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← THE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$824,925
Total expenses
$1,231,540
Contributions and grants received
$803,799
Grants paid
$662,212
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$21,126
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,697,791
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,805
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,673,986
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$960,526
Management and general expenses
$271,014
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$960,526

Program services were 78.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $250,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $553,799

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,126 · excluded $21,126

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $662,212 · program services $662,212

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $162,673 · program services $16,321 · management and general $146,352

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $85,115 · program services $85,115

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $88,501 · program services $76,969 · management and general $11,532

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,490 · program services $2,706 · management and general $784

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,929 · program services $101 · management and general $7,828

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,766 · program services $1,666 · management and general $100

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $236 · program services $236

  • 17 · Travel

    total $75,208 · program services $17,637 · management and general $57,571

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,697 · program services $7,669 · management and general $3,028

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,684 · program services $8,529 · management and general $15,155

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH

    total $74,820 · program services $74,820

  • 24b · Other expenses: ALL OTHER

    total $35,209 · program services $6,545 · management and general $28,664

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $633,757 · end of year $514,656

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $716,666 · end of year $415,750

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,573 · end of year $551

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $745,709 · end of year $766,834

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $24,104 · end of year $23,805

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $805,942 · end of year $712,487

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,274,659 · end of year $961,499

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES RELATED TO OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITES AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ADDRESSING ISSUES OF THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY AND PROMOTING PARTICIPATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE AND GROW GENERATIONS OF OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS.

  • CONVENING AND PARTICIPATION: FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND ACTION - THE FOUNDATION IS WORKING TO BRING TOGETHER TOP LEADERS, KEY ORGANIZATIONS, AND YOUTH ACTIVISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A RANGE OF ACTION-ORIENTED CONVENING EVENTS, FROM INTIMATE HIGH-POWERED GATHERINGS TO LARGE-SCALE YOUTH FESTIVALS. A FOCUS OF THIS WORK INCLUDES EXPLORATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO JOIN FORCES AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE FOUNDATION WORKS WITH ORGANIZATIONS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL TO DRIVE OUTDOOR PARTICIPATION. THE THRIVE OUTSIDE PROGRAM INVOLVES SUPPORTING EXISTING PROGRAMS AND PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANNING, AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO BUILD A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO THE OUTDOORS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH MEMBERS AND AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS TO EXECUTE AND ADMINISTER GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ALSO RESULT IN INCREASED OUTDOOR PARTICIPATION.

    Expenses $856,990 · Grants $662,212

  • RESEARCH: IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES AND TRENDS - THE FOUNDATION PRODUCES SPECIALIZED REPORTS EXPLORING THE TRENDS AND IMPACT OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN AMERICA. STUDIES INCLUDE NATIONAL PARTICIPATION TRENDS, SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE INACTIVITY AND OBESITY CRISIS, AND SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND AND REVERSE THE GROWING INACTIVITY CRISIS AMONG YOUTH AND THE GROWING DISCONNECT BETWEEN YOUTH AND THE OUTDOORS.

    Expenses $87,215

  • MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM EXPENSES

    Expenses $16,321

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kent Ebersole

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $274,108
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $230,603
    Other
    $43,505
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $230,603 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $43,505 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $274,108 related

  • Dr Arlene Charles

    FORMER COO

    Total calculated
    $246,880
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $221,885
    Other
    $24,995
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $204,385 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $17,500 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $24,995 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $246,880 related

  • Lesford Duncan

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $171,648
    From this org
    $162,673
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,673
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,975
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $171,648

  • Jen Boldry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Danica Carey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Dominquez-Arms

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hilary Hartley

    SECRETARY-TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Neff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jen Neuhaus

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nate Simmons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202532099349301013

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