The specific purpose of this corporation is to engage in educational and charitable activities limited exclusively to exempt purposes. Weaving Earth provides nature-based education for action at the confluence of ecological, social and personal systems change.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2021 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $69K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
11
named funders · $310K
Looks good: 11 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$20K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 3 voting members
Concern: none of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$505K
+24% vs prior year
Spent
$325K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$423K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$505K
FY2021▲ +24%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$408K
FY2021$505K
FY2022$536K
FY2023$925K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$325K
FY2021▲ +57%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$207K
FY2021$325K
FY2022$739K
FY2023$861K
FY2024$978K
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$423K
FY2021▲ +52%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$278K
FY2021$423K
FY2022$219K
FY2023$287K
FY2024$269K
FY2025$398K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2019.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $267K Management & general 18% · $58K

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

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Communication Coordinator
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Curriculum Development Eductor
$0Pt VII · Sec A

L Hage’s $84K as Co Chair/Ed is at the 15th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M youth development 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2020
L Hage$83,766$52,421——
Will Scott——$62,500$10,000
Lauren Hage——$55,979$10,000
David Hage——$55,000$10,000
B Velez$36,000$30,000——
Kate Bunney———$30,000
Bronte Velez———$16,667
T Shanaye$11,000———

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Teaches nature-based education to inspire action for ecological and social change.

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1 program · $267K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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The specific purpose of this corporation is to engage in educational and charitable activities limited exclusively to exempt purposes.Weaving Earth provides nature-based education for action at the confluence of ecological, social and personal systems change.We hired a staff team and ran educational programming for youth and adults…

$267Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$505K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$343K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$161K
Investment incomeLn 3$111
Money outPt IX
$325K
Ln 25
Programscol B$267K
Managementcol C$58K
Owns and owesPt X
$423K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$396K
Total assetsLn 16$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$161K
Government grantsLn 1e$15K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$343K
Investment incomeLn 3$111
Other incomeLn 4–11$74
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$505K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$396K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$396K
InvestmentsLn 11–13−$2K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K
Net assetsLn 32$423K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 527
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$225K$396K
InvestmentsLn 11–13−$1K−$2K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$280K$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$20K
Net assetsLn 32$278K$423K
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$65K$31K$34K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$26K$26K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$21K$14K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$1K$1K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$1K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$14K$7K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$12K$12K
TravelLn 17$139$139
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$0
InsuranceLn 23$13K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$158K$158K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$2K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$325K$267K$58K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$1.2M$128K$398K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.0M$978K$44K$269K 990 PDF
FY2023 $925K$861K$64K$287K 990 PDF
FY2022 $536K$739K−$203K$219K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $505K$325K$180K$423K 990 PDF
FY2020 $408K$207K$201K$278K 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 $504,770 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $316,798$161,471
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $89,797$343,114
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,477$111
I-11 Other revenue$74
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $408,072$504,770
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $128,552$113,109
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $78,338$211,451
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $206,890$324,560
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $201,182$180,210
Part VI · Governance 0 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $504,770 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $6,513 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1d Related organizations$221
VIII-1e Government grants$15,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$146,250
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$161,471
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $336,601$336,601
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $111$111
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 $74$74
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $343,299$504,770
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $324,560 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 $31,357 · Management $34,078$65,435
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $26,375$26,375
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,200 · Management $7,099$21,299
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,400$3,400
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $1,213$1,213
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,141 · Management $2,969$4,110
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,014 · Management $7,013$14,027
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,000$12,000
IX-17 TravelManagement $139$139
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 amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,242$13,242
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $158,255$158,255
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,787 · Management $3,278$5,065
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $266,584 · Management $57,976 · Fundraising $0$324,560
Part X · Balance sheet $442,788 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $220; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $225,222$395,711
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $56,434$48,436
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year −$1,490−$1,579
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 $280,386$442,788
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,242$1,526
X-25 Other liabilities$11,221
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,242$19,646
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $278,144$423,142
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $280,386$442,788
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $423,142 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$504,770
XI-2 Total expenses$324,560
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$180,210
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$278,144
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$35,212
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$423,142

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