Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,969,474
- Total expenses
- $9,285,899
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,969,908
- Grants paid
- $1,378,823
- Program service revenue
- $5,209,049
- Investment income
- $762,273
- Other revenue
- $28,244
- Total assets, end of year
- $25,361,696
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,510,653
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $20,851,043
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,172,338
- Management and general expenses
- $2,569,022
- Fundraising expenses
- $544,539
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,172,338
Program services were 66.5% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$41,500
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,928,408
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$236,262
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2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and Fees
total $4,888,623 · related or exempt $4,888,623
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2b · Program service revenue: Facility Rentals
total $262,822 · excluded $262,822
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2c · Program service revenue: Other Programs
total $57,604 · related or exempt $57,604
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3 · Investment income
total $192,506 · excluded $192,506
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,660,528 · other assets $10,027
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $2,100,788 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $559,740 · other assets $10,027
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $569,767 · excluded $569,767
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$33,174
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$4,930
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $28,244 · excluded $28,244
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $1,378,823 · program services $1,378,823
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $268,877 · management and general $268,877
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $3,672,041 · program services $1,912,884 · management and general $1,421,795 · fundraising $337,362
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $351,799 · program services $191,737 · management and general $126,247 · fundraising $33,815
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $294,507 · program services $144,390 · management and general $124,652 · fundraising $25,465
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11b · Fees: legal
total $46,504 · management and general $46,504
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $34,000 · management and general $34,000
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $45,404 · management and general $45,404
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11g · Fees: other
total $211,708 · program services $204,155 · fundraising $7,553
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $201,658 · program services $113,761 · management and general $25,879 · fundraising $62,018
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13 · Office expenses
total $246,203 · program services $94,038 · management and general $149,951 · fundraising $2,214
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14 · Information technology
total $136,054 · program services $128,438 · management and general $1,850 · fundraising $5,766
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16 · Occupancy
total $195,286 · program services $131,779 · management and general $57,435 · fundraising $6,072
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17 · Travel
total $137,772 · program services $69,179 · management and general $63,366 · fundraising $5,227
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $8,219 · management and general $3,109 · fundraising $5,110
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20 · Interest
total $284,786 · program services $271,814 · fundraising $12,972
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $605,625 · program services $599,012 · fundraising $6,613
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23 · Insurance
total $278,571 · program services $265,882 · fundraising $12,689
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24a · Other expenses: Food
total $371,992 · program services $359,081 · fundraising $12,911
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24b · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance
total $253,368 · program services $202,884 · management and general $41,764 · fundraising $8,720
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24c · Other expenses: Other Expenses
total $189,379 · program services $83,099 · management and general $106,248 · fundraising $32
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24d · Other expenses: Program & Camping Expen
total $73,323 · program services $21,382 · management and general $51,941
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $14,982 · end of year $17,278
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $15,018 · end of year $18,439
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $497,415 · end of year $586,405
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $313,309 · end of year $41,653
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $157,541 · end of year $170,649
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $15,200 · end of year $26,065
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$22,799,792
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$7,149,061
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $15,978,515 · end of year $15,650,731
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $8,098,628 · end of year $7,254,592
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $1,345,805 · end of year $1,343,660
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $252,224 · end of year $252,224
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $67 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $370,141 · end of year $318,752
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $985,694 · end of year $570,877
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $3,754,716 · end of year $3,621,024
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $11,228,436 · end of year $11,470,831
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $10,349,717 · end of year $9,380,212
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Chewonki inspires transformative growth, teaches appreciation and stewardship of the natural world, and challenges people to build thriving, sustainable communities throughout their lives.
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Camp Chewonki - provides a residential camp program for all genders focused on nature, sustainability, outdoor skills, community building, and outdoor expeditions. There is also a leadership expedition-based program for older youth that travels to the woods and waters of Maine, along its rocky coast, and into Canada's northern forest and waters.
Expenses $1,891,817 · Revenue $2,100,228
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Chewonki Schools - Maine coast semester at Chewonki is a challenging academic semester (two groups each year) for 45 highly motivated and academically capable 11th-grade students from around the country and aboard.
Expenses $3,036,422 · Grants $1,378,823 · Revenue $2,256,453
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Education Partnership The outdoor program for schools offers environmental education as part of day trips, overnight encampments, and outdoor trip programs in Maine and New England for school groups. The educational goals emphasize compassion for one another, building self-confidence, and stewardship of the natural world. Chewonki science educators teach natural history programs to more than 20,000 students each year throughout Maine. Chewonki partners in more depth with two local school districts (Bath and Wiscasset) to facilitate active, outdoor, and community-connected learning throughout the Pre-K-12 program.
Expenses $901,090 · Revenue $561,804
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Other Program Services Includes the Big Eddy Campground and Debsconeag Lake Camp, fundraising, store activity, farm operations, and programing under the environmental living and learning for Maine students collaborative.
Expenses $343,009 · Revenue $290,564
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Andre Heard
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Elizabeth Mygatt
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
J Bailey McCallum
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathryn Zumstein
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dan Townley
Clerk
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Laura Appell-Warren
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sandy Bandhu
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kyo Bannai
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
D Scott Beebe Jr
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alison Carnduff
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kevin Connors
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeffrey Desjarlais
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jay Gudebski
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marion Howard
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Randy Jack
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matt Kingsbury
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard Krantz
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Colby Holtshouse
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Edgardo Ponch Membreno
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary-Theresa Quarcoo
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Karen Scheu
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Roseanne Saalfield
Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michael Fleisher
Past Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jeffrey Eberle
Past Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carl Young
Past VP of Finance
- Total calculated
- $103,436
- From this org
- $83,810
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,626
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Nancy Kennedy
President
- Total calculated
- $165,441
- From this org
- $145,788
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,653
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,788
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $19,653
- Filer's total
- $165,441
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 · 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
- During calendar year 2023, Carl Young, Past VP of Finance, received severance pay of $17,516.
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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 8 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202541959349300444
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