
Taxable1$0Taxable1Amt
Taxable2$0Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY$0UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Corpus Distri170b1 E Or4942g3$0CorpusDistri170b1EOr4942g3Amt
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Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr$29,365ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4$26,442ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3$1,121ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2$757ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1$695ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year$350ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr$0TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt
Total Grant Or Contri Apprv Fut$0TotalGrantOrContriApprvFutAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Other Revenue Described OtherRevenueDescribedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDEBT-FORGIVENESS INCOMEDesc
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$15,097RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Unrelated Business Taxbl Incm$0UnrelatedBusinessTaxblIncmAmt
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
Related Or Exempt Function Incm$15,097RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty$15,097TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

Rln Of Acty To Accom Of Exmpt Prps RlnOfActyToAccomOfExmptPrpsGrp

Rln Of Acty To Accom Of Exmpt Prps RlnOfActyToAccomOfExmptPrpsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Line Number11ALineNumberTxt
Relationship StatementDEBT-FORGIVENESS INCOME DUE TO INSOLVENCY OF PRIVATE FOUNDATION.RelationshipStatementTxt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO0TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO0TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets0SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO0PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets0RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements0ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees0LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc0PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc0SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO0RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryACCOUNTING FEESCategoryTxt
Amt$350Amt
Net Investment Income$0NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps$350DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Dissolution Stmt DissolutionStmt

Dissolution Information DissolutionInformationGrp

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1NONEBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14700 WISSAHICKON AVENUE STE 126AddressLine1Txt
CityPHILADELPHIACityNm
State AbbreviationPAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP19144ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Short ExplanationNO ASSETS WERE LEFT TO DISTRIBUTE.ShortExplanationTxt
Dissolution$0DissolutionAmt

Liquidation Explanation Stmt LiquidationExplanationStmt

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationTHE FOUNDATION DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS IN 2017. THERE WERE NO ASSETS TO DISTRIBUTE. THERE WAS NO FORMAL PLAN OF LIQUIDIATION. OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL IN WHICH THE FOUNDATION WAS LOCATED HAS BEEN NOTIIFIED.ExplanationTxt

Other Income Schedule2 OtherIncomeSchedule2

Other Income Detail OtherIncomeDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDEBT-FORGIVENESS INCOMEDesc
Revenue And Expenses Per Books$15,097RevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt
Adjusted Net Income$15,097AdjustedNetIncomeAmt

Other Liabilities Schedule OtherLiabilitiesSchedule

Other Liabilities Detail OtherLiabilitiesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescDUE TO AFFILIATEDesc
BOY Book Value$14,747BOYBookValueAmt
EOY Book Value$0EOYBookValueAmt