Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SOJOURNER TR.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,100,344
Total expenses: $4,106,731
Contributions and grants received: $0
Grants paid: $3,954,000
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $2,100,344
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $118,697,246
Total liabilities, end of year: $2,310
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $118,694,936
Program services expenses (Part IX): $4,054,941
Management and general expenses: $51,790
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $4,054,941

Program services were 98.7% 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 $2,100,344 · excluded $2,100,344

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $3,954,000 · program services $3,954,000
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $115,687 · program services $100,941 · management and general $14,746
11c · Fees: accounting

total $9,975 · management and general $9,975
24a · Other expenses: TAXES

total $27,069 · management and general $27,069

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $55,682 · end of year $26,805
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $4,520,997 · end of year $4,466,364
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $1,944,842 · end of year $13,579
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 $10,696 · end of year $2,310
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 $120,701,323 · end of year $118,694,936

Mission and programs · 2025

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 $4,054,941 · Grants $3,954,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Four Seas LLC Dba Holdfast CollectiveFOUR SEAS LLC DBA HOLDFAST COLLECTIVE

INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$115,687

From this org

$115,687

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

MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$2,200,000

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

$1,655,000

ADVOCACY 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
VENTURA CITZENS FOR HILLSIDE PRESERVATION INC

$20,000

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
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

$12,000

ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY

$10,000

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

$5,500

ADVOCACY RELATED TO PROTECTING OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL SUPPORT
STEPHEN BENNETT FOR ASSEMBLY 2026

$5,500

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

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2025
Filed: 3 September 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.2
Source object: 202602549349301535

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