OLIVESEED FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: OLIVESEED FOUNDATION (EIN 82-1693564)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-11-11
IRS object ID: 202433169349303583
Schema version: 2023v5.1
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
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-11-11T12:31:37-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	461171913	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	S D MAYER & ASSOCIATES LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	235 MONTGOMERY STREET 26TH FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN FRANCISCO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	821693564	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	OLIVESEED FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	OLIV	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6509068548	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 60713	AddressLine1Txt
City	PALO ALTO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94306	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	BARBARA MACKRAZ	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT AND CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6509068548	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-11-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	STEPHEN D MAYER	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00022797	PTIN
Phone	4156914040	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-11-08	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-10-15 13:58:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	BARBARA MACKRAZ	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 60713	AddressLine1Txt
City	PALO ALTO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94306	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$360,989	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	HTTPS://WWW.OLIVESEED.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2017	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	OLIVESEED FOUNDATION DEVELOPS PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES IN LITERACY, EDUCATION, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GRASSROOTS COLLABORATION WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES IN KENYA AND MOROCCO. AMONG OUR INITIATIVES, WE ESTABLISH HIGH-QUALITY LIBRARIES, SCIENCE LABS, AND LEARNING CENTERS FOR SCHOOLS IN GREATEST NEED; BUILD CLEAN WATER FACILITIES FOR WATER-SCARCE COMMUNITIES; AND RUN A WOMEN'S WORK CENTER IN KENYA WITH INCOME-GENERATING MICRO-ENTERPRISES FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE NO OTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. IN MOROCCO, WE ALSO HAVE A NATIONWIDE SHORT STORY COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS THAT EVOLVED OUT OF OUR LIBRARY PROGRAM THERE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$191,754	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$360,919	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$421	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$70	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$192,175	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$360,989	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$193,813	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$195,193	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$12,000	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$62,300	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$5,867	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$12,476	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$56,220	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$218,289	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$313,713	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$26,114	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$47,276	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$27,442	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$79,093	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$10,338	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$14,713	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$17,104	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$64,380	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	OUR MISSION IS TO UPLIFT DISADVANTAGED RURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT QUALITY EDUCATION AND EQUAL ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE ARE THE GREATEST WEAPONS FOR CHANGING THE WORLD, AND THAT UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS DESERVE THE SAME RESOURCES THAT PRIVILEGED AREAS HAVE. WE FOCUS ON INDIGENOUS (AMAZIGH AND MAASAI) COMMUNITIES IN MOROCCO AND KENYA.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$67,422	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$41,311	GrantAmt
