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1224 Inst 990 (Schedule R) (PDF)
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Instructions for Schedule R (Form 990)¶
(Rev. December 2024)¶
Related Organizations and Unrelated Partnerships
Future developments¶
For the latest information about developments related to Form 990 and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form990 .
What’s New¶
Continuous-use form and instructions. Schedule R (Form 990) and these instructions have been converted from an annual revision to continuous use. Use these instructions for tax year 2024 and subsequent years until a superseding revision is issued.
General Instructions¶
Note. Terms in bold are defined in the Glossary of the Instructions for Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax.
Purpose of Schedule¶
Schedule R (Form 990) is used by an organization that files Form 990 to provide information on related organizations, on certain transactions with related organizations, and on certain unrelated partnerships through which the organization conducts significant activities.
Who Must File¶
The chart below sets forth which organizations must complete all or a part of Schedule R and attach Schedule R to Form 990. If an organization isn't required to file Form 990 but chooses to do so, it must file a complete return and provide all of the information requested, including the required schedules.
Overview¶
Part I of Schedule R (Form 990) requires identifying¶
information on any organizations that are treated for federal tax purposes as disregarded entities of the filing organization. Part II requires identifying information on related tax-exempt organizations. Part III requires identifying information on any related organizations that are treated for federal tax purposes as partnerships. Part IV requires identifying information on any related organizations that are treated for federal tax purposes as C or S corporations or trusts. Part V requires information on transactions between the organization and related organizations (excluding disregarded entities). Part VI requires information on an unrelated organization treated as a partnership through which the organization conducted more than 5% of its activities (as described in Part VI).
Part VII of Schedule R (Form 990) may be used to provide¶
additional information in response to questions in Schedule R.
Relationships¶
An organization, including a nonprofit organization, a stock corporation, a partnership or limited liability company (LLC), a trust, and a governmental unit or other government entity, is a related organization to the filing organization if it stands, at any time during the tax year, in one or more of the following relationships to the filing organization.
Parent—An organization that controls (see definitions of control under Definition of Control ) the filing organization.
Subsidiary—An organization controlled by the filing organization.
Brother/Sister—An organization controlled by the same person or persons that control the filing organization.
| Type of filer | IF you answer “Yes” to . . . | THEN you must complete . . . |
|---|---|---|
| All organizations | Form 990, Part IV, line 33 (regarding disregarded entities) |
Schedule R, Part I. |
| All organizations | Form 990, Part IV, line 34 (regarding related organizations) |
Schedule R, Parts II, III, IV, and V, line 1, as applicable. |
| All organizations | Form 990, Part IV, line 35b (regarding payments from or transactions with controlled entities) |
Schedule R, Part V, line 2. |
| Section 501(c)(3) organization | Form 990, Part IV, line 36 (regarding transfers to exempt noncharitable related organizations) |
Schedule R, Part V, line 2. |
| All organizations | Form 990, Part IV, line 37 (regarding conduct of activity through unrelated partnership) |
Schedule R, Part VI. |
Instructions for Schedule R (Form 990) (Rev. 12-2024) Catalog Number 51519M Dec 26, 2024 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov
Supporting/Supported—An organization that is (or claims to be) at any time during the organization's tax year (i) a supporting organization of the filing organization within the meaning of section 509(a)(3), if the filing organization is a supported organization within the meaning of section 509(f)(3); or (ii) a supported organization, if the filing organization is a supporting organization.
Sponsoring Organization of a VEBA— An organization that establishes or maintains a section 501(c)(9) voluntary employees' beneficiary association (VEBA) during the tax year. A sponsoring organization of a VEBA also includes an employee organization, association, committee, joint board of trustees, or other similar group of representatives of the parties which establish or maintain a VEBA.
Contributing Employer of a VEBA—An employer that makes a contribution or contributions to the VEBA during the tax year.
Although a VEBA must report sponsoring organizations and contributing employers as related organizations, sponsoring organizations and contributing employers shouldn't report a VEBA as a related organization, unless the VEBA is related to the sponsoring organization or contributing employer in some other capacity listed above.
VEBA contributing employers and sponsoring organiza- tions. If the filing organization is a section 501(c)(9) VEBA, it must list its sponsoring organizations and contributing employers on Schedule R (Form 990). The filing organization must report all information on its sponsoring organizations in Parts II through IV, as applicable. However, the filing organization is required to list only the name of its contributing employers in Parts II through IV, and isn't required to report any additional information in those parts. The filing organization must also report its related transactions with sponsoring organizations and contributing employers in Part V, line 1, and, if applicable, line 2.
Disregarded entity exception. Disregarded entities are treated as related organizations for purposes of reporting on Schedule R (Form 990), Part I, but not for purposes of reporting transactions with related organizations in Part V, or otherwise on Form 990. A disregarded entity of an organization related to the filing organization is generally treated as part of the related organization and not as a separate entity. See Appendix F in the Instructions for Form 990.
