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← WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP & LEARNING INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP & LEARNING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$483,491
Total expenses
$559,117
Contributions and grants received
$488,496
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$20,512
Other revenue
-$25,517
Total assets, end of year
$1,041,996
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,658
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,038,338
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$435,994
Management and general expenses
$78,490
Fundraising expenses
$44,633
Program service expenses (Part III)
$435,994

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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $2,200

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $112,346

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $373,950

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,468

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,512 · excluded $20,512

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $22,250

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

    $112,346

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $47,767

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$25,517

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $185,500 · program services $146,545 · management and general $11,130 · fundraising $27,825

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $81,132 · program services $72,059 · management and general $3,951 · fundraising $5,122

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,565 · program services $4,396 · management and general $334 · fundraising $835

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,118 · program services $9,708 · management and general $602 · fundraising $808

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,110 · program services $18,139 · management and general $1,248 · fundraising $2,723

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,250 · management and general $14,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $66,000 · program services $33,000 · management and general $33,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,593 · management and general $1,593

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,918 · program services $12,527 · management and general $5,360 · fundraising $2,031

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,241 · management and general $3,241

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,309 · program services $21,574 · management and general $1,639 · fundraising $4,096

  • 17 · Travel

    total $35,198 · program services $34,999 · management and general $46 · fundraising $153

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $76,645 · program services $75,002 · management and general $603 · fundraising $1,040

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,538 · program services $8,045 · management and general $1,493

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,161 · end of year $365

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $633,368 · end of year $569,919

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $650

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $451,698 · end of year $471,712

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,371

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,690 · end of year $3,658

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,371

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,089,187 · end of year $1,038,338

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WILL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE DIVERSE GROWTH EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO INSPIRE AND ASSIST YOUTH TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, BECOME EFFECTIVE LEADERS, AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE DIVERSE AND CHALLENGING GROWTH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO INSPIRE YOUTH TO BECOME EFFECTIVE LEADERS.

  • YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT - WILL IS A TRANSFORMATIVE, HOLISTIC 12-MONTH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, YOUTH LEADERSHIP, AND LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA YOUTH FROM UNDER-SERVED/UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS.

    Expenses $435,994

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • STEPHEN H ABRAHAM

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $183,950
    From this org
    $174,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,700
    Hours/week
    65

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,750
    Bonus
    $15,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,085
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,615
    Filer's total
    $183,950

  • JOHN VAN ETTEN

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT FLEMING

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RAYSA LEER

    BOARD VICE C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY OSSI

    BOARD TREASU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN PELLEGRINI

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROSE QUISPE

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUKE SOBOTA

    BOARD DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or 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

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
2024
Filed
31 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202641689349300524

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