SONOMA VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: SONOMA VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION (EIN 68-0279152)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2016-10-17
IRS object ID: 201612919349301031
Schema version: 2015v2.0
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 G
Schedule I
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-10-17T12:50:14-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	R J Ricciardi Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 Fourth Street Suite 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Rafael	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94901	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	680279152	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Sonoma Valley Education Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SONO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7079359566	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 493	AddressLine1Txt
City	Sonoma	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94976	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Laura Zimmerman	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2016-10-17	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Hiep Pham	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01346204	PTIN
Phone	4154571215	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Laura Zimmerman	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 493	AddressLine1Txt
City	Sonoma	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94976	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,627,156	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.svgreatschools.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1993	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Dedicated to excellence in Pre-K through 12th grade education.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	10	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	550	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,849,276	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,465,357	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$21,314	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$3,497	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$1,293	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,869,297	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,461,860	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,045,607	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,530,802	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$344,779	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$294,607	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$290,259	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$290,068	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$215,105	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,680,454	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,040,514	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$188,843	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$578,654	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,597,974	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$933,559	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$177,841	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$92,080	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,420,133	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$841,479	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Sonoma Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) enriches the student experience, partnering with the Sonoma Valley Unified School District (SVUSD), as the primary fundraising and volunteer resource for innovative programs.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$872,537	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$864,239	GrantAmt
Desc	Early Childhood Learning: Preschool for all - SVEF, in partnership with the Ernest Bates Foundation and the Vadasz Family Foundation, is expanding the preschool at El Verano School. Preschool is a proven way to give students a strong start in school. The program helps students adjust to the school environment and enhances early language skills. The goal of SVEF and SVUSD is to add additional new preschool programs at other school sites. Stepping into Kinder is a kindergarten readiness program for incoming kindergarten students, held at Prestwood Elementary School, and tailored to students who have never attended preschool, with the requirement that a parent must attend with their child.Avance Parent-Child Education - Avance provides weekly three-hour classes for low-income Spanish-speaking parents with children under age 3. The classes, conducted in Spanish, focus on early education for children, parent education, early childhood development, literacy and school readiness. The program significantly improves kindergarten readiness, maternal involvement in children's education, maternal education and reduces reliance on public benefits.Summer Reading and Writing Academy - Summer reading program provides a dynamic, daily 5-week reading program for first through third grade students with the goal that all students improve reading skills and increase their love of reading. Students who read fluently with strong comprehension are much more likely to advance in school and succeed in all other school subjects.Grade Level Proficiency Project - The grade level proficiency project is an innovative program that uses a combination of game-like computer software and classroom coaching for teachers to bring elementary students to grade level proficiency in math and literacy skills. The program provides individually paced learning addressing the individual needs of the students. The project also includes a professional development model that includes real time, in class teaching and coaching for educators. This program is a direct response to the paradigm shift in education today, using technology to help guide teacher instruction and engage all students.Exploratorium Science Program (ESP) - Developed in collaboration with the San Francisco Exploratorium Program, ESP increases the amount of science exposure in the elementary school day through the development of science curriculum that also meets the standards for English language development. Elementary students experience a dynamic hands-on learning program that enhances reading and writing skills through journaling and discussion exercises about inquiry-based science experiments.Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) - VTS is an innovative, inquiry-based elementary school program that uses carefully selected fine art images to develop oral and written language literacy, collaborative interactions among peers and critical thinking skills. Students use evidence based thinking as they learn about art, then transfer those skills to other subjects. VTS boost writing skills for participating students.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$312,500	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$312,500	GrantAmt
Desc	Postsecondary Success - College and CareerFreshmen Teams - Freshmen teams provide smaller learning communities at the freshman level designed to better support incoming freshmen in order to build a strong foundation for success in high school. Teachers work closely with a particular group of students to meet their needs, monitor their progress and provide academic support. Teachers receive specific time to collaborate and plan new learning opportunities. In addition, students who need additional learning time and extra support receive academic intervention. Scholarships - Sonoma Valley High School Graduating seniors receive scholarship support towards their postsecondary college career, based on performance and qualifications in high school.Engineering, Design and Technology Academy - The Engineering, Design and Technology (EDT) pathway combines strong academics and a demanding technical curriculum to connect theoretical knowledge and real-world applications. Sophomore students in the EDT pathway take engineering-based elective classes and engage in large-scale engineering projects. Pathways include three components: academic, technical and work-based learning opportunities.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$258,035	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$254,763	GrantAmt
Desc	Enrichment - El Sistema - Valley Vibes Orchestra (VVO) - VVO provides a daily after school youth development program for elementary aged children. VVO provides 10 hours per week of classical music instruction in a vibrant learning environment. Children develop important cognitive and social-emotional skills through music, inspired by the world-renowned Venezuelan community development program, "El Sistema".Sonoma Garden Project - Gardens at schools create a robust living laboratory for students who learn teamwork, environmental stewardship, nutrition, horticulture, agriculture and market value of hard work. Sonoma School Gardens offers hands on, experiential learning outside the walls of a traditional classroom.Teacher Grants - Teachers apply for and receive grants for projects and materials that will enhance their work with students.PTO Support - SVEF provides support to parent teacher organizations.SVEF Interns - Students from Sonoma provide support to SVEF on summer projects.Support our Schools - SVEF provides support in schools wherever needed.School News Project - School news project provides "Kidscoop News" to students in classrooms.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$170,419	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$99,300	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,613,491	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
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	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
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	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	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
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
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	20	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	10	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	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
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	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	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	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	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	Laura Zimmerman	PersonNm
Phone	7079359566	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 493	AddressLine1Txt
City	Sonoma	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	949760493	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 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
Debra Garber
Chair	10.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Charles Young
ViceChair/Treas	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeff Walter
Secretary	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Laura Zimmerman
Executive Dir.	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$96,131	$0	$0
Louann Carlomango
Ex officio Dir.	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tom Angstadt
Director	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Renee Dellar
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stacie Elkhoury
Director	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gemma Gallovich
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Camerino Hawing
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Keith Hughes
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tara Johnson
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tony Moll
Director	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Katherine Murphy
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Vanessa Rognlien
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Les Vasdsz
Director	6.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tim Wallace
Director	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$96,131	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$373,223	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$132,456	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$959,678	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,465,357	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$3,497	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$3,497	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$165,296	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$373,223	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$165,296	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