Desc	LITERACY & EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT:OLIVESEED BEGAN AS A LIBRARY ORGANIZATION, AND EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOR UNDERSERVED AREAS CONTINUES TO BE OUR CENTRAL PILLAR. IN 2023, WE CONTINUED OUR WORK IN RURAL MOROCCO, ESTABLISHING A NEW CHILDREN'S LIBRARY IN THE AMAZIGH VILLAGE OF AIT OUMANOUZ IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY. WE ALSO RAN OUR 3RD MLP (MOROCCO LIBRARY PROJECT) SHORT STORY COMPETITION, A NATIONWIDE PROJECT FOR RURAL TEENS, WITH PUBLISHED ANTHOLOGIES. AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, IN LATE 2023 WE LAUNCHED AN ESSAY COMPETITION ON "THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY" FOR RURAL STUDENTS IN BOTH MOROCCO AND KENYA.IN KENYA, WE WORK IN THE COMMUNITIES LIVING ALONGSIDE THE MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE, A DISADVANTAGED REGION WITH FEW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND HIGH RATES OF ILLITERACY AND SCHOOL DROPOUT. IN 2023, WE BUILT UPON OUR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AT SCHOOLS, DEVELOPING A SCIENCE LAB FOR MAASAI MARA HIGH SCHOOL AND A LIBRARY FOR ENTUROTO PRIMARY SCHOOL, OUR 5TH SCHOOL LIBRARY IN THE AREA. THROUGH OUR FOLLOW-UP RESEARCH, WE FOUND A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN TEST SCORES AT THESE SCHOOLS, AND ADDED MORE MATERIALS WHERE NEEDED. OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE FOR OVER 5000 STUDENTS A YEAR, AS EACH LIBRARY BECOMES THE SCHOOL'S LEARNING CENTER. ALSO IN 2023, WE BUILT A SECOND SOLAR-POWERED MANYATTA (VILLAGE) LIBRARY, REPLICATING THE SUCCESS OF OUR FIRST MANYATTA LIBRARY, AND WE EXPANDED OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN KENYA TO INCLUDE MORE STUDENTS WHO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT THIS SUPPORT.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$110,321	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$103,391	GrantAmt
Desc	CLEAN WATER INITIATIVES (MAASAI MARA, KENYA):IN THE AREA WHERE WE WORK IN THE MAASAI MARA, MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM OPEN PITS OR RIVERS SHARED WITH WILDLIFE AND CATTLE, AND 80% OF HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE THE RESULT OF DRINKING DIRTY WATER. IN 2023, WE CONTINUED OUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEMEK HILLS PURIFIED WATER FACILITY IN THE MARA NORTH REGION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IMPACT INVESTMENT FIRM GLOBAL WATER FIRST. THE FACILITY WAS COMPLETED IN EARLY 2023, WITH DEEP BOREHOLE, SOLAR-POWERED PUMPING TO BRING CLEAN WATER TO THE SURFACE, 20,000 LITERS OF WATER STORAGE, AND TAPS PROVIDING FREE WATER TO 1000S OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA. LATER IN THE YEAR, WE BUILT SANITATION FACILITIES FOR STAFF, A LOADING ZONE, AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. IN THE FUTURE, FILTERED BOTTLED WATER FROM THIS FACILITY WILL ALSO BE SOLD TO SAFARI CAMPS, TO HELP FUND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. WE FACILITATED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT, AND THROUGH A DIRECTED DONATION CONTRIBUTED A PICKUP TRUCK FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WATER DELIVERIES.IN FALL OF 2023, WE BUILT TWO SIMILAR CLEAN WATER FACILITIES INSIDE WATER-SCARCE COMMUNITIES IN THE MAASAI MARA. EACH HAS A DEEP BOREHOLE, SOLAR PUMPING, STORAGE, AND TAPS FOR EASY ACCESS TO WATER. IN BOTH OF THESE COMMUNITIES, WOMEN HAD BEEN WALKING MANY KILOMETERS TO FIND WATER (FROM DIRTY SOURCES) EACH DAY AND WERE CARRYING 20 LITERS HOME ON THEIR BACKS. NOW THEY HAVE TAPS WITH CLEAN WATER RIGHT INSIDE THEIR VILLAGES. THESE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED BY AN EARMARKED DONATION TO US; AND WE HANDED THE FACILITIES OVER TO THE COMMUNITIES UPON COMPLETION. TOGETHER THESE PROJECTS ARE PROVIDING CLEAN WATER FREE TO 1000S OF PEOPLE. ON A SMALLER SCALE, WE ALSO FACILITATED THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER FILTERS AT SCHOOLS AND HOMES WITH OUR PARTNER MAMA PROJECT.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$37,994	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$36,613	GrantAmt
Desc	OLIVESEED WOMEN'S WORK CENTER (MAASAI MARA, KENYA):MOST ADULT WOMEN IN THE RURAL MAASAI MARA ARE NOT EDUCATED AND HAVE NO MARKETABLE SKILLS OR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, WE BUILT AND OPERATE A SOLAR-POWERED WOMEN'S WORK CENTER WITH INCOME-GENERATING ENTERPRISES FOR WOMEN FROM 17 LOCAL FAMILIES. WE PROVIDE TRAINING, SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, SALES CHANNELS, AND THE WORK SPACE. WITH THIS SUPPORT, WOMEN AT THE WORK CENTER ARE MAKING BEADWORK ARTS TO SELL AT NEARBY SAFARI CAMPS AND ARE SEWING CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS TO SELL TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO SAFARI VISITORS. IN 2023, WE COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTER, WITH FURNISHINGS, SOLAR POWER, SANITARY LATRINES, AND RAINWATER HARVESTING. WE ALSO BEGAN OUTFITTING THE CENTER WITH SEWING MACHINES AND RELATED SUPPLIES, AND BEGAN A TRAINING PROGRAM IN SEWING. TODAY, THE WOMEN AT THIS CENTER ARE SELLING BEADWORK AND SEWING SANITARY KITS TO KEEP GIRLS IN SCHOOL, WHILE EARNING AN INCOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES.THERE IS NOTHING ELSE LIKE THIS IN THE REGION TODAY, AND AS WE LEARN FROM IT, THE CENTER WILL GROW WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE MICRO-ENTERPRISES IN THE YEARS AHEAD.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$66,377	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$13,878	GrantAmt
