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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOJOURNER TR.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,323,192
Total expenses
$621,901
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$504,663
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,323,192
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$120,712,019
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,696
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$120,701,323
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$595,424
Management and general expenses
$26,477
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$595,424

Program services were 95.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,323,192 · excluded $5,323,192

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $504,663 · program services $504,663

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $101,852 · program services $90,761 · management and general $11,091

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $666 · management and general $666

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,450 · management and general $9,450

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $5,250 · management and general $5,250

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $20 · management and general $20

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $203,354 · end of year $55,682

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,600,000 · end of year $4,520,997

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,180 · end of year $1,944,842

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $114,190,498 · end of year $114,190,498

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,696

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $116,000,032 · end of year $120,701,323

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND PHILANTHROPY RELATING TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EXTRACTIVE CAPITALISM, STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES, AND DISINFORMATION; PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY THROUGH ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; LAND PRESERVATION; NATURE-BASED CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS; ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS AMERICANS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, REPARATIONS FOR IMPACT OF ANCESTORS ACTIONS; PROTECTING DEMOCRACY; PROVIDING LEGAL AID; PROTECTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE; JUDICIAL, POLICE, AND PRISON REFORM; LOBBYING AND OTHER ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF THESE ISSUES; AND MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENGAGES IN DIRECT CONSERVATION EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND OR OTHER PROPERTY OR CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS.

  • ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND PHILANTHROPY RELATING TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EXTRACTIVE CAPITALISM, STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES, AND DISINFORMATION; PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY THROUGH ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; LAND PRESERVATION; NATURE-BASED CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS; ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS AMERICANS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, REPARATIONS FOR IMPACT OF ANCESTORS ACTIONS; PROTECTING DEMOCRACY; PROVIDING LEGAL AID; PROTECTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE; JUDICIAL, POLICE, AND PRISON REFORM; LOBBYING AND OTHER ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF THESE ISSUES; AND MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $595,424 · Grants $504,663

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Four Seas LLC Dba Holdfast Collective

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $101,852
    From this org
    $101,852
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • SAVE OUR HOME PLANET ACTION INC

    $300,000

    ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

    $100,000

    PHILANTHROPY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC

    $25,000

    ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • SOAR INC

    $20,000

    ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • VENTURA CITZENS FOR HILLSIDE PRESERVATION INC

    $20,000

    ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • SANTA BARBARA DEMOCRATIC WOMENS CLUB

    $12,000

    ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER

    $7,705

    PHILANTHROPY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY

    $6,000

    ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • HARTMANN FOR SUPERVISOR 2024

    $5,500

    ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

  • STEPHEN BENNETT FOR ASSEMBLY 2024

    $5,500

    ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543109349304704

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