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	$1,461,860	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$3,497	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,476,302	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,476,302	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$54,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$54,500	ProgramServicesAmt

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	$96,131	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,658	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$63,039	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	$163,823	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,823	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,570	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$107,430	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,073	TotalAmt
Program Services	$480	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,642	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,951	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,580	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,644	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,770	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,166	FundraisingAmt

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	$0	TotalAmt

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	$101,679	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,440	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$60,939	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$29,300	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,024	TotalAmt
Program Services	-$1,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$32,024	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,286	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,538	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,812	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,936	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,214	TotalAmt
Management And General	$574	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,640	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,293	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,120	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,813	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,360	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

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

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	$7,041	TotalAmt
Program Services	$458	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,152	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,431	FundraisingAmt

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	$4,403	TotalAmt
Program Services	$667	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,959	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,777	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Program Supplies	$10,415	$900	$24	$9,491
Fees	$4,593	$185	$2,629	$1,779
Publications & Subscriptions	$2,157		$222	$1,935

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,040,514	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,613,491	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$136,764	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$290,259	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$155,522	BOYAmt
EOY	$204,483	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$758,229	BOYAmt
EOY	$430,339	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$385,687	BOYAmt
EOY	$48,122	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)
BOY	$78,928	BOYAmt
EOY	$33,986	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	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)
BOY	$219,608	BOYAmt
EOY	$216,629	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	$1,597,974	BOYAmt
EOY	$933,559	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,773	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,895	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,000	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$127,068	BOYAmt
EOY	$56,185	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$177,841	BOYAmt
EOY	$92,080	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$527,656	BOYAmt
EOY	$513,002	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$892,477	BOYAmt
EOY	$328,477	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,420,133	BOYAmt
EOY	$841,479	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,597,974	BOYAmt
EOY	$933,559	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$578,654	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	Yes (true)	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	$1,043,420	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,457,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,310,606	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,849,276	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,465,357	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,125,778	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)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$15,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$15,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$15,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$15,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,600	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$78,000	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,059,020	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,472,719	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,326,206	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,864,876	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,480,957	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,203,778	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$7,203,778	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,239	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,034	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$7,198	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,566	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	-$3,497	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$25,540	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$20,885	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$13,321	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Total	$34,206	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$7,263,524	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99180	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.74950	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

