2024-11-14T11:53:42-08:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-07-01 860933380 THOMAS R BROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION THOM 9035330208 315 N Broadway Ave 210 Tyler TX 75702 Kyle L Penney President & CEO 2024-11-14 true 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X X www.etcf.org X X 49254 X 49254 0 0 0 0 49254 300000 27493 2429 329922 -280668 719206 438538 X 717747 438538 5103 722850 438538 3644 719206 438538 The Thomas R Brown Family Foundation promotes, encourages, and aids the East Texas Communities Foundation in their charitable, scientific, qualified religious and educational activities. SUPPORTS LOCAL CHARITABLE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. 300000 29922 29922 Kyle L Penney President 0 0 Gordon Northcutt Secretary 0 0 Craig Adams Vice President 0 0 SARAH SMALLHOUSE PRIOR PRESIDENT 0 0 MARY BERNAL PRIOR SEC/TREAS 0 0 BARBARA GRAY PRIOR TRUSTEE 0 0 SHAUN KIRKPATRICK PRIOR TRUSTEE 0 0 DAN JANES PRIOR TRUSTEE 0 0 X false true false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false East Texas Communities Foundat 315 N Broadway Ave Suite 210 Tyler TX 75702 9035330208 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X X 2 East Texas Communities Foundation 752309138 7 true 0 0 Community Foundation for S AZ 942681765 7 true 140000 0 2 140000 0 true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true true Part IV, Section A, Line 5a: Details Of Added, Substitute, Or Removed Supported Orgs. Prior to the 2023 tax year, the Thomas R. Brown Family Foundation (Foundation) supported the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) [EIN 94-2681765] in its charitable, scientific, qualified religious and educational activities. During the previous tax year, the Foundations trustees unanimously agreed that its mission could be more effectively fulfilled by its sister foundations. Therefore, under the authority of the trustees of the Foundation and the board of the CFSA, it was unanimously resolved in May 2023 to replace CFSA as the Foundation's supported organization with the East Texas Communities Foundation (ETCF) [EIN 75-2309138] in Tyler, Texas and to approve the transfer of control on or before December 31, 2023. Accordingly, the original Foundation board resigned and ETCF appointed new board members. A Certificate of Formation was filed for the Foundation under a plan of conversion. This organizing document disclosed that the ETCF shall be the sole Member of the Foundation with sole and exclusive rights to authorize certain decisions. In addition, the document states that the Foundation is organized and operated to support the charitable activities of the ETCF, a qualifying public charity under Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the Code. Part IV, Section B, Line 2: Providing Benefit Carried Out the Purposes of Supported Orgs. All organizations that benefitted during the year are part of the charitable class that the support organization could otherwise have supported. FLINN FOUNDATION COMMON BOARD MEM 160000 CASH GRANT false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information Part IV Line 1: Shaun Kirkpatrick is a director of the Flinn Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. During the tax year, the Thomas R. Brown Family Foundation granted $160,000 to the Flinn Foundation. Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.1 | Donee's Name: Community Foundation for Southern Arizon | Donee's Address: 5049 East Broadway Blvd Tucson AZ 85711 | Cash Amount Given: $140000 Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.2 | Donee's Name: The Flinn Foundation | Donee's Address: 1802 N Central Avenue Phoenix AZ 85004 | Cash Amount Given: $160000 Other Expenses.1 Contracted Services $2172 Other Expenses.2 Bank Charges $257 Other Assets.1 Intangibles - Beginning $5103 Intangibles - Ending $0 Total Liabilities.1001 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $3644 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $0 Changes to Organizing or Governing Documents CONTROL OF THE THOMAS R BROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION (TRBFF) WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE EAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION (ETCF) IN OCTOBER 2023. PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER,THE BY-LAWS WERE AMENDED TO ALLOW A CHANGE IN THE TAX YEAR AND THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED DIRECTORS. APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS WERE FILED WITH THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO FACILITATE THE TRBFF'S CHANGE OF DOMICILE FROM ARIZONA TO TEXAS. ALL THE THEN CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS RESIGNED. ETCF APPOINTED A NEW BOARD AND FILED THE REQUISITE DOCUMENTS WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS TO CONVERT THE TRBFF, AN ARIZONA NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION. THE CONVERSION WAS COMPLETED ON 10/16/2023.THE ETCF APPOINTED BOARD CHANGED THE TRBFF TAX YEAR FROM A FISCAL YEAR 7/1-6/30 TO A CALENDAR YEAR TO ALIGN IT WITH ETCF'S TAX FILING YEAR.TRBFF'S SHORT YEAR 7/1-12/31/2023 WAS INCLUDED IN THE ETCF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT FOR 2023.