Sonima Health and Wellness Foundation Inc

“Paul tudor jones, ii sonia jones chair/pres director spouse eugene s. Ruffin salima ruffin exec dir/dir sec/director spouse”

“At the july 30, 2015 board meeting, the board of directors approved amendments to the bylaws and articles of incorporation, however, the amendment to the articles of incorporation was not filed with the california secretary of state (and therefore not given effect) prior to 12/31/2015.”

“Sonima health and wellness foundation, inc. Has one class of voting members which consists of the individuals who from time to time comprise the board of directors of the corporation.”

“Minutes of committee meetings were not documented in 2015.”

“The organization's form 990 is prepared by an independent cpa firm and then reviewed by the organization's officers, president, treasurer and secretary, who are given ample time and opportunity to discuss their comments and questions with the return preparer, the organization's legal counsel and, if needed, other members of the organization's board of directors. In addition, a copy of the form 990 is provided to the individual members of the board of directors after filing giving them an opportunity to review and discuss at the next board meeting.”

“Any possible conflict of interest shall be disclosed by the person or persons concerned. When there is doubt as to whether a conflict exists, the matter shall be resolved by vote of the board of directors, excluding the person(s) concerning whose situation the doubt has arisen.”

“Governing documents will be made available upon request.”

“Statement to form 990 page 7, part vii name title paul tudor jones, ii chairman of the board, president and director mikael andren treasurer and director eugene s. Ruffin executive director and director salima ruffin secretary and director additional information statement to form 990 page 7, part vii, section b, line 1 (a) name and business address chandler hill group director of public policy 8278 chandler hill court san diego, ca 92127 (b) description of services - continue to develop partnerships with the university of san diego and long island university to research and report on the results of sonima programs - continue to research opportunities wiht community colleges as well as private and public universities to develop post-secondary certification and/or degrees for educators in health and wellness best practices (yoga based exercises, mindfulness practices and nutrition education) - continue to support public relation/public policy changes on the state and local levels to make health and wellness best practices (yoga based exercises, mindfulness practices and nutrition education) an integrated component of the public education system, including the education of members of the legislative and local school boards, also the benefits of health and wellness programs in public schools, working with the curriculum commission to gain support for the sonima programs as part of school curriculum (c) compensation - services in california 336,000.00 - services in new york 120,000.00 - services in texas 120,000.00 576,000.00 additional information statement to form 990 page 10, part ix, line 11(a) management expense name services expense chandler hill group see description above 576,000.00 portico education services llc project consulting - texas 90,000.00 barbara verrochi yoga program consulting - new york 45,836.00 edwin s. Stern yoga program consulting - new york 43,750.00 erin conney project management - california 52,619.00 gill mcclean project management - texas 57,000.00 henry cross yoga program ocnsulting - new york 30,900.00 russell case project management - california 65,000.00 other other consulting services 27,795.00 total management expense 988,900.00”

“Sonima health and wellness foundation's primary mission is to research, investigate, analyze and implement ways to provide health and wellness best practices, primarily to underserved students from preschool through high school; to provide the results of such investigation, research, analysis and implementation to the general public; and to encourage the general public to consider, discuss, and comment upon such results and to make other proposals for such consideration, discussion, and comment. The organization's primary activities include providing grants to schools (k-12) and other community based nonprofit organizations to support their programs to improve the health and wellness of their students. Funds may also be used to hire qualified yoga instructors to implement the programs and to provide short-term enrichment programs. The organization also supports research at various universities throughout the united states with the goal of developing and improving the curriculums being implemented within these school systems and community based nonprofits.”

“Statement to form 990 page 2, part iii, line 4(a) health and wellness programs the sonima health and wellness foundation, inc. Has awarded grants to various schools nationwide for the implementation of a health and wellness program in public schools and further development of a health and wellness curriculum. Local educators are trained to teach sonima health and wellness programs in public schools. The goal of the foundation is to develop policies that make health and wellness an essential component of the education system. New york city department of edcuation on behalf of district 14 08/15 2015 grant 5,168.00 09/15 2015 grant 40,462.00 10/15 2015 grant 20,664.00 11/15 2015 grant 20,664.00 12/15 2015 grant 20,664.00 107,622.00 monarch school (san diego) 06/15 summer program grant 4,500.00 yoga instructors 12/15 during 2015, the foundation paid yoga instructors to provide yoga based exercises to students at the east side community high school and harlem academies in new york. 573,671.00 wellness leaders 12/15 during 2015, the foundation paid wellness leaders to provide wellness services to students at the east side community high school and harlem academies in new york. 54,144.00 total health and wellness program expenses 739,937.00 additional information statement to form 990 page 2, part iii, line 4(b) research and development programs the sonima health and wellness foundation, inc. Supports qualifying schools and districts with grant funding and investments in the research required to demonstrate the impact of health and wellness curriculums on students' lives. Portico education services, llc 01/15 implementation of iform data collection (ravenswood) 17,500.00 03/15 electronic data collection (ravenswood) 16,250.00 04/15 electronic data collection (eusd) 17,500.00 06/15 electronic data collection (ravenswood) 16,250.00 07/15 electronic data collection (eusd) 17,500.00 85,000.00 charter school research and development - ivyhawn and burns charter schools 03/15 florida research 9,000.00 06/15 florida research 9,000.00 18,000.00 total research and development program expenses 103,000.00 additional information statement to form 990 page 2, part iii, line 4(d) other program services expenses salaries 323,743.00 payroll taxes 13,414.00 benefits 22,263.00 curriculum & manuals 86,125.00 program supplies 15,236.00 training 338,489.00 office expenses 28,526.00 contract services 647,272.00 marketing & advertising 119,311.00 events 11,130.00 travel 124,055.00 meetings & conferences 6,656.00 occupancy 54,769.00 insurance 5,545.00 depreciation 1,150.00 total other program services expenses 1,797,684.00”

“Other program services - see schedule o”

“Consulting 0 5,114 0 background checks 4,487 0 0 other 0 2,300 0 payroll fees 0 2,440 0 bank fees 0 1,009 0 training 338,489 0 0”

“Detail of traning expense included in "other fees for services" above name services provided expense education training systems provided training in health 285,000.00 and wellness best practices (yoga-based exercises, mindfulness practices and nutrition education) other other training services 53,489.00 total training expense 338,489.00”

“The sonima health and wellness foundation, inc. Board of directors chartered an audit committee at the july 2015 board meeting to oversee the audit of its financial statements and to select an independent certified public accounting firm to perform the audit.”