The Geek Foundation

Joplin, MOUnknown exempt organization EIN 81-3466119

On file with the IRS5957 East 20th Street · Joplin, MO

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The Geek Foundation is a women-led nonprofit providing free, interactive education to train, inspire, and support the future of a diverse and inclusive tech workforce.

100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · 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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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
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $23K a year · 6% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
1
named funder · $79
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Spent
$5K
To programs
100%
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
—
FY2025
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$188K
FY2022$412K
FY2023$396K
FY2024$2K
FY2025Not on file
Expenses
$5K
FY2025▼ -99%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$464K
FY2023$390K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$5K
Net assets
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FY2025
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$70K
FY2022$18K
FY2023$24K
FY2024$5K
FY2025Not on file

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $5K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021
Krista Peryer Resigned$72,230——
Krista Peryer—$60,000$36,600

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

Trains and inspires diverse women for tech careers through free, interactive education.

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1 program · $254K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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The geek foundation offers tuition-free, accelerated education to tanf- eligible students with the ultimate goal to diversify the tech industry. In the 2022/2023 year, the organization enrolled 10 students in their general it courses, 10 students in their full stack development courses, and 3 students in their video game development…

$254Kprogram expense

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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$79

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money outPt IX
$5K
Ln 25
Programscol B$5K
Owns and owesPt X
Total assetsLn 16$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
2In more detail
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2K$5K 990 PDF
FY2023 $396K$390K$5K$24K 990 PDF
FY2022 $412K$464K−$52K$18K 990 PDF
FY2021 $188K$70K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons O · Explanations

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

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