SHAWN GAERTNER FOUNDATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2015

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Organization: SHAWN GAERTNER FOUNDATION (EIN 20-1394374)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-09-02
IRS object ID: 201622469349200112
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-09-02T09:58:04-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	274395605	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WILLIAM J GRAHAM	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6400 BROOKTREE COURT SUITE 150	AddressLine1Txt
City	WEXFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	15090	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	201394374	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SHAWN GAERTNER FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SHAW	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4123661366	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	825 HARDEN DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	PITTSBURGH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	15229	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NATALIE R GAERTNER	PersonNm
Person Title	SEC/TREAS	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4123661366	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-08-29	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	WILLIAM J GRAHAM	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00214482	PTIN
Phone	7249340822	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-08-29	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-12-15 16:53:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$48,589	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$17,651	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$30,938	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$29,578	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$1,360	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Total Revenue	$19,011	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$14,150	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$300	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Other Expenses Total	$397	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$14,847	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$4,164	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$16,228	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$20,392	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,228	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,392	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,228	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,392	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,228	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,392	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	THE SHAWN GAERTNER FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SHAWN GAERTNER TO HONOR HIS MEMORY BY RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND STUDENTS IN NEED AS WELL AS MELANOMA RESEARCH. FUNDS ARE RAISED BY HOLDING GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER EVENTS WHICH SHAWN'S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE WILLING TO PAY AN ADMISSION FEE TO PARTICIPATE. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SOLICITED FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERWRITE THESE EVENTS.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (2 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt	Grants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsAmt	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
PROVIDE FUNDS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN NEED.	$14,150	$14,423
PROVIDE FUNDS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR MELANOMA RESEARCH.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$14,423	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
LAURENCE L GAERTNER
PRESIDENT	1.00	$0
WILLIAM HUNTER
DIRECTOR	2.00	$0
KAREN MESONKA
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0
TIMOTHY L GAERTNER
VICE PRES	1.00	$0
BRENNAN C GAERTNER
VIDE PRES	1.00	$0
NATALIE R GAERTNER
SEC/TREAS	1.00	$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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NATALIE R GAERTNER	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	825 HARDEN DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	PITTSBURGH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	15229	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	4123661366	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)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,339	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,838	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$16,366	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,492	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$17,651	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$61,686	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,339	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,838	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$16,366	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,492	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$17,651	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$61,686	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$22,843	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$38,843	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$10,137	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,900	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,750	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$11,992	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$360	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,139	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$107,825	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.36020	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.28960	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GOLF OUTING	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$48,589	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$17,651	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$30,938	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$29,578	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$48,589	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$17,651	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$30,938	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$29,578	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$29,578	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$1,360	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES ADVERTISING 126 POSTAGE 271 TOTAL 397
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	THE SHAWN GAERTNER FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SHAWN GAERTNER TO HONOR HIS MEMORY BY RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND STUDENTS IN NEED AS WELL AS MELANOMA RESEARCH. FUNDS ARE RAISED BY HOLDING GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER EVENTS WHICH SHAWN'S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE WILLING TO PAY AN ADMISSION FEE TO PARTICIPATE. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SOLICITED FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERWRITE THESE EVENTS.

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16

EXPENSES ADVERTISING 126 POSTAGE 271 TOTAL 397

FORM 990-EZ, PART III

THE SHAWN GAERTNER FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SHAWN GAERTNER TO HONOR HIS MEMORY BY RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND STUDENTS IN NEED AS WELL AS MELANOMA RESEARCH. FUNDS ARE RAISED BY HOLDING GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER EVENTS WHICH SHAWN'S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE WILLING TO PAY AN ADMISSION FEE TO PARTICIPATE. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SOLICITED FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERWRITE THESE EVENTS.