GNU FOUNDATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2015

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Organization
GNU FOUNDATION (EIN 26-4479083)
Tax period
2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed
2016-12-15
IRS object ID
201623569349200507
Schema version
2015v2.1
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 ReturnHeader

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Return2016-12-15T11:04:28-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2015-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
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Filer Filer

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Build TS2017-02-10 21:41:12ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

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Website Addresswww.gnufoundation.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
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Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
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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 250 individuals directly impacting more than 1,500 family members.$27,220Yes (X)$0
Social Business Grants - We provide grants to underwrite the costs of starting new micro businesses to support our local partners; these are focussed on agriculture; dairy; and other regionally applicable businesses. Our local partner use the profits from these social businesses to service their financial needs. The activity from these grants in 2015 have positively impacted over 200 family members.$16,044Yes (X)$0
Family Empowerment program grants - We provide funding to local social support organizations working directly with the extreme poor to stabilize family participants until they are able to join one of the programs microcredit programs. in 2015 we provided services to over 700 families.$15,048Yes (X)$0
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Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (5 entries)

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James Sempere
President20$0$0$0
David Bagnani
Board Secretary1$0$0$0
Pamela Kohlberg
Board Director1$0$0$0
Paul McDowell
Board Director1$0$0$0
Elizabeth Dunaire
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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10Grants Greater than $5,000: 1) Class of Activity: Microcredit and Social Business Grant Grantee Name: New Life School of Jacob/Palma Location: Jacob, Haiti Amount: $18,420 to fund goat and cattle cooperative No Relationship to Grantor 2) Class of Activity: Family Empowerment Program Grant Grantee Name: Macheo Children's Centre Location: Thika, Kenya Amount: $13,099 to support social workers and program field funding No Relationship to Grantor 3) Class of Activity: Social Business Grant Grantee Name: Rays of Hope Health Unit Location: Githongo Village, Meru, Kenya Amount: $6,845 to fund a food service business No Relationship to Grantor 4) Class of Activity: Microcredit Grant Grantee Name: The DISC Initiatives Location: Ol Donyo Sabuk, Kenya Amount: $5,340 to fund round 3 of microcredit loan program No Relationship to Grantor 5) Class of Activity: Microcredit and Social Business Grant Grantee Name: Esperanza para Guatemala Location: Guatemala City, Zone 18, Guatemala Amount: $5,000 No Relationship to Grantor
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16Expenses for travel, bank fees, post office box rental and internet use service fees.

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

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ExplanationThe principal responsible for the filing was traveling extensively out of the country for field meetings with our local partners to service the needs of the Foundation and without access to the necessary foundation administrative documents needed for the filing.ExplanationTxt

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