Gale Force Education
Mission
KidWind’s mission is to empower educators and students to explore and engage with the challenges and opportunities of a clean powered future. We work with educators within current frameworks to increase their capacity to teach about a wide range of clean energy concepts. To accomplish this, we do three things: Curricular Material Development: Create and support affordable, robust, and innovative educational materials to bring clean energy to life in the classroom. Teacher Training: Ensure that all educators understand and have the capacity to educate their students about a clean energy future. KidWind Challenge: Provide spaces for students to demonstrate their knowledge, skill, creativity, and passion for clean energy to their communities, industry and the wider public.
Vision
As the world is increasingly "powered," it is more critical than ever that the public understand the complexities, challenges, and possibilities of energy production, consumption, and distribution. Through our work, we aim to cultivate knowledgeable teachers who can dispel mistruths and teach accurately about the realities of energy use, as well as the technological innovations and advances that are happening today. By helping students find their place in a clean-powered future, we can increase public understanding of clean energy and help to grow a generation committed to a fossil fuel-free world. This is a powerful tool for collectively achieving the clean energy transition.
Goals
- 1.We aim to expand the reach our teacher training initiatives, bringing more workshops and outreach opportunities to educators in existing and new communities. We also are always working to increase student participation in the KidWind Challenge through our in-person, online, and simulation participation pathways.
- 2.We are always working to refine our program offerings to ensure we are best serving teachers and their students.
- 3.We are working to develop more curricular materials and teacher training offerings that focus on the power grid, batteries and storage.
Saint Paul MN | EIN: 84-3850123
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Gale Force Education
Mission
KidWind’s mission is to empower educators and students to explore and engage with the challenges and opportunities of a clean powered future. We work with educators within current frameworks to increase their capacity to teach about a wide range of clean energy concepts. To accomplish this, we do three things: Curricular Material Development: Create and support affordable, robust, and innovative educational materials to bring clean energy to life in the classroom. Teacher Training: Ensure that all educators understand and have the capacity to educate their students about a clean energy future. KidWind Challenge: Provide spaces for students to demonstrate their knowledge, skill, creativity, and passion for clean energy to their communities, industry and the wider public.
Vision
As the world is increasingly "powered," it is more critical than ever that the public understand the complexities, challenges, and possibilities of energy production, consumption, and distribution. Through our work, we aim to cultivate knowledgeable teachers who can dispel mistruths and teach accurately about the realities of energy use, as well as the technological innovations and advances that are happening today. By helping students find their place in a clean-powered future, we can increase public understanding of clean energy and help to grow a generation committed to a fossil fuel-free world. This is a powerful tool for collectively achieving the clean energy transition.
Goals
- 1.We aim to expand the reach our teacher training initiatives, bringing more workshops and outreach opportunities to educators in existing and new communities. We also are always working to increase student participation in the KidWind Challenge through our in-person, online, and simulation participation pathways.
- 2.We are always working to refine our program offerings to ensure we are best serving teachers and their students.
- 3.We are working to develop more curricular materials and teacher training offerings that focus on the power grid, batteries and storage.
Saint Paul MN | EIN: 84-3850123
Profile managed by nonprofit | Is this your nonprofit?
501(c)(3) organization
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Program Expense Ratio:83.00% of total expenses
SCORE100%
Average percentage of expenses on programs and services over the past three years. A ratio greater than 70.00% receives full credit.
ExpensesFY2021
- Administrative: 10.0%
- Fundraising: 3.2%
- Program: 86.8%
ExpensesFY2022
- Administrative: 18.6%
- Fundraising: 5.4%
- Program: 76.0%
ExpensesFY2023
- Administrative: 12.6%
- Fundraising: 2.5%
- Program: 85.0%
- Administrative
- Fundraising
- Program
Source: Public data from IRS Form 990
Liabilities to Assets Ratio:23.93% of total assets
SCORE100%
Total liabilities divided by total assets, indicating long-term sustainability. A ratio under 50.00% receives full credit
Source: Public data from IRS Form 990. Fiscal Year 2023.
| Score | Metric |
|---|---|
| 100% | Program Expense Ratio:83.00% of total expenses Average percentage of expenses on programs and services over the past three years. A ratio greater than 70.00% receives full credit. ExpensesFY2021
ExpensesFY2022
ExpensesFY2023
Source: Public data from IRS Form 990 |
| 100% | Liabilities to Assets Ratio:23.93% of total assets Total liabilities divided by total assets, indicating long-term sustainability. A ratio under 50.00% receives full credit Source: Public data from IRS Form 990. Fiscal Year 2023. |