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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ECOEDUCATE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$259,440
Total expenses
$483,515
Contributions and grants received
$238,929
Grants paid
$57,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$20,511
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$744,738
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,233
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$742,505
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$358,446
Management and general expenses
$37,778
Fundraising expenses
$87,291
Program service expenses (Part III)
$358,446

Program services were 74.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $238,929

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,511 · excluded $20,511

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $47,500 · program services $47,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $178,615 · program services $113,832 · management and general $7,867 · fundraising $56,916

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $96,973 · program services $90,055 · management and general $6,918

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,988 · program services $100 · management and general $300 · fundraising $2,588

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,910 · program services $6,546 · management and general $1,090 · fundraising $3,274

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $49 · management and general $49

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,955 · management and general $11,955

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $50,424 · program services $44,251 · management and general $390 · fundraising $5,783

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,021 · program services $5,000 · fundraising $12,021

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,740 · program services $133 · management and general $4,418 · fundraising $1,189

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,990 · program services $862 · management and general $2,175 · fundraising $3,953

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,583 · program services $40,167 · management and general $849 · fundraising $1,567

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,767 · management and general $1,767

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $961,747 · end of year $8,196

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $732,011

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $998

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $5,300 · end of year $3,533

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $467 · end of year $2,233

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $966,580 · end of year $742,505

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ECOEDUCATE TRANSFORMS EDUCATION IN ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE ISLANDS AND COASTAL AREAS OF LATIN AMERICA BY BRIDGING LEARNING TO LOCAL CONTEXTS. WE SUPPORT EDUCATORS WITH INNOVATIVE, EXPERIENTIAL STRATEGIES TO EQUIP STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND MINDSET TO BUILD A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TRANSFORM EDUCATION IN FRAGILE AREAS OF LATIN AMERICA BY BRIDGING LEARNING TO LOCAL CONTEXTS.

  • TEACHER LEADERS PROGRAMTHE TEACHER LEADERS PROGRAM DEVELOPS A CADRE OF LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ACROSS THE GALPAGOS ISLANDS SCHOOL DISTRICT (20 PUBLIC SCHOOLS) TO PROVIDE SUSTAINED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO APPROXIMATELY 430 K12 TEACHERS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES AN ACCREDITED ONLINE MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND AN 18-MONTH PRACTICAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING. BY BUILDING IN-DISTRICT COACHING CAPACITY, THE PROGRAM STRENGTHENS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, INCREASES TEACHER COLLABORATION, AND SUPPORTS LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ACROSS THE ISLANDS.

    Expenses $137,802 · Grants $37,500

  • NEW PROGRAM SITE INITIATIVETHE NEW PROGRAM SITE INITIATIVE SUPPORTS STRATEGIC EXPANSION INTO UNDERSERVED REGIONS THROUGH PARTICIPATORY DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. IN 2025, ECOEDUCATE COMPLETED COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENTS IN CHILOE ISLAND (CHILE'S PATAGONIA REGION), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FUNDACION EDUCACION 2020, AND IN THE YEGUARE VALLEY OF HONDURAS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ZAMORANO UNIVERSITY AND THE ALISON BIXBY STONE SCHOOL. THESE STUDIES EVALUATED LOCAL NEEDS, STAKEHOLDER READINESS, AND SYSTEM CONDITIONS TO ENSURE RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM LAUNCH. ECOEDUCATE ANTICIPATES INITIATING A NEW PROGRAM IN CHILOE IN 2026.

    Expenses $80,983

  • NETWORK FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS (NSI) INITIATIVETHE NETWORK FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS (NSI) INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS THE TECHNICAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND FUNDRAISING CAPACITY OF LOCAL NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO SERVE AS LONG-TERM CHAMPIONS OF EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. IN 2025, THIS WORK FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE GALPAGOS-BASED FUNDACION SCALESIA AS AN EFFECTIVE INTERMEDIATE ORGANIZATION CAPABLE OF LINKING TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, AND LOCAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS, AND EXPANDING AND SUSTAINING EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME.

    Expenses $68,307 · Grants $10,000

  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE WORK DONE IN CHILE AND ONLINE.

    Expenses $71,354 · Grants $10,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • KATIE BURDICK

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHANNAH BARRY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCOTT HENDERSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW SHERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MONSERRAT CREAMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELIZBETH NASSIKAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD KNAB

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $178,616
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,616
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,728
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,888
    Filer's total
    $178,616

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • OIKONOS

    $10,000

    TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXTUALIZED EDUCATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
20 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641429349300429

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