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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$892,824
Total expenses
$871,284
Contributions and grants received
$865,127
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$10,110
Investment income
$16,691
Other revenue
$896
Total assets, end of year
$548,597
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,995
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$540,602
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$716,261
Management and general expenses
$79,539
Fundraising expenses
$75,484
Program service expenses (Part III)
$716,261

Program services were 82.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $74,274

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $790,853

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Summer Course Fees and Sponsorships

    total $10,110 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $10,110

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,691 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $16,691

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Chase Credit Card Rewards Redemption

    total $896 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $896

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $896

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $147,977 · program services $106,101 · management and general $16,750 · fundraising $25,126

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $428,739 · program services $360,118 · management and general $34,447 · fundraising $34,174

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $72,308 · program services $62,378 · management and general $2,956 · fundraising $6,974

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,924 · program services $37,604 · management and general $3,028 · fundraising $4,292

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,376 · program services $160 · management and general $1,216 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,875 · program services $170 · management and general $3,705 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $460 · program services $460 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,236 · program services $7,168 · management and general $1,944 · fundraising $2,124

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,222 · program services $2,054 · management and general $1,730 · fundraising $438

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,099 · program services $20,099 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,680 · program services $41,396 · management and general $4,272 · fundraising $1,012

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,351 · program services $6,184 · management and general $6,706 · fundraising $461

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,819 · program services $5,556 · management and general $2,540 · fundraising $723

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Food

    total $21,625 · program services $21,581 · management and general $44 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Supplies/Gear

    total $15,590 · program services $15,366 · management and general $64 · fundraising $160

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Service Providers

    total $15,820 · program services $15,820 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $14,183 · program services $14,046 · management and general $137 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $78,118 · end of year $158,960

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $385,820 · end of year $252,442

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $57,101

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $72,682 · end of year $79,894

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $200 · end of year $200

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,757 · end of year $7,995

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $472,065 · end of year $493,604

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $46,998 · end of year $46,998

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To empower underserved youth through transformational literacy, leadership, and outdoor experiences

  • ARC's Summer Courses for Tahoe-Truckee youth integrate wilderness expeditions and academic basecamps. Based in Yosemite and Tahoe, these courses facilitate the development of essential leadership and academic skills in alternative classroom settings and on outdoor adventures. Rigorous activities require physical and mental commitment and interpersonal collaboration, while building an ethos for healthy lifestyles, personal empowerment, and environmental stewardship. Challenging leadership and life-skills training focuses on self-management, goal setting, personal responsibility, teamwork, communication, and resilience. Literacy sessions develop skills in critical thinking, reading comprehension, writing, and public speaking. After participating, ARC youth respond more positively to statements including, "I am developing good health habits", and "I deal with frustration in positive ways." They also show a statistically significant increase in all four of the internal asset categories on Search Institute's Developmental Assets Profile (DAP), with the largest increases in Positive Self Identity and Positive Values.

    Expenses $193,126

  • ARC's Summer Courses for Central Valley youth integrate wilderness expeditions and academic basecamps. Based in Yosemite and Tahoe, these courses facilitate the development of essential leadership and academic skills in alternative classroom settings and on outdoor adventures. Rigorous activities require physical and mental commitment and interpersonal collaboration, while building an ethos for healthy lifestyles, personal empowerment, and environmental stewardship. Challenging leadership and life-skills training focuses on self-management, goal setting, personal responsibility, teamwork, communication, and resilience. Literacy sessions develop skills in critical thinking, reading comprehension, writing, and public speaking. After participating, ARC youth respond more positively to statements including, "I am developing good health habits", and "I deal with frustration in positive ways." They also show a statistically significant increase in all four of the internal asset categories on Search Institute's Developmental Assets Profile (DAP), with the largest increases in Positive Self Identity and Positive Values.

    Expenses $118,322

  • The academic year Community Leadership Program of ARC in the Tahoe-Truckee region is an immersive, multi-year program progression that increases access to four goals areas - literacy development, outdoor experiences, leadership development, and community building - for rural, low-income and English Learner high school students. The academic-year program is embedded in two high schools in the region, offering thousands of participant program hours of outdoor and leadership instruction each year. The program is unique and impactful because: (1) ARC staff have long-term relationships with students, and they find belonging within ARC, among their peers and the adult staff members; and (2) The curriculum integrates literacy development (especially writing and public speaking) into the more traditional aspects of outdoor education (recreational activities and leadership development).

    Expenses $238,368

  • The academic year Community Leadership Program of ARC in the Central Valley region is an immersive, multi-year program progression that increases access to four goals areas - literacy development, outdoor experiences, leadership development, and community building - for rural, low-income and English Learner high school students. The academic-year program is embedded in two high schools in the region, offering thousands of participant program hours of outdoor and leadership instruction each year. The program is unique and impactful because: (1) ARC staff have long-term relationships with students, and they find belonging within ARC, among their peers and the adult staff members; and (2) The curriculum integrates literacy development (especially writing and public speaking) into the more traditional aspects of outdoor education (recreational activities and leadership development).

    Expenses $166,445

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sarah Ottley

    Co-Director

    Total calculated
    $94,992
    From this org
    $83,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,240
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melissa Hoffman

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $80,891
    From this org
    $64,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,666
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Parkes

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Liz Tucker

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Chris Inouye

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Tara House

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jeff Crow

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Katie Zanto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Reed Schneider

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Cathy Farnsworth

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Kasey McJunkin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Vera Reyes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0

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

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
The compensation of the highest level employee is set forth by the Board of Directors of the organization. To guide this process, a compensation committee meets with the highest-level employee to preform an annual evaluation, and approve their compensation for the year ahead.

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
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403209349323875

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