Garden School
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.1m
year to 31 July 2025
Expenses
$1m
year to 31 July 2025
Total assets
$3.2m
$1.5m liabilities
Net assets
$1.7m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
4.6 years on average
Staff
63
employees, year to 31 July 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
7
reported in Part VI
Garden School's network
7 peoplei7 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Dow | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Chad Paulson | Company secretary | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Deric Walter | President | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jacqui Edelmann | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jonathon Mollman | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Nick Villareal | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Terrasa Meraz | Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Pay and hours
year to 31 July 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Dow | Director | 40 | $77k | ||
| Deric Walter | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Chad Paulson | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Terrasa Meraz | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jonathon Mollman | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jacqui Edelmann | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nick Villareal | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
Colorado roster
8 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263023212). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Renee Miller | Board Member |
| Jeff Simonson | Board Member |
| Jo Anne Hendrickson | |
| Matt Chilson | Head of School |
| Terrasa Meraz | Treasurer |
| Deric Walter | Board President |
| Deric Walter | Board Chair |
| Jonathan Mollman | Board Member |
About
- Legal name
- Garden School
- EIN
- 450490034
- Address
- 5033-335 Rd 295, New Castle, CO, 81647
- State
- Colorado
- Mission
- Providing a classical christian education for PK-12 Students (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B20 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2002
- Principal officer
- Deric Walter (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 2004
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsChad Paulson
≥6years on the filingsDeric Walter
≥6years on the filingsTerrasa Meraz
≥5years on the filingsJonathon Mollman
Latest return
year to 31 July 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 July 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3.2m
- Total liabilities
- $1.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $141k
- Program service revenue
- $824k
- Employees
- 63
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.The Garden School likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Colorado
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Good Standing
- Formed
- 23 December 2002
- Registered agent
- The Garden School (city and state not held)
This register does not publish officers or directors.