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To be a powerful and visible model of conscious, effective philanthropy.
To create a fertile training ground that supports the full and authentic expression
of our passions and purpose.
To be a dynamic forum for learning about social issues and the people working to
address them.
To cultivate and continually renew the heart and soul of our community.
To be a vibrant, growing and diverse multi-generational membership organization.
To transform wealth into an instrument of change.
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our mission
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about Threshold
Threshold provides a place where people with signicant nancial resources, a commitment to social change and an
interest in their own emotional, psychological, and spiritual development can come together to scheme, dream, learn,
work, play and see what happens. We have observed that social change ows from personal growth so we work on our
inner lives and social responsibility simultaneously.
Threshold meetings are an ongoing experiment an evolving form designed to encourage members to discover their
most meaningful work and purpose, and engage in the world from that place.
Threshold Foundation serves the social change movement through collaborating with and funding innovative national and
international nonprot organizations and individuals working towards social justice, environmental sustainability, humane
economic systems and peaceful coexistence.
Member volunteers administer the foundation with the assistance of Tides, which is located in San Francisco. Granted
funds are raised annually with almost all donations coming from the membership. New members join Threshold primarily
through a personal relationship with an existing member or by referral from a membership committee.
Information about submitting a grant request to Threshold Foundation can be found on page 20 of this report and at
www.thresholdfoundation.org.
Threshold is a community of individuals united through wealth, and a progressive
foundation mobilizing money, people and power to create a more just, joyful and
sustainable world.
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news from the yearIn 2010, the Threshold Community continued to evolve its grantmaking programs. Nevertheless, one of the things that I have found to be ever
constant, is our commitment to funding the new and cutting edge projects of the progressive non-prot world. Indeed, my elevator speech
has started to include the phrase, Thresholds grants are the Venture Capital money in the progressive non-prot world. Our return on
investment is the knowledge that we are supporting dynamic social change groups reaching for justice and a sustainable world. Its a fun
speech to giveand Im sure Im the envy of many corporate leaders who have to defend their prots !
ur Standing Committee Grants and process: Some news and highlights of the year include the extraordinary number of Letters of
Inquiry (LOIs) received for this grantmaking cycle. Over 700 LOIs for Thresholds two grants committees (Sustainable Planet and Justice &
Democracy). These were narrowed down by our committees and the Tides Foundation staff to 24 essential and exciting grants. As we looked
at our own sustainability, however, we realized something had to change. We have moved to an invitation-only process for the 20102011grantmaking cycle. The hope is to help both the grantees and the committees reduce the arduousness of the process while still retaining the
quality of our grants. We will reevaluate this process in future years to see what we liked and what we didnt, and to make adjustments.
Another highlight of the year were multi-year grants. We know they are benecial for the grantseeking community. The trick has always been
how to have nancial integrity around not promising something you dont yet have in the bank. In this case, the Justice and Democracy
committee decided it was more important to commit to multi-year funding than granting all of their money in the same year. We will look
forward to receiving feedback from the grantees and committees at the end of the 2011 cycle on how the process worked for both.
Grantees: Then there were the grantees themselves. I wont be able to highlight them all, but these were highlighted by the committees
when they were asked to identify some that could use additional funding at year end:
Juste ad Demay:
Air Trafc Control and Education Fund
www.atctower.net
Community Conferencing Center
www.communityconferencing.org
Families and Friends of Louisianas Incarcerated Childrenwww.fic.org
Sustaabe Paet:
Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project
www.earthworksaction.org/aboutogap.cfm
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibilities
www.peer.org
Save Americas Forestswww.saveamericasforests.org
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These are just a few of the grantees that we have funded this year. All are part of the progressive movements cutting edge that Threshold looks
for and has historically supported. Countless hours go into these evaluations and they are an incredible perk that members of the community
can benet from in implementing their own giving plans. Please take a minute to explore some of these links to familiarize yourself with the work
our committees do in our name. And the next time youre at a meeting and sharing a meal with someone on a committee please ask them what
they are excited about right now. I promise you, you wont be disappointed.
Funding Circes: Threshold also continued with its Funding Circle projects in 2010. These have evolved into areas of partnership with other
foundations and groups in the outside world. They have deepened our exibility to respond to timely issues and have increased the depth and
complexity with which we give. The two Funding Circles are Liberty Hill Foundations Queer Youth Fund and the Election Integrity Funding Circle.
The Queer Youth Fund FC is a partnership we have with the Liberty Hill Foundation www.libertyhill.org. The Queer Youth Fundawards $100,000
multi-year grants to innovative and effective leadership development or organizing projects that empower GLBTQQ youth to improve societal
conditions affecting them and that make a long-term difference to their movement. The Funding Circle is innovative in that activists have full
voice and vote in making the grants decisions along with the donors.
The Election Integrity FC is one of the only groups in the nation funding projects that address whistle blower protection, citizen exit polls to
engage civic participation, and meaningful prosecution of election fraud crimes.
