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← LOWER COLUMBIA SCHOOL GARDENS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LOWER COLUMBIA SCHOOL GARDENS.

Totals

Total revenue
$426,632
Total expenses
$503,527
Contributions and grants received
$433,952
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$246
Other revenue
-$7,566
Total assets, end of year
$112,701
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,786
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$106,915
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$484,561
Management and general expenses
$9,483
Fundraising expenses
$9,483
Program service expenses (Part III)
$484,561

Program services were 96.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $120,613

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $34,485

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $278,854

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $246 · excluded $246

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $10,649

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $120,613

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $18,215

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$7,566 · excluded -$7,566

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $359,014 · program services $359,014

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,367 · program services $2,683 · management and general $1,342 · fundraising $1,342

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,005 · program services $15,003 · management and general $7,501 · fundraising $7,501

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,109 · program services $31,109

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,815 · program services $16,815

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,400 · program services $2,400

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,841 · program services $4,841

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,203 · program services $3,203

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $936 · program services $936

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,403 · program services $5,123 · management and general $640 · fundraising $640

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,283 · program services $10,283

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,791 · program services $8,791

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $18,534 · program services $18,534

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $2,100 · program services $2,100

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES, TAXES & FEES

    total $1,094 · program services $1,094

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $1,026 · program services $1,026

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,606 · program services $1,606

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $66,616 · end of year $47,826

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $97,867 · end of year $49,451

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $110,064

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $94,640

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,706 · end of year $15,424

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,326 · end of year $3,157

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,053 · end of year $2,629

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $183,810 · end of year $106,915

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON LEARNING ABOUT REAL FOOD IN SCHOOL GARDENS ACROSS COWLITZ COUNTY

  • GARDEN PROGRAMS FOR KIDS IN 18 SCHOOLS IN COWLITZ COUNTY

    Expenses $484,561

  • GARDEN PROGRAMS

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patricia Reistroffer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miram Swartout

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danelle Trimble

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Fellows

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chuck Berquist

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Po-Shen Chang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Dodson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nagwa Pomerinke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gunnar Guttormsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Sanchez

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501629349301405

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