Santa Cruz, CA
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Sign In — Free (10 views/day)Life Lab Science Program, founded in 1981, is a community nonprofit in the Education sector that reported $2.3M in total revenue in fiscal year 2023. Revenue fell 45% from the prior year — a significant decline worth monitoring.
Life Lab cultivates childrens love of learning, healthy food, and nature through garden-based education.
Local School Site Programs: Life Lab provides garden classroom instruction, design, garden care, curriculum, teacher training, and program leadership and advisory support to school districts and...
Local School Site Programs: Life Lab provides garden classroom instruction, design, garden care, curriculum, teacher training, and program leadership and advisory support to school districts and their public elementary schools in Santa Cruz County, particularly in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District through an extensive program partnership. Life Lab is also supporting garden-based learning in Live Oak School District and Santa Cruz City Schools, with a long-term vision of closer partnership with all 10 local districts and their 40 total elementary schools.(continued on schedule o)
National Programs: Life Lab offers hands-on workshops on garden-based science, nutrition, and environmental education for educators from across the nation at its Garden Classroom in Santa Cruz, CA...
National Programs: Life Lab offers hands-on workshops on garden-based science, nutrition, and environmental education for educators from across the nation at its Garden Classroom in Santa Cruz, CA, and on demand around the U.S. It also offers a 16-week intensive Certified School Garden Educator course of virtual trainings, coaching, and peer sharing for participants across the country. Life Lab also hosts an annual national School Garden Support Organization Leadership Institute in partnership with Whole Kids Foundation to help teams from peer organizations share and advance best practices for the field. Life Lab develops and distributes curricula, activity guides and other learning materials nationally to support preK-6 teachers in successfully implementing hands-on garden-based education programs. (continued on Schedule O)
Local Community Site Programs: Life Lab provides school year field trips and summer day programs at its Garden Classroom and Blooming Classroom educational gardens located on farms in Santa Cruz and...
Local Community Site Programs: Life Lab provides school year field trips and summer day programs at its Garden Classroom and Blooming Classroom educational gardens located on farms in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, respectively. Gardens give children the chance to experience hands-on learning about science, nutrition, the environment and much more. The Garden Classroom also serves as a demonstration site for visitors interested in developing educational gardens. Life Lab staff train and mentor more than 60 college and community interns to serve as experiential garden-based science and environmental educators each year in field trip programs.
Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency
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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)
Sign In — Free (10 views/day)| 2023 | 2022 | Change | |
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| Revenue | $2,298,901 | $4,176,191 | -0.4% |
| Expenses | $2,320,551 | $3,980,372 | -0.4% |
| Net Income | $-21,650 | $195,819 | -1.1% |
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Sign In| Name | Title | Hours/Week | Role | Reportable Comp | Other Comp | Total |
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| Judit Camacho | Co-Exec Dir | 30.00 |
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$82,836 | $2,920 | $85,756 |
| Whitney Cohen | Exec Director | 30.00 |
Officer
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$74,640 | $8,835 | $83,475 |
| Don Burgett | Co-Exec Dir | 30.00 |
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$71,189 | $9,410 | $80,599 |
| Katy Stonebloom | President | 5.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jacob Young | Vice President | 5.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Oscar Paz | Secretary | 3.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| John Brissenden | Treasurer | 5.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary Appel | Director | 3.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Susana Dutro | Director | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Gordon | Director | 3.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Alicia Martinez | Director | 3.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jackie Medina | Director | 3.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Daisy Morales | Director | 2.00 |
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$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net Income |
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| 2025 | No data | No data | No data | No data |
| 2024 | $2,298,901 | $2,320,551 | $1,001,516 | $-21,650 |
| 2023 | $4,176,191 | $3,980,372 | $1,369,903 | $195,819 |
| 2023 | $4,176,191 | $3,980,372 | $1,369,903 | $195,819 |
| 2022 | $2,947,249 | $2,742,810 | $1,332,711 | $204,439 |
| 2021 | $1,126,555 | $1,333,886 | $458,755 | $-207,331 |
| 2020 | $684,568 | $1,294,748 | $475,946 | $-610,180 |
| 2019 | $1,692,709 | $1,052,728 | $940,952 | $639,981 |
| 2018 | $932,100 | $862,105 | $309,067 | $69,995 |
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