Desc	WE CO-FOUNDED A REGISTERED NONPROFIT IN KENYA IN 2022 CALLED OLIVESEED KENYA CBO (COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION) TO OWN THE ACRE OF LAND THE WOMEN'S CENTER IS ON AND TO MANAGE AND ACCOUNT FOR THE SALARIES OF LOCAL STAFF, VEHICLE FUEL AND MAINTENANCE NECESSARY FOR CARRYING OUT PROJECTS, BUILDUP AND MAINTENANCE OF AN OFFICE, WIFI, AND GENERAL OFFICES EXPENSES. THE STAFF ARE A DIRECTOR WHO ORGANIZES AND IMPLEMENTS PROJECTS, PART-TIME ACCOUNTANT, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WOMEN'S CENTER, AND SECURITY GUARDS AT THE WATER AND WOMEN'S CENTER PROPERTIES. THEIR BOOKS WERE AUDITED IN 2023, AS REQUIRED BY KENYAN LAW.EARTHQUAKE COMMUNITY RELIEF IN THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, MOROCCOAFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS OF MOROCCO IN SEPTEMBER 2023, WE RAN A FUNDRAISER AND PROVIDED EMERGENCY RELIEF TO TWO COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHERS IN OUR NETWORK THERE. WE PROVIDED FUNDING FOR BLANKETS, FOOD, WATER, AND TENTS, AS VOLUNTEERS FROM TWO TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS DELIVERED THE SUPPLIES TO THE HARDEST-HIT AREAS.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$66,377	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$13,878	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$282,114	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (1)	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (1)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (1)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BARBARA MACKRAZ	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6509068548	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 60713	AddressLine1Txt
City	PALO ALTO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94306	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
BARBARA MACKRAZ
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$12,000	$0	$0
HAASAN SAADAOUI
BOARD CHAIR	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT CRAIG
TREASURER	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KAREN BERNER
SECRETARY	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KATHARINE BECKWITH
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$12,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$360,919	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$360,919	TotalContributionsAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$70	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$70	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$70	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$360,989	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$70	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$195,193	TotalAmt
Program Services	$195,193	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$50,300	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,734	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,734	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,903	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,240	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,950	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,713	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,210	TotalAmt
Program Services	$658	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$552	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$919	TotalAmt
Program Services	$395	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$339	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$185	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$927	TotalAmt
Management And General	$927	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,339	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,890	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,660	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,789	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
SUPPLIES & MATERIALS	$7,242	$7,090	$14	$138
MISCELLANEOUS	$4,744	$4,131	$613
VEHICLE EXPENSES	$3,424	$3,424
BANK FEES	$1,714		$1,714

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,064	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,793	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$229	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$42	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$313,713	TotalAmt
Program Services	$282,114	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,732	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,867	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,942	BOYAmt
EOY	$78,143	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$500	BOYAmt
EOY	$950	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,442	BOYAmt
EOY	$79,093	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,641	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$338	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,072	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,338	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,713	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,104	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,380	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,104	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,380	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,442	BOYAmt
EOY	$79,093	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$47,276	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$32,529	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$80,307	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$113,642	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$191,754	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$360,919	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$779,151	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$100	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Total	$100	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$32,529	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$80,407	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$113,642	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$191,754	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$360,919	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$779,251	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

