Clever Octopus INC

Salt Lake City, UTUnknown exempt organization EIN 47-3829287Revenue $1 in FY2024Files the 990-N e-Postcard (latest 2025). Last full Form 990: 2024.

On file with the IRSSalt Lake City, UT

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Clever Octopus INC. Is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering creativity and environmental awareness through art, science, technology, engineering, and math. Clever Octopus aims to create future leaders in art and science.

Form 990-EZ Part III, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-3829287) · Dispute this line
Run by 242 volunteers and 23 employees.
Mission: Form 990-EZ Part III · People: IRS e-file

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2025
latest 990-N e-Postcard
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $39K a year · 9% of revenue · last 3 filings
A surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
990-EZ Pt I · Ln 18 · 3 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $75
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
990-EZ Pt II · Ln 26
Revenue
$1
+100% vs prior year
Net assets
$2K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1
FY2024▲ +100%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$308K
FY2021$522K
FY2022$512K
FY2023−$8K
FY2024$1
Expenses
—
FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$243K
FY2021$394K
FY2022$586K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$2K
FY2024▼ -78%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$174K
FY2021$302K
FY2022$228K
FY2023$8K
FY2024$2K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Files the 990-N e-Postcard (latest 2025). Last full Form 990: 2024.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990-EZ.

990-EZ Part IV · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$0990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV
Director
$0990-EZ Pt IV

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · 990-EZ Part IV

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Jen Lopez$51,007$41,867$4,129
Sheri Gibb$31,683$25,006$11,525
Carina Earajas——$25,379

Total reportable compensation (Form 990-EZ Part IV column (c) / 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

Fosters creativity and environmental awareness through art, science, technology, engineering, and math.

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1 program · $432K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Involvement in Utahs Educational Programs

Our creative reuse steam programs were embraced by 31 community programs throughout utah in 2022. 232 programming events were TAUGHT.FREE & paid programs and investment in our utah communities:coi awarded 26 mini-grants to schools and non-profit programs and provided support to 40 community partners through volunteer recruitment…

Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2022. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-3829287) · Dispute this line
$432Kprogram 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$75

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$1
Other income$1
Owns and owes
$2K
net assets
Liabilities$0
People
3
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$1
Total revenue$1
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$0
Net assets$2K
Operations
Employees23
Volunteers242
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 12, 2025 $1$2K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jun 17, 2024 −$8K$8K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 23, 2023 $512K$586K−$74K$228K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jun 9, 2022 $522K$394K$128K$302K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Sep 15, 2021 $308K$243K$64K$174K 990 PDF

Files the 990-N e-Postcard (latest 2025). Last full Form 990: 2024. The 990-N has no money details, and postcard years before 2025 are not published by the IRS.

Schedules filed Part IV

Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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