Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023
Filed by MCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $170,151
- Total expenses
- $272,146
- Contributions and grants received
- $170,148
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $3
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $36,102
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $36,102
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $228,914
Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
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.
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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 $54,273
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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 $146,425
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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 $28,216
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Annette BadenhorstANNETTE BADENHORST
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $10,000
- Compensation
- $10,000
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 18.5
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Ranji VargheseRANJI VARGHESE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.25
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Pablo QuirogaPABLO QUIROGA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Robb DuncanROBB DUNCAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Donna BurnsDONNA BURNS
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 19.25
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Dennis McKennaDENNIS MCKENNA
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 22 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202421979349200522
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