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

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

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

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$779,251	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$421	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$421	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$421	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$421	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$70	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$70	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$32,529	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$80,407	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$113,642	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$192,175	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$360,989	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$779,742	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99940	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.99910	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00050	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00090	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CREDIT CARD BALANCE	Desc
Amt	$1,072	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$1,072	TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	0	0	PROGRAM SERVICES	$179,867
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	0	0	PROGRAM SERVICES	$15,326

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$195,193	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$195,193	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	SEE FORM 990, SECTION III, PART 4C.	$154,577	WIRE	$0
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	SEE FORM 990, SECTION III, PART 4B.	$25,290	WIRE	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	SEE FORM 990, SECTION III, PART 4A.	$5,392	WIRE	$0
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA	SEE FORM 990, SECTION III, PART 4D.	$6,200	WIRE	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I - ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	-WHEN A PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COST OVER $500, THE U.S. BOARD APPROVES THE PROJECT AND AN ESTIMATED BUDGET. -WE TRACK SPENDING BY THE PROJECT. MANY DONATIONS FOR PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE U.S. ARE EARMARKED BY THE DONOR, AND WE TRACK THAT SPENDING AGAINST THEIR DONATION AS WELL AND REPORT TO THE DONOR. -IN KENYA, WE ROUTE MOST PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH OLIVESEED KENYA TRUST, OUR GRASSROOTS PARTNER ON THE GROUND AND A REGISTERED NONPROFIT. THE TEAM HAS AN ACCOUNTANT WITH A B.A. IN ACCOUNTING. SHE PROVIDES QUICKBOOKS REPORTS ON SPENDING EACH QUARTER (OR MONTHLY WHEN PROJECTS ARE ESPECIALLY ACTIVE). THE WIRE TRANSFERS OR MOBILE MONEY TRANSFERS WE SEND FROM THE FOUNDATION TO OLIVESEED KENYA SPECIFY THE PURPOSE IN THE DOCUMENT. THE ACCOUNTANT KEEPS RECEIPTS, AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK FOR THEM, AS STATED IN OUR GRANT AGREEMENT. WE CONDUCT AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF OLIVESEED KENYA AS REQUIRED BY KENYAN LAW AND ENGAGE AN INDEPENDENT FIRM IN NAIROBI. -IN MOROCCO, WE PAY VENDORS AND TEAM MEMBERS DIRECTLY WHEN A PROJECT IS ACTIVE. WE DO NOT HAVE A GRASSROOTS PARTNER LIKE IN KENYA, AND THERE IS NO PAID STAFF. WE RECEIVE RECEIPTS FOR ALL PURCHASES. -THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BARBARA MACKRAZ, VISITS OUR PROJECTS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ASSESS THE PROGRESS AND IMPACT. WE ALSO ENGAGE A LITERACY EXPERT IN NAIROBI FROM OUR PARTNER BOOKSTORE TEXT BOOK CENTRE TO VISIT PROJECTS AFTER COMPLETION, ASSESS IMPACT, AND REPORT BACK TO US.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MACKRAZ FAMILY	PersonNm
Relationship With Org	FOUNDER'S FAMILY	RelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan Purpose	START-UP	LoanPurposeTxt
Loan To Organization	Yes (X)	LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal	$10,000	OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due	$10,000	BalanceDueAmt
Default	0	DefaultInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (1)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written Agreement	Yes (1)	WrittenAgreementInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$10,000	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	EACH DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER, AND KEY EMPLOYEE SHALL ANNUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS SUCH PERSON: (A) HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, (B) HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, (C) HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AND (D)UNDERSTANDS THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS CHARITABLE AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION IT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18	THE RETURNS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AND ON THE GUIDESTAR WEBSITE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, GOVWERNING DOCUMENTS, AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.