CATHANCE RIVER EDUCATION ALLIANCE
EIN 01-0538224
What they do
School Programs:CREA Provides Nature-based Science Programs for Public School Students to Advance Science Learning, Engage Learners, and Promote Care for The Natural World. In The First Six Months of 2023, CREA Educators: Worked With Teachers to Develop Hands-on Science Units Which Will Reach Over 2,000 Students In Grades K-5; Provided 2 Professional Development Sessions for 70 Elementary Teachers to Facilitate Teaching Using New, Inquiry-based Science Methods; Taught Place-based Science Lessons to 30 Classes At Our Ecology Center, Reaching Over 550 Elementary Students.
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IRS warning checkNo IRS revocation warning appears in this data.
Money report from 2023The report may be old. Ask for a newer one.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders14 people are listed in the latest report.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $265,565 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
Pay context: The highest compensation shown in this filing is $29,427 for CAROLINE ELIOT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR). Compare pay with organizations of similar size and complexity.
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CAROLINE ELIOTEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALEX GATESDIRECTOR
ANN GARDNERSECRETARY
BOB PERRYTREASURER
DAVID KEFFERDIRECTOR
ELLEN BENNETTPRESIDENT
JAN SMITHDIRECTOR
JOHN SHATTUCKVICE-PRESIDENT
MATT NIXONDIRECTOR
RICK DEDEKDIRECTOR
RON STRANDDIRECTOR
SUE REEDDIRECTOR
SUSAN RAE-REEVESDIRECTOR
TIM PAULDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Location
- 179 Neptune Drive Suite 200, BRUNSWICK, ME 04011
- County
- Cumberland
- In care of
- Ellen Bennett
- Primary officer
- Ellen Bennett, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2023
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2023
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- TRACY CASSIDY CPA SC