Crosslake Community School INC

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To grow an environmentally literate, Community impacting learners of excellence

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 41-1961541) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 74 volunteers and 131 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $119K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
89% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$368K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
4.3 mo
of spending, in cash
4.3 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $74
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$11.1M
102% of total assets
Liabilities are 102% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 8 voting members
4 of 8 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$7.8M
-0.8% vs prior year
Spent
$7.6M
To programs
89%
Net assets
−$187K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.8M
FY2025▼ -0.8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$5.5M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$7.9M
FY2025$7.8M
Expenses
$7.6M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.2M
FY2021$4.9M
FY2022$5.9M
FY2023$5.9M
FY2024$7.2M
FY2025$7.6M
Net assets
−$187K
FY2025▲ +61%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$748K
FY2021−$520K
FY2022−$947K
FY2023−$639K
FY2024−$474K
FY2025−$187K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2002.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $6.8M Management & general 11% · $869K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $368K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Special Education Manager
$104,187Pt VII · Sec A
$68,702Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Teacher
$53,094Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Teacher
$48,659Pt VII · Sec A
Exec Dir/Dir Online Learning(end12/24)
$48,039Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair/Teacher
$44,919Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gena Marie Jacobson’s $104K as Special Education Manager is at the 34th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education 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
Gena Marie Jacobson$104,187—————
Holly Amaya—$92,498————
Annette Klang—$84,481$79,586$65,199$42,856—
Emily Stull Richardson$68,702$58,598————
Lance Swanson————$56,349$47,080
Mindy Glazier$53,094$44,640————
Beverly Loeffler————$48,684$40,514
Clare Thompson$48,659$41,056$42,342———

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Educates and empowers communities to foster environmental literacy and excellence in learners.

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1 program · $6.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Crosslake community school is a free, public charter school in minnesota serving students from preschool through 12TH grade. The school operates two distinct programs: a seat-based in-person program for students in kindergarten through 8TH grade at our crosslake campus, and a tuition-free online learning program serving students…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 41-1961541) · Dispute this line
$6.8Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$74

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Jun 2024 · $849K federal money spent
Education Stabilization FundDepartment of Education · ALN 84.425 · Through MN Department of Education$535K
Special Education Grants to StatesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.027 · Through MN Department of Education$103K
Title I Grants to Local Educational AgenciesDepartment of Education · ALN 84.010 · Through MN Department of Education$92K
National School Lunch ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.555 · Through MN Department of Education$57K
Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants)Department of Education · ALN 84.367 · Through MN Department of Education$13K

Plus 8 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$111K
Investment incomeLn 3$54K
Money outPt IX
$7.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.8M
Managementcol C$869K
Owns and owesPt X
−$187K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$7.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$111K
Investment incomeLn 3$54K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$7.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.7M
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.8M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$881K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$68K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$50K
Other assetsLn 15$7.1M
Total assetsLn 16$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.1M
Net assetsLn 32−$187K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5131
VolunteersI 674
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$38K$50K
Total assetsLn 16$10.6M$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11.1M$11.1M
Net assetsLn 32−$474K−$187K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$436K$202K$234K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.8M$3.6M$203K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$394K$357K$37K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$638K$532K$106K
Payroll taxesLn 10$298K$268K$30K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$125K$125K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$552K$504K$48K
Office expensesLn 13$62K$35K$27K
Information technologyLn 14$258K$249K$9K
OccupancyLn 16$890K$890K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$27K$23K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$11K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$23K$23K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$154K$113K$42K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.6M$6.8M$869K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 12, 2026 $7.8M$7.6M$207K−$187K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 5, 2025 $7.9M$7.2M$664K−$474K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 $6.2M$5.9M$308K−$639K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 2, 2023 $5.5M$5.9M−$427K−$947K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 $5.1M$4.9M$228K−$520K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 $3.9M$4.2M−$267K−$748K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments E · Schools O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $7,846,860 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,764,705$7,678,413
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $96,946$111,115
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $46,968$53,642
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,279$3,690
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,910,898$7,846,860
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,285,262$5,533,762
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,961,454$2,105,646
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,246,716$7,639,408
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $664,182$207,452
Part VI · Governance 4 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,846,860 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$7,667,832
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$10,581
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,678,413
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $111,115$111,115
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $53,642$53,642
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $3,305$3,305
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $385$385
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $111,500 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $56,947$7,846,860
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,639,408 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $202,433 · Management $233,646$436,079
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,564,021 · Management $203,397$3,767,418
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $356,957 · Management $37,370$394,327
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $531,992 · Management $105,893$637,885
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $268,096 · Management $29,957$298,053
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,928$2,928
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $124,792$124,792
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $504,323 · Management $48,079$552,402
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $34,710 · Management $27,328$62,038
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $248,819 · Management $8,786$257,605
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $889,694$889,694
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $22,738 · Management $4,162$26,900
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,927 · Management $1,048$11,975
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $22,881$22,881
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $112,609 · Management $41,822$154,431
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,770,200 · Management $869,208 · Fundraising $0$7,639,408
Part X · Balance sheet $10,891,224 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $652,527$1,679,313
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,037,770$1,082,649
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,649,707$881,151
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $70,777$68,315
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $37,808$50,418
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,159,342$7,129,378
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,609,918$10,891,224
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $950,002$990,041
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,134,246$10,088,409
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,084,398$11,078,450
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $0$0
X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year −$474,480−$187,226
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$474,480−$187,226
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,609,918$10,891,224
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$187,226 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,846,860
XI-2 Total expenses$7,639,408
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$207,452
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$474,480
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$79,802
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$187,226

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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