Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,146,252
- Total expenses
- $1,031,126
- Contributions and grants received
- $140,506
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $824,471
- Investment income
- $41,838
- Other revenue
- $139,437
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,172,840
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,519,157
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,653,683
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $806,340
- Management and general expenses
- $174,243
- Fundraising expenses
- $50,543
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $806,340
Program services were 78.2% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$27,718
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$112,788
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$50,730
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2a · Program service revenue: Tuition Fees
total $793,374 · related or exempt $793,374
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2b · Program service revenue: Enrollment Fees
total $20,118 · related or exempt $20,118
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2c · Program service revenue: Fieldtrips
total $7,165 · related or exempt $7,165
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2d · Program service revenue: Registration
total $1,970 · related or exempt $1,970
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2e · Program service revenue: Graduation
total $1,169 · related or exempt $1,169
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $675 · related or exempt $675
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3 · Investment income
total $40,810 · excluded $40,810
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6a · Gross rents
personal property $133,406
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6b · Less rental expenses
personal property $102,295
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6c · Rental income or loss
personal property $31,111
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $31,111 · excluded $31,111
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $102,380
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $101,352
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $1,028
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $1,028 · related or exempt $1,028
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$32,568
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$27,718
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$34,083
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$1,515 · excluded -$1,515
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11a · Other revenue: Real Propert Rent
total $89,787 · excluded $89,787
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11b · Other revenue: Bookstore Sales
total $15,915 · related or exempt $15,915
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11c · Other revenue: Yearbook Sales
total $2,430 · related or exempt $2,430
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11d · All other revenue
total $1,709 · related or exempt $1,709
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11e · Other revenue, total
$109,841
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $77,491 · program services $15,498 · management and general $50,369 · fundraising $11,624
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $534,617 · program services $452,848 · management and general $71,188 · fundraising $10,581
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $55,758 · program services $42,663 · management and general $11,072 · fundraising $2,023
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $750 · management and general $750
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11g · Fees: other
total $11,670 · fundraising $11,670
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,347 · program services $1,347
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13 · Office expenses
total $44,255 · program services $34,480 · management and general $6,592 · fundraising $3,183
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14 · Information technology
total $8,150 · program services $6,487 · management and general $1,663
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16 · Occupancy
total $133,377 · program services $113,370 · management and general $20,007
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17 · Travel
total $512 · program services $512
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $50,029 · program services $49,507 · management and general $522
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23 · Insurance
total $24,619 · program services $22,129 · management and general $2,490
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24a · Other expenses: Parent Training
total $20,549 · program services $20,549
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24b · Other expenses: Staff Development
total $16,355 · program services $16,355
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24c · Other expenses: Hospitality
total $11,462 · fundraising $11,462
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24d · Other expenses: Tuition Assistance
total $7,480 · program services $7,480
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24e · All other expenses
total $32,705 · program services $23,115 · management and general $9,590
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $122,611 · end of year $48,029
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $514,938 · end of year $441,747
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $70
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,516,449
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$206,338
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,336,736 · end of year $2,310,111
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $118,202 · end of year $366,787
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $6,618 · end of year $6,096
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $7,561 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $1,515,023 · end of year $1,474,024
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $53,086 · end of year $45,133
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $7,920 · end of year $7,920
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $1,530,637 · end of year $1,645,763
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Providing a classical christian education for PK-12 Students
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Garden School provides a classical education for students from preschool through 12th Grade. The school teaches reading, writing, history, foreign languages, drama, music, math, and science.
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Provided a classical education for preschool through 12th grade students.
Expenses $806,340 · Revenue $845,553
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Deric Walter
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chad Paulson
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Terrasa Meraz
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathon Mollman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brian Dow
Director
- Total calculated
- $77,490
- From this org
- $77,490
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jacqui Edelmann
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nick Villareal
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 3
- The board determines and approves the Executive Directors compensation.
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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Liberty Classical Properties LLC
R/E Rental · CO · income $32,391 · assets $137,901
Directly controlled by The Garden
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202640629349300324
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