Its wonderful to have these two groups as part of our mix of progressive funding
ndowment Investing: The other meaningful area to speak of is our ongoing commitment to walk our talk in how we invest our endowment.
Our program-related investments further our social change mission by making funds available to community organizations that help low-income
individuals in the US and around the world. In addition, our equity securities use a socially responsible screen. Threshold has and will continue
to stay deeply connected to our mission of a just and sustainable world through how we manage our endowment.
Nearly all of Thresholds grants come from current donations of our members who actively engage with each other in authentic community. We
are grateful to all of our members who invest large amounts of their personal time and energy into our community and these wonderful grants
committees that work for social change through our grantees who serve on the front lines of creating such change.
With love, respect and gratitude,
Michele
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Following a two-year process of change and development, Threshold launched
a newly re-designed Grants Program in 2007. We established two Core
Committees: Justice & Democracy and Sustainable Planet, and introduced a
new philanthropic form for Threshold: Funding Circles.
The Justice & Democracy and Sustainable Planet Committees are the more
permanent, institutional xtures in Thresholds philanthropic constellation.
Funding Circles are authorized in a yearly charter process and remain in the
foundations orbit for a more limited scope of work or length of time.
For more information about current Core Committee and Funding Circle
guidelines and funding criteria, please visit the Threshold Foundation website at
www.thresholdfoundation.org.
Threshold Foundation2010 grants list
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justice and democracy $331,527Threshold Foundation envisions an authentic participatory democracy through which socialjustice can be achieved, and believes that when engaged in the political decisions that affect
their lives, ordinary people are central to making possible that change. The Justice & Democracy
Committee seeks to ensure human rights for youth impacted by the criminal justice and drug
policy systems, and political rights for those in historically disenfranchised communities.
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Air TrAffic conTrol EDcATion fnD SN FNIS,
www.atctower.net
The ir Trafc ontrol Education Fund (T) helps musicians activate
their enormous fan bases on issues vital to progressive social change.
It serves an artists air trafc control that instills capacity, efciency, and
coordination in ar tist-cause collaborations.
$30,777 ollaborating with Musicians Project
BlockS TogEThEr IG, IL
www.blockstogether.org
Blocks Together targets the root causes of poverty and inequality, creates
neighborhood stability by ensuring that needed resources are invested in
the community, and unites residents on the basis of equality to engage in
building a social and economic justice movement.
$16,375 Graduate Dont Incarcerate ampaign
colorofchAngE.org BEELE,
www.colorofchange.org
olorfhange.org exists to strengthen Black mericas political voice.Its goal is to empower membersBlack mericans and alliesto make
government more responsive to the concerns of Black mericans and to
bring about positive political and social change for everyone. Its members
are united behind a simple, powerful pledge: we will do all we can to make
sure all mericans are represented, served, and protectedregardless of
race or class.
$60,000 2-year grant for Deepening Engagement Project
coniT confErEncing cEnTEr BLTIME, MD
www.communityconferencing.org
The ommunity onferencing enter () is a conict transformation
and community justice organization that provides ways for people to
safely, collectively and effectively prevent and resolve conicts and crime.
Through partnerships with people, neighborhoods, governments and
institutions, helps Maryland communities resolve conicts and
crimes within their own communities.
$30,000 General Support
EqAliT fEDErATion SN FNIS,
www.equalityfederation.org
Equality Federation is a national alliance of state-based lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender advocacy organizations. It works to achieve
equality for LGBT people in every state and territory by building strong and
sustainable statewide organizations in a state-based movement.
$30,000 Building Stronger and More Ef fective Statewide LGBT
rganizations Project
ExAlT oTh BLN, N
www.exaltyouth.org
Exalt ouths mission is to transform the lives of youth along the spectrum
of criminal justice involvement by equipping them with the skills and
experience necessary to become self-sufcient, self-fullled, productive
members of society.
$30,000 General Support
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fAiliES AnD friEnDS of loiSiAnAS incArcErATED
chilDrEn NEW LENS, L
www.fic.org
Families and Friends of Louisianas Incarcerated hildren (FFLI) is a
statewide membership-based organization that ghts for a better life for all
of Louisianas youth, especially those involved in or targeted by the juvenile
justice system. s mothers and fathers, grandparents, siblings, cousins,
aunts, uncles and allies, FFLI believes in and implements a model of
organizing that is people and community centered, and is explicitly anti-
racist.
$25,000 General Support
inSighT PriSon ProJEcT SN FEL,
www.insightprisonproject.org
Insight Prison Project (IPP) is a community organization that believes
community members need to play an active role in the prisons
surrounding a community. IPP is dedicated to creating and conducting
effective programs for inmate rehabilitation and to support the
reinstatement of rehabilitation as a core operating principle within the
penal system.$30,000 Insight ut Program
lATinA iniTiATivE DENE,
www.latinainitiative.org
Latina Initiative (LI) is a non-partisan voter outreach and civic engagement
organization whose mission is to cultivate, support and maintain the civic
involvement of Latinas in olorado. LI is the premier nonprot increasing
civic engagement of the Latina community.
