MCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $100K · expenses $153K · assets $30K

EIN
85-1313799
Address
4460 REDWOOD HWY STE 16 PMB 547, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903-1953
Website
mckenna.academy
NTEE code
B99
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
February 2021 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

THE ACADEMY'S MISSION IS TO BE A CATALYST FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT INTERWEAVE OUR COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE, SCIENCE AND ANCESTRAL WISDOM.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

3 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Annette Badenhorst VICE PRESIDENT2022-2025 $15,000$25,000 1
Bob Fisk TREASURER2024-2025 $15,000$15,000 1
Christina Chaya (former) Executive Dir.2020-2021 $50,500$66,115 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

9 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Rebecca Lazarou DIRECTOR2024-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Ranji Varghese DIRECTOR2022-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Robb Duncan DIRECTOR2022-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Dennis Mckenna PRESIDENT2020-2025 20 $0 reported 1
Pablo Quiroga (former) DIRECTOR2023 2 $0 reported 1
Donna Burns (former) VICE PRESIDENT2020-2023 19 $0 reported 1
Michael D Schultz (former) DIRECTOR2022 10 $0 reported 1
Melissa Bolthouse (former) INTERIM SECR2022 0 $0 reported 1
John Stanek (former) Treasurer2020-2021 10 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $30K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BOB FISK TREASURER15 $15,000-$0 $15,0001
ANNETTE BADENHORST VICE PRESIDENT15 $15,000-$0 $15,0001
REBECCA LAZAROU DIRECTOR2 $0-$0 $01
RANJI VARGHESE DIRECTOR2 $0-$0 $01
ROBB DUNCAN DIRECTOR2 $0-$0 $01
DENNIS MCKENNA PRESIDENT20 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
REBECCA LAZAROU DIRECTOR2 $0-$0 $01
RANJI VARGHESE DIRECTOR2 $0-$0 $01
ROBB DUNCAN DIRECTOR2 $0-$0 $01
BOB FISK TREASURER2 $0-$0 $01
ANNETTE BADENHORST VICE PRESIDENT19 $0-$0 $01
DENNIS MCKENNA PRESIDENT20 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $10K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ANNETTE BADENHORST DIRECTOR18 $10,000-$0 $10,0001
RANJI VARGHESE DIRECTOR3 $0-$0 $01
PABLO QUIROGA DIRECTOR2 $0-$0 $01
ROBB DUNCAN TREASURER2 $0-$0 $01
DONNA BURNS VICE PRESIDENT19 $0-$0 $01
DENNIS MCKENNA PRESIDENT20 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · none paid · 1 employee · 16 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
DENNIS J MCKENNA PRESIDENT40 $0$0$0 $01
DONNA BURNS VICE PRESIDE10 $0$0$0 $01
ROBB DUNCAN TREASURER10 $0$0$0 $01
ANNETTE BADENHORST DIRECTOR10 $0$0$0 $01
MICHAEL D SCHULTZ DIRECTOR10 $0$0$0 $01
RANJI VARGHESE DIRECTOR10 $0$0$0 $01
MELISSA BOLTHOUSE INTERIM SECR0 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $50K · 1 employee · 29 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Christina Chaya Executive Dir.40 $50,500$0$0 $50,5001
Dennis J McKenna President40 $0$0$0 $01
Donna Burns Director10 $0$0$0 $01
John Stanek Treasurer10 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $16K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Christina Chaya Executive Dir.40 $15,615-- $15,6151
Dennis McKenna President40 $0-- $01
John Stanek Treasurer10 $0-- $01
Donna Burns Director10 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$99,939$153,064 $29,597$29,597 $92,998$6,941 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$193,638$147,018 $82,722$82,722 $187,137$6,500 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$170,151$272,146 $36,102$36,102 $170,148$0 ---
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$485,989$502,301 $138,097$138,097 $485,657$0 -116
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$206,270$147,293 $158,838$154,409 $206,262$0 $50,500129
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$152,987$57,555 $95,432$95,432 $139,009$13,978 ---

Funders of this organization

8 grantors reported grants to this organization, $435,900 in all, tax years 2020 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC DAF sponsor Exact 2022-2024 4$141,000 2024$26,000
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VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2021 2$100,000 2021$50,000
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WEND II INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy Inc” 2022 2$70,000 2022$70,000
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SAISEI FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC” 2021 1$50,000 2021$50,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$32,400 2024$32,400
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USONA INSTITUTE INC Public charity Exact 2024 1$20,000 2024$20,000
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AURORA FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC” 2023 1$15,000 2023$15,000
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GREATER HORIZONS DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$7,500 2024$7,500
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GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC DAF sponsor$475,0003 22020–2022 97 PERCENT ORG INC; DAILY CALIFORNIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$473,90725 102015–2024 LADIES WHO LAUNCH INC; ANDREA A AND MELINDA M DISESSA FAMILY FOUNDATION INC; NAPA COUNTY FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION; DAILY CALIFORNIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION and 6 more
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $153,064 spent · pay $30,000 · grants $6,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $63,337 41.4%
Fees to independent contractors $53,052 34.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $30,000 19.6%
Grants and similar amounts paid $6,000 3.9%
Printing, publications, postage $675 0.4%
Total$153,064100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $147,018 spent · pay $0 · grants $21,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $63,898 43.5%
Fees to independent contractors $61,724 42.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $21,000 14.3%
Printing, publications, postage $396 0.3%
Total$147,018100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $272,146 spent · pay $10,000 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $135,019 49.6%
Fees to independent contractors $126,717 46.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $10,000 3.7%
Printing, publications, postage $410 0.2%
Total$272,146100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $502,301 spent · pay $34,515 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)ESPD55 PROJECT COSTS $335,946$335,946-- 66.9%
Fees: other services $57,379$47,607$9,772- 11.4%
Pay: disqualified persons $32,040$25,632$6,408- 6.4%
Other (as described)BIOGNOSIS PROJECT COSTS $25,885$25,885-- 5.2%
Other (as described)GRANTS EXPENSES $19,955$19,955-- 4.0%
Fees: accounting $8,332-$8,332- 1.7%
Other (as described)SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY FEE $7,457$7,457-- 1.5%
Fees: legal $7,121-$7,121- 1.4%
All other expenses $3,135$1,469$1,666- 0.6%
Insurance $2,576-$2,576- 0.5%
Payroll taxes $2,475$1,980$495- 0.5%
Total$502,301100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $147,293 spent · pay $52,736 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $50,500$40,400$10,100- 34.3%
Fees: other services $41,185$32,948$8,237- 28.0%
Other (as described)biognosis project costs $41,038$41,038-- 27.9%
Other (as described)software & technology fees $5,599$5,599-- 3.8%
Insurance $4,259-$4,259- 2.9%
Fees: legal $2,574-$2,574- 1.7%
Payroll taxes $2,236$1,789$447- 1.5%
Fees: accounting $1,965-$1,965- 1.3%
Other (as described)honorarium $689$689-- 0.5%
Other (as described)supplies & equipment $667$534$133- 0.5%
All other expenses -$3,419-$4,306$887- -2.3%
Total$147,293100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $57,555 spent · pay $15,615 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $34,948 60.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $15,615 27.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,992 12.1%
Total$57,555100%

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