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Internal Revenue Service <br />Date: April 12, 2003 <br />Laughing Horse Arts Foundation <br />P.O. Box214 <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926-0214 <br />Dear Sir: <br />Department of the Treasury <br />P. 0. Box 2508 <br />Cincinnati, OH 45~01 <br />Person to Contact: <br />Ronnie Clemons <br />Customer Service Representative <br />Toll Free Telephone Number: <br />8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. EST <br />877-829-5500 <br />Fax Number: <br />513-263-3756 <br />Federal Identification Number: <br />91-1211173 <br />This is in response to your Certificate Of Amendment, filed July 6 1 1999, in the State of Washington, <br />changing the organization's name from Ellensburg Summer Theater Foundation, to the above as listed. <br />Our records Indicate that a determination letter issued in July 1984, granted your organization exemption <br />from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. That letter Is still In effect. <br />Based on information subsequently submitted, we classified your organization as one that is not a private <br />foundation within the meaning of section 509(a) of the Code because it ils an organizat.ion described in <br />sections 509(a)(1) and, 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). <br />This classification was based on the assumption that your organization's operations would continue as stated <br />in the application. If your organization's sources of support, or its character, method of operations, or <br />purposes have changed, please let us know so we can consider the effect of the change on the exempt <br />status and foundation status of your organization. <br />Your organization is required to file Form 990 1 Retum of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, only if its <br />gross receipts each year are nonnally more than $25,900. If a retum is required, it must be filed by the 15th <br />day of the fifth month after the -end of the organization's ann!,Jal accounting period. T-he law imposes a <br />penalty of $20 a day, up to a maximum of $10,000, when a return is filed late, unless t here Is reasonable <br />cause for the delay. <br />All exempt organizations (unless speclflcally excluded) are llable for taxes under the Federal Insurance <br />Contributions Act (social security taxes) on remuneration of $100 or more paid to each employee during a <br />calendar year. Your organization Is not liable for the tax Imposed under the Federal Unemployment Ta>< Act <br />(FUTA). <br />Organizations that are not private foundations are not subject to the excise taxes under Chapter 42 of the <br />Code. However, these organizations are not automatically exempt from other federal excise taxes. <br />Donors may deduct contributions to your organization as provided in section 170 of the Code. Bequests, <br />legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts to your organization or for its use are deductible for federal estate and <br />gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable provisions of sections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Code.