SOMELAND FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2015

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Organization: SOMELAND FOUNDATION (EIN 45-3438376)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-11-09
IRS object ID: 201643149349100649
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
Form 990-PF
Schedule B
Accounting Fees Schedule
Investments Other Schedule2
Legal Fees Schedule
Other Decreases Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule
Other Liabilities Schedule
Other Professional Fees Schedule
Substantial Contributors Sch
Taxes Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-11-09T17:51:42-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	263839190	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BURR PILGER MAYER INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2000 UNIVERSITY AVE 201	AddressLine1Txt
City	EAST PALO ALTO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94303	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	453438376	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SARA & EVAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	C/O ADLER & COLVIN	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SARA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6508556800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	235 MONTGOMERY STREET NO 1220	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN FRANCISCO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94104	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SARA WILLIAMS	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6508556800	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-11-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	CAROLYN R AMSTER	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00189994	PTIN
Phone	6508556800	PhoneNum

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

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY	$80,657,688	FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rcvd Rev And Expnss	$61,183,443	ContriRcvdRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Rev And Expnss	$171,665	InterestOnSavRevAndExpnssAmt
Interest On Sav Net Invst Incm	$171,665	InterestOnSavNetInvstIncmAmt
Dividends Rev And Expnss	$495,822	DividendsRevAndExpnssAmt
Dividends Net Invst Incm	$495,822	DividendsNetInvstIncmAmt
Net Gain Sale Ast Rev And Expnss	-$301,939	NetGainSaleAstRevAndExpnssAmt
Gross Sales Price	$76,921,177	GrossSalesPriceAmt
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm	$60,943,409	CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Rev And Expnss	$61,548,991	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$61,610,896	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Rev And Expnss	$0	CompOfcrDirTrstRevAndExpnssAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Net Invst Incm	$0	CompOfcrDirTrstNetInvstIncmAmt
Comp Ofcr Dir Trst Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	CompOfcrDirTrstDsbrsChrtblAmt
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss	$36,213	LegalFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Legal Fees Net Invst Incm	$0	LegalFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Legal Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	LegalFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss	$46,139	AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Accounting Fees Net Invst Incm	$23,070	AccountingFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Accounting Fees Chrtbl Prps	$0	AccountingFeesChrtblPrpsAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss	$378,486	OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Net Invst Incm	$141,171	OtherProfFeesNetInvstIncmAmt
Other Prof Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	OtherProfFeesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Taxes Rev And Expnss	$634,000	TaxesRevAndExpnssAmt
Taxes Net Invst Incm	$0	TaxesNetInvstIncmAmt
Taxes Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	TaxesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$43,911	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	OtherExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$1,138,749	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$164,241	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$5,984,346	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$5,984,346	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$7,123,095	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$164,241	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$5,984,346	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$54,425,896	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$61,446,655	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY	$10,364,767	CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY	$47,452,457	CashEOYAmt
Cash EOYFMV	$47,452,457	CashEOYFMVAmt
Other Investments BOY	$17,015,306	OtherInvestmentsBOYAmt
Other Investments EOY	$33,205,231	OtherInvestmentsEOYAmt
Other Investments EOYFMV	$33,205,231	OtherInvestmentsEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY	$27,380,073	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$80,657,688	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$80,657,688	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Accounts Payable BOY	$60,117	AccountsPayableBOYAmt
Accounts Payable EOY	$38,087	AccountsPayableEOYAmt
Grants Payable EOY	$1,256,400	GrantsPayableEOYAmt
Other Liabilities BOY	$109,000	OtherLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Other Liabilities EOY	$0	OtherLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$169,117	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,294,487	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind
Unrestricted BOY	$27,210,956	UnrestrictedBOYAmt
Unrestricted EOY	$79,363,201	UnrestrictedEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$27,210,956	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$79,363,201	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$27,380,073	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$80,657,688	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$27,210,956	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$54,425,896	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Other Increases	$0	OtherIncreasesAmt
Subtotal	$81,636,852	SubtotalAmt
Other Decreases	$2,273,651	OtherDecreasesAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$79,363,201	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm Detail CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Property	GOLDMAN SACHS	PropertyDesc
How Acquired	P	HowAcquiredCd
Gross Sales Price	$76,921,177	GrossSalesPriceAmt
Cost Or Other Basis	$15,977,768	CostOrOtherBasisAmt
Gain Or Loss	$60,943,409	GainOrLossAmt
Gains Minus Excess Or Losses	$60,943,409	GainsMinusExcessOrLossesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Capital Gain Net Income	$60,943,409	CapitalGainNetIncomeAmt