$16,375 General Support
EDiATion WorkS MEDFD,
www.mediation-works.org
Mediation Works (MW) empowers individuals and organizations to resolve
their differences peacefully. MW teaches conict resolution skills and
provide mediation services, thereby building understanding and respect in
our diverse community.
$38,000 2-year grant for estorative Justice Programs
PfronT ProgrAS / hAr rEDcTion ThErAP cEnTEr
BENII,
www.upfrontprograms.org
UpFront Programs works to reform the national adolescent drug
prevention, education, and treatment world through ef fective direct
services, trainings, and technical assistance based on its experience of
successful programming in urban, rural, and reservation-based programs.
$25,000 General Support and apacity Building
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sustainable planet $389,740How do we meet the needs of people now without compromising the needs of future generations?
How do we bring all human activities into harmony with nature for the benet of all beings?
To face these questions, we must transform both human culture and technology to live within
the physical limits of the local and global ecosystems. Most urgently, this implies protecting
threatened ecosystems to preserve biodiversity and prevent extinction. This in turn will require
addressing global ecological issues such as climate change,
empowering local and indigenous communities and
deploying new clean technologies.
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1Sk AcTion fnDTM P, MD
www.1sky.org
The mission of 1Sky ction Fund is to support the work of its sister
organization 1Sky Education Fund to build a diverse nationwide movement
and convince the federal government to take bold action to tackle the
climate crisis and harness the enormous economic opportunity of energy
efciency and the renewable energy economy as soon as possible.
$18,480 Field rganizing and ill dvocacy for a lean Energy Future
Project
AlliAncE for SSTAinABlE colorADo DENE,
www.sustainablecolorado.org
The mission of lliance for Sustainable olorado is to achieve
environmental, economic and social sustainability in olorado through
building broad support among individuals, nonprot organizations,
businesses and government. It provides the nucleus for a statewide
sustainability movement for olorado and a model for sustainability
movements in other states.
$30,480 General Support
APPAlAchiAn cEnTEr for ThE Econo AnD ThE
EnvironEnT LEWISBUG, W
www.appalachian-center.org
ppalachian enter for the Economy and the Environment (EE) is a
regional nonprot organization dedicated to protecting the communities
and natural resources of ppalachia and to developing a sustainable
economy for the region. The enter provides legal representation and
policy assistance to citizens and grassroots organizations.
$35,480 General Support
BioSPhErE fonDATion BIG PINE,
www.biospherefoundation .org
Biosphere Foundation supports research and education about our Earths
biosphere. Its Planetary oral eef Foundation (PF) conducts research
to address the coral reef crisis. PF has pursued an unprecedented
global mission to preserve coral reefs through innovative programs in
science, technology and education.
$30,480 Planetary oral eef Foundations Indonesian onservation
Project
cAliforniA cliATE AnD AgriclTrE nETWork /
occiDEnTAl ArTS AnD Ecolog cEnTEr SEBSTPL,
www.calclimateag.org
alifornia limate and griculture Network (alN) is a coalition that
advances policy solutions at the nexus of climate change and sustainable
agriculture.
$25,480 alNs B32 Lobbying Efforts
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ciT SlickEr fArS LND,
www.cityslickerfarms.org
ity Slicker Farms mission is to empower West akland community
members to meet the immediate and basic need for food security for
healthy, organic food for themselves and their families by creating high-
yield urban farms and backyard gardens. Its programs provide healthy,
affordable food, improve the environment, and give West akland
residents tools for self-reliance.
$18,480 General Support
coniT EnvironEnTAl lEgAl DEfEnSE fnD
MBESBUG, P
www.celdf.org
The ommunity Environmental Legal Defense Fund (ELDF) provides free
and affordable legal and organizing assistance to grassroots, community-
based organizations working to protect their quality of life through
protecting the natural environment, building sustainable communities, and
asserting local control over corporations.
$38,480 ommunity Water Project
corPWATch / TiDES cEnTEr SN FNIS,
www.corpwatch.org
orpWatch counters corporate-led globalization through education
and activism. It works to foster democratic control over corporations
by building a diverse movement for human r ights, labor rights, and
environmental justice.
$38,480 orpWatch and Borealis entre for Environment and Trade
esearchs joint project to track the corporate ow of anadian tar sands oil
EArTh EconoicSTM, W
www.eartheconomics.org
Earth Economics is devoted to advancing and applying the science of
ecological economics to promote healthy ecosystems, communities, and
economies, while also working to halt the globalization of unsustainable
economic policies. Focusing on the areas of toxics, forests, sheries,
and global trade policies, they achieve their goals through organization,
education, and advocacy.
$27,980 aluing Ecuadors Intag egion Project
EArThWorkS WSINGTN, D
www.earthworksaction.org
Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment
from the destructive impacts of mineral development, in the U.S.
and worldwide. It fullls its mission by working with communities and
grassroots groups to reform government policies, improve corporate
practices, inuence investment decisions and encourage responsible
materials sourcing and consumption.
$37,480 il and Gas ccountability Project
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friEnDS of ThE EArTh AcTion WSINGTN, D
www.foeaction.org
Friends of the Earth ction (FoE ction) provides extra political muscle
on legislative battles to its sister organization, Friends of the Earth, which
is part of a network of afliates in over 70 nations. FoE ction not only
ghts for laws and lawmakers that will do the right thing on environmental
issues, it also helps the public join in the political battle.
$32,480 Lobbying for Strong Federal limate Policy
PBlic EPloEES for EnvironEnTAl rESPonSiBiliT
WSINGTN, D
www.peer.org
Public Employees for Environmental esponsibility (PEE) is a national
alliance of local state and federal resource professionals. PEEs
environmental work is solely directed by the needs of its members.
PEE works nation-wide with government scientists, land managers,
environmental law enforcement agents, eld specialists and other
resource professionals committed to responsible management of
mericas public resources.
$25,480 oals chilles eel: ombustion Waste Project
SAvE AEricAS forESTS fnD WSINGTN, D
www.saveamericasforests.org
Save mericas Forests Fund was established in 1992 to address the
growing educational needs of the grassroots forest protection movement.
Its mission is to protect and restore mericas last wild and natural forests.
The Fund has worked to build bridges with labor organizations and to
inspire previously uninvolved mericans to participate in the creation of
U.S. forest protection policy.
$30,480 General Support
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The Election Integrity Funding Circle seeks
to ensure that every American can vote, that
votes will be counted as cast, and works to
eliminate voter suppression and barriers to
voting. The Funding Circle targets specic
efforts to protect the democratic process
from threats of election manipulation
and fraud through: whistle blower
protection; citizen exit polls to engage civic
participation; and meaningful prosecution of
election fraud crimes.
election integrity $183,500
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BlAck Box voTing ENTN, W
www.blackboxvoting.org
Black Box oting is a grassroots civic participation organization founded
to encourage independent action around voter fraud, although it does not
control or directly organize. Instead, it works in solidarity with relentless,
clever, loosely allied people, taking actions they have gured out for
themselves, using common sense and whatever resources they can bring
to bear.
$26,080 Tipping Point Project
colBS inSTiTTE for conTEPorAr JornAliS
LUMBUS,
www.freepress.org
olumbus Institute for ontemporary Journalism is dedicated to
promoting media independence through alternative and diverse voices.
Its outlets are the internet, a bimonthly journal, book publishing, radio
programs and video production.
$35,080 Election Protection Project
ElEcTion TrAnSPArEnc coAliTion / inTErnATionAl
hAniTiES cEnTEr STTSBUG, N
www.etcnys.org
Election Transparency oalition is dedicated to educating and organizing
the citizens of New ork State and beyond, to maintain, and when
necessary, restore citizen oversight and public control of our elections.
$23,080 ETs Lawsuit to alt Software-based oting
ThE SnriSE cEnTEr TE MDE,
www.democracyandelectionintegrity.org
The Sunrise enters Grace Institute for Democracy and Election Integrity
will be responsible for issuing awards to election supervisors and possibly
Secretaries of State for Innovative Work in the Field of Election Integrity.
$17,100 The Grace Institutes Election Transparency ward
vElvET rEvolTion WSINGTN, D
www.velvetrevolution.us
elvet evolution () is a 501(c)4 organization founded for the purpose
of providing a means for citizens and organizations to mobilize to create
a clean, transparent and accountable government. Its major focus is
exposing and correcting problems with electronic voting machines and
their tabulators.
$43,080 Protect ur Elections ampaign
vErifiED voTing fonDATion LSBD,
www.veriedvotingfoundation.org
eried oting Foundation (F) is a non-partisan nonprot organization
championing transparent, reliable and publicly veriable elections. Its goal
is to enable voters to have unqualied and justied condence in election
results.
$39,080 Joint Project with ommon ause Education Fund and oter
ction to hallenge Internet oting
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liBErT hill fonDATion SNT MNI,
www.libertyhill.org
Liberty ill Foundations Queer outh Fund awards grants to innovative and effective leadership
development programs or organizing projects that empower GLBTQQ youth to improve societal
conditions that affect them and that make a long-term difference to their movement.
$126,013 Queer outh Fund
Through this funding collaborative, a diverse donor and activist
committee makes multi-year, $100,000 grants to grassroots, local,
state or national nonprot organizations located anywhere in the
United States working to improve the quality of life among gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (GLBTQQ) youth.
queer youth fund $126,013
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informal funding
2010 grants$236,615
occurs at Threshold meetings and raises funds for organizations
presented by members to members. These are closed funding cycles and as such do not accept
unsolicited letters of inquiry.
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AirlinE ABASSADorS inTErnATionAl MSS BE,
www.airlineamb.org
$11,300 ambodia World Family rong ep School
BlE PlAnET rn fonDATion EDWD IT,
www.blueplanetrun.org
$12,050 General Support
clEAn PoWEr noWNNIS, M
www.cleanpowernow.org
$9,000 General Support
conTAinErS To clinicS DE, M
www.containers2clinics.org
$7,690 2 site in Port-au-Prince
floriDA voTErS coAliTion / vErifiEDvoTing.org
SUT MIMI, FL
www.oridavoters.org$11,650 Florida oters oalitions project, Securing Floridas Elections
gloBAl fAil villAgE EL EIT,
www.globalfamilyvillage.org
$9,575 Infant/Toddler, Eldercare, and aregiver Training program in
Bungamati, Nepal
grEEn SciEncE Polic inSTiTTE / SociAl AnD
EnvironEnTAl EnTrEPrEnErS BEELE,
www.greensciencepolicy.org
$10,350 Green Science Policy Institutes Safe ids ampaign
klAATh rivErkEEPErSLND,
www.klamathriver.org
$7,250 General Support
krE AToll conSErvAncNLULU, I
www.kureatollconservancy.org
$10,350 Winter eld camp
lovE SErvE rEEBEr fonDATion MLIBU,
www.ramdass.org
$13,200 am Dass Sustainable Teaching Project
oAklAnD fooD connEcTion LND,
www.foodcommunityculture.org$13,050 General Support
ozArk BoTAnicAl gArDEn, inc. BIE, M
www.one-garden.org
$12,650 Seed Solution to unger Program
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rAvEnITI, B ND
www.raventrust.com
$8,900 Beaver Lake ree Nations legal action against tar sands oil
production
SATAnA inSTiTTE FEELND, W
www.satyana.org
$8,400 Gender econciliation Initiative
STonEWAll coniT fonDATion NEW , N
www.stonewallfoundation.org
$6,600 Queer Wellness Fund
TiDES fonDATion SN FNIS,
www.tidesfoundation.org
$13,250 Tides elief and econstruction Fund for elief Efforts in aiti
TrAnSPArTiSAn cEnTEr / nATionAl inSTiTTE for SciEncE,
lAW AnD PBlic PolicWSINGTN, Dwww.transpartisancenter.org
$6,800 Transpartisan enters Salon Series
PAA zEn cEnTEr SNT FE, NM
www.upaya.org
$13,450 Nomad linics in umla, Nepal
viSionAr ArTS AnD EDiAPTS,
www.youthempoweringyouth.us
$8,500 outh Empowering outh Program
WElcoE hoE ProJEcT / Arion inSTiTTESLND,
www.thewelcomehomeproject.org
$12,400 oices of ets lm project
WoEnS EDiA cEnTEr NEW , N
www.womensmediacenter.com
$10,450 Progressive Womens oices Program
cA of Arin SN FEL,
www.ymcasf.org/marin
$11,150 Marin ounty outh ourt
oTh for EnvironEnTAl SAniTSNT U,
www.yesworld.org
$8,600 World outh Leadership Jam, in collaboration with onsciousollaborations
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GS pCSS
The annual grant cycle begins in September with the submission of
Letters of Inquiry (LI) by organizations interested in seeking grants from
Threshold Foundation. Threshold members may sponsor organizations
with a letter of recommendation or organizations may submit an unsolicited
LI. Threshold Foundation does not match organizations with Threshold
members for sponsorship in the grantmaking process, but all LIs
are given an initial review. From the LIs the grant committees invite a
limited number of organizations to submit a proposal. fter reviewing
the proposals, the grant committees select a subset of organizations
for a site-visit and evaluation. nce the site-visit and evaluations are
complete evaluations are reviewed and grant committees nalize their
grant recommendations to the ircle (Board of Directors) in June. Grant
agreement and funds are disbursed at the end of July.
G ypS SIzS
Threshold Foundation provides grants for general operating expenses
as well as special projects. We do not give emergency or discretionary
grants outside of the annual grant cycle.
Grant amounts typically range from $5,000 to $25,000.
rganizations seeking grants must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or
501(c)(4) lobbying status from the IS or must be exclusively organized for
charitable or educational purposes, inside or outside the United States.
pplyIG F G
The rst step in applying to the annual grant cycle is to submit an online
Letter of Inquiry through our website at www.thresholdfoundation.org.
Note that guidelines for applying to the annual grant cycle often change,
as we are continually trying to improve our process based on feedback
from grantees and committee members. Therefore, we recommend
that grantseekers visit the Threshold Foundations website in ugust for
the most up-to-date information regarding the deadline and application
process for the following years cycle.
information for grantseekersThreshold Foundations annual
grants program includes two Core Committees the Justice & Democracy Committee and the
Sustainable Planet Committee and a number of Funding Circles, which change on an annual
basis. For current information about Core Committee and Funding Circle guidelines and funding
criteria, please visit the Threshold Foundation website at www.thresholdfoundation.org.
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cc iteratal $55,000Boston, M www.accion.org
peratve ud f new glad $20,000
mherst, M www.cooperativefund.org
& $50,000
Bloomeld, NJ www.eandco.net
terpre rprat f the elta $25,000
Jackson, MS www.ecd.org
ua/cc ppalacha evelpet, ic.uty a ud ( rp.) $20,000
Berea, www.headcorp.org
ittute fr uty cc $25,000
Springeld, M www.iceclt.org
he a ud $20,000
lbuquerque, NM www.loanfund.org
natal ederat f
uty evelpet $50,000
New ork, N www.natfed.org
endowment investment reportThe endowment investment principles of Threshold Foundation complement its philanthropic goals.The entire portfolio has a social investment focus with positive and negative screens: seventy percentis in socially screened stock, bonds, and cash with Boston ommon sset Management, alvert,Miller/oward Investments, and Trillium sset Management; twenty percent is in Program elated
Investments, primarily ommunity Development Loan Funds that are listed here; the remaining ten
percent has been designated for high growth, venture-type investments.
rgra elated ivetet a ut
new aphreuty evelpet $25,000
oncord, N www.nhclf.org
opprtuty ace netwrk $100,000
Philadelphia, P www.opportunitynance.net
t aptal $20,000
ambridge, M www.rootcapital.org
self-elp redt $25,000
Durham, N www.self-help.org
self-elp terpre $45,000
isalia, www.selfhelpenterprises.com
shared iteret $25,000
New ork, N www.sharedinterest.org
shrebak acc $25,000
Ilwaco, W www.eco-bank.com
dwet ft
ou can make an endowment gift to
Threshold Foundation through a charitable
trust, real estate gift, or by means of a
bequest in your will. Because grantee
organizations, grantee needs and other
conditions change over the years, it will
often avoid legal complications if simple
unrestricted language like the following isused in wills:
I hereby give and bequest ___________ to
Threshold Foundation, a not-for-prot tax-
exempt public charity founded under the
laws of the State of New ork, having as
its principal address P Box 29903, San
Francisco, alifornia 94129-0903, for the
general purposes of Threshold Foundation.
If you want to discuss the language of your
bequest, or if you want more information
on planned giving possibilities (including
real estate gifts), the staff or ircle (Board
of Directors) would be happy to meet with
you. To schedule a meeting contact the
Foundation Manager at 415-561-6400.
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independent auditors reportBoard of DirectorsThreshold FoundationWe have audited the accompanying statements of nancial position of Threshold Foundation (the Foundation) as of December
31, 2009, and the related statements of activities and cash ows for the year then ended. These nancial statements are the
responsibility of the Foundations management. ur responsibility is to express an opinion on these nancial statements based on
our audit. The pr ior year summarized comparative information has been derived from the Foundations 2008 nancial statements
and, in our report dated September 11, 2009, we expressed an unqualied opinion on those statements.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of merica. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the nancial statements are
free of material misstatement. n audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the nancial statements. n audit includes consideration of internal control over nancial reporting as a basis for designing audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of
the Foundations internal control over nancial reporting. n audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
signicant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall nancial statement presentation. We believe that our
audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the nancial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the nancial position of ThresholdFoundation as of December 31, 2009, and the changes in net assets and its cash ows for the year then ended, in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of merica.
Signed
Fontanello, Dufeld & take, LLP
ertied Public ccountants
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2019
San Francisco, 94104innis 22
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balance sheetStatements of Financial PositionYEAS EDED DECEMBE 31, 2009 AD 2008 2009 2008
ssetsCash and cash equivalents $ 258,560 $ 288,818
Pledges receivable 5,950 18,525
Deposits 10,650 25,280
Other assets 9,159 11,543
Investments 2,211,618 2,250,824
Program related investments 490,000 535,000
tal aet 2,985,937 3,129,990
Liabilities
Grants payable 350,000
Accounts payable 11,866 10,942
efundable deposits 63,700 9,500
tal lablte 75,566 370,442
Net ssets
retrcted et aet
General operations 471,871 385,458
Designated for grantmaking pool 138,256 164,399
Designated for endowment purposes 2,251,094 2,170,166
tal uretrcted et aet 2,861,221 2,720,023
eprarly retrcted et aet 49,150 39,525
tal et aet 2,910,371 2,759,548
tal lablte ad et aet $ 2,985,937 $ 3,129,990
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income & expense Statements of Activities eprarly 2009 2008YEAS EDED DECEMBE 31, 2009 AD 2008 retrcted etrcted tal tal
Support and evenueGrants and contributions $ 1,496,672 $ 49,150 $ 1,545,822 $ 1,911,572
Conference revenues 167,064 167,064 144,645
Investment income/(loss)
Interest and dividends 63,591 63,591 117,156
Investment fees (16,390) (16,390) (20,962)
et realized gain/(loss) (108,069) (108,069) (142,409)
et unrealized gain/ (loss) 372,538 372,538 (427,619)
1,975,406 49,150 2,024,556 1,582,383
et assets released from restriction 39,525 (39,525)
tal upprt ad reveue 2,014,931 9,625 2,024,556 1,582,383
Expensesrgra ervce
Grants 1,360,128 1,360,128 2,609,084
Conference expenses 221,512 221,512 24,660
etwork communications 99,562 99,562 180,613
tal prgra ervce 1,681,202 1,681,202 2,814,357
supprtg ervce
Grantmaking support 99,019 99,019 99,324
Board/corporate support 93,512 93,512 126,549
tal upprtg ervce 192,531 192,531 225,873
tal expee 1,873,733 1,873,733 3,040,230
hange in Net ssets 141,198 9,625 150,823 (1,457,847)et assets at beginning of year 2,720,023 39,525 2,759,548 4,217,395
et assets at end of year $ 2,861,221 $ 49,150 $ 2,910,371 $ 2,759,548
2009 xpee
Grants72.6%
Conferenceexpenses 11.8%
etworkcommunications5.3%
Grantmakingsupport 5.3%
Board/corporatesupport 5%
2009 eveue
Grants andcontributions75.8%
Conferencerevenues 8.4%
Investmentincome/(loss)15.8%
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cash flows Statements of Cash FlowsYEAS EDED DECEMBE 31, 2009 AD 2008 2009 2008
ash ows from operating activitiesChange in net assets $ 150,823 $ (1,457,847)
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets tocash used in operating activities:
et investment income/(loss) (311,670) 473,834
Contibuted stock (71,056) (194,296)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Pledges receivable 12,575 (3,200)
Deposits 14,630 8,457
Other assets 2,384 4,707
Grants payable (350,000) 350,000
Accounts payable 924 466
efundable deposits 54,200 (12,660)
net cah ued peratg actvte (497,190) (830,539)
ash ows from investing activities
Purchase of investments (750,145) (745,606)
Proceeds from sale of investments 1,172,077 1,382,444Increase in program related investments (25,000)
edemption of program related investments 70,000
net cah prvded by vetg actvte 466,932 636,838
Net change in cash and cash equivalents (30,258) (193,701)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 288,818 482,519
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 258,560 $ 288,818
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2010 Board of Directors
mchele re, President
ta rury, ice President and Secretaryavd ll, Treasurer
ae ll, Director
rag arwd, Director
avd ll, Director
rud ke, Director
mary alder wer, Director
sa te, Director
aura Waera, Director
2010 Staff
za segler, Foundation Manager
avd alze, Member Programs Manager
ug seckger, ssociate Foundation Manager
yce ag, Foundation ccountant
stephae lt, Event oordinator
And other staff of Tides
htgraphy
Tim Jones (p.17), Weston Milliken (cover, 7, 10),
Marian Moore (p.45, 14, 16, 28, 29), shraf Sarawi (p.26)
raphc eg
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in memoriamEllen Camin
Ellen amin died peacefully at home on the beautiful, fullmoon lit night of ugust 24, 2010, after 3 1/2 years of ovarian
cancer, just shy of 75. She was a beautiful spirit; she touched many people with her generosity, kindness, curiosity, strength
and determination. Ultimately, the testament to her life, in addition to her extensive accomplishments, is in who she was and
the lives of so many who she touched so very deeply. She was born September 24, 1935 in Sacramento, . s a young
girl, Ellen loved the outdoors; her childhood was lled with horseback riding, hiking, and visiting Lake Tahoe. t age 16 she
had polio, and this experience only intensied her independence and strength of will. She lived a full and active life; playing
tennis, hiking in the ascades, traveling to Europe, sia, frica, ustralia, and laska. er love of nature and her stewardship
of the earth were integral to her character. Ellen graduated from Stanford University in 1957. She met George Ghilarducci
there and they married in 1959, moving to Tacoma to raise a family. In 1973 she and George trekked across central sia
and the Middle East, and this sparked an interest in spiritual development, and philanthropy that lasted throughout her
life. In 1975 she obtained a Masters in Social Work from the University of Washington and became an administrator at a
mental health agency. She later founded the Tacoma rea Living Lightly ssociation, co-founded the ascadia evolving
Loan Fund, served on the board of In ontext magazine, became involved with the hinook Learning enter (now Whidbey
Institute), briey serving as its director, and joined the Donuts at its second meeting, also serving on its Board, although
the Grants ommittes remained her favorite. fter the death of George in 1989, Ellen moved to Whidbey Island, W. In
1995 she married Bernie amin, and began a new phase of her life on the island. She was a founding member of the ircle
of aring, a support group dealing with issues of aging, and formed rich friendships through her Full Moon Group and The
Lorian ssociation. nd there were always her contributions. s she was in ospice in our home we were overwhelmedby those who wanted a few moments with her. She was deeply spiritual and toward the end
she experienced a life lesson shift. She leaves her husband, Bernie amin, three children, seven
grandchildren and many other friends and family.
