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Living Earth Center

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: Environmental Quality, Protection and Beautification / Botanical Gardens, Arboreta and Botanical Organizations (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$123k (2024)

Expenses
$124k (2024)

Total Assets
$176k (2024)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2024)

Years with missing data
Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2019 to 2024

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 Jan.
2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$122,946
Expenses
$124,145
Net Income
-$1,199
Net Assets
$175,912
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $88,652
72.1%
Program Services $12,667
10.3%
Investment Income $20,782
16.9%
Net Fundraising $845
0.7%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $175,912
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $175,912
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Melissa Martensen (Finance Manager) $17,388 $0
Cora Uyigue (Program Manager) $13,441 $0
Rebecca Bates (Board Chair) $0 $0
Briana Parr Baker (Board Vice Chair) $0 $0
Kelly Karstad (Board Secretary) $0 $0
Joyce Prahm (Board Treasurer) $0 $0
Jim Ackil (Board Member) $0 $0
Ben Brzeski (Board Member) $0 $0
Yvonne Cariveau (Board Member) $0 $0
Sabri Fair (Board Member) $0 $0
Amanda Quam (Board Member) $0 $0
Josh Reinitz (Board Member) $0 $0
Laura Stastny (Board Member) $0 $0
Kathleen Storms (Board Member) $0 $0
Monica Wagner (Board Member) $0 $0
Laura Marsala Peterson (Executive Director) $0 $0

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Fiscal Year Ending Jan.
2023

No Extracted Financial Data

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but financial documents are available for download.

No Document Links

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$71,604
Expenses
$47,422
Net Income
$24,182
Net Assets
$153,345
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $64,667
90.3%
Program Services $6,453
9.0%
Investment Income $484
0.7%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $153,345
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $153,345
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Melissa Martensen (Treasurer) $1,600 $0
Becky Bates (Chair) $0 $0
Briana Baker (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Kelly Karstad (Secretary) $0 $0
Joyce Prahm (Member) $0 $0
Ben Brzeski (Member) $0 $0
Martin Jacaruso (Member) $0 $0
Anna Marie Reha (Member) $0 $0
Laura Stastny (Member) $0 $0
Mary Voight (Member) $0 $0
Monica Wagner (Member) $0 $0
Laura Peterson (Executive Director) $0 $0
Jim Vonderharr (Member) $0 $0

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$83,433
Expenses
$38,186
Net Income
$45,247
Net Assets
$144,235
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $76,217
91.4%
Program Services $6,035
7.2%
Investment Income $1,181
1.4%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $144,235
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $144,235
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Melissa Martensen (Treasurer) $650 $0
Laura Peterson (Director) $0 $0
Rebecca Bates (Board Chair) $0 $0
Briana Baker (Vice Chair) $0 $0
Ben Brzeski (Board Member) $0 $0
Martin Jacaruso (Board Member) $0 $0
Anna Marie Reha (Board Member) $0 $0
Joyce Prahm (Board Member) $0 $0
Mary Voight (Board Member) $0 $0
Jim Vonderharr (Board Member) $0 $0
Monica Wagner (Board Member) $0 $0
Jeanne Wingenter (Board Member) $0 $0

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$65,961
Expenses
$25,688
Net Income
$40,273
Net Assets
$98,211
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $52,420
79.5%
Program Services $11,953
18.1%
Investment Income $314
0.5%
Net Fundraising $1,274
1.9%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $98,925
Total Liabilities $714
Net Assets $98,211
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Laura Peterson (Director) $0 $0
Rebecca Bates (President) $0 $0
Melissa Martensen (Treasurer) $0 $0
Jeanne Wingenter (Secretary) $0 $0
Briana Baker (Vice President) $0 $0
Jeanne Groebner (Board Member) $0 $0
Jason Mattick (Board Member) $0 $0
Anna Marie Reha (Board Member) $0 $0
Joyce Prahm (Board Member) $0 $0
Jim Vonderharr (Board Member) $0 $0
Monica Wagner (Board Member) $0 $0
Kelly Karstad (Board Member) $0 $0

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$75,483
Expenses
$17,620
Net Income
$57,863
Net Assets
$57,863
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $63,964
84.7%
Program Services $10,659
14.1%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $860
1.1%
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $59,468
Total Liabilities $1,605
Net Assets $57,863
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Laura Peterson (Executive Director) $0 $0
Rebecca Bates (Treasurer) $0 $0
James Vonderharr (President) $0 $0
Jolly Corely (Vice President) $0 $0
Jeanne Wingenter (Secretary) $0 $0
Briana Baker (Board Member) $0 $0
George Boody (Board Member) $0 $0
Michelle Bridges (Board Member) $0 $0
Jeanne Groebner (Board Member) $0 $0
Melissa Martensen (Board Member) $0 $0
Jason Mattick (Board Member) $0 $0
Joyce Prahm (Board Member) $0 $0
Anna Marie Reha (Board Member) $0 $0
Sandra Woods (Board Member) $0 $0

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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.

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Types of Nonprofits

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