REGENERATIVE DESIGN INSTITUTE
EIN 20-3141836 · Agricultural Programs
What they do
RDI IS AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER PROVIDING COURSES IN PERMACULTURE,REGENERATIVE DESIGN,LEADERSHIP,PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATURE CONNECTION, AND HERBAL STUDIES. OUR PROGRAMS MAINLY TAKE PLACE AT THE COMMONWEAL, OUR LIVING CLASSROOM, AND PERMACULTURE DEMONSTRATION SITE LOCATED IN BOLINAS, CA. IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2014, THE CO-DIRECTORS OF REGENERATIVE DESIGN INSTITUTE (RDI) TOOK AN UNPAID SABBATICAL YEAR OF REFLECTION AND PLANNING AND PUT THE ORGANIZATION ON PAUSE FOR THE YEAR. IN 2015 RDI RESUMED THE ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVITIES WITH PENNY LIVINGSTON AND JAMES STARK ASSUMING THEIR ROLE AS PART-TIME PAID CO-DIRECTORS. IN 2017 PENNY LIVINGSTON WAS THE ONLY PAID DIRECTOR. RDI WILL CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING THE EXISTING MISSION FOCUSING ON PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL DESIGN, PERMACULTURE EDUCATION, AND LIVING REGENERATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE US AND INTERNATIONALLY.
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PENELOPE LIVINGSTONPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Location
- PO BOX 923, BOLINAS, CA 94924
- County
- Marin
- In care of
- PENELOPE LIVINGSTON
- Primary officer
- PENELOPE LIVINGSTON
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2018
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2018
- Tax preparer
- ANSPACH FINANCIAL GROUP
- IRS tax category
- Agricultural Programs
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2022