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HELAINA FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2024

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Organization
HELAINA FOUNDATION (EIN 46-5693103)
Tax period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed
2025-10-28
IRS object ID
202533019349100723
Schema version
2024v5.2
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)
Return2025-10-28T17:31:46-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2024-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN455376361PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Rodnunsky & AssociatesBusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line15959 Topanga Canyon Blvd Suite 220AddressLine1Txt
CityWoodland HillsCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP91367ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2024-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN465693103EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1HELAINA FOUNDATIONBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlHELABusinessNameControlTxt
Phone3232357303PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14715 South Alameda StAddressLine1Txt
CityLos AngelesCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP90058ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonEric S ChoiPersonNm
Person TitlePresidentPersonTitleTxt
Phone3232357303PhoneNum
Signature2025-10-23SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info CurrYes (true)IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonPierre J RodnunskyPreparerPersonNm
PTINP01603235PTIN
Phone8187371090PhoneNum
Preparation2025-10-28PreparationDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2024TaxYr
Build TS2025-03-06 01:10:19ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PFYes (X)Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY$4,849,017FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Schedule B Not RequiredYes (X)ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Interest On Sav Rev And Expnss$39,104InterestOnSavRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Net Invst Incm$39,104InterestOnSavNetInvstIncmAmt
Dividends Rev And Expnss$22,549DividendsRevAndExpnssAmt
Dividends Net Invst Incm$22,549DividendsNetInvstIncmAmt
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm$132,920CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Net ST Capital Gain Adj Net Incm$17,929NetSTCapitalGainAdjNetIncmAmt
Gross Profit Rev And Expnss$0GrossProfitRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Income Rev And Expnss$0OtherIncomeRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Rev And Expnss$61,653TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm$194,573TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Adj Net Incm$17,929TotalAdjNetIncmAmt
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss$7,500LegalFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Legal Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl$7,500LegalFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss$0AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss$0OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Taxes Rev And Expnss$1,317TaxesRevAndExpnssAmt
Deprec And Dpltn Rev And Expnss$0DeprecAndDpltnRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss$50OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss$8,867TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$7,500TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss$0ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl$0ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss$8,867TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm$0TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl$7,500TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$52,786ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income$194,573NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Adjusted Net Income$17,929AdjustedNetIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sav And Temp Cash Invst BOY$2,752,165SavAndTempCashInvstBOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOY$301,636SavAndTempCashInvstEOYAmt
Sav And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV$301,636SavAndTempCashInvstEOYFMVAmt
Rcvbl From Officers EOY$0RcvblFromOfficersEOYAmt
Other Nts And Loans Rcvbl EOY$0OtherNtsAndLoansRcvblEOYAmt
Land Bldg Investments EOY$0LandBldgInvestmentsEOYAmt
Other Investments BOY$1,255,829OtherInvestmentsBOYAmt
Other Investments EOY$4,547,381OtherInvestmentsEOYAmt
Other Investments EOYFMV$4,547,381OtherInvestmentsEOYFMVAmt
Land EOY$0LandEOYAmt
Other Assets BOY$0OtherAssetsBOYAmt
Other Assets EOY$0OtherAssetsEOYAmt
Other Assets EOYFMV$0OtherAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY$4,007,994TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$4,849,017TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV$4,849,017TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Loans From Officers EOY$0LoansFromOfficersEOYAmt
Mortgages And Notes Payable EOY$0MortgagesAndNotesPayableEOYAmt
Other Liabilities BOY$0OtherLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Other Liabilities EOY$0OtherLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow FASB117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind
Capital Stock BOY$4,007,994CapitalStockBOYAmt
Capital Stock EOY$4,849,017CapitalStockEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$4,007,994TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$4,849,017TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY$4,007,994TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY$4,849,017TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY$4,007,994TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses$52,786ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Other Increases$788,237OtherIncreasesAmt
Subtotal$4,849,017SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY$4,849,017TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm Detail CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmGrp (2 entries)

