Our mission is to provide an inclusive community for children which nurtures friendships and kindness, builds confidence and independence, and cultivates curiosity and wonder through play and exploration of the natural world in a joy-filled home away from home.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 34 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $7K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$161K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.6M
74% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 74% of assets; over 65%.
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
$2.6M
+26% vs prior year
Spent
$2.1M
To programs
94%
Net assets
$914K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.6M
FY2025▲ +26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$538K
FY2021$866K
FY2022$649K
FY2023$941K
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$2.6M
Expenses
$2.1M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$657K
FY2021$614K
FY2022$896K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$2.1M
Net assets
$914K
FY2025▲ +120%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$723K
FY2021$977K
FY2022$730K
FY2023$465K
FY2024$415K
FY2025$914K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · 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 Dec 1986.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $2.0M Management & general 6% · $122K Fundraising 0% · $8K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $161K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Director of Education
$100,547Pt VII · Sec A
School Administrator
$60,879Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tara Katz$100,547$100,064$77,258$63,374$50,107$58,451
Teresa Donovan—$83,200$75,182$63,716$43,431$68,568
Jeneane Kruchoski$60,879—————

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 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Nurtures young children's curiosity, friendship, and wonder through play and nature.

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1 program · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Fremont Community School's (FCS) objective is to provide early childhood education and childcare to families in nature and play-based environments to ensure social-emotional development appropriate for this age level.

$2.0Mprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $27K · 2022–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$17,136
Unitemized GrantFY2022$10,193

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$208K
Investment incomeLn 3$430
Money outPt IX
$2.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.0M
Managementcol C$122K
Fundraisingcol D$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$914K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$349K
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$208K
Government grantsLn 1e$200K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$430
Total revenueLn 12$2.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$139K
SavingsLn 2$210K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$349K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M
Net assetsLn 32$914K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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$12K$349K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.3M$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M$2.6M
Net assetsLn 32$415K$914K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$166K$137K$22K$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$1.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$25K$25K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$113K$113K
Payroll taxesLn 10$128K$125K$2K$672
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$5K$262
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K$60
Office expensesLn 13$6K$4K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$52K$29$52K
OccupancyLn 16$48K$44K$4K
TravelLn 17$503$260$243
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K
InterestLn 20$130K$118K$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$79K$76K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$75K$75K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.1M$2.0M$122K$8K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.6M$2.1M$499K$914K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.1M$2.1M−$80K$415K 990 PDF
FY2023 $941K$1.2M−$265K$465K 990 PDF
FY2022 $649K$896K−$247K$730K 990 PDF
FY2021 $866K$614K$252K$977K 990 PDF
FY2020 $538K$657K−$119K$723K 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 $2,582,249 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $30,219$207,897
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,024,122$2,373,922
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $109$430
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,054,450$2,582,249
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $17,136$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,696,677$1,655,752
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $420,988$427,380
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,134,801$2,083,132
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$80,351$499,117
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 $2,582,249 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$200,175
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,722
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$207,897
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,373,922 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,373,922
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $430$430
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,373,922 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $430$2,582,249
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,083,132 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $137,378 · Management $21,822 · Fundraising $7,274$166,474
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,223,594$1,223,594
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $25,165$25,165
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $112,723$112,723
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $125,107 · Management $2,017 · Fundraising $672$127,796
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,526$14,526
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,172 · Management $262$5,434
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,336 · Management $60$6,396
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,938 · Management $1,924$5,862
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $29 · Management $51,521$51,550
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $43,970 · Management $3,688$47,658
IX-17 TravelPrograms $260 · Management $243$503
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,154$1,154
IX-20 InterestPrograms $117,643 · Management $12,362$130,005
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $76,099 · Management $3,171$79,270
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,383$10,383
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $74,639 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$74,639
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,953,207 · Management $121,979 · Fundraising $7,946$2,083,132
Part X · Balance sheet $3,540,540 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $10,935$138,668
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,192$210,079
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,974$3,886
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,250,835$3,187,907
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,265,936$3,540,540
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $148,742$11,508
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $99,176$207,496
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,850,787$2,626,372
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $401,680$909,895
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $13,469$4,273
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $415,149$914,168
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,265,936$3,540,540
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $914,168 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,582,249
XI-2 Total expenses$2,083,132
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$499,117
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$415,149
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$98
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$914,168

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