2024-01-16T14:59:54Z 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 204515804 SAFI FOUNDATION SAFI PO BOX 8275 LACEY WA 985098275 Kristina Tamm-Finnerud Treasurer 2024-01-06 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X X 96769 X 75548 7 21214 1418 19796 95351 94160 313 4913 99386 -4035 150437 -5335 141067 150437 141067 0 0 0 0 150437 141067 0 0 150437 141067 Provide funds to pay education expenses of secondary, technical school, college and University students in Tanzania , East Africa Student sponsorship 0 69735 Administration of student programs and development 0 19425 Feed our Minds 0 5000 94160 Mary Nelson Executive Director 10.00 0 0 0 Marily Ahlf Board President 5.00 0 0 0 Karen Stay Board Vice President 5.00 0 0 0 Kate Delozier Board Secretary 5.00 0 0 0 Kristina Tamm-Finnerud Treasurer 10.00 0 0 0 Carrie Martin Financial Secretary 5.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false Kristina Tamm-Finnerud 523 47th Ave SE Tumwater WA 98501 3609516635 false false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 128062 83725 95439 95229 75548 478003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128062 83725 95439 95229 75548 478003 478003 55 155 304 7 7 528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 478531 0 0.99890 0.89200 X Virtual Auction 21214 0 21214 1418 0 0 21214 0 21214 0 0 0 0 0 1418 1418 19796 Part I, Line 10 Tuition, room and board, and other student support payments for students at various secondary and technical schools, colleges, and universities in Tanzania, East Africa Part I, Line 16 Office Expenses, bank fees Part I, Line 20 Pass Through Funds at end of year Please accept the following, which all contributed to the delay in an accepted 2022 990EZ for Safi Foundation. Safi Foundation was neither neglectful or careless in all attempts to file the required 990EZ for the year 2022. Safi Foundations Treasurer died in February 2023 after a prolonged bout with cancer. The new treasurer, Kristina Tamm-Finnerud (myself), was instructed to submit an extension for filing the 990EZ return and did. The extended due date was November 15, 2023. In October I gathered the documents necessary to file and looked on line for instructions to file. I unexpectedly found it hard to find the forms. So I went to the IRS office in Olympia, I was told that they didnt have the forms in the office but I could have them printed at the library. I got the forms and instructions as .pdf but could not find how to fill them electronically. The previous treasurer had told me that our accounting software, Aplos, was set up to submit electronically and she had used that method in 2021. Unfortunately, Aplos no longer had that service for 2022 returns. I was now left with having to prepare the returns manually. I was unaware of the new IRS requirement to submit electronically and of all the many people I asked, none of them knew of that requirement either. I was told to go old school, so I did. Safi Foundations 2022 990EZ was mailed to IRS several weeks prior to the November 15, 2023 deadline. I received the rejection from IRS with LTR 2695C on 1/4/2024. The IRS letter date was 12/18/2023. My 10 days to file had already expired. I phoned IRS and got clarification on how to file. It is now 1/5/2024 and I am using an IRS approved MeF, Simple990.com, and am ready to submit. BUT The system is shut down. I get this message: December 26, 2023 9:00:00 AM - January 14, 2024 6:00:00 AM Eastern Time The IRS Modernized e-File (MeF) Production system is in scheduled shutdown in preparation for the upcoming 2023 Filing Season (2024 Processing Season). Filings made after December 26th, 2023 will be held for submission until the MeF system begins processing and accepting electronic business returns for the new tax year. We estimate the IRS should begin accepting business tax returns again by January 14th, 2023, we will update this message when the exact date is announced. Filings completed prior to then will be processed at the time IRS e-file goes back online. This maintenance window will cause a delay in transmitting your returns. Once the maintenance period has ended, your notices and returns will be processed as usual. I have done all I can to file this return timely. TIN 20-4515804, Form 990-EZ, Tax period Dec 31/2022. Please wave any fees related to Letter Number LTR2695c on Letter Date 2023-12-18 about Tax Period 202212. I am submitting the tax return now and will await the end of the maintenance period. Kristina Tamm-Finnerud, Treasurer Safi Foundation