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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,772,565
Total expenses
$23,523,026
Contributions and grants received
$10,994,738
Grants paid
$19,877,506
Program service revenue
$378,045
Investment income
$4,398,821
Other revenue
$961
Total assets, end of year
$219,418,080
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,303,506
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$217,114,574
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$21,447,039
Management and general expenses
$1,698,391
Fundraising expenses
$377,596
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,447,039

Program services were 91.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $710

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $30,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,964,028

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,233,963

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $378,045 · related or exempt $378,045

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,801,791 · excluded $4,801,791

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $101,651,967

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

    securities $102,054,937

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$402,970

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$402,970 · excluded -$402,970

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $961 · related or exempt $961

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $961

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $19,877,506 · program services $19,877,506

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $472,469 · program services $115,423 · management and general $313,762 · fundraising $43,284

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,051,501 · program services $498,378 · management and general $391,524 · fundraising $161,599

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $43,059 · program services $20,878 · management and general $16,766 · fundraising $5,415

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $122,480 · program services $60,508 · management and general $39,708 · fundraising $22,264

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $120,577 · program services $49,512 · management and general $54,542 · fundraising $16,523

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $26,065 · program services $9,168 · management and general $14,137 · fundraising $2,760

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $77,900 · program services $27,400 · management and general $42,252 · fundraising $8,248

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $231,441 · management and general $231,441

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $448,061 · program services $157,600 · management and general $243,021 · fundraising $47,440

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $74,206 · program services $26,101 · management and general $40,248 · fundraising $7,857

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $378,358 · program services $300,364 · management and general $65,255 · fundraising $12,739

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $155,829 · program services $54,811 · management and general $84,519 · fundraising $16,499

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $206,417 · program services $72,605 · management and general $111,957 · fundraising $21,855

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $51,547 · program services $18,131 · management and general $27,958 · fundraising $5,458

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,767 · program services $6,249 · management and general $9,637 · fundraising $1,881

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $167,843 · program services $152,405 · management and general $11,664 · fundraising $3,774

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,649,313 · end of year $863,193

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,260,128 · end of year $8,551,760

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $975,141 · end of year $975,141

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $85,273 · end of year $99,983

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

    $374,779

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

    $324,206

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $68,339 · end of year $50,573

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $187,421,620 · end of year $205,751,257

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,143,159 · end of year $3,126,173

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $114,006 · end of year $116,964

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,940,391 · end of year $1,842,891

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $512,686 · end of year $343,651

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $59,939,736 · end of year $62,604,500

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $140,096,154 · end of year $154,510,074

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE CONNECT PEOPLE, IDEAS AND RESOURCES TO BENEFIT THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN SONOMA COUNTY.

  • GRANTMAKING: AWARDED MORE THAN $19 MILLION IN GRANTS, PRIMARILY IN THE FIELDS OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, ARTS & CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.PROMOTING PHILANTHROPY: PARTNERED WITH DONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS TO BUILD RESOURCES THAT CREATE LONG-TERM PHILANTHROPIC SOLUTIONS. COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP: CONVENE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO STIMULATE NEW IDEAS, FOSTER COLLABORATIONS, AND STRENGHTHEN COMMUNITY PHILANTHROPY. STEWARDING ASSETS: FULFILLED THE CHARITABLE LEGACIES OF OUR DONORS AND USED DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES TO MANAGE OVER 450 CHARITABLE FUNDS TO ENSURE FUTURE FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $21,447,039 · Grants $19,877,506 · Revenue $379,006

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Janet Ramatici

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christina Hollingsworth

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ralph Lewin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kit Driscoll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Carreno

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teejay Lowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Preston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deberah Kelley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aiko-Sophie Ezaki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Akash Kalia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale Wannen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thelia Wade

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Davis-Lowell

    CHAIR & INTERIM CEO (THRU 4/5/23)

    Total calculated
    $68,656
    From this org
    $68,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Oscar Chavez

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $219,901
    From this org
    $217,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,419
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,282
    Bonus
    $21,200
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,419
    Filer's total
    $219,901

  • Mark Geary

    INTERIM VP FOR FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $183,911
    From this org
    $154,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,101
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,810
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,007
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,094
    Filer's total
    $183,911

  • Kristin Nelson

    INTERIM VP FOR DEV

    Total calculated
    $159,919
    From this org
    $149,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,558
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,361
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,722
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,836
    Filer's total
    $159,919

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • OLIVER RANCH FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · PROMOTE APPRECIATION FOR SITE-SPECIFIC SCULPTURE · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE LEAD TRUST (1)

    T · INVESTMENTS · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (3)

    T · INVESTMENTS · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349310983

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