Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by LIFE LAB SCIENCE PROGRAM.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 16 May 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
- Total revenue
- $4,176,191 changed to $2,298,901
- Total expenses
- $3,980,372 changed to $2,320,551
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,029,882 changed to $647,660
- Program service revenue
- $1,131,343 changed to $1,656,192
- Investment income
- $139 changed to $511
- Other revenue
- $14,827 changed to -$5,462
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,369,903 changed to $1,001,516
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $942,186 changed to $595,449
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $427,717 changed to $406,067
- Program services expenses
- $2,903,230 changed to $1,691,249
- Management and general expenses
- $913,520 changed to $515,522
- Fundraising expenses
- $163,622 changed to $113,780
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,903,230 changed to $1,691,249
Listed only on the later return
- Gary Appel
- Whitney Cohen
Listed under a different title
- Jacob Young: Director then Vice President
Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,176,191
- Total expenses
- $3,980,372
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,029,882
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,131,343
- Investment income
- $139
- Other revenue
- $14,827
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,369,903
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $942,186
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $427,717
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,903,230
- Management and general expenses
- $913,520
- Fundraising expenses
- $163,622
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,903,230
Program services were 72.9% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,141,436
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,888,446
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2a · Program service revenue: Fiscal Sponsor fees
total $26,554 · related or exempt $26,554
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2b · Program service revenue: Other income
total $1,227 · related or exempt $1,227
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2c · Program service revenue: Program Fees
total $1,103,562 · related or exempt $1,103,562
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3 · Investment income
total $139 · excluded $139
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $815 · related or exempt $815
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$21,001
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$6,989
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $14,012 · related or exempt $14,012
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $164,781 · program services $126,987 · management and general $29,205 · fundraising $8,589
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,228,326 · program services $1,717,250 · management and general $394,942 · fundraising $116,134
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $420,978 · program services $237,513 · management and general $167,036 · fundraising $16,429
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $185,471 · program services $144,923 · management and general $30,634 · fundraising $9,914
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $96,794 · management and general $96,794
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $332,506 · program services $302,136 · management and general $30,370
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,497 · management and general $4,497
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $14,065 · program services $6,560 · management and general $7,195 · fundraising $310
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $79,345 · program services $39,673 · management and general $39,672
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17 · Travel
total $19,546 · program services $18,699 · management and general $847
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $59,756 · program services $43,294 · management and general $8,917 · fundraising $7,545
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $6,076 · program services $4,557 · management and general $1,519
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23 · Insurance
total $42,704 · program services $2,147 · management and general $40,557
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24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses
total $116,481 · program services $116,481
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24b · Other expenses: Computer/Furniture/Equipment
total $95,425 · program services $76,340 · management and general $19,085
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24c · Other expenses: Equipment Maint & Repairs
total $49,587 · program services $39,533 · management and general $10,028 · fundraising $26
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24d · Other expenses: Operating Expenses
total $25,601 · program services $5,120 · management and general $20,481
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24e · All other expenses
total $38,433 · program services $22,017 · management and general $11,741 · fundraising $4,675
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $138,941 · end of year $164,547
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $937 · end of year $276,066
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $958,579 · end of year $698,790
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $2,677 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $9,341 · end of year $16,083
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$192,487
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$111,674
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $86,889 · end of year $80,813
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $135,347 · end of year $133,604
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $62,489 · end of year $37,391
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $674,788 · end of year $631,328
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $60,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $288,793 · end of year $273,467
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$64,202 · end of year -$598,473
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $310,843 · end of year $1,026,190
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Life Lab cultivates childrens love of learning, healthy food, and nature through garden-based education.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Life Lab cultivates childrens love of learning, healthy food, and nature through garden-based education. Drawing on over forty years of work with young people in gardens, Life Lab, is a national leader in the garden-based learning movement.
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Local School Site Programs: Life Lab provides garden classroom instruction, design, garden care, curriculum, teacher training, and program leadership and advisory support to school districts and their public elementary schools in Santa Cruz County, particularly in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District through an extensive program partnership. Life Lab is also supporting garden-based learning in Live Oak School District and Santa Cruz City Schools, with a long-term vision of closer partnership with all 10 local districts and their 40 total elementary schools.(continued on schedule o)
Expenses $2,903,230 · Revenue $1,146,470
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National Programs: Life Lab offers hands-on workshops on garden-based science, nutrition, and environmental education for educators from across the nation at its Garden Classroom in Santa Cruz, CA, and on demand around the U.S. It also offers a 16-week intensive Certified School Garden Educator course of virtual trainings, coaching, and peer sharing for participants across the country. Life Lab also hosts an annual national School Garden Support Organization Leadership Institute in partnership with Whole Kids Foundation to help teams from peer organizations share and advance best practices for the field. Life Lab develops and distributes curricula, activity guides and other learning materials nationally to support preK-6 teachers in successfully implementing hands-on garden-based education programs. (continued on Schedule O)
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Local Community Site Programs: Life Lab provides school year field trips and summer day programs at its Garden Classroom and Blooming Classroom educational gardens located on farms in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, respectively. Gardens give children the chance to experience hands-on learning about science, nutrition, the environment and much more. The Garden Classroom also serves as a demonstration site for visitors interested in developing educational gardens. Life Lab staff train and mentor more than 60 college and community interns to serve as experiential garden-based science and environmental educators each year in field trip programs.
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Judit Camacho
Co-Exec Dir
- Total calculated
- $82,836
- From this org
- $82,836
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Don Burgett
Co-Exec Dir
- Total calculated
- $81,945
- From this org
- $81,945
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Katy Stonebloom
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6
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Oscar Paz
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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John Brissenden
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Susana Dutro
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Barbara Gordon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Alicia Martinez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jackie Medina
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Daisy Morales
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jacob Young
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 24 February 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202520559349301407
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