Bank trustee exception. If the filing organization is a trust that has a bank or financial institution trustee that is also the trustee of another trust, the filing organization isn't required to report the other trust as a brother/sister related organization on the ground of common control by the bank or financial institution trustee.
Definition of Control¶
Related organizations. For purposes of determining related organizations :
Control of a nonprofit organization (or other organization without owners or persons having beneficial interests, whether the organization is taxable or tax exempt). One or more persons (whether individuals or organizations) control a nonprofit organization if they have the power to remove and replace (or to appoint, elect, or approve or veto the appointment or election of, if such power includes a continuing power to appoint, elect, or approve or
veto the appointment or election of, periodically or in the event of vacancies) a majority of the nonprofit organization's directors or trustees, or a majority of the members who have the power to elect a majority of the nonprofit organization's directors or trustees. Such power can be exercised directly by a (parent) organization through one or more of the (parent) organization's officers, directors, trustees, or agents, acting in their capacity as officers, directors, trustees, or agents of the (parent) organization. Also, a (parent) organization controls a (subsidiary) nonprofit organization if a majority of the subsidiary's directors or trustees are trustees, directors, officers, employees, or agents of the parent.
Control of a stock corporation. One or more persons (whether individuals or organizations) control a stock corporation if they own more than 50% of the stock (by voting power or value) of the corporation.
Control of a partnership or LLC. One or more persons control a partnership if they own more than 50% of the profits interests or capital interests in the partnership (including an LLC treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for federal tax purposes, regardless of the designation under state law of the ownership interests as stock, membership interests, or otherwise). A person also controls a partnership if the person is a managing partner or managing member of a partnership or LLC which has three or fewer managing partners or managing members (regardless of which partner or member has the most actual control), or if the person is a general partner in a limited partnership which has three or fewer general partners (regardless of which partner has the most actual control). For this purpose, a “managing partner” is a partner designated as such under the partnership agreement, or regularly engaged in the management of the partnership.
Control of a trust with beneficial interests. One or more persons control a trust if they own more than 50% of the beneficial interests in the trust. A person’s beneficial interest in a trust will be determined in proportion to that person’s actuarial interest in the trust as of the end of the tax year.
In some situations, a named beneficiary may have no determinable interest in the trust. For instance, if Trust A allows the trustee to distribute income and principal in the trustee’s sole discretion for 10 years to the then-living issue of X, with the remainder (if any) to Charity B, then Charity B has no interest in the trust that can be determined before the 10-year period is ended, and therefore doesn't control the trust for purposes of Form 990 and Schedule R.
See Regulations sections 301.7701-2, 3, and 4 for more information on classification of corporations, partnerships, disregarded entities, and trusts.
Examples of control by multiple persons.
Example 1. Organizations A and B each appoint one-third of the board members of Organizations C and D, and aren't otherwise related to Organizations C and D. Although neither Organization A nor Organization B is a parent of Organization C or Organization D, Organizations C and D are controlled by the same persons, and therefore are brother/sister related organizations with respect to each other.
Example 2. There are 1,000 individuals who are members of both Organizations E and F. The members elect the board members of both Organizations E and F. Organizations E and F are brother/sister related organizations with respect to each other.
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Indirect control. Control can be indirect. For example, if the filing organization controls Entity A, which in turn controls (under the definition of control in these instructions) Entity B, the filing organization will be treated as controlling Entity B. To determine indirect control through constructive ownership of a corporation, rules under section 318 apply. Similar principles apply for purposes of determining constructive ownership of another entity (a partnership or trust). If an entity (X) controls an entity treated as a partnership by being one of three or fewer partners or members, then an organization that controls X also controls the partnership.
Example 1. B, an exempt organization, wholly owns (by voting power) C, a taxable corporation. C holds a 51% profits interest in D, a partnership. Under the principles of section 318, B is deemed to own 51% of D (100% of C's 51% interest in D). Thus, B controls both C and D, which are therefore both related organizations with respect to B.
Example 2. X, an exempt organization, owns 80% (by value) of Y, a taxable corporation. Y holds a 60% profits interest as a limited partner of Z, a limited partnership. Under the principles of section 318, X is deemed to own 48% of Z (80% of Y's 60% interest in Z). Thus, X controls Y. X doesn't control Z through X's ownership in Y. Y is a related organization with respect to X, and (absent other facts) Z isn't.
Example 3. Same facts as in Example 2, except that Y is also one of three general partners of Z. Because Y controls Z through means other than ownership percentage, and X controls Y, in these circumstances, Z is a related organization with respect to X. The other general partners of Z (if organizations) aren't related organizations with respect to X, absent other facts.
Example 4. Organizations A, B, C, and D are nonprofit organizations. Organization A appoints the board of Organization B, which appoints the board of Organization C. A majority of the board members of Organization D are also board members of Organization A. Under these circumstances, Organizations B and D are directly controlled by Organization A, and Organization C is indirectly controlled by Organization A. Therefore, Organizations B, C, and D are subsidiaries of Organization A; Organization C is also a subsidiary of Organization B; and Organizations B and C have a brother/sister relationship with Organization D.
