Mv Gate Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
MVGATE Inc is an educational nonprofit that helps parents and communities in Mill Valley and nearby neighborhoods provide advanced learning opportunities to children who desire and need more educational challenges than traditional schooling provides.
- Income
- $97,356
- Spending
- $92,982
- Reserves
- 1.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Highest pay
- $16,000, director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $86,118 spent. In 2024 MVGATEs newer program CS Is Elementary formerly Family Code Night continued to extend its national reach and impact. CSIE helps schools offer their own Family Code Nights and related K-8 computer science learning programs. It has been featured on the front page of the Sunday New York Times on the White House website and at the 2016 White House Computer Science For All Summit. The program can be run by an any school with no special resources or training and at virtually no expense to the school using a CSIE Event Kit created and provided for free by MVGATE or as a Livestream experience offered to many schools and families at once. Thousands of Event Kits have been distributed to principals parents and educators and thousands of Family Code Nights have been held for tens of thousands of participants. During 2024 CSIE continued an effective statewide school-recruitment model with plans to partner with schools districts and scores of states nationwide.
- $6,865 spent. In 2024 MVGATE-Core continued working to restart some of its in-person local programs interrupted by Californias COVID-19 state of emergency and lockdown; chiefly its advanced math program which includes the American Mathematics Competition and in-person after-school custom problem-solving and advanced math competition through the MOEMS program.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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