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GILROY GARDENS FAMILY THEME PARK

EIN 31-1574450 GILROY, CA

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Revenue 2024
$19,590,955
Expenses 2024
$22,594,600

Program services were 89.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C600
Classification
1000
Street
3050 HECKER PASS HWY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO OPERATE AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION WHOSE MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, TO APPRECIATE HORTICULTURE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES IN OUR LIVES BY PROVIDING FUN AND MEMORIES IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SETTING.

  • THE OPERATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL PARK. VISITATION OF 469,459 WITH OPERATING DAYS OF 172. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SERVE AS A LEARNING CENTER WHERE FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH PRE-TEEN CHILDREN, CAN EXPERIENCE THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS. THE PARK WAS BUILT WITH: SIX GARDENS (CONIFER, FLOWER, TROPICAL, CAMELLIA, HOLLY AND HISTORICAL), FOUR LEARNING SHEDS (GEOLOGY, WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT, PACIFIC REDWOOD AND CIRCUS TREES), TWO SEASONAL EXHIBITS (MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND HONEY BEES), EDUCATIONAL TOUR PROGRAMS (SELF GUIDED, AUDIO AND DOCENT LED), EDUCATIONAL SIGNS AND AN EDUCATIONAL SHOW PRODUCT.

    Expenses $19,189,449 · Revenue $17,609,377

  • THE SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL EDUCATIONAL TICKETS PROGRAM. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ALLOW BAY AREA EDUCATOR'S, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, USE OF THE FACILITIES DURING THE REGULAR OPERATING SEASON. STUDENTS CAN COME AND LEARN AT THEIR OWN LEISURE.

    Expenses $599,697 · Revenue $550,318

  • OVERNIGHT CAMPING PROGRAM. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO USE EXCESS LAND AND BALL FIELDS AS A LOCATION FOR EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (GIRL SCOUTS, BOY SCOUTS, YMCA) AND FAMILIES TO EXPERIENCE A SAFE OVERNIGHT CAMPING EXPERIENCE COMBINED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES LISTED UNDER GENERAL OPERATIONS. STUDENTS AND CHILDREN CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING AND EXPERIENCES WITH NATURE.

    Expenses $334,097 · Revenue $306,587

  • NATURE SCIENCE DAYS AND EDUCATIONAL DISCOVERY TOURS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO USE GILROY GARDENS AS A LIVING LABORATORY FOR STUDENTS K-5 TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN THE LIFE SCIENCES. SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL DAYS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO TARGET GRADES 3-5 AND K-2 BASED ON CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STANDARDS TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN THE LIFE SCIENSES. THE NATURAL SCIENCE PROGRAM RAN FOR 8 SPECIFIC NON-OPERATING DAYS AND THE EDUCATIONAL DISCOVERY TOURS WERE AVAILABLE ON ALL OPERATING DAYS.

    Expenses $94,883 · Revenue $87,071

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jay Baksa

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Steve Peat

    COMMUNITY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Jane Howard

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Dan Harney

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Greg Bozzo

    CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Frank Johnson

    COMMUNITY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Jimmy Forbis

    CITY ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Greg Edgar

    COMMUNITY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Hoa Le

    PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $265,829
    From this org
    $251,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,911
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,918
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,911
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $265,829
  • Alex Villalobos

    ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $179,134
    From this org
    $170,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,918
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,216
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,918
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $179,134
  • Michel Fulcher

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & OP

    Total calculated
    $138,423
    From this org
    $129,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,037
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $19,590,955
    Expenses
    $22,594,600
    Contributions
    $16,287
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $20,863,206
    Expenses
    $18,943,843
    Contributions
    $985,733
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,459,662
    Expenses
    $15,771,214
    Contributions
    $2,732
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,226,211
    Expenses
    $11,655,103
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,749,235
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,389,274
    Expenses
    $4,240,417
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,934,586
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,246,630
    Expenses
    $13,430,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,067,191
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,446,888
    Expenses
    $18,081,591
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,052,064
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,819,499
    Expenses
    $14,928,117
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,173,663

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.