TEN STRANDS: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: TEN STRANDS (EIN 27-4118171)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-08-26
IRS object ID: 201542389349300819
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-08-26T11:08:18-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	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	2014-01-01	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	330 IGNACIO BOULEVARD	AddressLine1Txt
City	NOVATO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94949	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KAREN COWE	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2015-08-26	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	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-04-25 22:37:26Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$662,468	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	STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT (OEE) AT CALRECYCLE TO GENERATE DEMAND FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE (EEI) CURRICULUM. RESULTED IN APPROX 1,297,165 ENVIRONMENT-BASED LESSONS BEING DELIVERED TO (cont'd on Sch O)	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$436,557	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$662,416	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$52	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$436,557	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$662,468	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$68,999	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$110,697	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$50,178	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$170,150	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$196,763	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$509,310	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$315,940	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$620,007	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$120,617	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$42,461	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$162,542	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$204,222	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,861	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,080	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$160,681	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$203,142	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TEN STRANDS PARTNERS STRATEGICALLY WITH STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES (LEAs), AND NONFORMAL PROVIDERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO ENSURE ALL K-12 STUDENTS ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY LITERATE. WE DO THIS BY FOCUSING (cont'd on Sch O)	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$235,992	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Office of Education and the Environment: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT (OEE), DEPLOYED DIRECT MARKETING CAMPAIGNS TO TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ADOPT THE EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE (EEI) CURRICULUM. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OEE AND STATE EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENT ROUNDTABLE (SEER), DEVELOPED CORRELATION DOCUMENTS THAT ALIGNED THE EEI TO CALIFORNIAS ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS; INCLUDING THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS (CCSS) AND THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS (NGSS). IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OEE, DEVELOPED A TEACHER AMBASSADOR TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH TRAINS MASTER TEACHERS OF THE EEI TO TRAIN TEACHERS AROUND THE STATE. THE TRAINING WAS A 3-DAY SUMMER INSTITUTE WITH ONGOING SUPPORT INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$40,806	ExpenseAmt
Desc	EEON Scale-Up: WORKING WITH NUVANA AND MANTECA USD, IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST POST-PILOT INSTANCE OF AN ACTION ORIENTED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GAME FOR STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. PROJECT INCLUDED A FULL EVALUATION BY TABERNIK AND ASSOCIATES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$32,605	ExpenseAmt
Desc	CREEC Support (Implementation): IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ENGAGED IN A STATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS TO ENVISION A SCALE-UP OF THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY (CREEC).	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$45,303	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$354,706	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	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
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	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	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	false	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	21	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	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	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	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	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	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	330 IGNACIO BLVD SUITE 201	AddressLine1Txt
City	NOVATO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94949	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 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
WILLAM PARISH
PRESIDENT	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANDREA LEWIS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL M HOWE
BOARD MEMBER	3.50	0.00	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KAREN COWE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6605 BARRETT AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	EL CERRITO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94530	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	STRATEGIC CONSULTANT	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$117,500	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$662,416	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$662,416	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$52	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$52	ExclusionAmt

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	$662,468	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$52	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

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	$0	TotalAmt

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	$86,045	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,524	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$34,228	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$41,293	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	$15,398	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,689	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$12,709	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,254	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,105	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$8,149	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	$13,959	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,959	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	$192,601	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,894	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,708	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$107,999	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,415	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,415	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	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,060	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,060	ProgramServicesAmt

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	$5,340	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,340	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

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	$1,281	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,281	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
OEE SYSTEMS	$87,224	$87,224
OEE FULFILLMENT	$63,230	$63,230
OEE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	$45,903	$45,903
EEON	$34,842	$34,842

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,455	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,235	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,220	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$620,007	TotalAmt
Program Services	$354,706	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$95,151	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$170,150	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$130,181	BOYAmt
EOY	$204,070	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,107	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	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	$1,800	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$907	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$755	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$454	BOYAmt
EOY	$152	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	$162,542	BOYAmt
EOY	$204,222	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,861	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,080	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,861	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,080	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$160,681	BOYAmt
EOY	$203,142	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$160,681	BOYAmt
EOY	$203,142	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$162,542	BOYAmt
EOY	$204,222	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$42,461	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
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 Minus3 Years	$135,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$210,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$436,557	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$662,416	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,444,223	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 Minus3 Years	$135,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$210,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$436,557	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$662,416	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,444,223	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$828,055	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$616,168	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$52	CurrentTaxYearAmt
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)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$1,444,276	TotalSupportAmt
First5 Years170	Yes (X)	First5Years170Ind
Public Support CY170	0.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct

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	$907	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$755	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$152	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$152	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

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 TASKFORCE OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS-CURRICULUM INTEGRATION
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 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Available upon request
Part I,Line 1 ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OR MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES	(cont'd) STUDENTS, 3,602 NEW TEACHERS TRAINED, AND 1,593 NEW SCHOOLS USING ENVIRONMENT-BASED EDUCATION.PROVIDED A CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CREATE ORIGINAL CONTENT TO BE ADDED TO THE NEW SCIENCE FRAMEWORK WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MAPPING THE STATE ADOPTED ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS TO THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS. INCLUDED THE CREATION OF VIGNETTES THAT DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS WOULD MANIFEST FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS. THIS INITIATIVE WILL ENSURE THAT ALL PUBLISHERS CREATING MATERIALS FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS INCLUDE THE STATE ADOPTED ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS. SUPPORTED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY TASK FORCE (ELTF) AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION OF THE SOON TO BE PUBLISHED BLUEPRINT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY.WORKED WITH SAN MATEO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE TO WORK WITH TEACHERS TO CREATE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS "UNITS OF STUDY" THAT PROVIDE EXTENSIONS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO OUTDOOR EDUCATION EXPERIENCES.
Part III, line 1 ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	(CONT'D) ON THE PROMOTION AND DISSEMINATION OF ENVIRONMENT- AND STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, FACILITATING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EDUCATORS AND NONFORMAL PROVIDERS, E.G., SCIENCE MUSEUMS, OUTDOOR SCIENCE CENTERS, ETC., AND BY WORKING TO ENSURE CALIFORNIAS ADOPTED ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS (EP&CS) ARE INTEGRATED INTO STATE ADOPTED ACADEMIC CONTENT FRAMEWORKS.