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FOR THE NEED FOUNDATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2014

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Organization: FOR THE NEED FOUNDATION (EIN 81-0657985)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-10-10
IRS object ID: 201512839349200401
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-10-10T08:39:27-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	953322166	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KUSHNER SMITH JOANOU & GREGSON LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 SPECTRUM CENTER DRIVE STE 1000	AddressLine1Txt
City	IRVINE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92618	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	810657985	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FOR THE NEED FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FORT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8184820187	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4110 TAPO CANYON ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	SIMI VALLEY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93063	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MYAN SPACCARELLI	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8184820187	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-09-28	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MARGOT ANDREWS	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00177103	PTIN
Phone	9492612808	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-09-28	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	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 Other	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationOtherInd
Type Of Organization Other	PRIVATE FOUNDATION	TypeOfOrganizationOtherDesc
Gross Receipts	$12,481	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$12,481	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Total Revenue	$12,481	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$1,626	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$900	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$676	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$5,850	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$9,052	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$3,429	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$6,843	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$10,272	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,843	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,272	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,843	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,272	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,843	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,272	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF AT-RISK CHILDREN AND ADULTS.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	EVENT - CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PARTY TO BENEFIT CHILDREN BATTLING LONG TERM ILLNESS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$1,626	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$8,078	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$8,078	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
MYAN SPACCARELLI
PRESIDENT & CEO	2.00	$0	$0	$0
REVEREND JOSEPH COLLINS
VICE PRESIDENT	2.00	$0	$0	$0
LYNNETTE COLLINS
SECRETARY	2.00	$0	$0	$0
KAROL SPACCARELLI
DIRECTOR	1.00	$0	$0	$0
VIVIANA SPACCARELLI
DIRECTOR	5.00	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN KNUDSEN
CFO	3.50	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	0	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	0	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	0	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	0	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend	$0	DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Made Loans To From Officers	0	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr	$0	TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization	$0	TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FORTHENEEDFNDN- VIVIANA SPACCARELLI	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4110 TAPO CANYON ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	SIMI VALLEY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93063	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8184820187	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	0	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	0	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (1)	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	$7,520	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,534	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,799	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,665	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$12,481	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$39,999	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,520	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,534	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,799	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,665	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$12,481	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$39,999	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$7,950	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$32,049	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$39,999	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.80120	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.81240	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL DONATION. GRANTEE NAME: LAC & USC MEDICAL CENTER. GRANTEE ADDRESS: 1983 MARENGO ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90033. GRANTEE RELATIONSHIP: NONE. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: CASH. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,626.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES	DESCRIPTION: SUPPLIES. AMOUNT: 1,464. DESCRIPTION: GIFTS. AMOUNT: 3,102. DESCRIPTION: ENTERTAINMENT. AMOUNT: 1,000. DESCRIPTION: FOOD. AMOUNT: 210. DESCRIPTION: TAXES & FEES. AMOUNT: 74. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 5,850.