Ellen was a closet painter and she left a stunning body of work. The painting attached is titled
Whats Next? and it was done just before the nal bout began around March of last year.
er portrait was from a igh School eunion about 15 years ago.
With deepest love,
Bernie Camin
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Henry Dakin
We will all miss enry Dakin who died ugust 25, of pancreatic cancer. e
was a great man and a true leader, in his own humble way. enry was a real
citizen diplomat. e organized some of the rst Space Bridges with the
Soviet Union during the cold war. e housed many cutting edge non-prots
in the 1980s and 90s in his building on Sacramento Street in San Francisco,
putting on events, lming them and supporting them nancially. e provided
ofce space for Soviet psychic healers like Larissa ilenskaya and published
her writings on parapsychology, telepathy, healing and non ordinary ways of knowing. e was a great friend and
supporter of so many people and organizations.
I (arriett) always stayed with enry and ergilia when I was in San Francisco. e always seemed to be happy, bouncy,
jubilant as he puttered around his home, doing things on his computers, having fun. We always seemed to be giggling at
breakfast in the morning. I cant remember exactly how it would start. ed tease me or ergilia and wed start laughing.
r hed ask me if I remembered when the president of Monsanto, Bob Shapiro got a pie put in his face at the State of the
World Forum. Wed talk over exactly what happened, all the messy details and soon we were giggling. ll the rest of the
morning, these irrepressible giggles would keep coming up like bubbles coming up in a deep lake.
e always wanted to know what was happening with Donuts, or at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, or on my latest trip to
ussia, or in the linton White ouse. e was so curious, interested, wanting to know everything, especially anything that
would get us to laughing. ed tell me all the latest on the Esalen Soviet merican Exchange Program and who was doing
what. Wed gossip about the wild characters we worked with, like Joseph Goldin from Moscow who lived in enrys ofce
for awhile, making endless calls back to Moscow, eliciting even more chuckles.
enry had a great life. e had a very nice and playful relationship with his wife, ergilia, whom he adored. e raised three
wonderful daughters, Julia, ose and driana who worked in our azakhstan ofce of IS. enry supported many very
special people and got involved in all kinds of great causes. Many of us adored him and we will miss him deeply.
Harriett Crosby
in memoriam
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David Pillsbury Becker
David Pillsbury Becker died on November 26, 2010 at the Gosnell Memorial ospice in Scarborough, ME. e was born in lbany, N on
ctober 15, 1947 and educated at The lbany cademy, the Taft School, and Bowdoin ollege from which he graduated in 1970 with a
degree in history. While there, he discovered the Bowdoin Museum of rt and began developing an interest in ar t and especially printmaking.
In 1983 he received a Master of rts degree from New ork University. In addition to receiving a hester Dale Fellowship at the Metropolitan
Museum of rt in New ork, David did coursework at the University of irginias are Book School in 1999 and 2009. David was most
recently employed at the Boston Museum of Fine rts where he was the Pamela and Peter oss urator of Prints and Drawings.
David demonstrated exceptional organizational and political abilities in his professional career as a collector and curator of prints, drawings,
and rare books. is publications include The Imprint of Place: Maine Printmaking 18002005, Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College, and
numerous scholarly articles.David was a trustee of Bowdoin ollege, aymarket Peoples Fund, and the Maine hapter of the Nature onservancydonating an island
off the Maine coast to their care. e nancially and politically supported many other progressive social change organizations including the
straea Foundation and the Proud ainbow outh of Southern Maine (PSM).
n early supporter of the Gay & Lesbian Liberation Movement, as it was then known, David served on the Working Group on Funding Lesbian
and Gay Issues of the National Network of Grantmakers, and the Board of the Lesbian and Gay ommunity
enter of Boston. Later, while on the board of the Maine ommunity Foundation, David was instrumental in
establishing the Maine Equity Fund whose mission is to provide funding for further development of lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations in Maine. David also founded UT Fund for Gay andLesbian Liberation, with a $500,000 grant in 1990. No fan of entitled donors making grant decisions, David
required that the Funds advisors be activists representing grassroots organizations.
Davids activist philanthropy in the greater community was recognized by The Maine Lesbian/Gay Political
lliances (now Equality Maine) Great Pioneer ward in 1994 and by Maine Initiatives Golden Grower
Philanthropist ward in 2001.
David is survived by his brother, John J. Becker of Pittsboro, N and his sister, atherine B. Finney of
Philadelphia, P and ten nieces and nephews. David leaves many friends and professional colleagues
around New England, the US and beyond.
Weston Milliken
in memoriam