Archive for October 13th, 2016
About the Language and Length (Notes on Writing Style from TOC 2014 post) with Work Sample: The Calif Endowment (Publ. 10-13-2016, “Sticky”)
Some Notes on Length and Writing Style,
and Work Sample (Preview/Postlude)
(Exploring one nonprofit & one of its backing foundations with financial and filing details sheds light on the organizations’ mutual and relative sizes, revenue sources, and overall purposes, as a counterpoint and “backdrop” to organization’s public-profiles, i.e., their websites)
Full Post Title & ShortLink: About the Language and Length (Notes on Writing Style from TOC 2014 post) with Work Sample: The Calif Endowment (Publ. 10-13-2016, “Sticky”) [Just over 16,300 words @ Jan. 2018]
Including evidence from “The California Endowment” (“TCE”)’s Fiscal year 2004 Form 990PF return; it shows supplemental Statements detailing Direct Charitable Activities (expenses $16M), and afterwards, showing dollar amounts in expenses, investments, liabilities, etc. as shown on the main IRS form.
The “charitable activities” performed that year were in part in conjunction with The California Healthcare Foundation to develop an Internet “app” to streamline people’s applications for as many social services and healthcare (welfare-type, public-funded) services as possible:
In conjunction with third-party vendor, The California Endowment supervised the development and implementation of the One-e-App technology solution. One-e-App is a Web-based system that is designed to screen and enroll all eligible individuals in California in multiple publicly funded health and social service programs, such as Medi- Cal and Healthy Families…
While paying that same year $11M in investment managers’ fees and holding a variety of investments as the “evidence” link above shows. Here’s TCE more recently and right underneath it, “The California Healthcare Foundation (also more recent return):
| ORGANIZATION NAME | ST | YR | FORM | PP | TOTAL ASSETS | EIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Endowment | CA | 2015 | 990PF | 188 | $3,768,442,347.00 | 95-4523232 |
Check out the close similarity in EIN#s — interesting, huh? 954523232 and 945423231
We are looking at $3.7 billion assets vs. $0.78 billion (or $780M) in total gross assets…
| ORGANIZATION NAME | ST | YR | FORM | PP | TOTAL ASSETS | EIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California HealthCare Foundation | CA | 2015 | 990O | 237 | $780,974,997.00 | 95-4523231 |
The California Healthcare Foundation (assets a mere “pipsqueak” by TCE standards) with its (2015) $781M of assets, spent also a lot on its 7 independent contractors, i.e., investment managers, including over $2.6M on “Makena Capital Management, LLC.”…
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