PropertyPropertyDescHow AcquiredHowAcquiredCdAcquiredAcquiredDtSoldSoldDtGross Sales PriceGrossSalesPriceAmtDepreciationDepreciationAmtCost Or Other BasisCostOrOtherBasisAmtGain Or LossGainOrLossAmtFMV As Of123169FMVAsOf123169AmtAdjusted Basis As Of123169AdjustedBasisAsOf123169AmtExcess FMV Over Adjusted BssExcessFMVOverAdjustedBssAmtGains Minus Excess Or LossesGainsMinusExcessOrLossesAmt
Various Marketable SecuritiesP2023-01-012024-10-31$449,637$0$334,646$114,991$0$0$0$114,991
Various Marketable SecuritiesP2024-01-012024-11-15$666,750$0$648,821$17,929$0$0$0$17,929
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Capital Gain Net Income$132,920CapitalGainNetIncomeAmt
Net Short Term Capital Gain Loss$17,929NetShortTermCapitalGainLossAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax$2,705InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Tax Under Section511$0TaxUnderSection511Amt
Subtotal$2,705SubtotalAmt
Subtitle A Tax$0SubtitleATaxAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income$2,705TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Original Return Tax Paid$0OriginalReturnTaxPaidAmt
Form2220 AttachedYes (X)Form2220AttachedInd
Es Penalty$68EsPenaltyAmt
Tax Due$2,773TaxDueAmt
Applied To ES Tax$0AppliedToESTaxAmt

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
Org Report Or Register StateCAOrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty GenYes (true)Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating FoundationfalsePrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial ContributorsYes (true)NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled EntityfalseOwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised FundfalseDonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp RqrYes (true)ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website AddressN/AWebsiteAddressTxt
Individual With BooksSoohan KimIndividualWithBooksNm
Phone3232357303PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14715 South Alameda StAddressLine1Txt
CityLos AngelesCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP90058ZIPCd
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
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

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdTitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmtEmployee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmtExpense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
Eric S Choi
4715 South Alameda StLos AngelesCA90058Director/President2.00$0$0$0
Sunny Sun Mi Choi
4715 South Alameda StLos AngelesCA90058Director/Vice President2.00$0$0$0
Soohan Kim
4715 South Alameda StLos AngelesCA90058Director/CFO/Secretary3.00$0$0$0
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

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
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
Tax Based On Investment Income$2,705TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax$2,705TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj$0DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded$0DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted$0DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

PF Qualifying Distributions PFQualifyingDistributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions$7,500ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Qualifying Distributions$7,500QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted$0DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr5$1,411,387ExcessDistributionCyovYr5Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr4$217,335ExcessDistributionCyovYr4Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3$105,000ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2$50,000ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1$85,120ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov$1,868,842TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions$7,500QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus$0TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus$7,500RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus$1,876,342TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm$0PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Taxable1$0Taxable1Amt
Taxable2$0Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY$0UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5$1,411,387ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr$464,955ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4$217,335ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3$105,000ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2$50,000ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1$85,120ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year$7,500ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributing ManagerEric S Choi and Sunny Sun Mi ChoiContributingManagerNm
Only Contri To PreselectedYes (X)OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion14ExclusionCd
Exclusion$39,104ExclusionAmt

Dividends And Interest From Sec Dtl DividendsAndInterestFromSecDtl

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion14ExclusionCd
Exclusion$22,549ExclusionAmt

Gain Sales Ast Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion18ExclusionCd
Exclusion$132,921ExclusionAmt

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion$194,574ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty$194,574TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

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

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Category Or ItemVarious Marketable Securities in Charles Schwab AccountCategoryOrItemTxt
Book Value$4,547,381BookValueAmt
EOYFMV$4,547,381EOYFMVAmt

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescCalifornia Department of JusticeDesc
Revenue And Expenses Per Books$50RevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases Detail OtherIncreasesDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescAppreciation of marketable securitiesDesc
Amt$788,237Amt

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail (2 entries)

CategoryCategoryTxtAmtAmt
US Treasury$1,231
US Treasury$86