SOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization
SOFTWARE FREEDOM CONSERVANCY INC (EIN 41-2203632)
Tax period
2022-03-01 to 2023-02-28
Filed
2024-01-18
IRS object ID
202440189349300809
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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Activity Or MissionSFC promotes,improves,develops,facilitates, and defends Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). SFC advocates for the software rights and freedom of the public. SFC provides a home & infrastructure to FOSS projects & initiatives, & increases diversity, equity and inclusion in FOSS.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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MissionSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC) promotes, improves, develops, facilitates & defends Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) & the right to software repair. SFC advocates for the public's software rights & freedoms. SFC provides a home & infrastructure to FOSS initiatives. SFC helps volunteers focus on improving FOSS for the public. Projects include: creation of FOSS for general public, copyleft licensing advocacy, & internships for contributors subject to systemic bias who are underrepresented in FOSS.MissionDesc
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DescFOSS development, documentation, infrastructure, sustainability, & project support: During the tax year, SFC engaged 27 different software developers as independent contractors to improve the software in its Godot, Inkscape, phpMyAdmin, Reproducible Builds, and Selenium projects, as well as improving FOSS for SFC's own accounting infrastructure. All software source code was released freely to the public under licenses that encourage the public to use, share, modify, and reinstall it. These contractors also coordinated volunteer software developers to contribute further to the software projects. SFC staff also assisted volunteers in our projects on a daily basis with administration, coordination, legal and infrastructural tasks and costs (as listed at https://sfconservancy.org/members/services/ ). SFC made one grant for improvement of teaching materials for FOSS for undergraduates. SFC gave grants to two 501(c)(3) organizations: an initial grant to Open Collective Foundation (for the Homebrew project and Drupal New Jersey initative) and an initial grant to the Boost Foundation to continue SFC's Boost project. Finally, SFC regularly mentors leadership of projects both inside and outside our organization to improve their non-profit management skills.Desc

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DescOutreachy and The Institute For Computing Research (ICR): In the tax year, we funded 132 interns via Outreachy - an initiative that encourages participation in FOSS for those who are subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they live. Outreachy interns improve FOSS and its documentation, and increase the diversity of the FOSS community while also learning valuable skills. ICR mentors and trains students in high school to do rigorous scientific research using FOSS. During this tax year, ICR had 27 internships. Both internship programs are paid programs which enable those from less privileged backgrounds to participate.Desc

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DescLicense Compliance & Enforcement: Some FOSS is available under "copyleft" licenses, such as the General Public License (GPL). "Copylefts" are FOSS licenses that allow everyone to freely share, copy, modify, and (re)install modified versions of the software. "Copyleft" licenses require that everyone who receives the software has an equal right to engage in those activities. SFC identifies situations where distributors fail to meet those requirements. SFC then enforces the copyleft license & requires these distributors to provide the same rights to copy, share, modify and (re)install modified versions of the software to all those who receive the software distribution. Through this process, SFC ensures that the public has equal rights to use, improve, and study the software, & to experiment with their own modifications to software. Most importantly, the rights of consumers to repair the software on their devices is restored. Rarely, when absolutely necessary, SFC seeks remedy in the courts through litigation. During the tax year, SFC specifically pursued ongoing litigation against a specific maker of Linux-based televisions in California state court in which SFC seeks the complete, corresponding source for the copylefted components in the televisions to engage in SFC's right to software repair.Desc

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DescFacilitating and Participating in FOSS conferences: During the tax year, SFC planned, organized and/or ran three conferences, and prepared for two others to take place in the following year. Additionally, SFC coordinated and funded many other smaller "hackfest" events for its projects. Furthermore, SFC funded travel expenses for staff's and volunteers' attendance at more than 20 different third-party software conferences. These events allow volunteer FOSS contributors and SFC staff to (a) speak about their work to the public, (b) teach the public how to use and improve their software, (c) generally promote the use, adoption and improvement of FOSS, and (d) explain and explore the policy issues surrounding software freedom and software rights. Most FOSS conferences include opportunities for software developers to meet and rapidly work closely together to make improvements to the software and release those improvements immediately to the public. Finally, SFC staff also assisted in organizing the Legal & Policy DevRoom at FOSDEM, the largest annual FOSS conference in Europe.Desc
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Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$964,000EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$219,183BOYAmt
EOY$439,187EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$33,543BOYAmt
EOY$63,548EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,468,386BOYAmt
EOY$2,389,347EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,623,240BOYAmt
EOY$7,242,486EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$244,961BOYAmt
EOY$374,378EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$94,002EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$244,961BOYAmt
EOY$468,380EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,728,461BOYAmt
EOY$2,298,111EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,649,818BOYAmt
EOY$4,475,995EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,378,279BOYAmt
EOY$6,774,106EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,623,240BOYAmt
EOY$7,242,486EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$525,062ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$129,235NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense$0InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$0PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consol And Sep Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolAndSepBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,078,324CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,510,140CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,177,281CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,346,553CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$4,018,244CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$17,130,542TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,078,324CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,510,140CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,177,281CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,346,553CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$4,018,244CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$17,130,542TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$4,949,494SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$12,181,048PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$42,264CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$66,759CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,748CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$14,043CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$140,712CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$271,526TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$17,402,068TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$679,370GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.69998PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.66814PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$4,057,961TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$129,235NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Recoveries Prior Year Grants$0RecoveriesPriorYearGrantsAmt
Other Revenue$0OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported-$129,235RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$4,187,196RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included$0OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$4,187,196TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$3,662,134TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Prior Year Adjustments$0PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Losses Reported$0LossesReportedAmt
Other Expenses Included$0OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$3,662,134ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included$0OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$3,662,134TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (9 entries)

RegionRegionTxtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCntType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific06Program ServicesD, I$137,300
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)021Program ServicesC, P, D, I$519,213
Middle East and North Africa05Program ServicesI$35,000
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)04Program ServicesC,P,D,E,I$53,335
South America010Program ServicesP,D,I$186,590
South Asia38Program ServicesI,P$257,000
Sub-Saharan Africa72Program ServicesC, A, P, I$537,091
Sub-Saharan AfricaGrantmaking$2,000
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)1Grantmaking$6,381
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee157TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Spent$1,733,910TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule F, Part I, Line 2All grantees must submit reports of their work which are reviewed by the committee and staff. Travel assistance is always carried out in accordance with the written organization travel policy which is published on our website at https://sfconservancy.org/projects/policies/conservancy-travel-policy.html prior to payment, The reports and expenditures are reviewed pursuant to our fiscal controls policies, which typically includes multiple reviews by many employees. In the case of our one grant during this tax year, we required monthly meetings between a staffer and the grantee.
Schedule F, Part I, Line 3We have coded program services in each region by a single letter and describe each herein: "C" means "conferences", which indicates that either a staff person or volunteer received travel expense reimbursement to speak at and/or attend a conference in the region, or we assisted in organizing a conference or event in that region. "D" means "software development", which indicates that we funded a contractor in that region to perform software development services as part of work described in Form 990, Part III, 4(A) "E" means "employee wages", which refers to our single employee in Canada, who works remotely for our organization in the USA. "P" means "program coordination", which indicates we funded a contractor in that region to help with coordination work for program activity work described in either Form 990, Part III, 4(a) or 4(b). "I" means "internship", which indicates that we funded an intern in this region as part of one of our internship programs described in Form 990, Part III, 4(b).

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyYes (1)AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtAddress Line2USAddress/AddressLine2TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndGross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmtRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmtNet To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmtAddress Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1TxtAddress Line2ForeignAddress/AddressLine2TxtCityForeignAddress/CityNmProvince Or StateForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNmCountryForeignAddress/CountryCdForeign PostalForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
Patreon Inc
600 Townsend StreetSuite 500San FranciscoCA94103Patreon provides an fundraising platform that allows Internet users to pledge regular donations directed to the completion of a specific project. Organization utilized Patreon to fund its "Godot" software development project.Yes (1)$206,051$10,352$195,699
Christopher Lamb
In addition to other duties unrelated to fundraising, Lamb engages in relationship building with potential governmental and corporate grant makers for our Reproducible Builds project.0$0$16,392-$16,392Stanley HouseOld Hurst RoadPidleyCambsUKPE28 3BY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts$206,051TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors$26,744TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization$179,307TotalNetToOrganizationAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule G, Part I, Line 2bFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationPart I, Line 2(b)(1)(iii): Patreon collects funds, handles billing to pledged donors, and remits monthly with a donor report to Organization. Part I, Line 2(b)(2)(iv): Lamb works collaboratively with SFC's Executive Director on fundraising matters, so no gross receipts are directly attributable to Lamb's work alone.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtValuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDescNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc
Open Collective Foundation
340 S Lemon Ave Suite 3717WalnutCA91789814004928501(c)(3)$304,000Grant to support the use, development and improvement of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and education about the use and improvement of FOSS projects. Specifically, $268,000 to support improvement of the Homebrew software, and $36,000 to support the Drupal New Jersey initiative.
Boost Foundation
5286 Crestline WayPleasantonCA94566844075579501(c)(3)$106,005In furtherance of and to specifically support the use, development, and improvement of Free and Open Source Software, specifically, the Boost C++ libraries software project.$248FMVflight credit with Delta Airlines
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org2Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule I, Part I, Line 2FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOrganization requires a written agreement with all grantees that explain the work expected under the grant. Grant period is clearly defined in that agreement. At the end of the grant period or annually (whichever is shorter), the grantee must provide a written report of work accomplished. At the end of the grant period, grantees must publicly publish either (a) a report about the grant, or (b) the work completed under the grant. usually, that work is freely licensed software available for the public.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Payments For Use Of ResidenceYes (X)PaymentsForUseOfResidenceInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (1)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (1)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonKaren M SandlerPersonNm
TitlePresident and Executive DirectorTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$165,231BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs$0CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization$0BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations$0BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$0OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs$0OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$5,144DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs$0DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$51,488NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs$0NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$221,863TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs$0TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org$0CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1aSince all Organization's employees work from their home offices, each employee receives a $50/month automatic reimbursement for home Internet services. Each employee must submit documentation that their home Internet service costs at least $50/month.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3See discussion on Schedule O for Part VI, Section B, Line 15

