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GEM FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2011

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Organization
GEM FOUNDATION (EIN 20-2016199)
Tax period
2011-12-01 to 2012-11-30
Filed
2013-03-29
IRS object ID
201340889349100009
Schema version
2011v1.5
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2013-03-29T13:15:55-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-11-30TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1JAMES D DIGENAN CPA JDBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line15520 WELLESLEY ST STE 200AddressLine1
CityLA MESACity
StateCAState
ZIP Code91942ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990PFReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-12-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN202016199EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1GEM FOUNDATIONBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlGEMFNameControl
Phone8587200723Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1117 SIXTH STREETAddressLine1
CityDEL MARCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code92014ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameEDWARD L MERCALDOName
TitlePresidentTitle
Date Signed2013-03-29DateSigned
Authorize Third PartytrueAuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameJames D DigenanName
Phone6197419806Phone
Self EmployedXSelfEmployed
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-25 16:41:14ZBuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exempt PFXExemptPF
FMV Assets EOY608464FMVAssetsEOY
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Not Required To Attach Schedule BXNotRequiredToAttachScheduleB
Net Gain Sale Assets Rev And Expnss-311069NetGainSaleAssetsRevAndExpnss
Gross Sales Price65749GrossSalesPrice
Other Income Rev And Expnss10124OtherIncomeRevAndExpnss
Total Revenue And Expenses-300945TotalRevenueAndExpenses
Total Net Investment Income0TotalNetInvestmentIncome
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss2170AccountingFeesRevAndExpnss
Accounting Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps2170AccountingFeesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Taxes Rev And Expnss85TaxesRevAndExpnss
Taxes Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps85TaxesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Deprec And Depletion Rev And Expnss220DeprecAndDepletionRevAndExpnss
Trav Conf Meeting Rev And Expnss28995TravConfMeetingRevAndExpnss
Trav Conf Meeting Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps28995TravConfMeetingDsbrsChrtblPrps
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss2398OtherExpensesRevAndExpnss
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps2398OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss33868TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnss
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm0TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncm
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps33648TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Contri Gifts Paid Rev And Expnss34044ContriGiftsPaidRevAndExpnss
Contri Gifts Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps34044ContriGiftsPaidDsbrsChrtblPrps
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss67912TotalExpensesRevAndExpnss
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm0TotalExpensesNetInvstIncm
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps67692TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Excess Of Revenue Over Expenses-368857ExcessOfRevenueOverExpenses
Net Investment Income0NetInvestmentIncome

Balance Sheets BalanceSheets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY2CashBOY
Cash EOY6309CashEOY
Cash EOYFMV6309CashEOYFMV
Savings And Temp Cash Invst BOY7177SavingsAndTempCashInvstBOY
Savings And Temp Cash Invst EOY9051SavingsAndTempCashInvstEOY
Savings And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV9051SavingsAndTempCashInvstEOYFMV
Investments Corp Stock BOY916356InvestmentsCorpStockBOY
Investments Corp Stock EOY592773InvestmentsCorpStockEOY
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Land Building And Equipment EOY331LandBuildingAndEquipmentEOY
Land Building And Equipment EOYFMV331LandBuildingAndEquipmentEOYFMV
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Loans From Officers BOY5000LoansFromOfficersBOY
Loans From Officers EOY5000LoansFromOfficersEOY
Total Liabilities BOY5000TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY5000TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Org That Do Not Follow SFAS117XOrgThatDoNotFollowSFAS117
Retained Earnings BOY919086RetainedEarningsBOY
Retained Earnings EOY603464RetainedEarningsEOY
Total Net Assets BOY919086TotalNetAssetsBOY
Total Net Assets EOY603464TotalNetAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities Net Assets BOY924086TotalLiabilitiesNetAssetsBOY
Total Liabilities Net Assets EOY608464TotalLiabilitiesNetAssetsEOY

Changes In Net Assets Fund Balances ChangesInNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Net Assets Fund Balances BOY919086TotalNetAssetsFundBalancesBOY
Excess Of Revenue Over Expenses-368857ExcessOfRevenueOverExpenses
Other Increases53235OtherIncreases
Subtotal603464Subtotal
Total Net Assets Fund Balances EOY603464TotalNetAssetsFundBalancesEOY

Capital Gains And Losses CapitalGainsAndLosses

Capital Gains And Losses Info CapitalGainsAndLossesInfo (8 entries)