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$219,608	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$548	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	-$3,527	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$216,629	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$231,204	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$8,045	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,551	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$219,608	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$209,560	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$24,665	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,021	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$231,204	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$199,916	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$13,382	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,738	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$209,560	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$191,376	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$12,218	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,678	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$199,916	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd
Total Book Value Securities	$216,629	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,461,860	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,461,860	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,461,860	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,040,514	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,040,514	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,040,514	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Part V, Line 4: Further the charitable purposes of the Foundation.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	false	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Red and White Ball	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$538,519	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$373,223	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$165,296	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$165,296	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$538,519	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$373,223	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$165,296	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$165,296	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$165,296	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	false	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Boys & Girls Club -Sonoma
Valley - 100 West Verano Ave	Sonoma	CA	95476	941579901	501(C)(3)	$10,000	$0	El Sistema - Valley Vibes Orchestra
Sonoma Charter School
Fundraising -17202 Sonoma Hwy	Sonoma	CA	95476	680441449	501(C)(3)	$95,243	$0	Grade level proficiency project
Sonoma Valley Unified School
District -17850 Railroad Ave	Sonoma	CA	95476	946002635	501(C)(3)	$1,327,218	$0	General support childhood learning

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	0	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	3	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	Students-Sonoma Val. Unif. Sch. Dis	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	41	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$54,500	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Additional Supplemental Information	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Part I, Line 2:All grants have unique reporting policies associated with them and the Foundation follows the appropriate protocols for each grant. Most grants require an annual financial report; some require a site visit or personal interview. Grant expenditures are tracked in monthly budget reports to the Board of Directors and reviewed by the Executive Committee.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$10,321	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Real Estate Other RealEstateOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$15,600	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$5,040	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Yes (X)	1	$10,000
Yes (X)	1	$5,000

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

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 32, Hire and Use of Third Parties	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Foundation uses a broker-dealer to collect, value and sell contributions of marketable equity securities. The Foundation uses an outside contractor to process auction bids.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Program Services:Transition Years - 5th/8th grade transition provides both intervention and enrichment opportunities during the summer for students transitioning to middle and high school. Students must be proficient in both English and Math as they complete Elementary school and must be ready to complete college prep level work without remediation upon entering High School to successfully master the next level course work.Accelerated Language Academy - provides accelerated English language and literacy development for 4th-8th grade students during the summer. All students participate in field trips connected to their summer learning in the academy. Algebra Boot Camp - provides summer support to Eighth grade students transitioning to Sonoma Valley High School. Students experience many of the teaching methods they will encounter in their ninth grade algebra course and begin High School with significantly increased confidence. Successful completion of algebra is a pre-requisite to higher-level sciences and mathematics.Teacher Support Network (TSN) - SVEF recruits and trains volunteers to assist in Middle and High School classrooms. Students receive direct support and individual attention from positive adult role models with the goal of supporting higher student achievement. Volunteers also engage in review boards for senior projects and help in the college and career center at Sonoma Valley High School.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The Executive Director, bookeeper and Finance Committee review the Form 990 before it is filed.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	The nominating and governance committee of the Board of Directors interviews potential Board Members and asks about potential conflicts of interest. The current Board Chair inquires about potential conflicts of interest at each monthly board meeting. The nominating and governance committee of the Board of Directors periodically reviews the conflict of interest policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Executive Committee conducts an annual evaluation with the Executive Director (currently the only paid CEO/ED/Top Management Official/Officer/Key Employee). The Board uses a two-part assessment form, one part for the ED to complete and the second part for the Executive Committee to collectively respond. The results are discussed together and summarized. The Board uses the results of the annual evaluation and the then-current Executive Director round table ED pay statistics to determine the compensation package for the ED.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	The Executive Committee conducts an annual evaluation with the Executive Director (currently the only paid CEO/ED/Top Management Official/Officer/Key Employee). The Board uses a two-part assessment form, one part for the ED to complete and the second part for the Executive Committee to collectively respond. The results are discussed together and summarized. The Board uses the results of the annual evaluation and the then-current Executive Director round table ED pay statistics to determine the compensation package for the ED.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	SVEF does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy or financial statements available to the public