Chain Exploration Center Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Chain Exploration Inc. manages and operates a district instrumentality 4K-8th grades charter school and a community garden. The school with students and staff include approximately 170 people. The garden serves a wider community and is included in the curriculum, serving over 500 people with donor recipients and volunteers.
- Income
- $27,779
- Spending
- $27,663
- Reserves
- 14.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (1)
- The organization maintains and manages a district instrumentality charter school as well as a community garden on the school grounds that is used in curriculum planning as well as service learning opportunities. The school is a project-based, multiage setting serving kids 4K- 8th grades. Current enrollment is approximately 159. The curriculum has four focal points; environmental education, the Fine Arts, and STEM. Students engage in a variety of student led projects with guidance from the advisors (teachers). Literacy and Math are taught using the legacy model during the mornings; science and social studies are in the afternoon during project time with the inclusion of the focal points. The garden is approximately .5 acres; produce that is not used in the curriculum is donated to local donation sites. Each year thousands of pounds of produce are donated. Students are active in all stages of the garden from planning to donating.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 2024.
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 August 2019.
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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