Qlfy Und Sect4940e Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eReducedTaxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Liable Section4942 Tax	0	LiableSection4942TaxInd
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr1	$1,493,226	AdjustedQlfyDistriYr1Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr1	$18,213,588	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr1Amt
Distribution Yr1	0.081984	DistributionYr1Rt
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr2	$1,721,925	AdjustedQlfyDistriYr2Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr2	$18,678,419	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr2Amt
Distribution Yr2	0.092188	DistributionYr2Rt
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr3	$2,039,330	AdjustedQlfyDistriYr3Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr3	$20,201,341	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr3Amt
Distribution Yr3	0.100950	DistributionYr3Rt
Adjusted Qlfy Distri Yr4	$100,296	AdjustedQlfyDistriYr4Amt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets Yr4	$8,489,120	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsYr4Amt
Distribution Yr4	0.011815	DistributionYr4Rt
Total Distribution	0.286937	TotalDistributionRt
Average Distribution	0.071734	AverageDistributionRt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$37,403,934	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Adj Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$2,683,134	AdjNetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Net Investment Income Pct	$614,467	NetInvestmentIncomePctAmt
Adj Nonchrtbl Net Invst Incm Pct	$3,297,601	AdjNonchrtblNetInvstIncmPctAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$5,984,346	QualifyingDistributionsAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Domestic Org Meeting Sect4940e	Yes (X)	DomesticOrgMeetingSect4940eInd
Investment Income Excise Tax	$614,467	InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Tax Under Section511	$0	TaxUnderSection511Amt
Subtotal	$614,467	SubtotalAmt
Subtitle A Tax	$0	SubtitleATaxAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$614,467	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Estimated Plus Ovpmt Incm Tx	$647,275	EstimatedPlusOvpmtIncmTxAmt
Total Payments And Credits	$647,275	TotalPaymentsAndCreditsAmt
Overpayment	$32,808	OverpaymentAmt
Applied To ES Tax	$32,808	AppliedToESTaxAmt
Refund	$0	RefundAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty	0	LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent	0	MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed	0	Form1120POLFiledInd
Section4955 Organization Tax	$0	Section4955OrganizationTaxAmt
Section4955 Managers Tax	$0	Section4955ManagersTaxAmt
Tax Reimbursed	$0	TaxReimbursedAmt
Activities Not Previously Rpt	0	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	0	ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	0	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr Satisfied	Yes (1)	Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In Assets	Yes (1)	AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Org Report Or Register State	CA	OrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Org Report Or Register State	DE	OrgReportOrRegisterStateCd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty Gen	Yes (1)	Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating Foundation	0	PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors	Yes (1)	NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity	0	OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp Rqr	Yes (1)	ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Individual With Books	BURR PILGER MAYER INC	IndividualWithBooksNm
Phone	6508556800	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2000 UNIVERSITY AVENUE 201	AddressLine1Txt
City	EAST PALO ALTO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94303	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question	0	ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn	0	SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn	0	BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified Prsn	0	FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn	0	PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn	0	TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official	0	PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts	0	UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY	0	UndistributedIncomePYInd
Business Holdings	0	BusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments	0	JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst	0	UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation	0	InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election	0	InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose	0	NoncharitablePurposeInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
SARA WILLIAMS
235 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 1220	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94104	PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR	0.00	$0	$0	$0
EVAN WILLIAMS
235 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 1220	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94104	VP, TREASURER, SECRETARY	0.00	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Other Employee Paid Over50k	0	OtherEmployeePaidOver50kCnt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt
Contractor Paid Over50k	0	ContractorPaidOver50kCnt

Sum Of Program Related Invst SumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

