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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE THRESHOLD FOUNDATION.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 6 August 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the later return

  • Carolyn Pincus

Totals

Total revenue
$5,954,700
Total expenses
$3,222,534
Contributions and grants received
$5,488,973
Grants paid
$2,297,409
Program service revenue
$240,561
Investment income
$206,596
Other revenue
$18,570
Total assets, end of year
$7,467,276
Total liabilities, end of year
$173,983
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,293,293
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,917,111
Management and general expenses
$305,423
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,917,111

Program services were 90.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $381,226

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,107,747

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $492,353

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES

    total $240,561 · excluded $240,561

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $99,377 · excluded $99,377

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $704,685

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $597,466

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $107,219

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $107,219 · related or exempt $107,219

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: NET ERTC TAX REFUND

    total $18,570 · excluded $18,570

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,570

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,297,409 · program services $2,297,409

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $157,759 · program services $85,004 · management and general $72,755

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $104,324 · program services $56,212 · management and general $48,112

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $36,632 · program services $19,738 · management and general $16,894

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,283 · management and general $9,283

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $92,477 · management and general $92,477

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $22,869 · management and general $22,869

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,496 · program services $1,150 · management and general $21,346

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,180 · program services $11,063 · management and general $9,117

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $501 · management and general $501

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $432,341 · program services $432,341

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,917 · program services $2,154 · management and general $1,763

  • 24a · Other expenses: STORAGE

    total $17,558 · program services $9,658 · management and general $7,900

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE & UTILITIES

    total $2,400 · program services $1,320 · management and general $1,080

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $1,971 · program services $1,062 · management and general $909

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $417 · management and general $417

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $943,183 · end of year $1,167,717

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $103,803 · end of year $81,481

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $7,665

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $7,665

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,727,637 · end of year $5,950,484

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $305,000 · end of year $265,000

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,217 · end of year $2,594

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,147 · end of year $169,361

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $4,622

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,640,740 · end of year $1,174,632

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $427,953 · end of year $6,118,661

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THRESHOLD FOUNDATION (THE FOUNDATION) IS A COMMUNITY OF INDIVIDUALS UNITED BY OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATE A JUST, JOYFUL, AND GENERATIVE WORLD. FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A CATALYST FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIROMENTAL CHANGE BY SEEDING HUNDREDS OF NASCENT ORGANIZATONS, AND BY SUPPORTING THE INCEPTION OF MULTIPLE DONOR NETWORKS AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE ARE A MULTI-GENERATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO ALIGNING OUR RESOURCES WITH OUR VALUES WHILE FOSTERING A FERTILE TRAINING GROUND FOR THE FULL AND AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION OF OUR PASSIONS AND PURPOSE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE A JUST, JOYFUL,AND GENERATIVE WORLD BY RAISING AND DISTRIBUTING FUNDS FOR PHILANTHROPIC PURPOSES TO INNOVATIVE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREAS OF ENVIROMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

  • THE FOUNDATION PROMOTES INNOVATIVE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREAS OF ENVIROMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH GRANTMAKING AND PRESENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES.

    Expenses $2,917,111 · Grants $2,297,409 · Revenue $240,561

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Isaac Graves

    COO/FDN DIR

    Total calculated
    $157,759
    From this org
    $126,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,674
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,085
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,824
    Filer's total
    $157,759
  • Carolyn Pincus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,587
    From this org
    $112,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,504
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marsela Pecanac

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Josh Mailman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Swift

    FORMR TREASURE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Schwartz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Gollin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Ferrari

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonard Sobczak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Coy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442789349301409

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