Our mission is to create cultural and environmental resilience through the education of earth-based arts, traditions, and technologies. This mission comes to life in the form of educational workshops and programs, community building events, and ecological restoration.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$2K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $42K a year · 15% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$2K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $32K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$430
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$83K
-40% vs prior year
Net assets
$149K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$83K
FY2021▼ -40%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$137K
FY2021$83K
FY2022$171K
FY2023$276K
FY2024$315K
FY2025$248K
FY2025$111K
Expenses
—
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$214K
FY2024$234K
FY2025$265K
FY2025$148K
Net assets
$149K
FY2021▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$123K
FY2021$149K
FY2022$213K
FY2023$275K
FY2024$358K
FY2025$340K
FY2025$317K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending March 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2003.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990-EZ; $2K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$1,725Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Fundraising Chr
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Peter Bauer’s $27K as Executive Dir is at the 22nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Peter Bauer$27,000$28,182$21,396$18,229$12,425$1,725

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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Programs and updates

Teaches earth-based arts, traditions, and technologies to build cultural and environmental resilience.

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$32K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$83K
Other income$83K
Owns and owes
$149K
net assets
Liabilities$430
People
6
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$83K
Total revenue$83K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$430
Net assets$149K
Operations
Employees10
Volunteers100
Fiscal year endsMarch

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 $248K$265K−$17K$340K 990 PDF
FY2024 $315K$234K$81K$358K 990 PDF
FY2023 $276K$214K$62K$275K 990 PDF
FY2022 $171K$213K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $83K$149K 990 PDF
FY2020 $137K$123K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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