GREEN OUR PLANET

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C60

Classification

2000

Street

8020 S RAINBOW BLVD STE 100 PMB 620

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

• GREEN OUR PLANET ACHIEVES THIS MISSION THROUGH GARDENCONNECT, HYDROCONNECT, AND WORKWELL. GARDENCONNECT AND HYDROCONNECT-PRIMARILY SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS-ENHANCE STEM LEARNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN PREK-12 SCHOOLS THROUGH PROJECT-BASED EXPERIENCES THAT INCORPORATE NUTRITION, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND SUSTAINABILITY. GREEN OUR PLANET OPERATES THE ONLY STEMWORKS-ACCREDITED SCHOOL GARDEN AND HYDROPONICS PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES, SERVING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE. WORKWELL EXTENDS THIS IMPACT TO WORKPLACES, PROMOTING EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH HYDROPONICS. IN RESPONSE TO THE SHIFT TO DISTANCE LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, GREEN OUR PLANET DEVELOPED THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND MAGIC GARDEN PORTAL, ENABLING THE ORGANIZATION TO SCALE ITS PROGRAMS BEYOND LAS VEGAS AND EXPAND ACCESS TO STEM EDUCATION NATIONWIDE. THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY, LAUNCHED IN 2020, PROVIDED STANDARDS-ALIGNED VIDEO LESSONS TAUGHT BY HORTICULTURISTS, CHEF-NUTRITIONISTS, AND HYDROPONICS EXPERTS. AS DEMAND FOR HIGH-QUALITY VIRTUAL STEM EDUCATION GREW, THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY TRANSITIONED INTO A FOR-PROFIT ENTITY IN 2023, ALLOWING FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN COURSE EXPANSION AND INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY. THE MAGIC GARDEN PORTAL, INTRODUCED IN 2022, BECAME A CENTRALIZED DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR EDUCATORS USING HYDROPONICS AND SCHOOL GARDENS TO TEACH STEM. IT PROVIDES CURRICULUM, LESSON PLANS, TEACHER WORKSHOPS, AND A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY. TODAY, THE MAGIC GARDEN PORTAL IS FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE GARDENCONNECT AND HYDROCONNECT PROGRAMS, WITH OVER 2,700 ACTIVE MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, GREEN OUR PLANET CREATED THE GIANT STUDENT FARMERS MARKET, THE LARGEST STUDENT-RUN FARMERS MARKET IN THE U.S., HELD TWO TO THREE TIMES PER YEAR. THE EVENT PROVIDES REAL-WORLD FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE, BRINGING TOGETHER 40+ SCHOOLS AND 400+ STUDENTS PER EVENT. GREEN OUR PLANET'S PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCES INCLUDE GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE, AND FOUNDATION GRANTS, PROGRAM SALES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS. THESE RESOURCES SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT EXPAND ACCESS TO HANDS-ON STEM EDUCATION, PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY. BY PARTNERING WITH SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, GREEN OUR PLANET FOSTERS SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS, STRENGTHENS EDUCATION, AND ENHANCES LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH NATURE-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $4,577,252 · Revenue $521,112

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.

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

  $8,035,009

  Expenses

  $6,452,451

  Contributions

  $7,366,853

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,631,201

  Expenses

  $5,395,300

  Contributions

  $5,177,060

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,520,504

  Expenses

  $4,130,172

  Contributions

  $5,879,205

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,125,021

  Expenses

  $1,800,944

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,441,591

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,592,560

  Expenses

  $1,612,870

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,075,842

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,354,819

  Expenses

  $1,658,622

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,137,154

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,107,887

  Expenses

  $1,441,415

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,499,360

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,380,376

  Expenses

  $1,112,292

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,849,917

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.

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

• AMERICAN GIFT FUND

  $1,000,000

  2024 · OPERATIONS

• THE MOONRIDGE FOUNDATION

  $164,350

  2022 · CHARITABLE

• UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA INC

  $111,652

  2024 · CHARITABLE

• BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $100,000

  2024 · TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX FOUNDATION

  $60,000

  2024 · GENERAL PURPOSES.

• LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX FOUNDATION

  $60,000

  2023 · GENERAL PURPOSES.

• UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA INC

  $50,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE

• CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

  $25,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA INC

  $24,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $16,916

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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