2017-11-14T06:39:05-06:00 2016-12-31 264677183 DZH Phillips LLP 135 Main Street 9th Floor San Francisco CA 94520 990EZ 2016-01-01 261964339 LEADERS QUEST FOUNDATION USA LEAD 5102066696 PO Box 5773 Berkeley CA 94705 Giles Goodhead President 5102066696 2017-11-13 1 Hydeh Ghaffari P01228587 4157812500 X 12.201.135.74 2017-11-13 15:08:21 PS P 29C329510690AC2AD766FA3FDCF3E14F4B587691 EBFC66DCBA349F2083C74EAC78276C6A9350E58E 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X www.leadersquestfoundation.org X X 15000 X 15000 15000 62933 1915 90 64938 -49938 82840 -102 32800 82840 32800 82840 32800 0 0 82840 32800 X Develop strong community leaders by making grants to organizations globally that provide leadership training and to grassroots organizations whose founders demonstrate positive leadership qualities. Grassroots Leadership Development - Leaders' Quest Foundation USA continued to support organizations empowering grassroots leaders in the developing world to build self-reliant communities by addressing issues that include sustainable livelihoods, access to education and health services and environmental concerns. During 2012-2016, 130 emerging leaders were supported in creating initiatives that benefited over 250,000 people in some of the poorest communities in India. 62933 X 62933 62933 Giles Goodhead President 0.50 0 0 0 Ninan Chacko Director 0.10 0 0 0 Lindsay Levin Secretary,Treasurer 0.10 0 0 0 Julie Hill Director 0.10 0 0 0 Nicole Ng Assistant Secretary 1.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA Giles Goodhead PO Box 5773 Berkeley CA 94705 5102066696 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 93054 15472 48655 146500 15000 318681 93054 15472 48655 146500 15000 318681 252608 66073 1 1 2 318683 0.20730 0.24100 X IntroductionLeaders' Quest Foundation - USA, Inc. ("LQF") is a 501(c)(3) publicly-supported charity, incorporated in 2008 in California, whose mission is to develop wise, compassionate and adept leaders - people who are capable of leading in fast-changing, disrupted environments with competing priorities and interconnected challenges. These leaders are drawn from the full spectrum of business, government and civil society in the US and globally. LQF pursues its mission by supporting charitable and educational programs. Recent activities include making support available for the Quest Fellowship Program, aimed at developing grassroots leaders in India; and for the Future Stewards Program, aimed at addressing climate change leadership worldwide.Public Support LevelsLQF's tax year is the calendar year. In 2015, the public support percentage was 24.1%. In 2016, the public support percentage was 20.73%. As required by Form 990, Schedule A, Part II, Section C (Computation of Public Support Percentage), Line 17a (10%-facts-and-circumstances-test - 2015), LQF is pleased to submit this statement in support of continuing to recognize the charity's publicly-supported status. Regulatory StandardThe standard for a publicly-supported facts and circumstances decision is set out in (26 CFR) Treas. Regs. 1.170A-9(f)(3). Broadly speaking, there are two mandatory elements and four discretionary "factors" taken into consideration. This statement follows that order strictly.Application of the Standard to LQFMandatory standard #1: "Ten-percent support limitation."LQF's public support percentage of 20.73 % exceeds the 10% minimum required by the regulations. Mandatory standard #2: "Attraction of public support."LQF has an on-going program of solicitation of public support from all types of donors: foundations, corporations, publicly-supported charities, and individuals. Corporate donors include Cigna Foundation; private foundation donors include David Weekley Family Fund and Elizabeth Bixby Janeway Foundation; publicly-supported charity donors include Greater Houston Community Foundation; and individual donors have made gifts of between $400 and $1,500. The solicitation of public support is a top priority of the volunteer board of directors and is supported by specialist consulting staff in a continuous and on-going fashion. Facts & Circumstances iii(A), "Percentage of financial support."In the modest but growing fundraising program, support has already been received from the Greater Houston Community Foundation, which is itself a publicly-supported charity. Facts & Circumstances iii(B), "Sources of support."LQF's sources of support are appropriate to the specialist nature of its mission and programs, in that LQF activity is focused by its nature on a small number of leaders, who will have a substantial impact in a wide range of endeavor. Facts & Circumstances iii(C), "Representative governing body."LQF's governing body of four people has the specialist knowledge appropriate to guiding and implementing the mission. The board members have substantial experience, both in for-profit and non-for-profit settings, in the travel and financial services sectors, in start-up applications, and as social activists accustomed to conducting charitable activities and securing necessary support. Facts & Circumstances iii(D), "Availability of public services."LQF's services are deliberately offered over a wide range of public issues and, to address leadership of those issues, deliberately target participation by individuals who can make substantial impact in their fields. The LQF program has operated steadily since incorporation in 2008. Funders include other publicly supported charities such as the Greater Houston Community Foundation. ConclusionFor all of the reasons stated above, in compliance with (26 CFR) Treas. Regs. 1.170A-9(f)(3), LQF asks the Service to continue to recognize LQF's publicly-supported charity status. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 - Grants and Similar Amounts Paid Activity Classification: To fund the Mahastra Fellowship programme, which supports grassroots leaders. Grantee Name: CORO for Literacy. Grantee Address: Opp Bezola Complex, Sion Chembur Mumbai, INDIA 400071. Grantee Relationship: None. Amount Given: 62,933. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses Description: Bank Charges. Amount: 90. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 - Other Changes in Net Assets Amount: -102. The organization did not, during the year, receive any funds, directly,or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract.The organization, did not, during the year, pay any premiums, directly,or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract.