2019-05-14T18:23:34-07:00 2018-12-31 990 2018-01-01 264479083 GNU FOUNDATION GNUF 4154970571 PO Box 29301 San Francisco CA 94129 Beth Stelluto Tresurer 4154970571 2019-05-14 69.181.148.69 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z James Sempere PO Box 29301 San Francisco CA 94129 146318 0 X www.gnufoundation.org X 2009 CA Public Charity providing capital and other support to organizations devoted to helping lift people out of poverty 5 5 0 6 0 0 146318 0 0 0 0 146318 108399 0 0 0 0 9222 0 117621 0 28697 41875 70572 0 0 41875 70572 Public Charity providing capital and other support to organizations devoted to helping lift people out of poverty 0 0 11812 11812 0 Microcredit Grants - We provide our local granting partners funds to carry out microcredit grants to persons in extreme poverty; grants were provided to more than 275 individuals directly impacting more than 1,500 family members. 32934 32934 0 Social Business Grants - We provide grants to underwrite the costs of starting/supporting new micro businesses to support our local partners; these are focussed on agriculture; dairy; and other regionally applicable businesses. Our local partners use the profits from these social businesses to service their financial needs. In 2017, we supported several different social business in Haiti supporting 3 hurricane ravaged villages. 10000 10000 0 Family Empowerment Grants to Macheo Children's Center to help fund programs that strengthen family units which in turn strengthens the children at the center. The goal is to address the root causes of family issues that inhibit children's education and wellbeing. 12319 8319 0 Education - Gnu Foundation provides tuition support for girls in rural Kenya (3) girls and held a leadership conference for leaders from 8 partner organizations to help them learn to support each other and develop plans for sustainable organizations. 38334 38334 0 Organizational Support - Support an an education and community development organization that helps an entire community of several hundred families. Further, support a health clinic on the slopes of Mt. Kenya that provides health services to a 20 mile radius area - in an area that otherwise would have no local access to health care. (ROH and DISC) 3000 3000 0 Emergency Relief - Supported communities ravished by natural disasters in Guatemala 8371 0 0 Administrative and Travel Expenses to support hte business 62024 49653 0 116770 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X James Sempere 4154970571 po box 29301 San Francisco CA 94129 James Sempere President 20 20 X 0 0 0 David Bagnani Board Secretary 2 0 X 0 0 0 Pamela Kohlberg Board Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Paul McDowell Board Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Dunaier Board Treasurer 5 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146318 0 146318 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146318 0 0 0 108399 108399 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8371 8371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 851 0 851 0 117621 116770 851 0 41875 70572 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41875 70572 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 41875 70572 0 0 0 0 41875 70572 41875 70572 28697 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 49850 69819 96662 92241 146319 454891 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49850 69819 96662 92241 146319 454891 454891 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 454891 0 1 1 X 1 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Grantmaking Several programs through grants to partner organizations in Sub-saharan Africa - Kenya. Programs range from funding micro-credit programs, education programs, family empowerment, funding a health clinic, general organizations support and overall leadership development. We partner with 8 different organizations in Kenya 88599 Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Grantmaking In the Caribbean, Gnu Foundation has provided emergency relief in Guatemala after the volcano. In addition, we have supported social businesses that will provide employment opportunities and the assist them in becoming self-sufficient. 16800 0 0 105399 Sub-Saharan Africa DISC - Donyo - Support Community based initiatives to help train the youth in rural Kenya for jobs and to support job creation in Donyo. Projects include computer based training, leadership development, drop in mentoring and tutoring. 23334 wire transfer 0 Provide mentoring via phone, Skype - no $ value assigned. Sub-Saharan Africa Macheo Childrens clinic - Family Empowerment Program - this program provides assistance to community members in the form of job training, counseling microloans or other efforts that support the family unit - with the goal being to reunite children with their families and strengthen the family unit. 10000 Wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Rays of Hope Clinic - a health clinic in the remote areas of Mount Kenya. The support of Rays of Hope is two fold - $15,000 for direct support of the health clinic and the balance in grants to catalyze social businesses that provide employment / income for the volunteers at the health clinic and to help them buy supplies. Grants for social businesses have included a cafe and place to sell milk as well as agricultural efforts. 26000 wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Dandlion Africa - is an organization helping empower young women. the 2018 Grant from the Gnu Foundation was to establish a microloan program for their members. 5134 wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Credit Factory - the goal of this kenya project was to establish a social business that will catalyze a business in support of the community. 5134 wire transfer 0 Central America and the Caribbean New Life School of Jacob/Palma - this grant it to support a social business and microloan program that is an adjunt program for a school/orphanage in remote parts of Haiti. This grant is in support of agricultural businesses that will support both the participating families but the rest of the community as well. 13800 wire transfer 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 The organizations are well known to the Gnu foundation through personal connection and interaction and support from other NGOs. All grant requests are made via email to the Founder, James Sempere. Both Gnu Foundation and the Grantee organization sign a Memo of Understanding for how the funds will be used. Use is monitored vs. the expected use of funds. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is filled out by the Treasurer and reviewed by the President before Filing. After filing the 990 form is shared with any Board Member interested in receiving the document via request to either the Treasurer or the President. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No governing documents were requested and thus were not provided.