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Nonprofit · EIN 94-2638200

MAGIC INCORPORATED

Tax-exempt · STANFORD, CA 94309

Financials

$600K$331K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of MAGIC INCORPORATED by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$599,817$330,874$268,943$6,088,202$503,594$5,584,608
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$133,456
Program service revenue
$315,080
Investment income
$151,281
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$54,651
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$0
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$0
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Occupancy
$70,500
Travel
$18,578
Depreciation
$105,700
Program services (functional)
$303,250
Management and general (functional)
$27,624

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$5,632,398
Total assets, end of year
$6,088,202
Total liabilities, end of year
$503,594
Net assets, end of year
$5,584,608
Land, buildings and equipment
$3,044,512
Publicly traded securities
$2,939,273
Gross receipts
$599,817
Employees
0
Volunteers
300
Year formed
1979
State of legal domicile
CA

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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Hilary HugDirector, President
Trustee or director, Officer
40$0$30,000
David SchromDirector, Secretary/Treasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
40$0$30,000
Santiago EscruceriaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Dinesh DuttDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Bradley ZlotnickDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
PO BOX 15894, STANFORD, CA 94309-5894
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Hilary Hug, 381 Oxford Avenue, 381 Oxford Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Signed the 990
Hilary Hug, President
Phone
(650) 323-7333

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-2638200 or by the name MAGIC INCORPORATED.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

Further common interests of humankind by sustaining a residential service learning community to research and teach how people may apply human ecology to discern value more accurately and realize it more fully.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • Valuescience - In interactions with 400 individuals, we researched ways to motivate people to identify as scientists and to measure strength of individuals' scientist identity. We initiated partnerships with Gandhi Camp and with the Mono Lake Committee Outdoor Education Program. In these, we tested methods to train people to administer an "Inclusive Scientist Identity" intervention and piloted variants with 100 youths. We prototyped a valuescience chatbot, which we're continuing to train using transcripts of recent conversations and hundreds of pages of writing we've completed over the past 50 years. We produced a pilot podcast for a contemplated series about valuescience applied to everyday living, and we've written three foundational blog entries that we're testing with small audiences. Valuescience was featured on the Giving Purpose Podcast, which spotlights small Bay Area public service groups.
    Expenses $149,159 · revenue $88,922
  • Cooperation & Individual Well-being - In Palo Alto 28 residents from 12 countries and 10 states and in Mammoth Lakes seven residents from two countries and three states flourished as valuescience based residential service learning communities. Four Palo Alto fellows, five Palo Alto residents, the Magic Mammoth fellow and two residents, a Magic founding board member, and four Magic affiliates joined in an organizational "advance" in the Eastern Sierra. We strengthened our partnerships within the communities movement by introducing to valuescience 40 people who are forming the Abundant Ponds community, advising a recent Magic resident in establishing Rainbow Junction Community, consulting with Montaia Community's founder about her new initiatives, publishing "Generational Bonding" in Communities magazine, hosting a Churchill Fellow community researcher from the UK, and becoming sponsors of the Foundation for Intentional Community. With Reduce Waste. Feed People. we collected 17 tons of surplus food from 24 California Avenue Farmers' Market vendors, sorted it, and delivered acceptable items to Community Services Agency and to 1,000 Grains for distribution to hundreds of hungry fellow humans through food bank, hot meal, and nutrition education programs. We delivered over 450 hours of instruction in hatha yoga, swimming, running, biking, resistance training, and nutritional counseling.
    Expenses $116,801 · grants $54,651 · revenue $134,482
  • Environmental Stewardship - A hundred volunteers gave 600+ hours to plant 20 oaks, irrigate 200, and maintain 2,000 on public access open space visited by 500,000 people each year. We completed a partnership with Stanford's Fukami Lab to establish 512 plants at 16 research sites around the Stanford Dish. Magic was featured on the Plant a Trillion Trees Podcast and in The Tree Collectors by New York Times bestselling author Amy Stewart. We grew Silicon Valley Barcode of Life both on the SF Midpeninsula and the Eastern Sierra, deploying Malaise traps at five sites and hand collecting hundreds of unique specimens. We published, "So You Think You Don't Like Bugs?" in The Sheet, the Mammoth Lakes newspaper.SVBOL principal scientists were among 20 biodiversity researchers who participated in a California Insect Biodiversity Initiative strategic planning meeting with former California Governor Jerry Brown at his rural retreat. We received permits to collect on Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District lands, and we completed the first of several planned deployments of a dozen Malaise traps at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Our affiliate Escondido Outings Club organized rafting trips for 75 participants on six different rivers in Northern California: camping trips for 70 in Yosemite and other places; and ski trips for 30. We adopted as a sponsored project Project Green Home--a LEED Platinum, net zero energy Passive House used extensively for education public awareness (4000 visitors since 2008) that is featured in annual Peninsula Electric Home Tours.
    Expenses $37,290 · revenue $91,676

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
94-2638200
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1980
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Environment (C60Z)
Assets (IRS master file)
$6,088,202
Income (IRS master file)
$599,817

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$599,817$330,874$6,088,202IRS
990December 2023$707,641$323,148$5,632,397IRS
990December 2022$466,255$336,265$5,097,461IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––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 94-2638200).

Questions about MAGIC INCORPORATED

What is the EIN of MAGIC INCORPORATED?
The employer identification number (EIN) of MAGIC INCORPORATED is 94-2638200.
Is MAGIC INCORPORATED tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
Are donations to MAGIC INCORPORATED tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does MAGIC INCORPORATED 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 MAGIC INCORPORATED due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did MAGIC INCORPORATED last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of MAGIC INCORPORATED?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Hilary Hug.
Who are the officers and directors of MAGIC INCORPORATED?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 5 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does MAGIC INCORPORATED have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $599,817, expenses of $330,874 and total assets of $6,088,202 at year end.

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