Green Our Planet is a nonprofit conservation organization with a mission to build a movement to create joy and justice in communities by empowering people to grow food and connecting them to the magic and majesty of the universe. Green Our Planet operates the only stemworks-accredited school garden and hydroponics programs in the u.s. Where gop teaches students to love and care for Our Planet through comprehensive science, technology, engineering and math (stem) programs. Our overarching goal is to increase student academic performance in stem subjects and conserve the environment through project-based stem, nutrition, financial literacy and environmental education in prek-12 schools.

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76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$214K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $531K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$214K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $30K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$173K
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 15 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.6M
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$903K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$6.5M
FY2023$5.6M
FY2024$8.0M
FY2025$3.0M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$4.1M
FY2023$5.4M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$4.3M
Net assets
$903K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$903K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$5.5M
FY2025$4.2M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2013.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $1.2M Management & general 9% · $143K Fundraising 15% · $249K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $214K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Sec./Treas,
$119,593Pt VII · Sec A
Chair/ Co-Ce
$94,694Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ciara Byrne’s $162K as Sec/Treas/Ce is at the 70th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ciara Byrne$162,267$175,013$157,081$126,683$107,414$119,593
Tami Lemire—$157,407————
Wendy Cashin$114,119$156,691————
Elizabeth Morris—$115,231$135,860———
Kim Macquarrie———$126,683$106,923$94,694
Marvin Worthington$109,009—————
Jessica Melendez$104,536—————
Jorge Rodriguez—$100,002————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Builds school gardens and educates to conserve, protect, and improve the environment.

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1 program · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Green our planet, a nonprofit organization based in las vegas, nevada, launched its outdoor garden classroom program in march 2013. Green our planet's mission is to help conserve, protect, and improve the environment through education, which includes building outdoor and indoor gardens in schools so that students in PREK-12TH grade…

$1.2Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$30K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$301K
Investment incomeLn 3$472
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$143K
Fundraisingcol D$249K
Owns and owesPt X
$903K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$671K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$173K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$550K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$6K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$301K
Investment incomeLn 3$472
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$261K
SavingsLn 2$410K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$671K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$39K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$173K
Net assetsLn 32$903K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 544
VolunteersI 6500
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$342K$671K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26K$39K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$130K$173K
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M$903K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$214K$164K$14K$37K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$828K$632K$53K$142K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$72K$55K$5K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$90K$69K$6K$16K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$76K$36K$30K$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$10K$10K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$17K$1K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$55K$42K$4K$9K
TravelLn 17$4K$3K$237$630
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$6K$484$1K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$8K$695$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$155K$155K
All other expensesLn 24e$69K$35K$29K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.2M$143K$249K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $3.0M$4.3M−$1.3M$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $8.0M$6.5M$1.6M$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.6M$5.4M$236K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.5M$4.1M$2.4M$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.1M$1.8M$324K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.6M$1.6M−$20K$903K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,592,560 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $932,563$1,291,162
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $417,411$300,926
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,845$472
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,354,819$1,592,560
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,600$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,248,815$1,204,923
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $404,207$407,947
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,658,622$1,612,870
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$303,803−$20,310
Part VI · Governance 13 of 15 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,592,560 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$549,684
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$741,478
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,253
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,291,162
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $300,926$300,926
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $472$472
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $300,926 · Excluded from tax $472$1,592,560
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,612,870 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $163,651 · Management $13,822 · Fundraising $36,814$214,287
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $632,319 · Management $53,403 · Fundraising $142,244$827,966
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $55,194 · Management $4,661 · Fundraising $12,416$72,271
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $69,037 · Management $5,831 · Fundraising $15,531$90,399
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $35,555 · Management $30,195 · Fundraising $10,120$75,870
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $10,429$10,429
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,650 · Management $1,406 · Fundraising $3,745$21,801
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $41,858 · Management $3,535 · Fundraising $9,416$54,809
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,802 · Management $237 · Fundraising $630$3,669
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,734 · Management $484 · Fundraising $1,290$7,508
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,227 · Management $695 · Fundraising $1,851$10,773
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $154,506$154,506
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $35,108 · Management $28,829 · Fundraising $4,645$68,582
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,220,641 · Management $143,098 · Fundraising $249,131$1,612,870
Part X · Balance sheet $1,075,842 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $42,741$260,751
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $299,054$410,233
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $531,882$316,526
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $236,077$47,628
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,363$1,782
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $26,037$38,922
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,137,154$1,075,842
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $104,263$77,893
X-19 Deferred revenue$95,419
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $130,141$173,312
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $385,281$418,828
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $621,732$483,702
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,007,013$902,530
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,137,154$1,075,842
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $902,530 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,592,560
XI-2 Total expenses$1,612,870
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$20,310
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,007,013
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$84,173
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$902,530

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