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10000 ATAC RESOURCES LTDP2004-12-092012-10-012581910222479724797
10000 ATAC RESOURCES LTDP2004-12-092012-08-132718910222616726167
2000 IVANHOE ENERGY INCP2010-03-172012-08-101274072440-59700-59700
130000 NORWOOD RESOURCESP2008-07-082011-12-201134584-134583-134583
20000 NORWOOD RESOURCESP2007-03-022011-12-2056720-56720-56720
30000 NORWOOD RESOURCESP2006-10-042011-12-2030900-30900-30900
30000 NORWOOD RESOURCESP2006-09-252011-12-2032610-32610-32610
40000 NORWOOD RESOURCESP2006-05-102011-12-2047520-47520-47520
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Capital Gain Net Income-311069CapitalGainNetIncome

Qlfy Und Sect4940e For Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eForReducedTax

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Liable For4942 TaxfalseLiableFor4942Tax
Qualifying Distributions Year1145238QualifyingDistributionsYear1
Noncharitable Assets Year11130219NoncharitableAssetsYear1
Distribution Ratio Year10.12850DistributionRatioYear1
Qualifying Distributions Year2163573QualifyingDistributionsYear2
Noncharitable Assets Year2702425NoncharitableAssetsYear2
Distribution Ratio Year20.23287DistributionRatioYear2
Qualifying Distributions Year3180505QualifyingDistributionsYear3
Noncharitable Assets Year3627394NoncharitableAssetsYear3
Distribution Ratio Year30.28771DistributionRatioYear3
Qualifying Distributions Year4257219QualifyingDistributionsYear4
Noncharitable Assets Year41102625NoncharitableAssetsYear4
Distribution Ratio Year40.23328DistributionRatioYear4
Qualifying Distributions Year5221375QualifyingDistributionsYear5
Noncharitable Assets Year51166243NoncharitableAssetsYear5
Distribution Ratio Year50.18982DistributionRatioYear5
Total Distribution Ratio1.07218TotalDistributionRatio
Average Distribution Ratio0.21444AverageDistributionRatio
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Adjusted Noncharitable Assets176065AdjustedNoncharitableAssets
Adj Nonchrtbl Assets And One176065AdjNonchrtblAssetsAndOnePct
Qualifying Distributions67692QualifyingDistributions

Excise Tax Based On Investment Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvestmentIncm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax0InvestmentIncomeExciseTax
Est Tax Payments And Overpayment1031EstTaxPaymentsAndOverpayment
Total Credits And Payments1031TotalCreditsAndPayments
Overpayment1031Overpayment
Amount To Be Refunded1031AmountToBeRefunded

Statements Regarding Activities StatementsRegardingActivities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political ActivitiesfalseLegislativePoliticalActivities
More Than100 SpentfalseMoreThan100Spent
Form1120 POL FiledfalseForm1120POLFiled
Activities Not Prev ReportedfalseActivitiesNotPrevReported
Changes To Articles Or BylawsfalseChangesToArticlesOrBylaws
Unrelated Bus Income Over1000falseUnrelatedBusIncomeOver1000
Form990 T FiledfalseForm990TFiled
Termination EtcfalseTerminationEtc
Requirements Of Sect508efalseRequirementsOfSect508e
At Least5000 In AssetstrueAtLeast5000InAssets
States Filed WithCAStatesFiledWith
Form990 PF Filed With AGtrueForm990PFFiledWithAG
Private Operating FoundationtruePrivateOperatingFoundation
New Substantial ContributorsfalseNewSubstantialContributors
Interest In Controlled EntityfalseInterestInControlledEntity
Applicable Insurance ContractfalseApplicableInsuranceContract
Comply With Public Inspection RqrtrueComplyWithPublicInspectionRqr
Website AddressWWW.THEGEMFOUNDATION.ORGWebsiteAddress

Books In Care Of Business Name BooksInCareOfBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1KAREN MERCALDOBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Books In Care Of Phone Number8587200723BooksInCareOfPhoneNumber

Books In Care Of US Address BooksInCareOfUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1117 SIXTH STREETAddressLine1
CityDEL MARCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code92014ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Foreign BankfalseForeignBank

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exchange With Dsqfly PersonfalseSaleOrExchangeWithDsqflyPerson
Borrow Or Lend With Dsqfly PersonfalseBorrowOrLendWithDsqflyPerson
Furnished Goods With Dsqfly PersonfalseFurnishedGoodsWithDsqflyPerson
Pay Compensation To Dsqfly PersonfalsePayCompensationToDsqflyPerson
Transfer Assets To Dsqfly PersonfalseTransferAssetsToDsqflyPerson
Payment To Government OfficalfalsePaymentToGovernmentOffical
Acts Fail To Qualify As ExceptionsfalseActsFailToQualifyAsExceptions
Uncorrected Prior ActsfalseUncorrectedPriorActs
Undistributed Income Prior YearsfalseUndistributedIncomePriorYears
Undistr Income4942a2 Not AppliedfalseUndistrIncome4942a2NotApplied
Business HoldingsfalseBusinessHoldings
Excess Business HoldingsfalseExcessBusinessHoldings
Jeopardy InvestmentsfalseJeopardyInvestments
Uncorrected Jeopardy InvestmentsfalseUncorrectedJeopardyInvestments
Influence LegislationfalseInfluenceLegislation
Influence ElectionfalseInfluenceElection
Grants To IndividualsfalseGrantsToIndividuals
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizations
Noncharitable PurposefalseNoncharitablePurpose
Tr Fail To Qualify As ExceptionsfalseTrFailToQualifyAsExceptions
Maint Expend ResponsibilityfalseMaintExpendResponsibility
Rcv Funds To Pay Prsnl Bnft ContractfalseRcvFundsToPayPrsnlBnftContract
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft ContractfalsePayPremiumsPrsnlBnftContract
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransactnfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransactn
Proceeds Or Net IncomefalseProceedsOrNetIncome