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bThe Directors are sent the audit report the same business day that the auditors release it. The Finance Subcommittee then meets directly with the auditors to review the audit report. The Finance Subcommittee immediately files a report of that meeting by email to the full Board. Before SFC staff files the 990, a final draft is submitted to the Directors. The Directors review the 990 at that time, and can raise any urgent issues immediately with each other and staff by email or telephone. Formal approval of the 990 and audit report occurs at the next regular meeting of the Directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cThe Board of Directors formally adopted and consented to the Organization's conflict of interest, whistleblower, and document retention policy on 16 March 2012. The policies are available for public inspection and comment. The Organization's policy is to remind the Board annually that the conflict of interest policy is in effect and any written conflicts disclosures are collected annually by a Director and/or staff member. Volunteers who help the Organization select contractors are required to adhere to the conflict of interest policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15All full-time employees (including any key employees or full-time compensated Officers are equally eligible for the same benefits package, which includes paid-time-off, 403(b) (including matching funds), medical, vision and dental benefits package. That benefits package, and changes thereto, are discussed and approved by the Board of Directors. Any employee serving on the Board of Directors or present at the meeting recuse themselves from that vote and the Board considers benefits package changes only in executive session without any employees present. Karen Sandler, the current President and Executive Director, negotiated her compensation package with outside Director and (at the time) Board Chairperson, Mark Galassi, when hired. That compensation package was then discussed and approved by the outside Directors. Changes to Sandler's compensation policy are made only with executive-session discussion by outside Directors. Sandler's salary increase in the 2017 tax year was again negotiated with Galassi and discussed in executive session by outside Directors. Sandler receives now and has always received the same benefits package as all other employees (described above), and receives COLAs using the same formula as other employees. Bradley M. Kuhn, Policy Fellow, is also an officer and director. His original compensation package (in 2010) was negotiated with Galassi and approved in executive session by the board, using data from Form 990s of similar organizations and other salary research data. Kuhn receives COLAs using using the same formula as other staff, since that time. Kuhn receives the same benefits package (described above) as all other employees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19Organization's Form 990s, auditor reports, articles of incorporation & by-laws are available on their website at: https://sfconservancy.org/about/filings/ Other key policy documents are developed in public at: https://k.sfconservancy.org/policies

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationSFC apologizes for the 26 hours late filing of the 2022 Form 990. Our Treasurer, who is based in Portland, Oregon, suffered a severe weather event in the four days leading up to the filing deadline. Electricity service was out for tens of thousands of customers in his area, and his home was without electricity for two of those days. Even while making final preparations on the filing date, our Treasurer's home was without working heat for some of the time, and suffered momentary electrical failures. (All our employees work remotely and use their home offices for work, so these outages would be the same as if our workplace was inaccessible due to weather and without electricity and heat.) Furthermore, during the same period, our Executive Director became extremely ill and had to visit urgent care. She was still suffering serious symptoms at the time of filing. Finally, our Assistant Treasurer was out due to the death of their father in the week before the deadline (and the funeral itself was the last business day before our filing deadline). Thus, three employees (of only nine total), and who are most involved with preparation of the Form 990 - include one who has since inception been listed in Part VI, Section C, Line 20 as the possessor of the books and records, and one who signs the return on behalf of the Organization in Part II - faced extremely unusual circumstances making it impossible to file timely. We expect this confluence of bad events is a once-in-a-lifetime freak coincidence and will not occur again. Nevertheless, our employees worked arduously around these problems to make an almost-timely filing anyway. Given our 16 year history of timely filing and these extremely unusual circumstances, we ask the IRS to excuse without penalty the 26 hours delay in filing.ExplanationTxt

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