Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$5,631,201

Total expenses

$5,395,300

Contributions and grants received

$5,177,060

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$528,096

Investment income

-$73,955

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$7,094,341

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,189,041

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,905,300

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,208,081

Management and general expenses

$711,944

Fundraising expenses

$475,275

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,208,081

Program services were 78.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE ORGANIZATION IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION BASED IN LAS VEGAS, NV THAT OPERATES THE ONLY STEMWORKS-ACCREDITED SCHOOL GARDEN AND HYDROPONICS PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MISSION IS TO INCREASE STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH) SUBJECTS AND CONSERVE THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH PROJECT-BASED STEM EDUCATION, WHICH INCLUDES NUTRITION, FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN PREK-12 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION IS MAINLY SUPPORTED THROUGH GRANT INCOME, PROGRAM FEES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND OPERATES TWO MAIN PROGRAMS: THE GARDENCONNECT AND HYDROCONNECT IMPLEMENTED AT OVER 1,000 SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS IN 42 STATES AND 4 COUNTRIES IMPACTING OVER 250,000 PEOPLE. GARDENCONNECT (FORMERLY THE SCHOOL GARDEN STEM PROGRAM): GARDENCONNECT IS THE ORGANIZATION'S EXPERIENTIAL OUTDOOR GARDEN STEM PROGRAM THAT ENABLES SCHOOLS TO USE GARDENS AS EXPERIENTIAL TEACHING TOOLS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN STEM. SINCE 2013, THE ORGANIZATION HAS BUILT 194 OUTDOOR SCHOOL GARDENS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AND CURRENTLY RUNS THE PROGRAM IN 89 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NATION. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE STEMWORKS-ACCREDITED PREK-12 GARDEN STEM CURRICULUM ALIGNED WITH NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS; ACCESS TO GREEN OUR PLANET'S VIRTUAL ACADEMY FOR ALL TEACHERS; SCIENCE AND GARDENING LESSONS, SUPPORT AND GARDEN MAINTENANCE FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S EXPERIENCED FARMERS (LAS VEGAS LOCATIONS ONLY); FARMERS MARKET EXPERIENCES; FINANCIAL LITERACY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; TEACHER TRAININGS AND SUPPORT; AND CONNECTION THROUGH THE MAGIC GARDEN PORTAL TO TEACHERS ACROSS THE NATION TEACHING STEM USING OUTDOOR GARDENS. THE ONLINE PROGRAMMING THROUGH GARDENCONNECT PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH DIGITAL RESOURCES, STANDARDS-ALIGNED CURRICULUM, CONSULTING, AND COMMUNITY. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, STUDENTS LEARN HANDS-ON STEM, NUTRITION, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY WHILE MAINTAINING, HARVESTING, AND SELLING PLANTS GROWN IN THEIR SCHOOL GARDENS THROUGH SCHOOL FARMERS MARKETS. GARDENCONNECT INCLUDES AN ONLINE PROGRAM THAT IS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED AT 153 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE, IMPACTING MORE THAN 80,500 STUDENTS. IN TOTAL, THIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAMS IN THE US, IMPACTING MORE THAN 127,000 STUDENTS. HYDROCONNECT (FORMERLY THE HYDROPONICS STEM PROGRAM): HYDROCONNECT IS THE ORGANIZATION'S EXPERIENTIAL INDOOR HYDROPONICS STEM PROGRAM WHERE WE SEND HYDROPONICS SYSTEMS TO SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN TRAIN TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOW TO USE THE SYSTEMS TO GROW FOOD. MODELED AFTER THE GARDEN PROGRAM, STUDENTS LEARN HANDS-ON STEM, NUTRITION AND FINANCIAL LITERACY THROUGH A PREK-12 STEMWORKS-ACCREDITED CURRICULUM WRITTEN TO NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS WHILE PLANTING, MAINTAINING, HARVESTING AND SELLING THE PLANTS GROWN IN THEIR HYDROPONIC GARDENS, WHICH THEY BUILD THEMSELVES. THIS PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY BEING IMPLEMENTED AT OVER 338 SCHOOLS, 37 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS (INCLUDING LIBRARY AND FAMILY PROGRAMS) ACROSS 41 STATES, IMPACTING 179,000 PEOPLE WHO LEARN STEM THROUGH INDOOR HYDROPONIC GARDENS.

  Expenses $4,208,081 · Revenue $528,096

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

10 June 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202401629349300045

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