2014-03-10T12:21:17-05:00 2013-12-31 KOHLER SCHMITT & HUTCHISON PC PO BOX 70607 FAIRBANKS AK 997070607 990EZ 2013-01-01 452974643 THE FOLK SCHOOL FOLK 9074510445 PO BOX 83572 FAIRBANKS AK 99708 JOHN MANTHEI PRESIDENT 9074510445 2014-03-10 ELAINE WILLIAMSON P00295408 9074566676 2014-03-07 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z X X THEFOLKSCHOOLFAIRBANKS.ORG X X 62436 X 38255 24181 62436 26184 2131 5753 8620 42688 19748 1238 20986 1238 20986 1238 20986 1238 20986 X TO PROVIDE FOLK SCHOOL THE FOLK SCHOOL IN FAIRBANKS IN A SMALL-SCALE, COMMUNITY-BASED, RURAL-FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, FIRMLY GROUNDED IN THE TRADITION STARTED BY THE 19TH CENTURY DANISH PHILOSOPHER NIKOLAJ GRUNTDVIG AND CURRENTLY EXEMPLIFIED BY 28 SUCH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE USA, 80 IN EUROPE, AND OVER 400 WORLDWIDE. HERE IN FAIRBANKS, THE FOLK SCHOOL PROVIDES A GRASSROOTS, FREE-MARKET FORMAT FOR PERSONAL, HANDS-ON, SMALL-GROUP INSTRUCTION IN A MULTITUDE OF TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINES (FROM SPOON CARVING AND CANDLE MAKING TO SPINNING AND KNITTING TO CREATIVE WRITING AND PHILOSOPHY - A COMPLETE CLASS LISTING CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT: HTTP://THEFOLKSCHOOLFAIRBANKS.ORG/CALENDAR/ AND HTTP://THEFOLKSCHOOLFAIRBANKS.ORG/CLASS-LISTINGS-2/ 27915 27915 JOHN MANTHEI PRESIDENT 20.00 0 JENNA HERTZ VICE PRESIDE 4.00 0 JOHN PIERCE SECRETARY 3.00 0 SUSAN KERNDT TREASURER 4.00 0 MARIANNE STOLZ DIRECTOR 3.00 0 LEN KAMERLING DIRECTOR 3.00 0 JESS PENA ALTERNATE 3.00 0 JESSE HENSER ALTERNATE 3.00 0 false false false false false false false false false THE FOLKS SCHOOL PO BOX 83572 FAIRBANKS AK 99708 9074510445 false false false false false false false false false true false NONE NONE true X true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true SCHEDULE E, LINE 3 INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED ON ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. SCHEDULE E, LINE 4 THE FOLK SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE PAID STAFF. INFORMATION REGARDING RACIAL COMPOSITION IS NOT MAINTAINED. NO SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PROVIDED. CLASS CATALOGS ARE MAINTAINED ON WEBSITE. SOLICITATIONS FOR DONATIONS ARE ALSO MAINTAINED ON WEBSITE. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES TRAVEL 781 INSURANCE 6,008 BUSINESS REG FEES 100 PAYPAL FEES 728 SUPPLIES 873 OTHER 130 TOTAL 8,620 FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 THE FOLK SCHOOL IN FAIRBANKS IN A SMALL-SCALE, COMMUNITY-BASED, RURAL-FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, FIRMLY GROUNDED IN THE TRADITION STARTED BY THE 19TH CENTURY DANISH PHILOSOPHER NIKOLAJ GRUNTDVIG AND CURRENTLY EXEMPLIFIED BY 28 SUCH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE USA, 80 IN EUROPE, AND OVER 400 WORLDWIDE. HERE IN FAIRBANKS, THE FOLK SCHOOL PROVIDES A GRASSROOTS, FREE-MARKET FORMAT FOR PERSONAL, HANDS-ON, SMALL-GROUP INSTRUCTION IN A MULTITUDE OF TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINES (FROM SPOON CARVING AND CANDLE MAKING TO SPINNING AND KNITTING TO CREATIVE WRITING AND PHILOSOPHY - A COMPLETE CLASS LISTING CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT: HTTP://THEFOLKSCHOOLFAIRBANKS.ORG/CALENDAR/ AND HTTP://THEFOLKSCHOOLFAIRBANKS.ORG/CLASS-LISTINGS-2/ JOHN MANTHEI JENNA HERTZ JOHN PIERCE SUSAN KERNDT MARIANNE STOLZ LEN KAMERLING JESS PENA JESSE HENSER