Our mission is to support the growth and potential of children in Taos through inspirational, community-wide opportunities to gather, learn, create and play.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 3 volunteers and 25 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
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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $48K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$81K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
19 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 19.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $294K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$40K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$616K
+27% vs prior year
Spent
$595K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$616K
FY2025▲ +27%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$426K
FY2021$358K
FY2022$427K
FY2023$437K
FY2024$486K
FY2025$616K
Expenses
$595K
FY2025▲ +43%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$327K
FY2021$315K
FY2022$391K
FY2023$420K
FY2024$414K
FY2025$595K
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2015.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $461K Management & general 20% · $120K Fundraising 2% · $14K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $81K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$62,006Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Dir
$18,560Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Corilia Ortega’s $62K as Executive Dir. is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1017 $100K–1M recreation & sports 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.

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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

Fosters children's growth through community gatherings for learning, creation, and play.

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3 programs · $384K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Retail Store with educational merchandise.

$177Kprogram expense
02

Playspace Exploration

Self-directed play and discovery opportunities supporting early childhood development.

$120Kprogram expense
03

Outreach Programs

Classes, activities and events for elementary school-aged children that support learning through hands-on play, exploration and discovery.

$87Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$616K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$381K
Other incomeLn 4–11$190K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$38K
Money outPt IX
$595K
Ln 25
Programscol B$461K
Managementcol C$120K
Fundraisingcol D$14K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$953K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$381K
Government grantsLn 1e$7K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$38K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$190K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$616K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$520K
SavingsLn 2$433K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$953K
Accounts receivableLn 4$3K
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$56K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$1K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$842K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 525
VolunteersI 63
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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$521K$953K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$371K$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$876K$842K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K$40K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$82K$10K$64K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$255K$238K$17K$1K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$13K$10K$2K$366
Other employee benefitsLn 9$22K$16K$5K$595
Payroll taxesLn 10$28K$20K$7K$751
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$633$633
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$11K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$25K$21K$3K$637
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$12K$8K$4K$64
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$13K$13K
TravelLn 17$6K$5K$284$52
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$34K$33K$876
InsuranceLn 23$13K$13K$623
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$69K$65K$4K$82
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$6K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$595K$461K$120K$14K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 23, 2026 $616K$595K$22K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 20, 2025 $486K$414K$71K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 14, 2024 $437K$420K$16K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 10, 2023 $427K$391K$36K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 $358K$315K$43K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 $426K$327K$99K$1.6M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $616,035 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $399,050$380,556
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $32,477$37,835
I-10 Investment income$7,745
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $54,116$189,899
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $485,643$616,035
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $277,596$398,932
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $136,735$195,580
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $414,331$594,512
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $71,312$21,523
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $616,035 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $189,567 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$7,275
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$373,281
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$380,556
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $37,835$37,835
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,745$7,745
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $332$332
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $227,734 · Excluded from tax $7,745$616,035
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $594,512 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $9,664 · Management $63,899 · Fundraising $7,968$81,531
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $237,554 · Management $16,563 · Fundraising $1,140$255,257
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,685 · Management $2,480 · Fundraising $366$12,531
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,134 · Management $5,209 · Fundraising $595$21,938
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,353 · Management $6,571 · Fundraising $751$27,675
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $633$633
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,361$11,361
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,327 · Fundraising $2,403$4,730
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $20,970 · Management $3,333 · Fundraising $637$24,940
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,038 · Management $3,588 · Fundraising $64$11,690
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $13,222$13,222
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,462 · Management $284 · Fundraising $52$5,798
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $32,903 · Management $876$33,779
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,686 · Management $623$13,309
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $64,725 · Management $3,830 · Fundraising $82$68,637
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,425 · Management $1,056$7,481
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $460,781 · Management $119,673 · Fundraising $14,058$594,512
Part X · Balance sheet $1,854,848 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $521,070$519,959
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$432,603
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,954$3,350
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $47,391$56,047
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,220$1,003
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $875,665$841,886
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $371,318$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,822,618$1,854,848
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $30,509$40,026
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $30,509$40,026
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,792,109$1,814,822
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,792,109$1,814,822
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,822,618$1,854,848
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,814,822 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$616,035
XI-2 Total expenses$594,512
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$21,523
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,792,109
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$1,190
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,814,822

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

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