Ofcr Dir Trustees Key Employee Info OfcrDirTrusteesKeyEmployeeInfo

Ofcr Dir Trustees Or Key Employee OfcrDirTrusteesOrKeyEmployee (5 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1CityUSAddress/CityStateUSAddress/StateZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCodeTitleTitleAvg Hours Per Wk Devoted To PositionAvgHoursPerWkDevotedToPositionCompensationCompensation
ARTHUR R RULE
7540 NAVIGATOR CIRCLECARLSBADCA92011Director5.000
GIANNA MERCALDO
117 SIXTH STREETDEL MARCA92014Director5.000
DOMINIC MERCALDO
117 SIXTH STREETDEL MARCA92014Director5.000
KAREN A MERCALDO
117 SIXTH STREETDEL MARCA92014Sec./Treasurer10.000
EDWARD L MERCADO
117 SIXTH STREETDEL MARCA92014President5.000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Highest Paid Empl NONENONECompOfHighestPaidEmplNONE
Comp Of Hghst Paid Cntrct NONENONECompOfHghstPaidCntrctNONE

Summary Of Direct Charitable Acty SummaryOfDirectCharitableActy

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Description1The Sharing Resources Forum, convened in San Diego in August, 2012, brought together a diverse group of academics, nonprofit organizations and students to explore their experience with people organizing themselves to pool tangible resources (e.g. money, water, land) to accomplish something together that they were unable to do as individuals. A series of interviews and roundtables gathered stories from the San Diego/Tijuana region and Africa that were posted on the Gem website and provided the theme (We Can Do More) for the Forum. Conducted in partnership with UCSD's Center on Global Justice and PCI, the Forum identified opportunities for collective action. Video from the Forum will be posted on the Gem website.Description1
Expenses123905Expenses1
Description2The Women Peacemakers Program of the Center for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego brings peacebuilders from around the world together to document their stories, share their experience and draw inspiration from each other. Gem convened Women Peacemakers of the past 10 years with members of the San Diego community to deepen their connections and build visibility and shared ownership of the program going forward.Description2
Expenses22800Expenses2

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturn

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Avg Monthly FMV Of Securities829000AvgMonthlyFMVOfSecurities
Avg Monthly Cash Balances4570AvgMonthlyCashBalances
FMV All Other Noncharitable Assets0FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAssets
Total FMV Of Unused Assets833570TotalFMVOfUnusedAssets
Reduction Claimed0ReductionClaimed
Adj Total FMV Of Unused Assets833570AdjTotalFMVOfUnusedAssets
Cash Deemed Charitable12504CashDeemedCharitable
Net Noncharitable Assets821066NetNoncharitableAssets
Minimum Investment Return41053MinimumInvestmentReturn

Distributable DistributableAmount

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Sect4942j3j5 Fndtn And Frgn OrgXSect4942j3j5FndtnAndFrgnOrg

Qualifying Distributions QualifyingDistributions

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions67692ExpensesAndContributions
Qualifying Distributions67692QualifyingDistributions
Adj Qualifying Distributions67692AdjQualifyingDistributions

Private Operating Foundations PrivateOperatingFoundations

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Section4942j3XSection4942j3

Lessor Adj Net Incm Min Invst Return LessorAdjNetIncmMinInvstReturn

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year0CurrentYear
Year321923Year3
Total21923Total

Percent85 Of Lessor Percent85OfLessor

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Year318635Year3
Total18635Total

Qualifying Distributions QualifyingDistributions

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year67692CurrentYear
Year1145238Year1
Year2163573Year2
Year3181643Year3
Total558146Total

Qlfy Distri Not Used Directly QlfyDistriNotUsedDirectly

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year39223CurrentYear
Year1115000Year1
Year2123087Year2
Year3128016Year3
Total405326Total

Qlfy Distri Made Directly QlfyDistriMadeDirectly

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year28469CurrentYear
Year130238Year1
Year240486Year2
Year353627Year3
Total152820Total

