TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES (EIN 95-4347484)
Tax period: 2010-07-01 to 2011-06-30
Filed: 2012-05-13
IRS object ID: 201241349349300714
Schema version: 2010v3.7
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-05-13T18:17:20-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-06-30	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	2010-07-01	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	WILLIAM J HOSTON	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Date Signed	2012-05-06	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Date Prepared	2012-05-07	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	WILLIAM J HOSTON	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	928232	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	4	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	38	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	971925	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	913885	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	410	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	117	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	13937	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	972042	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	928232	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	475761	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	651647	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	93212	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	280945	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	568973	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	932592	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	403069	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-4360	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	631829	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	625426	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	148904	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	146861	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	482925	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	478565	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	EDUCATION & TRAINING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	916612	Expense
Description	REAL TIME INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - COLLEGE STUDENTS WORKING IN INTERNSHIPS IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY PROVIDING JOB TRAINING	Description
Total Program Service Expense	916612	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	true	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
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	38	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	4	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	SUMA FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	3239396209	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4201 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 612	AddressLine1
City	LOS ANGELES	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	90010	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	WILLIAM J HOSTON	NamePerson
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Average Hours Per Week	40.00	AverageHoursPerWeek
Individual Trustee Or Director	X	IndividualTrusteeOrDirector
Officer	X	Officer
Reportable Comp From Organization	85000	ReportableCompFromOrganization
Reportable Comp From Related Orgs	0	ReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs
Other Compensation	0	OtherCompensation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	85000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	CITY OF LOS ANGELES	Description
Total Revenue Column	913885	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	913885	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	913885	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	410	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	410	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MISCELLANEOUS	Description
Total Revenue Column	13937	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	13937	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	13937	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	928232	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	928232	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	540617	Total
Program Services	540617	ProgramServices

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	990	Total
Program Services	990	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	110040	Total
Program Services	110040	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	288	Total
Management And General	288	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7993	Total
Program Services	7993	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13436	Total
Management And General	13436	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3192	Total
Program Services	1949	ProgramServices
Management And General	1243	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4192	Total
Program Services	4192	ProgramServices

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1375	Total
Program Services	1375	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8190	Total
Program Services	8190	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
BAD DEBT EXPENSE	241000	241000
DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS	487		487
LICENSE & PERMITS	293		293
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE	266	266
BANK CHARGES	233		233

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	932592	Total
Program Services	916612	ProgramServices
Management And General	15980	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	251057	BOY
EOY	531346	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	380772	BOY
EOY	94080	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	40476	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	40476	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	631829	BOY
EOY	625426	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	148904	BOY
EOY	146861	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	148904	BOY
EOY	146861	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	482925	BOY
EOY	478565	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	482925	BOY
EOY	478565	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	631829	BOY
EOY	625426	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-4360	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

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	262952	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Total	262952	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	928232	CurrentTaxYear
Total	928232	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	262952	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year	928232	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1191184	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	1191184	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	12101	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Total	12101	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	12101	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Total	12101	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	275053	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year	928232	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1203285	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.98990	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0.01000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

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