Nonprofit · EIN 41-1812210
COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY
Tax-exempt · SAINT PAUL, MN 55130
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $17,305,552 | $15,106,807 | $2,198,745 | $15,250,643 | $8,115,048 | $7,135,595 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $17,357,725 | $14,874,887 | $2,482,838 | $13,255,423 | $8,318,573 | $4,936,850 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $14,763,126 | $14,136,573 | $626,553 | $12,965,542 | $10,511,530 | $2,454,012 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $17,171,023
- of which government grants
- $17,152,842
- Program service revenue
- $29,297
- Investment income
- $71,993
- Net income from fundraising events
- $5,491
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $21,291
- Other revenue
- $33,239
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $313,984
- Other salaries and wages
- $6,483,586
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $8,375,782
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $10,378
- Accounting fees
- $138,145
- Occupancy
- $1,899,925
- Travel
- $26,908
- Depreciation
- $182,173
- Program services (functional)
- $13,578,210
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,528,597
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $13,255,423
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,250,643
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,115,048
- Net assets, end of year
- $7,135,595
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,423,702
- Gross receipts
- $17,307,308
- Employees
- 176
- Volunteers
- 9
- Year formed
- 1995
- State of legal domicile
- MN
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy McGowan | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $125,127 | $12,604 |
| Molly Huml | Elementary Principal Highest-paid employee | 40 | $108,195 | $9,649 |
| Bonnie Johnson | Business Manager Highest-paid employee | 40 | $107,902 | $8,391 |
| Kenan Moore | High School Director/Athletic Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $113,674 | $0 |
| Bryan Farkas | Special Education Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,195 | $0 |
| Kevin Keto | Vice Chair and Teacher Trustee or director, Officer | 41 | $55,946 | $5,215 |
| Megan Cina-Bernard | Secretary and Teacher Trustee or director, Officer | 41 | $55,542 | $4,886 |
| Maggie Elenz | Board Member and Teacher Trustee or director | 41 | $46,014 | $4,684 |
| Sarah Zosel | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Ciaccio | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg Buckner | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Orobosa Ero | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lydia Shultz | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Teresa Vazquez de Nilsson | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Blanca Daysi Rivas | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy McGowan | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $141,443 | $20,732 |
| Kevin Keto | Vice Chair and Teacher Trustee or director, Officer | 41 | $59,181 | $13,533 |
| Megan Cina-Bernard | Secretary and Teacher Trustee or director, Officer | 41 | $54,810 | $4,893 |
| Maggie Elenz | Board Member and Teacher Trustee or director | 41 | $40,685 | $12,148 |
| Sarah Zosel | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tom Ciaccio | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg Buckner | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Orobosa Ero | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lydia Shultz | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Teresa Vazquez de Nilsson | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Blanca Daysi Rivas | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIM MCGOWAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 41 | $133,825 | $19,303 |
| KEVIN KETO | VICE-CHAIR/TEACHER Trustee or director, Officer | 41 | $57,446 | $13,526 |
| MAGGIE ELENZ | DIRECTOR/TEACHER Trustee or director | 41 | $44,765 | $15,311 |
| MEGAN CINA-BERNARD | SECRETARY/TEACHER Trustee or director, Officer | 41 | $50,029 | $4,373 |
| SARAH ZOSEL | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TERESA VASQUEZ DE NILSSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| OROBOSA ERO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BLANCA DAYSI RIVAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TOM CIACCIO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG BUCKNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 471 MAGNOLIA AVE E, SAINT PAUL, MN 55130-3849
- In care of
- % BONNIE JOHNSON
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Timothy McGowan, 471 Magnolia Ave E, St Paul, MN 55101
- Signed the 990
- Timothy McGowan, Executive Director
- Phone
- (952) 563-6935
- Website
- www.cpapk12.org
- Return prepared by
- Abdo LLP
Mission
The mission of Community of Peace Academy is to be a racially and culturally diverse community of students, parents, and staff, dedicated to creating a peaceful environment in which each person is treated with unconditional positive regard and acceptance. To create such an environment, a non-violent perspective will be intentionally taught and all members of the community will strive to practice a non-violent lifestyle. Within such an environment, each student will be empowered and inspired to reach his or her full academic, emotional, physical, and spiritual potential. Thus empowered and prepared, Community of Peace graduates will commit themselves to meet the challenges posed by life in the multicultural world of the 21st century with confidence, compassion, intelligence, and a positive regard for all.
Program accomplishments
- At Community of Peace Academy, our desired outcome is to educate the whole person - mind, body, and will - for peace, justice, freedom, compassion, wholeness, and fullness of life for all. To acheive this desired outcome, each person is treated with unconditional positive regard, and caring relationships are fostered. Ethics and conflict prevention skills are taught and modeled daily. We respect and empower parents as the first educators of their children. Teachers visit homes of their students each year with the purose of setting goals with parents and establishing trusting relationships with families.Expenses $13,578,210 · revenue $57,045
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 41-1812210
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1996
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B20Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $15,250,643
- Income (IRS master file)
- $17,307,308
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $17,305,552 | $15,106,807 | $15,250,643 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $17,357,725 | $14,874,887 | $13,255,423 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $14,763,126 | $14,136,573 | $12,965,542 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $14,943,421 | $13,523,813 | $13,004,549 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 41-1812210).
Questions about COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY
- What is the EIN of COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY is 41-1812210.
- Is COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1996.
- Are donations to COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Timothy McGowan.
- Who are the officers and directors of COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $125,127 (Timothy McGowan, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $17,305,552, expenses of $15,106,807 and total assets of $15,250,643 at year end.
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