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

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec	$27,600,076	AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances	$10,373,461	AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast	$0	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	$37,973,537	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed	$0	ReductionClaimedAmt
Acquisition Indebtedness	$0	AcquisitionIndebtednessAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast	$37,973,537	AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable	$569,603	CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$37,403,934	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return	$1,870,197	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return	$1,870,197	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$614,467	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax	$614,467	TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj	$1,255,730	DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Recoveries Qualfied Distri	$0	RecoveriesQualfiedDistriAmt
Distributable Before Ded	$1,255,730	DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Deduction From Distributable	$0	DeductionFromDistributableAmt
Distributable As Adjusted	$1,255,730	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	$5,984,346	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Program Related Invst Total	$0	ProgramRelatedInvstTotalAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$5,984,346	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Pct Sect4940e Org Net Invst Incm	$614,467	PctSect4940eOrgNetInvstIncmAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri	$5,369,879	AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$1,255,730	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Undistributed Income PY	$0	UndistributedIncomePYAmt
Total For Prior Years	$0	TotalForPriorYearsAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3	$1,033,873	ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2	$806,818	ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1	$799,005	ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov	$2,639,696	TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Qualifying Distributions	$5,984,346	QualifyingDistributionsAmt
Applied To Year1	$0	AppliedToYear1Amt
Applied To Prior Years	$0	AppliedToPriorYearsAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus	$0	TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Applied To Current Year	$1,255,730	AppliedToCurrentYearAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus	$4,728,616	RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Excess Distri Cyov App CY Corpus	$0	ExcessDistriCyovAppCYCorpusAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov App CY	$0	ExcessDistributionCyovAppCYAmt
Total Corpus	$7,368,312	TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm	$0	PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Prior Year Deficiency Or Tax	$0	PriorYearDeficiencyOrTaxAmt
Taxable1	$0	Taxable1Amt
Taxable2	$0	Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Corpus Distri170b1 E Or4942g3	$0	CorpusDistri170b1EOr4942g3Amt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5	$0	ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr	$7,368,312	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year3	$1,033,873	ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2	$806,818	ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1	$799,005	ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year	$4,728,616	ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributing Manager	SARA WILLIAMS	ContributingManagerNm
Contributing Manager	EVAN WILLIAMS	ContributingManagerNm
Only Contri To Preselected	Yes (X)	OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (11 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityRecipientUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationRecipientUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipTxt	Recipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusTxt	Grant Or Contribution PurposeGrantOrContributionPurposeTxt	AmtAmt
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
354 PINE STREET SUITE 700	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94104	N/A	501(C)3	SFUSD SCHOOL FOOD REFORM & EDUCATORS FOR CONSIDERATION PROGRAMS	$1,564,154
GIRLS WHO CODE
261 5TH AVENUE ROOM 2303	NEW YORK	NY	10016	N/A	501(C)3	GENERAL OPERATING FUND	$15,000
IDEOORG
100 FOREST AVENUE	PALO ALTO	CA	94301	N/A	501(C)3	SFUSD SCHOOL FOOD REFORM PROGRAM	$261,192
SAPLING FOUNDATION
250 HUDSON STREET ROOM 1002	NEW YORK	NY	10013	N/A	501(C)3	TED CONFERENCE FELLOWS PROGRAMSTATEMENT REQUIRED BY IRS REG SEC 53.4945-5(D)DATE AND AMOUNT OF GRANT:04/06/15 $80,000PURPOSE OF THE GRANT:THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT IS TO SUPPORT THE TED CONFERENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM. ACTUAL USE OF THE GRANT:GRANT FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO THE PAYMENT OF TED FELLOWS PROGRAM EXPENSES. NO PART OF THE GRANT FUNDS REMAINED ON HAND AT THE END OF THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE REPORT.DATE AND RESULT OF VERIFICATION OF THE GRANTEE'S REPORT:05/21/15 IS THE GRANTEE'S FIRST AND FINAL REPORT FOR THE GRANT COVERED.	$80,000
TIM BRAUCH MEMORIAL SKATE PARK FUND
28011 MISSION STREET	SANTA CRUZ	CA	95060	N/A	501(C)3	SCHOLARSHIPS	$12,000
UCSF FOUNDATION
220 MONTGOMERY STREET FLOOR 5	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94104	N/A	501(C)3	GENERAL OPERATING FUND & GAZZALEY LAB	$3,500,000
509 CULTURAL CENTER
1007 MARKET STREET	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94103	N/A	501(C)3	GENERAL OPERATING FUND	$50,000
DONORSCHOOSEORG
134 WEST 37TH STREET FLOOR 11	NEW YORK	NY	10018	N/A	501(C)3	GENERAL OPERATING FUND	$270,000
FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS
222 SUTTER STREET SUITE 600	SAN FRANCISCO	NY	94108	N/A	501(C)3	GENERAL OPERATING FUND	$100,000
GRIST MAGAZINE
710 SECOND AVENUE SUITE 860	SEATTLE	WA	98104	N/A	501(C)3	GENERAL OPERATING FUND	$7,000
SOLUTIONS PROJECT
PO BOX 3202	OAKLAND	CA	94609	N/A	501(C)3	GENERAL OPERATING FUND	$125,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr	$5,984,346	TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt
Total Grant Or Contri Apprv Fut	$0	TotalGrantOrContriApprvFutAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	14	ExclusionCd
Exclusion	$171,665	ExclusionAmt