Example 5. T, an exempt organization described in section 501(c)(3), owns 40% of the stock of U, a taxable C corporation. T and U each own 40% of the stock of V, another taxable C corporation. Under these facts, T and U aren't related organizations as parent/subsidiary because T doesn't own more than 50% of U's stock. Under section 318(a)(2)(C), none of U's holdings are attributed to T by virtue of T's ownership of U stock, because T owns less than 50% of U stock. Thus, T and V aren't related organizations as parent/ subsidiary.
Example 6. Same facts as in Example 5, except that U is an S corporation. Under section 318(a)(5)(E), T constructively owns 16% of V through U (40% of U's 40% ownership of V), giving T a total ownership interest of 56% in V, and making T and V related organizations as parent/ subsidiary.
Example 7. Same facts as in Example 5, except that T owns 50% of U's stock. T and U aren't related organizations as parent/subsidiary because T doesn't own more than 50% of U's stock. Under section 318(a)(2)(C), U's holdings are
attributed to T by virtue of T's 50% ownership of U's stock. Thus, T constructively owns 20% of V through U (50% of U's 40% ownership of V), giving T a total ownership interest of 60% in V, and making T and V related organizations as parent/subsidiary.
Example 8. F is a 501(c)(3) public charity that appoints the governing body of G, another 501(c)(3) public charity. G is supported by H, a Type III supporting organization within the meaning of section 509(f)(1), but G doesn't control H. G and H are thus related organizations because of the supporting/supported relationship. Absent other facts, F and H aren't related organizations.
Group exemption. Central organizations and subordinate organizations of a group exemption aren't required to be listed as related organizations in Schedule R (Form 990), Part II. All other related organizations of the central organization or of a subordinate organization are required to be listed in Schedule R (Form 990). The following rules apply.
An organization that is a central or subordinate organization in a group exemption (whether filing an individual return or a group return ) isn't required to list any of the subordinate organizations of the group in Part II.
In the case of a group return, the central organization must attach a list of the subordinate organizations included in the group return in response to Form 990, page 1, item H(b). The central organization must list in Schedule R (Form 990), Parts II through IV the related organizations of each subordinate organization other than (1) related organizations that are included within the group exemption, or (2) related organizations that the central organization knows to be included in another group exemption. If an organization isn't listed because it is known to be included in another group exemption, the central organization must explain in Part VII the relationship between its own group and members and the related organization known to be included in another group exemption (but you needn't include the names of such related organizations).
An organization that isn't included in a group exemption isn't required to list in Part II a related organization that is included in a group exemption. Similarly, an organization that is included in a group exemption isn't required to list in Part II a related organization that is included in another group exemption. In either case, the organization must explain in Part VII the relationship between it and the related organization included in another group exemption (but you needn't include the names of such related organizations).
Even if a related organization isn't required to be listed in Part II of Schedule R (Form 990), the organization must report its transactions with the related organization in Part V, as required by the Part V instructions (for example, checking “Yes” to Part V, line 1b, if the organization made a grant to a related organization included in a group exemption, and reporting on Part V, line 2, the organization's receipt of interest or annuities from a controlled entity included in a group exemption), including listing the name of the related organization in Part V, line 2, column (a), for transactions that must be reported in line 2.
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Specific Instructions¶
Part I. Identification of Disregarded Entities¶
Enter the details of each disregarded entity on separate lines of Part I.
Column (a). Name, address, and EIN. Enter the full legal name and mailing address of the disregarded entity . Also enter the employer identification number (EIN) of the disregarded entity, if it has one.
A disregarded entity generally must use the EIN of its
TIP sole member. An exception applies to employment
taxes—for wages paid to employees of a disregarded entity, the disregarded entity must file separate employment tax returns and use its own EIN on such returns. See Regulations sections 301.6109-1(h) and 301.7701-2(c) (2)(iv).
Column (b). Primary activity. Briefly describe the primary activity of the disregarded entity .
Column (c). Legal domicile. List the U.S. state (or U.S. territory ) or foreign country in which the disregarded entity is organized (the state or foreign country whose law governs the disregarded entity's internal affairs).
Column (d). Total income. Enter the amount of the filing organization's total revenue reported in Form 990, Part VIII, line 12, column (A), attributable to the disregarded entity .
Column (e). End-of-year assets. Enter the amount of the organization's total assets reported in Form 990, Part X, line 16, column (B), attributable to the disregarded entity .
Column (f). Direct controlling entity. Enter the name of the entity that directly controls the disregarded entity . For instance, if B is a disregarded entity of the filing organization, and if C is a disregarded entity of B, report B as the direct controlling entity of C. If the filing organization directly controls, enter its name.
Part VII. Supplemental Information¶
Use Part VII if the organization needs space to provide additional information in response to questions in Schedule R (Form 990). In Part VII, identify the specific part and line number that each response supports in the order in which those parts and lines appear on Schedule R (Form 990).
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