Two Thirds Min Invst Return TwoThirdsMinInvstReturn

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year27368CurrentYear
Year137674Year1
Year223414Year2
Year320913Year3
Total109369Total

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributing ManagerKAREN A MERCALDOContributingManager
Contributing ManagerEDWARD L MERCADOContributingManager
Only Contributes To PreselectedXOnlyContributesToPreselected

Grant Or Contri Paid During Year GrantOrContriPaidDuringYear (6 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1CityRecipientUSAddress/CityStateRecipientUSAddress/StateZIP CodeRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCodeRecipient RelationshipRecipientRelationshipRecipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatusPurpose Of Grant Or ContributionPurposeOfGrantOrContributionAmountAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
434 WEST 33RD STNEW YORKNY10001NONEEXEMPTCHARITABLE$500
CITY OF HOPE
1500 E DUARTE RDDUARTECA91010NONEEXEMPTSCIENTIFIC$50
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
322 EIGHTH AVE 7TH FLOORNEW YORKNY10001NONEEXEMPTCHARITABLE$120
AVON WALK FOR BREAST CANCER
2000 L ST NW STE 717WASHINGTONDC20036NONEEXEMPTCHARITABLE$250
THE CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE
4438 INGRAHAM STREETSAN DIEGOCA92109NONEEXEMPTEDUCATIONAL$1,000
PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL
5151 MURPHY CANYON RD 320SAN DIEGOCA92123NONEEXEMPTCHARITABLE$32,124
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tot Grant Or Contri Paid During Year34044TotGrantOrContriPaidDuringYear

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActy

Other Investment Income Part VII OtherInvestmentIncomePartVII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code14ExclusionCode
Exclusion$10,124ExclusionAmount

Gain Sales Assets Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAssetsOthThanInvntry

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code18ExclusionCode
Exclusion-$311,069ExclusionAmount

Subtotals Part XVIA SubtotalsPartXVIA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Exclusion-$300,945ExclusionAmount
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Part XVIA-300945TotalPartXVIA

Trnsfr Tr Rln With Noncharitable EO TrnsfrTrRlnWithNoncharitableEO

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Noncharitable EOfalseTrnsfrOfCashToNoncharitableEO
Trnsfr Oth Assets Noncharitable EOfalseTrnsfrOthAssetsNoncharitableEO
Sales Or Exchanges Of AssetsfalseSalesOrExchangesOfAssets
Purchase Assets Noncharitable EOfalsePurchaseAssetsNoncharitableEO
Rental Of Facilities EtcfalseRentalOfFacilitiesEtc
Reimbursement ArrangementsfalseReimbursementArrangements
Loans Or Loan GuaranteesfalseLoansOrLoanGuarantees
Performance Of Services EtcfalsePerformanceOfServicesEtc
Sharing Of Facilities EtcfalseSharingOfFacilitiesEtc
Relationships Noncharitable E OsfalseRelationshipsNoncharitableEOs

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees AccountingFees

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CategoryACCOUNTINGCategory
Amount$2,170Amount
Net Investment Income0NetInvestmentIncome
Adjusted Net Income0AdjustedNetIncome
Disbursements Charitable Prps2170DisbursementsCharitablePrps

Depreciation Schedule DepreciationSchedule

Depreciation Depreciation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Description Of PropertyCOMPUTER EQUIPMENTDescriptionOfProperty
Date Acquired2009-07-24DateAcquired
Cost Or Other Basis1913CostOrOtherBasis
Prior Years Depreciation1362PriorYearsDepreciation
Computation Method53ComputationMethod
Rate0.1152Rate
Current Year Expense220CurrentYearExpense

Land Etc Schedule2 LandEtcSchedule2

Land Etc LandEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Category Or ItemMachinery and EquipmentCategoryOrItem
Cost Or Other Basis1913CostOrOtherBasis
Accumulated Depreciation1582AccumulatedDepreciation
Book Value331BookValue
EOYFMV331EOYFMV

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (8 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionRevenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksDisbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrps
WEBSITE MAINTENANCE141141
POSTAGE1414
OFFICE SUPPLIES302302
MEMBERSHIP DUES775775
INSURANCE747747
CONFERENCE CALLS-20-20
BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS188188
BANK CHARGES251251

Other Income Schedule2 OtherIncomeSchedule2

Other Income OtherIncome

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionOther Investment IncomeDescription
Revenue And Expenses Per Books10124RevenueAndExpensesPerBooks

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases OtherIncreases

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionUNREALIZED GAINS SECURITIESDescription
Amount$53,235Amount

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Taxes (2 entries)

CategoryCategoryAmountAmountDisbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrps
REGISTRY OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS$7575
FORM 199 STATE TAX$1010