Div And Int From Sec Part VII DivAndIntFromSecPartVIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	14	ExclusionCd
Exclusion	$495,822	ExclusionAmt

Gain Sales Ast Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	18	ExclusionCd
Exclusion	-$301,939	ExclusionAmt

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Unrelated Business Taxbl Incm	$0	UnrelatedBusinessTaxblIncmAmt
Exclusion	$365,548	ExclusionAmt
Related Or Exempt Function Incm	$0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty	$365,548	TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO	0	TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO	0	TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	0	SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO	0	PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets	0	RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements	0	ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	0	LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc	0	PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	0	SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO	0	RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
General Rule	Yes (X)	GeneralRuleInd

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp (3 entries)

ContributorContributorNum	Address Line1ContributorUSAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContributorUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContributorUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContributorUSAddress/ZIPCd	Total ContributionsTotalContributionsAmt	Noncash ContributionNoncashContributionInd	Person ContributionPersonContributionInd
EVAN AND SARA WILLIAMS
1	235 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 1220	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94104	$13,215,910	Yes (X)
EVAN AND SARA WILLIAMS
2	235 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 1220	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94104	$150,925		Yes (X)
EVAN AND SARA WILLIAMS
3	235 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 1220	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94104	$47,816,608	Yes (X)

Non Cash Property Contribution NonCashPropertyContributionGrp (2 entries)

ContributorContributorNum	Noncash PropertyNoncashPropertyDesc	Fair Market ValueFairMarketValueAmt	ReceivedReceivedDt
1	359,128 SHS TWITTER	$13,215,910	2015-05-29
3	1,848,342 SHS TWITTER	$47,816,608	2015-11-27

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	ACCOUNTING FEES	CategoryTxt
Amt	$46,139	Amt
Net Investment Income	$23,070	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$0	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category Or Item	PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES	CategoryOrItemTxt
Listed At Cost Or FMV	AT COST	ListedAtCostOrFMVCd
Book Value	$33,205,231	BookValueAmt
EOYFMV	$33,205,231	EOYFMVAmt

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	LEGAL FEES	CategoryTxt
Legal Fees	$36,213	LegalFeesAmt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$0	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Other Decreases Schedule OtherDecreasesSchedule

Other Decreases Detail OtherDecreasesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	UNREALIZED GAINS/LOSSES	Desc
Amt	$2,273,651	Amt

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS	Desc
Revenue And Expenses Per Books	$43,911	RevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$0	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

Other Liabilities Schedule OtherLiabilitiesSchedule

Other Liabilities Detail OtherLiabilitiesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ACCRUED TAXES	Desc
BOY Book Value	$109,000	BOYBookValueAmt
EOY Book Value	$0	EOYBookValueAmt

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail (2 entries)

CategoryCategoryTxt	AmtAmt	Net Investment IncomeNetInvestmentIncomeAmt	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt
MANAGEMENT FEES	$237,315	$0	$0
INVESTMENT ADVISOR FEES	$141,171	$141,171	$0

Substantial Contributors Sch SubstantialContributorsSch

Substantial Contributor Detail SubstantialContributorDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SARA EVAN WILLIAMS	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	235 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 1220	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN FRANCISCO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94104	ZIPCd

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	FEDERAL TAXES	CategoryTxt
Amt	$634,000	Amt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt
Disbursements Charitable Prps	$0	DisbursementsCharitablePrpsAmt

SOMELAND FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2015

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm Detail CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmDetail

Cap Gains Loss Tx Invst Incm CapGainsLossTxInvstIncmGrp

Qlfy Und Sect4940e Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eReducedTaxGrp

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

Sum Of Program Related Invst SumOfProgramRelatedInvstGrp

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Grant Or Contribution Pd Dur Yr GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp (11 entries)

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Int On Sav And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavAndTempCashInvstGrp

Div And Int From Sec Part VII DivAndIntFromSecPartVIIGrp

Gain Sales Ast Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAstOthThanInvntryGrp

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp (3 entries)

Non Cash Property Contribution NonCashPropertyContributionGrp (2 entries)

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees Detail AccountingFeesDetail

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOtherGrp

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFeesGrp

Other Decreases Schedule OtherDecreasesSchedule

Other Decreases Detail OtherDecreasesDetail

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp

Other Liabilities Schedule OtherLiabilitiesSchedule

Other Liabilities Detail OtherLiabilitiesDetail

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees Detail OtherProfessionalFeesDetail (2 entries)

Substantial Contributors Sch SubstantialContributorsSch

Substantial Contributor Detail SubstantialContributorDetail

US Address USAddress

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

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