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Gaia Democratic School

  • Minneapolis, MN
  • Tax-exempt since July 2014
  • EIN: 46-2644676

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Educational Institutions and Related Activities / Primary, Elementary Schools (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Details

According to its June 2023 tax filing, this nonprofit:

Operated a school
Organization is a school. Details are reported on Schedule E.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$198k (2023)

Expenses
$186k (2023)

Total Assets
$165k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$143k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2013 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$197,754
Expenses
$185,522
Net Income
$12,232
Net Assets
$21,973
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $108,145
54.7%
Program Services $87,622
44.3%
Investment Income $106
0.1%
Net Fundraising $1,881
1.0%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $164,757
Total Liabilities $142,784
Net Assets $21,973
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Starri Hedges (Officer Key Employee) $37,300 $0
Nate Dvorak (Treasurer) $0 $0
Maurine Stenwick (Board Member) $0 $0
Dr Anne Ness (Secretary) $0 $0
Joy Durish Strand (Chairperson/President) $0 $0
Kai Joy (Officer) $0 $0
Tonya Skorich (Vice President) $0 $0
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Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$175,323
Expenses
$195,959
Net Income
-$20,636
Net Assets
$9,741
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $69,436
39.6%
Program Services $104,431
59.6%
Investment Income $96
0.1%
Net Fundraising $1,360
0.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $160,541
Total Liabilities $150,800
Net Assets $9,741
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Starri Hedges (Secretary, Executive Director) $38,333 $0
Nate Dvorak (Vice President) $0 $0
Elizabeth Van Derlofske (Treasurer) $0 $0
Maurine Stenwick (Board Member) $0 $0
Riva Garcia (President) $0 $0
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990-EZ
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
XML

Fiscal Year Ending June
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$87,502
Expenses
$81,370
Net Income
$6,132
Net Assets
$30,377
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $36,328
41.5%
Program Services $46,979
53.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $4,195
4.8%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $81,977
Total Liabilities $51,600
Net Assets $30,377

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$89,776
Expenses
$83,337
Net Income
$6,439
Net Assets
$24,245
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $23,651
26.3%
Program Services $63,470
70.7%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $2,655
3.0%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $36,445
Total Liabilities $12,200
Net Assets $24,245

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF
PDF (2 of 2)

Fiscal Year Ending June
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$91,205
Expenses
$89,298
Net Income
$1,907
Net Assets
$17,806
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $6,230
6.8%
Program Services $81,143
89.0%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $3,832
4.2%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $22,806
Total Liabilities $5,000
Net Assets $17,806

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$87,004
Expenses
$88,205
Net Income
-$1,201
Net Assets
$15,899
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $4,790
5.5%
Program Services $78,364
90.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $3,850
4.4%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $20,899
Total Liabilities $5,000
Net Assets $15,899

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$88,068
Expenses
$80,380
Net Income
$7,688
Net Assets
$17,100
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $5,893
6.7%
Program Services $79,655
90.4%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $2,520
2.9%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $22,100
Total Liabilities $5,000
Net Assets $17,100

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2016

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$81,004
Expenses
$90,287
Net Income
-$9,283
Net Assets
$9,412
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $3,890
4.8%
Program Services $69,847
86.2%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $7,207
8.9%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $60
0.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $14,412
Total Liabilities $5,000
Net Assets $9,412

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2015

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$95,181
Expenses
$96,982
Net Income
-$1,801
Net Assets
$18,695
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $3,837
4.0%
Program Services $86,773
91.2%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $4,510
4.7%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $61
0.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $23,695
Total Liabilities $5,000
Net Assets $18,695

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2014

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$104,554
Expenses
$85,081
Net Income
$19,473
Net Assets
$20,496
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $8,623
8.2%
Program Services $92,439
88.4%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $3,488
3.3%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $3
0.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $25,496
Total Liabilities $5,000
Net Assets $20,496

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2013

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$1,882
Expenses
$859
Net Income
$1,023
Net Assets
$1,023
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,155
61.4%
Program Services $300
15.9%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $427
22.7%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $6,023
Total Liabilities $5,000
Net Assets $1,023

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

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