TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES (EIN 95-4347484)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2012-11-14
IRS object ID: 201243209349300619
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-14T19:57:04-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	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	2011-07-01	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	2012-10-27	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	false	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Date Prepared	2012-11-14	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	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	793589	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	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	7	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	55	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	913885	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	791235	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	410	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	233	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	13937	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	2121	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	928232	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	793589	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	651647	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	612740	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	280945	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	17871	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	932592	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	630611	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-4360	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	162978	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	625426	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	784732	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	146861	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	143189	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	478565	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	641543	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	EDUCATION & TRAINING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	529227	Expense
Description	REAL TIME INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - COLLEGE STUDENTS WORKING IN INTERNSHIPS IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY PROVIDING JOB TRAINING	Description
Total Program Service Expense	529227	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
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	55	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	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

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
WILLIAM J HOSTON
PRESIDENT	40.00	X	X	50000	0	4056
LI CHANG
CFO	2.00	X		0	0	0
EVELYN D ROBERTSON
SECRETARY	2.00	X		0	0	0
FRED D SMITH
CHAIRMAN	2.00	X		0	0	0
RICHARD ALATORRE
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
WILLIAM A BURKE
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
JOSEPH N SMITH
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	50000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	4056	TotalOtherCompensation
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	791235	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	791235	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	791235	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	233	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	233	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MISCELLANEOUS	Description
Total Revenue Column	2121	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2121	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	2121	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	793589	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	793589	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	551314	Total
Program Services	456314	ProgramServices
Management And General	95000	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4056	Total
Program Services	4056	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	57370	Total
Program Services	57370	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1570	Total
Program Services	1570	ProgramServices

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1992	Total
Program Services	1992	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	Program ServicesProgramServices
BAD DEBT EXPENSE	5925	5925
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE	2539		2539
INSURANCE	686		686
LICENSE & PERMITS	284	284

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	175	Total
Management And General	175	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	630611	Total
Program Services	529227	ProgramServices
Management And General	101384	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	531346	BOY
EOY	315332	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	94080	BOY
EOY	469400	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	625426	BOY
EOY	784732	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	146860	BOY
EOY	143189	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	146861	BOY
EOY	143189	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	478565	BOY
EOY	641543	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	478565	BOY
EOY	641543	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	625426	BOY
EOY	784732	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	162978	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
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 Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	928232	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	793589	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1721821	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	928232	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	793589	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1721821	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	1721821	PublicSupportTotal509

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	928232	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	793589	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1721821	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	1.00000	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.98990	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.01000	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
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