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NATURAL HIGH

EIN 33-0668362 LA JOLLA, CA

Revenue 2023
$425,281
Expenses 2023
$433,042

Program services were 70.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S50Z
Classification
1000
Street
7881A DRURY LN

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 · 2023

Mission

NATURAL HIGH PROVIDES TOOLS AND PROGRAMS TO HELP YOUTH DISCOVER, AMPLIFY AND PURSUE THEIR NATURAL HIGH. BY CREATING TOOLS, DEVELOPING PROGRAMS, AND FOSTERING COMMUNITIES, NATURAL HIGH MEETS YOUTH WHERE THEY'RE AT: IN SCHOOLS, ONLINE, AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NATURAL HIGH IS A DRUG PREVENTION NONPROFIT THAT INSPIRES AND EMPOWERS YOUTH TO FIND THEIR NATURAL HIGH AND DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND COURAGE TO LIVE LIFE WELL.

  • IN SCHOOLS: NATURAL HIGH PROVIDES RESEARCH INFORMED DRUG-PREVENTION PROGRAMMING TO TEACHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT NO COST. PROGRAMMING CONSISTS OF 1) STORIES OF CELEBRITITES SHARING THEIR PERSONAL STORIES OF CHOOSING THEIR NATURAL HIGHS OVER DRUGS, 2) DISCUSSION GUIDES, 3) WORKSHEETS, AND 4) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT FOCUS ON RESILIENCY THEORY, 40 DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS AND SPARKS THEORY TO CHANGE SOCIAL NORMING. NATURAL HIGH FILMED AND RELEASED ONE NEW CELEBRITY AND ATHLETE AMBASSADOR AND CREATED A THREE VIDEO WHITBOARD SERIES TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ON HOW DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IMPACT THEIR BRAINS. THROUGH DIGITAL MARKETING NATURAL HIGH WAS ABLE TO GROW THE EDUCATION NETWORK TO OVER 32,000 USERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NATIONALLY, OUR CONTENT WAS USED IN SCHOOLS AND YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $303,267

  • ONLINE: IN 2023 WE EXPANDED OUR FENTANYL TOOLKIT (VIDEO, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, FILM SCREENING GUIDE, AND RESOURCES) TO RAISE AWARENESS AND INFORM KIDS, EDUCATORS, AND PARENTS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL. WE CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR NATURAL HIGH ESSENTIALS. THESE ARE SHORT CONTENT-RICH ARTICLES ON THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS PARENTS AND EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TO GUIDE THEIR KIDS TO A THRIVING LIFE. THEY PROVIDE DIGESTIBLE, RELEVANT RESEARCH PLUS ACTIONABLE EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY, WE CREATED THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES: ONE NEW STORYTELLER PACKAGE, A THREE WHITEBOARD VIDEO SERIES ON THE BRAIN'S RESPONSE TO NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL HIGHS, AND A RED RIBBON WEEK PLAYLIST AND LESSON PLAN FOR GRADES 4-12.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jon Sundt

    FOUNDER/BOARD CHAIR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    16

  • Mike Costigan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gary Katz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ballard F Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Desiree Pavlik

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,140
    From this org
    $141,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,900
    Hours/week
    40

  • Antolin Garza

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $425,281
    Expenses
    $433,042
    Contributions
    $356,663
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $349,636
    Expenses
    $436,351
    Contributions
    $340,037
    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
    $584,838
    Expenses
    $469,903
    Assets (EOY)
    $483,024

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $570,838
    Expenses
    $469,903
    Assets (EOY)
    $469,024

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $580,188
    Expenses
    $574,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $417,610

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $826,448
    Expenses
    $805,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $362,657

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,130,840
    Expenses
    $1,263,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $354,159

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,627,844
    Expenses
    $1,544,232
    Assets (EOY)
    $486,779

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,005,329
    Expenses
    $1,087,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $420,594

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $805,205
    Expenses
    $874,224
    Assets (EOY)
    $486,287

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,054,408
    Expenses
    $959,743
    Assets (EOY)
    $553,060

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

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

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 PC.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.