TEN STRANDS: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: TEN STRANDS (EIN 27-4118171)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-07-06
IRS object ID: 201711879349300641
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-07-06T10:38:37-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Bregante Company LLP CPAs	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	301 Battery St 2 Mezzanine	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94111	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	274118171	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TEN STRANDS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	TENS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4158787651	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 150869	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN RAFAEL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94915	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOEL GINGOLD	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2017-07-06	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Kenneth A Preston	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01437149	PTIN
Phone	4157771001	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	KAREN COWE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	330 IGNACIO BLVD 201	AddressLine1Txt
City	NOVATO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94949	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,826,978	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.TENSTRANDS.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2010	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TEN STRANDS IS A SAN FRANCISCO-BASED NONPROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN THE PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL BRING ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY TO ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S 6.2 MILLION K-12 STUDENTS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	5	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	20	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,455,673	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,811,978	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$15,000	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
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CY Total Revenue	$4,826,978	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$393,415	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$521,181	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$193,304	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$493,870	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$798,745	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$887,285	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,319,926	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$568,388	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$3,507,052	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$850,672	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,391,370	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$28,510	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$62,156	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$822,162	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,329,214	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TEN STRANDS' MISSION IS TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN THE PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL BRING ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY TO ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S 6.2 MILLION K-12 STUDENTS. TEN STRANDS WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH STATE AGENCIES, (cont'd on Sch O)	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$388,795	ExpenseAmt
Desc	ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY STEERING COMMITTEE: Fundraised for, co-chaired, and served as project director and fiscal sponsor of State Superintendent of Public Instructions Environmental Literacy Steering Committee. Comprised of 30 prominent educational leaders and nonprofit stakeholders, the Steering Committee includes representatives from the California Department of Education and CalRecycle, three directors of the University of Californias Subject Matter Projects, and a member of the State Board of Education. The Steering Committee is working to implement recommendations from the Blueprint for Environmental Literacy to support school districts, teachers, and local program providers with the ultimate goal of achieving environmental literacy for all of Californias 6.2 million K12 students.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$179,516	ExpenseAmt
Desc	EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE CURRICULUM SUPPORT: Strategic consultant to the Office of Education and the Environment (OEE) at CalRecycle to generate demand for and manage dissemination of the Education and Environment Initiative (EEI) Curriculum. Assisted with management of the Teacher Ambassador program, which enlists master teachers to lead EEI Curriculum workshops around the state of California. As of 12/31/2016, Ten Strands support of OEE has resulted in approximately 5 million environment-based lessons being delivered to students, more than 15,000 teachers trained, representing over 3,200 schools, since the partnership started.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$160,477	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$15,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE - Project-managed and led the second Environmental Learning Collaborative (ELC) in partnership with the San Mateo County Office of Education and the State Education and the Environment Roundtable, connecting teachers, curriculum experts, local environmental education providers, and community partners, to create Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)- and environment-based units of study for implementation in the classroom. Teachers participated in one three-day professional learning institute and received ongoing coaching and support in developing their units of study, exposing their students to integrated, interactive learning experiences using their local environment as the context. Also managed the Environmental Learning Institute, an ELC for Lomita Park Elementary School and the Millbrae School District.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Total Program Service Expenses	$981,470	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
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Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
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Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
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Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	67	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	5	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOEL GINGOLD	PersonNm
Phone	4158787651	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 150869	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN RAFAEL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	949150869	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
WILLIAM PARISH
PRESIDENT	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$120,000	$0	$2,400
ANDREA LEWIS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CANDICE DICKENS-RUSSELL
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN MERGENDOLLER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL M HOWE
BOARD CHAIR	3.50	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAKE SCHATZ
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHEILA NAHI
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATE RIDGWAY
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAREN COWE
CEO	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$140,000	$0	$10,853
JOEL GINGOLD
CFO	1.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$23,237	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$283,237	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$13,253	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$4,811,978	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$28,265	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,811,978	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONSULTING SERVICES	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$15,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$15,000	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$15,000	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,826,978	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$15,000	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$260,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$167,200	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$66,000	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$187,681	TotalAmt
Program Services	$87,735	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,520	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$83,426	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,932	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,932	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,324	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,032	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,292	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,244	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,160	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,084	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,467	TotalAmt
Management And General	$33,467	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,465	TotalAmt
Management And General	$21,465	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,265	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,240	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,240	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,785	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,996	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,589	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$407	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION	$285,269	$285,269
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING	$214,608	$214,608
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT	$106,594	$106,594
COMMUNICATIONS	$63,156	$63,156

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,925	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,887	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,945	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$24,093	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,319,926	TotalAmt
Program Services	$981,470	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$145,152	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$193,304	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$420,004	BOYAmt
EOY	$743,964	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,200,000	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$430,668	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,444,935	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$3,652	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$1,181	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$2,471	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$850,672	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,391,370	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,510	BOYAmt
EOY	$62,156	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,510	BOYAmt
EOY	$62,156	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$632,109	BOYAmt
EOY	$681,164	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$190,053	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,648,050	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$822,162	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,329,214	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$850,672	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,391,370	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$3,507,052	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$210,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$436,557	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$662,416	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,455,673	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,811,978	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,576,874	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$210,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$436,557	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$662,416	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,455,673	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,811,978	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,576,874	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,704,700	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$5,872,174	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$52	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$53	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$15,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$15,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$7,591,927	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.77350	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.45050	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$3,652	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,181	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,471	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,471	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,826,978	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,826,978	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,826,978	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,319,926	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,319,926	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,319,926	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Ten Strands income tax returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three years and four years, respectively, after they are filed. The Organization believes that there are no material uncertain tax positions which require adjustment to the financial statements or additional footnote disclosure.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KAREN COWE	PersonNm
Title	CEO	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$140,000	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$2,800	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$8,053	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$150,853	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Real Estate Commercial RealEstateCommercialGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$28,265	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY STEERING COMMITTEE: Fundraised for, co-chaired, and served as project director and fiscal sponsor of State Superintendent of Public Instructions Environmental Literacy Steering Committee. Comprised of 30 prominent educational leaders and nonprofit stakeholders, the Steering Committee includes representatives from the California Department of Education and CalRecycle, three directors of the University of Californias Subject Matter Projects, and a member of the State Board of Education. The Steering Committee is working to implement recommendations from the Blueprint for Environmental Literacy to support school districts, teachers, and local program providers with the ultimate goal of achieving environmental literacy for all of Californias 6.2 million K12 students. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: OTHER PROGRAM RELATED TASKS OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Managed marketing and communications for Ten Strands and the Environmental Literacy Steering Committee. Developed the organizations first annual report, a new Ten Strands website, managed two events highlighting Ten Strands programs and work, and attended several community and partner events throughout California highlighting environmental literacy. Ten Strands also did some advocacy work to obtain additional funding for printing the EEI Curriculum.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	A DRAFT COPY OF THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION WHICH IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AFTER BOARD REVIEW THE 990 IS THEN FILED.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	THE ORGANIZATION requires its board members to annually submit written confirmation of compliance with the policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Available upon request
Part III, line 1 ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	(CONT'D) COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NONFORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS (E.G. SCIENCE MUSEUMS, OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS) TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, STANDARDS- AND ENVIRONMENT-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WILL HELP THEM MEET COMMON CORE STANDARDS, NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS (NGSS), HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE STANDARDS, AND SUPPORT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. WE SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION RESOURCES SO TEACHERS CAN PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT-BASED EDUCATION EXPERIENCES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.