SAN JOSE DOWNTOWN FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $35K · expenses $46K · assets $100K

EIN

77-0395206

Address

28 N 1ST ST STE 1000, SAN JOSE, CA 95113-1230

Website

WWW.SJDOWNTOWN.COM

NTEE code

S20

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

October 1996 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

Principal officer

SCOTT KNIES (its 2011 Form 990-N)

Form 990-N e-postcards

1 filed, 2011 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗

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Mission

- PROMOTE CULTURAL AWARENESS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE, THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA AND TO THE GREATER BAY AREA IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA;- PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, PROGRAMS AND INFORMATION REGARDING DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE WITH EMPHASIS ON SERVICES, ACTIVITIES AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC;- ENCOURAGE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND ACCESS THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF FREE EVENTS, PROGRAMS AND CONCERTS.- BUILD COALITIONS AMONG GOVERNMENT, RESIDENTS, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHER ACTIVE CIVIC AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT STRENGTHEN THE CULTURAL OFFERINGS OF DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 30 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

30 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• SAN JOSE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION San Jose, CA · 1 person in common (Jeanne Serpa)
• CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK San Jose, CA · 1 person in common (Jeanne Serpa)
• SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP FOUNDATION San Jose, CA · 1 person in common (Jeanne Serpa)
• SAN JOSE SILICON VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE San Jose, CA · 1 person in common (Jeanne Serpa)

Funders of this organization

10 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,532,066 in all, tax years 2012 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Federal grants and contracts

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