EIN 27-4118171

Ten Strands

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
11
Year formed
2010
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
We believe that all California students deserve a high-quality education that promotes achievement, health, and wellbeing. We have a unique opportunity at this moment in time to ensure that happens.
Also known as...
Friends of Environmental Education
Total revenues
$2,562,146
2021
Total expenses
$1,720,057
2021
Total assets
$6,236,978
2021
Num. employees
11
2021

Program areas at Ten Strands

California environmental literacy initiative (caeli) program implementation: led and managed caeli, a collective action network, and caeli's leadership council. Worked to implement a system of support in California that enables all students to have local, standards- and environment-based experiences that enhance their learning inside and outside of the classroom, based on recommendations in the state's blueprint for environmental literacy. Partnered with more than 40 government, non-government, and other stakeholder organizations to move the work forward, sought input from a 70-person leadership council in addition to a wide array of other educators, scientists, and environmental experts, all focused on advancing environmental literacy through professional learning, instructional materials, and capacity building. Engaged school districts as the unit of change with support from county office of education as backbones. Managed public relations and communications. Presented at statewide virtual conferences promoting environmental literacy. Forged partnerships with the uc and csu systems, the career technical education sector, and the network of residential outdoor schools in the state. Fundraised for, co-chaired, and served as project director and fiscal sponsor of caeli and its leadership council. The leadership council worked for the seventh year in a row to implement recommendations from the state's blueprint for environmental literacy to support school districts, teachers, and local program providers with the ultimate goal of achieving environmental literacy for all of California's 5.8 million public school k12 students. Caeli's website can be found at www.ca-eli.org.
Climate change and environmental justice program (ccejp): launched in fy21-22, in partnership with the san mateo county office of education and the California department of education, ccejp will create k-12 standards- and environment-based curricular resources focused on climate and environmental justice. When complete, the resources will be made available to California teachers for free through open education resources licensing. Ten Strands is contracting with san mateo county office of education to arrange for the creation of the instructional materials and is working with community writing teams and anchor organizations to complete the body of work. More information can be found here: www.ccejp.net.
National outdoor learning initiative (noli): Ten Strands co-founded noli with green schoolyards america, the lawrence hall of science at uc berkeley, and the san mateo county office of education to create a free library of resources to support school district and site leaders to use outdoor spaces for learning during covid and beyond. Noli created over 200 resources focused on creating outdoor learning spaces, teaching and learning outdoors, and health considerations. The initiative garnered national attention and was featured on pbs newshour, cbs sunday morning, the new york times, fast company, and over 80 additional news outlets. In fy21-22, green schoolyards america, Ten Strands, the California department of education, and calfire launched an important extension of noli, the California schoolyard forest system. This new initiative will increase tree canopy on public school grounds across California to shade and protect k-12 students from extreme heat and rising temperatures due to climate change. The noli library can be found here: www.greenschoolyards.org/library and information about the California schoolyard forest system here: wwwgreenschoolyardsorgcaforests California hub for environmental learning and action (chela): partnered with the California geographic alliance and the California global education project to launch the chela interactive environmental atlas of California, which uses geographic information systems technology to organize and present environmental information to learn about climate and environmental needs in local communities. The software is free to all k12 schools, and educators have access to professional learning opportunities to help them use the technologies in their classrooms. This year's program focused on the professional learning of educators.
Community outreach: managed marketing and communications for Ten Strands resulting in the twice-monthly publication of a newsletter and featured articles (www.tenstrands.org/news) and an active presence on social media channels. Developed the organization's sixth annual report/impact report, managed the Ten Strands and caeli websites, and attended several community and partner events virtually and in-person highlighting environmental literacy.environmental principles & concepts (ep&cs) integration: provided the California department of education (cde) a consultant who offered expertise, guidance, and original content for the math framework. Added to a body of work that started with the science framework (2016), history-social science framework (2016), the health framework (2019), and the arts framework (2020), leading to the inclusion of the ep&cs in the state's new instructional materials for all four subjects. Education and environment initiative curriculum support: strategic consultant to the office of education and the environment (oee) at calrecycle to generate demand for and manage dissemination of the education and environment initiative (eei) curriculum. San mateo environmental solutionary teacher fellowship: partnered with san mateo county office of education for the eighth year to support teacher professional learning focused on integrating California's ep&cs into standards-based instruction in science, history-social science, and other subjects, with a focus on solutionary units of study. Public engagement: partnered with the California sierra club and a broad coalition of over 16o organizations and individuals on a campaign to scale up environmental and climate change education statewide. The campaign focused on a budget request but did not result in any funding. Campaigned to have "environmental literacy" added to ab 185 section 56 arts, music, and instructional materials block grant. This effort was successful.

Who funds Ten Strands

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$123,500
Schwab Charitable FundEnvironmental and Animals$123,000
San Francisco Foundation (TSFF)Advised - To Support the National Covid-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative. Advised - for the National Covid-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative. Advised - for General Operating Support.$110,000
...and 35 more grants received totalling $1,268,444

Personnel at Ten Strands

NameTitleCompensation
Karen CoweChief Executive Officer$187,934
Joel A GingoldChief Financial Officer$30,985
Jilliann Rodriguez M'BarkiChief Advancement Officer$147,052
Kirk Anne TaylorDirector of Community Engagement$123,148
William ParishFounder and President$120,000
...and 4 more key personnel

Financials for Ten Strands

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,459,421
Program services$100,044
Investment income and dividends$2,681
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,562,146

Form 990s for Ten Strands

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-02-20990View PDF
2020-122021-09-10990View PDF
2019-122021-02-18990View PDF
2018-122019-09-14990View PDF
2017-122019-02-21990View PDF
...and 6 more Form 990s

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Heal The BaySanta Monica, CA$4,236,592
Toxic Free North CarolinaDurham, NC$648,292
The Alaska Center Education Fund (ACE)Anchorage, AK$2,979,648
Bridging the GapKansas City, MO$2,269,512
New York City Environmental Justice AllianceBrooklyn, NY$1,467,825
Upstate ForeverGreenville, SC$1,882,250
Northern Alaska Environmental CenterFairbanks, AK$1,159,644
Green AmericaWashington, DC$8,579,763
Toxic-Free FutureSeattle, WA$2,569,649
Data update history
June 20, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 17, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
June 13, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 19, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
May 5, 2023
Received grants
Identified 5 new grant, including a grant for $249,903 from S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsEnvironmental organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationEnvironment
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingState / local levelReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsFiscal sponsor
General information
Address
PO Box 150869
San Rafael, CA 94915
Metro area
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
County
Marin County, CA
Website URL
tenstrands.org/ 
Phone
(415) 878-7651
Facebook page
tenstrands 
Twitter profile
@tenstrands 
IRS details
EIN
27-4118171
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2010
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
C60: Environmental Education
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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