The mission of Geoparadise involve poverty relief and indigenous outreach, culminating in an annual 18 day event known as tribal gathering, transformationsl, eco-cultural gathering with attendees from more than 40 countries and 5 continents celebrating art and culture. IT also serves collaterally as a fundraising, networking and resource-sharing platform. Geoparadise encourages and suports indigenous communities to participate in the annual "tribal gathering" to share, learn, connect with one another to propose project ideas that could be implemented in the villages to improve the livelihoods while preserving their culture and natural habitat. The organizations strives for civic engagement through the promotion and support of organizations, projects and activities aimed at (1)educating and informing members of the general public about (a)sustainable development and agriculture, (b)health and nutrition, and (c)environmental and social issues; (2)providing basic necessities to low income

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
97¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$83K 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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FY2019 · Form 990Independent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $114K a year · 20% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
97%
of spending
Looks good: 97% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$83K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $16
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$260K
93% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 93% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 8 voting members
Fine: 4 of 8 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
97%
Net assets
$19K
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2019
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$1.3M
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$113K
FY2022$144K
FY2023$73K
FY2024$559K
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2019
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$1.3M
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$354K
FY2022$223K
FY2023$150K
FY2024$760K
Net assets
$19K
FY2019
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$19K
FY2020$23K
FY2021−$210K
FY2022−$247K
FY2023−$345K
FY2024−$537K

From the FY2019 Form 990 (year ending June 2019) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2014.

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Where the money goes

97 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 97% · $1.2M Management & general 3% · $41K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $83K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2018); the FY2019 filing did not itemize Part VII
Treasurer
$36,000Pt VII · Sec A
$36,000Pt VII · Sec A
$10,800Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amanda Brosseau’s $9K as Sec'y is at the 6th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Noa Lago Bea—$36,000$36,000$36,000
Timothy John Raper—$36,000$36,000$36,000
Amanda Brosseau$8,700$26,032$17,500$10,800

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports indigenous communities through poverty relief, cultural exchange, and eco-cultural gatherings.

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3 programs · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2018
01

Tribal gathering is the main program and is the starting point where the rest of the charitable projects are forged with the indigenous communities. There is an annual gathering of indigenous people from many countries and continents and paid attendees. The gathering creates a harmonious space for intercultural exchange.

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

Sustainable water collection project many villages, in hard to reach place, do not have clean or consistent water. Geoparadise worked with six student volunteers from delf university(netherlands) and eight key community members for eight weeks to build eleven different water collection systems for the village of el progreso.

$37Kprogram expense
03

Progreso school roof replacement in conjunction with the ministry of education in panama, geoparadise, along with volunteers and community members, replaced an old dangerous asbesto roof with a new harmless cement based roof sheets in the primary school of el progreso.

$5Kprogram 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$16

By the numbers

The FY2019 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$872K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$403K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$19K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$19K
Total assetsLn 16$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$260K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$872K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$6K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$403K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$19K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$19K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$258K
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$260K
Net assetsLn 32$19K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6360
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 FY19End FY19
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$72K$19K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$167K$258K
Total assetsLn 16$245K$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$235K$260K
Net assetsLn 32$10K$19K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$83K$72K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$12K
Office expensesLn 13$28K$25K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$8K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$1K$1K
TravelLn 17$478K$467K$11K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$61K$61K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$548K$548K
All other expensesLn 24e$60K$49K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.2M$41K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $559K$760K−$201K−$537K 990 PDF
FY2023 $73K$150K−$78K−$345K 990 PDF
FY2022 $144K$223K−$79K−$247K 990 PDF
FY2021 $113K$354K−$241K−$210K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$1.3M−$75K$23K 990 PDF
FY2019 Viewing $1.3M$1.3M−$12K$19K 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 $1,278,272 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $869,889$872,156
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $334,126$403,350
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,510$2,766
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,205,525$1,278,272
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $81,200$82,800
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $912,826$1,207,125
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $994,026$1,289,925
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $211,499−$11,653
Part VI · Governance 4 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $1,278,272 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$872,156
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,083
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$872,156
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $403,350$403,350
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,766$2,766
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $406,116$1,278,272
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,289,925 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $72,000 · Management $10,800$82,800
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,163$5,163
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,746$11,746
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $24,679 · Management $3,174$27,853
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,484$8,484
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,030$1,030
IX-17 TravelPrograms $467,496 · Management $10,739$478,235
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,261$5,261
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $61,217$61,217
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $548,493$548,493
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $48,960 · Management $10,683$59,643
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,249,366 · Management $40,559 · Fundraising $0$1,289,925
Part X · Balance sheet $278,543 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $72,226$18,812
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,450$260
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $167,082$257,770
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,701$1,701
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $244,929$278,543
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $77,412$102,100
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $235,164$259,852
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,765$18,691
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $244,929$278,543
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $18,691 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,278,272
XI-2 Total expenses$1,289,925
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$11,653
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,765
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$20,579
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$18,691

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