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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$485,989
Total expenses
$502,301
Contributions and grants received
$485,657
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6
Other revenue
$326
Total assets, end of year
$138,097
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$138,097
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$465,931
Management and general expenses
$36,370
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$465,931

Program services were 92.8% 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

    $485,657

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6 · excluded $6

  • 11a · Other revenue: CURRENCY EXCHAGE INCOME

    total $326 · excluded $326

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $326

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $32,040 · program services $25,632 · management and general $6,408

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,475 · program services $1,980 · management and general $495

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,121 · management and general $7,121

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,332 · management and general $8,332

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $57,379 · program services $47,607 · management and general $9,772

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,576 · management and general $2,576

  • 24a · Other expenses: ESPD55 PROJECT COSTS

    total $335,946 · program services $335,946

  • 24b · Other expenses: BIOGNOSIS PROJECT COSTS

    total $25,885 · program services $25,885

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANTS EXPENSES

    total $19,955 · program services $19,955

  • 24d · Other expenses: SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY FEE

    total $7,457 · program services $7,457

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,135 · program services $1,469 · management and general $1,666

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $157,394 · end of year $136,420

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,444 · end of year $1,677

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,429

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $154,409 · end of year $138,097

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ACADEMY'S MISSION IS TO BE A CATALYST FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT INTERWEAVE OUR COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE, SCIENCE AND ANCESTRAL WISDOM.

  • EDUCATION: DEVELOPED AND EXECUTED EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, SUCH AS THE MONTH OF MCKENNA, HIGHLIGHTING THE POSITIVE IMPACTS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON PSYCHEDELICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS. THESE CAMPAIGNS SERVE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS AND INFORMATION IN THE FIELD OF ETHNOBOTANY, ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION.

    Expenses $95,354

  • BIOGNOSIS: COMPLETED THE PRODUCTION OF THE FIRST FILM IN THE DOCUMENTARY SERIES, BIOGNOSIS: BRIDGES TO ANCESTRAL WISDOM. SEEKING THE PRESERVATION, REVIVAL, AND EMPOWERMENT OF AMAZONIAN BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY. THIS IS PHASE ONE IN THE BIOGNOSIS PROJECT GOAL TO ILLUMINATE THE "GNOSIS" (KNOWLEDGE) OF ALL "BIO" (LIFE) ON EARTH TO BRING HUMANITY INTO A MORE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF NATURE. THIS INAUGURAL FILM SERVES AS BOTH AN EDUCATIONSL AND AWARENESS TOOL TO GARNER ADDTIONAL SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, AND THE DIGITIZATION OF AN EXTENSIVE AMAZONIAN HERBARIUM WITH OVER 150,000 PLANT SPECIMENS.

    Expenses $26,351

  • ESPD55: CONDUCTED A FOUR-DAY SYMPOSIUM, COMMEMORATING THE 55TH ANNIVERSAARY OF THE ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIC SEARCH FOR PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS CONFERENCE. THIS FOUR-DAY EVENT WAS HELD IN PERSON AND ONLINE AND INCLUDED ESTEEMED SPEAKERS LIKE PAUL STAMETS, MONICA GAGLIANO, AND WADE DAVIS. OVERALL, 33 OF THE MOST EXCITING MINDS IN PSYCHOACTIVE RESEARCH PRESENTED 37 SESSIONS EXPLORING THE WORLD OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIC KNOWLEDGE THROUGH VARIOUS LIFE-CENTRIC PERSPECTIVES. THESE EDUCATIONSL SESSIONS WERE RECORDED, CURATED, AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR FREE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.

    Expenses $344,226

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dennis J McKenna

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Donna Burns

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Robb Duncan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Annette Badenhorst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michael D Schultz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Ranji Varghese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Melissa Bolthouse

    INTERIM SECR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
3 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202311319349305046

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