BUENA VIDA FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: BUENA VIDA FOUNDATION INC (EIN 30-0060190)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-06-28
IRS object ID: 201241809349300219
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-06-28T11:34:22-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WHITTAKER COOPER FINANCIAL GROUP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1692 WEST HIBISCUS BOULEVARD	AddressLine1
City	MELBOURNE	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	32901	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	300060190	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BUENA VIDA FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BUEN	NameControl
Phone	3217240060	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2129 W NEW HAVEN AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	MELBOURNE	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	329043875	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	BLAINE BARTON	Name
Title	SECRETARY	Title
Phone	3217240060	Phone
Date Signed	2012-06-21	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	I WAYNE COOPER CPA	Name
Phone	3217233352	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-06-21	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	KENNETH WHITTAKER PRESIDENT	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2129 W NEW HAVEN AVE 262	AddressLine1
City	WEST MELBOURNE	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	32904	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	28597	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	BUENAVIDAFOUNDATION.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2001	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	FL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED TO DISTRIBUTE MONEY, GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AMONG THE POOR OF BREVARD COUNTY (FLORIDA), BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PAY MEDICAL BILLS; BY PROVIDING FUNDS TO PERSONS DEPRIVED OF HOUSING, FOOD AND CLOTHING BY VIRTUE OF NATURAL DISASTERS; BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND LOANS, AND THE LIKE; TO RELIEVE PROVERTY AND TO HELP THE UNDERPRIVILEDGED AND DISTRESSED.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	7	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	7	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	215265	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	20991	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	5028	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	7606	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	220293	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	28597	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	100100	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	108860	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	987	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	1876	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	101087	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	110736	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	119206	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-82139	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	213963	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	131824	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	213963	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	131824	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED TO DISTRIBUTE MONEY, GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AMONG THE POOR OF BREVARD COUNTY (FLORIDA), BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PAY MEDICAL BILLS; BY PROVIDING FUNDS TO PERSONS DEPRIVED OF HOUSING, FOOD AND CLOTHING BY VIRTUE OF NATURAL DISASTERS; BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND LOANS, AND THE LIKE; TO RELIEVE PROVERTY AND TO HELP THE UNDERPRIVILEDGED AND DISTRESSED.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	108975	Expense
Grants	108860	Grants
Description	SERVED APPROXIMATELY 200 INDIVIDUALS WITH RESIDENT ASSISTANCE, RESIDENT NURSING SERVICES AND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	108975	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	true	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	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
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
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	7	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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	JEAN HARTMAN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3217240060	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2129 W NEW HAVEN AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	MELBOURNE	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	32904	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	OfficerOfficer
MARY MACE
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
TOM SULLIVAN
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
JEAN HARTMAN
TREASURER	X	0	0	0	X
DORIS GALBRAITH
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
KENNETH WHITTAKER
PRESIDENT	X	0	0	0	X
DANIEL CARTER
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
BLAINE BARTON
SECRETARY	X	0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	20991	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	20991	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	7606	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$7,606	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	28597	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$7,606	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	108074	Total
Program Services	108074	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	786	Total
Program Services	786	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1761	Total
Management And General	1761	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	115	Total
Program Services	115	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	110736	Total
Program Services	108975	ProgramServices
Management And General	1761	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	63963	BOY
EOY	13074	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	150000	BOY
EOY	118750	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	213963	BOY
EOY	131824	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	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	213963	BOY
EOY	131824	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	213963	BOY
EOY	131824	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	213963	BOY
EOY	131824	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-82139	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	84957	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	63552	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	14795	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	215265	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	20991	CurrentTaxYear
Total	399560	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	84957	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	63552	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	14795	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	215265	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	20991	CurrentTaxYear
Total	399560	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	399560	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	22740	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	201	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	30	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	5028	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	7606	CurrentTaxYear
Total	35605	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	435165	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.91820	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.95190	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BUENA VIDA ESTATES	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2129 W NEW HAVEN AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	MELBOURNE	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	329043875	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient	640639722	EINOfRecipient
IRC Section	501	IRCSection
Amount Of Cash Grant	108074	AmountOfCashGrant
Purpose Of Grant	CHAPEL CONSTRUCTION	PurposeOfGrant

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	1	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS PAPER FILES FOR EACH GRANT AND MAINTAINS RECORDS IN ITS ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED TO DISTRIBUTE MONEY, GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AMONG THE POOR OF BREVARD COUNTY (FLORIDA), BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PAY MEDICAL BILLS; BY PROVIDING FUNDS TO PERSONS DEPRIVED OF HOUSING, FOOD AND CLOTHING BY VIRTUE OF NATURAL DISASTERS; BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND LOANS, AND THE LIKE; TO RELIEVE PROVERTY AND TO HELP THE UNDERPRIVILEDGED AND DISTRESSED.
EXPLANATION ON VOLUNTEERS AND TYPES OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS	FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6	VOLUNTEERS ARE THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST AND THROUGH INSPECTION AT THE ORGANIZATION'S PREMISES.