SOMMFOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B82

Classification

2000

Street

4225 SOLANO AVENUE 759

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• EVENTS - THE SOMMFOUNDATION HOSTS VARIOUS FUNDRAISING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE PURPOSE OF THESE EVENTS ARE TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVED STANDARDS OF BEVERAGE KNOWLEDGE.BELOW IS THE LIST OF FUNDRAISER EVENTS: Rudd Foundation Patron Foundation SommGeo Gulbronsen Aspen Art Crush Boulder Burgundy Festival

  Expenses $163,364 · Revenue $299,835

• SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS - THE PURPOSE OF THE SOMMFOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVED STANDARDS OF BEVERAGE KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICE IN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. THE SOMMFOUNDATION WILL FUND THE EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SERVICE OF WINE, SPIRITS, AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHO ARE SEEKING TO REACH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE PROFESSION BY PURSUING THE EDUCATIONAL COURSEWORK NECESSARY TO ATTAIN THE STATUS OF MASTER SOMMELIER.

  Expenses $28,436 · Revenue $105,047

• UNIVERSITY COURSE EXPENSE - IN KEEPING WITH THE PURPOSE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARDS OF BEVERAGE KNOWLEDGE THE SOMMFOUNDATION CONDUCTS COURSES FOR GRADUATING SENIORS AT FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITIES. THESE COURSES ARE UNDERWRITTEN BY THE SOMMFOUNDATION. INSTRUCTORS CONSIST OF SOMMELIERS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME. EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE SOMMFOUNDATION INCLUDE TEXT BOOKS FOR THE STUDENTS, WINE FOR THE CLASSES, AND TRAVEL, HOTEL, AND MEALS FOR THE VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS.

  Expenses $6,099

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $402,470

  Expenses

  $440,458

  Contributions

  $122,547

  Grants paid

  $28,436

• 2023

  Revenue

  $395,778

  Expenses

  $523,158

  Contributions

  $244,075

  Grants paid

  $107,345

• 2022

  Revenue

  $390,392

  Expenses

  $409,896

  Contributions

  $198,998

  Grants paid

  $98,469

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $113,663

  Expenses

  $301,028

  Assets (EOY)

  $366,085

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $165,884

  Expenses

  $404,949

  Assets (EOY)

  $582,121

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $434,994

  Expenses

  $497,391

  Assets (EOY)

  $792,704

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  -$32,290

  Expenses

  $530,055

  Assets (EOY)

  $857,359

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $98,106

  Expenses

  $418,369

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,416,856

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $308,296

  Expenses

  $420,858

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,737,119

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,656,262

  Expenses

  $1,358,026

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,903,305

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,525,791

  Expenses

  $1,244,166

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,576,146

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $694,152

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,190,296

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• PATRON FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• PATRON FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• COURT OF MASTER SOMMELIERS AMERICAS

  $30,000

  2023 · Education support

• COURT OF MASTER SOMMELIERS AMERICAS

  $29,700

  2022 · Education support

• SONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  2024 · ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE WORKING IN THE WINE AND SPIRITS BUSINESS. WE HELP PROFESSIONALS DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND COMPETENCY THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, MENTORSHIPS, AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

• PLEDGELING FOUNDATION

  $12,480

  2023 · GENERAL

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $5,500

  2023 · EDUCATIONAL

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $5,500

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

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