TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES (EIN 95-4347484)
Tax period: 2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed: 2013-09-11
IRS object ID: 201342549349300644
Schema version: 2012v2.1
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
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-09-11T20:43:34-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KENNETH D SMITH ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICE	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	150 THE PROMENADE N UNIT 510	AddressLine1
City	LONG BEACH	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	908024756	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	954347484	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION OF LOS AN	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	TRAN	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2615 S GRAND AVENUE SUITE 100	AddressLine1
City	LOS ANGELES	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90007	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	TAMIKO HIRANO	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Date Signed	2013-08-28	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KENNETH D SMITH	Name
Phone	3104351663	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-08-28	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	TAMIKO HIRANO	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2615 S GRAND AVE SUITE 100	AddressLine1
City	LOS ANGELES	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90007	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	916178	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.TFLA.US	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	EDUCATION & TRAINING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	104	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	791235	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	914825	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	233	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	108	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	2121	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	1245	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	793589	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	916178	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	612740	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	681857	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	17871	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	20685	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	630611	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	702542	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	162978	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	213636	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	784732	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	855179	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	143189	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	641543	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	855179	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	EDUCATION & TRAINING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	617301	Expense
Description	REAL TIME INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - COLLEGE STUDENTS WORKING IN INTERNSHIPS IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY PROVIDING JOB TRAINING	Description
Total Program Service Expense	617301	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	104	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	5	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JSB & ASSOCIATES	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	3104351663	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	150 THE PROMENADE N UNIT 510	AddressLine1
City	LONG BEACH	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90802	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer
LI CHANG
CFO	X	0	0	0
FRED D SMITH
CHAIRMAN	X	0	0	0
RICHARD ALATORRE
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
WILLIAM A BURKE
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
JOSEPH N SMITH
BOARD MEMBER	X	0	0	0
WILLIAM J HOSTON
CHAIRMAN		0	0	0	2.00	X
TAMIKO HIRANO
PRESIDENT		0	0	0	40.00	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
CITY OF LOS ANGELES	856274	856274
OTHER PROGRAM FEES	58551	58551

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	914825	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	108	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	108	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MISCELLANEOUS	Description
Total Revenue Column	1245	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1245	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1245	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	916178	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	916178	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	614496	Total
Program Services	529996	ProgramServices
Management And General	84500	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3948	Total
Program Services	3948	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	63413	Total
Program Services	63413	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4700	Total
Program Services	4700	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2591	Total
Program Services	2591	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3860	Total
Program Services	3860	ProgramServices

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2178	Total
Program Services	2178	ProgramServices

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2487	Total
Program Services	2064	ProgramServices
Management And General	423	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2731	Total
Program Services	2731	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1820	Total
Program Services	1820	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
LICENSE & PERMITS	288	288
MISCELLANEOUS	30	30

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	702542	Total
Program Services	617301	ProgramServices
Management And General	85241	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	315332	BOY
EOY	742745	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	469400	BOY
EOY	112434	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	784732	BOY
EOY	855179	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	143188	BOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	143189	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	641543	BOY
EOY	855179	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	641543	BOY
EOY	855179	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	784732	BOY
EOY	855179	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	213636	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	928232	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	793589	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	916178	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2637999	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	928232	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	793589	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	916178	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2637999	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	2637999	PublicSupportTotal509

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	928232	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	793589	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	916178	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2637999	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	1.00000	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	1.00000	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC