Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $43,013,819
- Total expenses
- $41,561,287
- Contributions and grants received
- $9,107,978
- Grants paid
- $1,402,307
- Program service revenue
- $31,064,474
- Investment income
- $2,351,823
- Other revenue
- $489,544
- Total assets, end of year
- $123,754,539
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $9,209,053
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $114,545,486
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $28,860,835
- Management and general expenses
- $11,393,471
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,306,981
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $28,860,835
Program services were 69.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$9,107,978
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$215,394
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2a · Program service revenue: COURSE REVENUE
total $29,640,446 · related or exempt $29,640,446
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2b · Program service revenue: OUTFITTING REVENUE
total $473,565 · related or exempt $473,565
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2c · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $372,490 · related or exempt $372,490
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2d · Program service revenue: FORFEITED DEPOSITS
total $280,456 · related or exempt $280,456
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2e · Program service revenue: SEMINARS
total $267,581 · related or exempt $267,581
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $29,936 · related or exempt $29,936
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3 · Investment income
total $889,104 · excluded $889,104
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5 · Royalties
total $12,670 · excluded $12,670
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6a · Gross rents
real property $14,328
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $14,328
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $14,328 · unrelated business $14,328
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $3,500,000 · other assets $67,230
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $2,094,767 · other assets $9,744
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $1,405,233 · other assets $57,486
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $1,462,719 · excluded $1,462,719
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$849,438
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$431,727
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $417,711 · related or exempt $276,192 · unrelated business $141,519
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11a · Other revenue: RATIONS INCOME
total $44,835 · unrelated business $44,835
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11e · Other revenue, total
$44,835
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $1,280,698 · program services $1,280,698
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $121,609 · program services $121,609
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $918,428 · management and general $918,428
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $18,141,137 · program services $14,435,772 · management and general $2,901,140 · fundraising $804,225
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $328,495 · program services $224,067 · management and general $83,466 · fundraising $20,962
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,640,533 · program services $1,781,542 · management and general $705,815 · fundraising $153,176
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,743,790 · program services $1,248,040 · management and general $424,685 · fundraising $71,065
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11b · Fees: legal
total $98,703 · management and general $98,703
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $113,180 · management and general $113,180
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11g · Fees: other
total $4,238,188 · program services $2,085,622 · management and general $2,057,500 · fundraising $95,066
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $324,196 · program services $35,824 · management and general $243,783 · fundraising $44,589
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16 · Occupancy
total $844,322 · program services $588,213 · management and general $250,609 · fundraising $5,500
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17 · Travel
total $1,247,611 · program services $1,012,219 · management and general $174,374 · fundraising $61,018
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,630,648 · program services $1,505,193 · management and general $1,125,455
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23 · Insurance
total $1,379,427 · program services $1,103,542 · management and general $275,885
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24a · Other expenses: OFFICE AND OPERATING EX
total $2,556,791 · program services $847,010 · management and general $1,680,087 · fundraising $29,694
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24b · Other expenses: COURSE RATIONS
total $1,226,355 · program services $1,226,355
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24c · Other expenses: OUTFITTING SUPPLIES
total $657,178 · program services $657,178
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24d · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION COSTS
total $278,435 · program services $278,435
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24e · All other expenses
total $791,563 · program services $429,516 · management and general $340,361 · fundraising $21,686
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $417,250 · end of year $734,810
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,703,376 · end of year $3,601,203
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,337,013 · end of year $4,419,944
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $814,105 · end of year $1,347,028
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $1,158,958 · end of year $985,447
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $673,059 · end of year $489,417
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$63,477,832
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$37,987,152
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $27,506,442 · end of year $25,490,680
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $78,390,611 · end of year $85,693,450
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $992,560 · end of year $992,560
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $3,713,267 · end of year $3,796,405
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $5,577,497 · end of year $5,412,648
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $50,564,552 · end of year $50,221,150
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $56,138,058 · end of year $64,324,336
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL IS TO BE THE LEADING SOURCE AND TEACHER OF WILDERNESS SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP THAT SERVE PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
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THE SCHOOL OFFERS AN EXTENSIVE CURRICULUM OF OUTDOOR COURSES. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND TRAINING IN WILDERNESS MEDICINE AND WILDERNESS EDUCATION TO APPROXIMATELY 22,600 STUDENTS.
Expenses $28,284,581 · Grants $1,402,307 · Revenue $31,073,085
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THE SCHOOL PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH PUBLISHED MATERIALS AND SEMINARS.
Expenses $576,254 · Revenue $267,581
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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N STUART HARRIS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SARAH HIZA
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JANE FRIED
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
GEORGE PHIPPS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN BABCOCK
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KATE WILLIAMS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRAD HIRSCH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ELAINE WALSH CARNEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN GRUNSFELD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JIMMY CHIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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GRIFFIN MYERS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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AHMAD THOMAS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SCOTT BRISCOE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LESFORD DUNCAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MARC RANDOLPH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JK NICHOLAS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ALAN TOWNSEND
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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GRETCHEN WARNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JEFFERY BRYAN WALL
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $132,006
- From this org
- $101,993
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,013
- Hours/week
- 40
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ALEXANDER COLHOUN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $308,944
- From this org
- $265,363
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $43,581
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $265,363
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $43,581
- Filer's total
- $308,944
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MELISSA GRAY
EMPLOYEE
- Total calculated
- $196,427
- From this org
- $157,947
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,480
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $157,947
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,888
- Nontaxable benefits
- $29,592
- Filer's total
- $196,427
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ERIN FREED
EMPLOYEE
- Total calculated
- $206,664
- From this org
- $160,087
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,577
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $160,087
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,357
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,220
- Filer's total
- $206,664
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KATHLEEN BAUM METTENBRINK
EMPLOYEE
- Total calculated
- $121,667
- From this org
- $121,667
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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MICHELLE JOHNSON
EMPLOYEE
- Total calculated
- $122,018
- From this org
- $122,018
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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CARI MICHELLE KARNS
EMPLOYEE
- Total calculated
- $135,000
- From this org
- $135,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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FRANCIS VAN DE BEUKEN
EMPLOYEE
- Total calculated
- $182,675
- From this org
- $145,455
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $37,220
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,455
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,220
- Filer's total
- $182,675
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ELIZABETH A TUOHY
EMPLOYEE
- Total calculated
- $152,084
- From this org
- $138,865
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,219
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $138,865
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,219
- Filer's total
- $152,084
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JON FERLISE
FORMER CFO
- Total calculated
- $227,996
- From this org
- $218,110
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,886
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $128,110
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $90,000
- Deferred
- $9,886
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $227,996
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
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
Answered no
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 4A
- JON FERLISE $90,000 - SEVERANCE PAY
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
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.
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NANDADEVI OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · IN · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL SOCIETY
EDUCATION · CA · assets $0
Directly controlled by NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
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NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL MEXICO SC
EDUCATION · MX · assets $1,180,249
Directly controlled by NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202641599349300039
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