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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FIELD INSTITUTE OF TAOS.

Totals

Total revenue
$611,892
Total expenses
$608,598
Contributions and grants received
$443,815
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$146,647
Investment income
$3,680
Other revenue
$17,750
Total assets, end of year
$657,933
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,609
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$651,324
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$504,489
Management and general expenses
$72,288
Fundraising expenses
$31,821
Program service expenses (Part III)
$504,489

Program services were 82.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $440,815

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Registration fees

    total $146,647 · related or exempt $146,647

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,316 · excluded $3,316

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $364

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $364

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $364 · excluded $364

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $17,750

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $17,750 · excluded $17,750

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $405,570 · program services $365,192 · management and general $20,189 · fundraising $20,189

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,628 · management and general $26,628

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,488 · program services $22,742 · management and general $4,873 · fundraising $4,873

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,153 · management and general $10,153

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,444 · management and general $2,444

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,613 · program services $1,613

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,829 · program services $5,464 · fundraising $1,365

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,883 · program services $5,849 · management and general $2,527 · fundraising $2,507

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,655 · program services $7,655

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,105 · program services $18,105

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,071 · program services $21,071

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $29,031 · program services $26,676 · management and general $129 · fundraising $2,226

  • 24b · Other expenses: Misc Program Costs

    total $7,699 · program services $6,821 · management and general $878

  • 24c · Other expenses: Licenses/registrations/fees

    total $7,671 · program services $7,671

  • 24d · Other expenses: TFT Program Costs

    total $5,206 · program services $5,206

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,552 · program services $10,424 · management and general $4,467 · fundraising $661

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $206,789 · end of year $260,270

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $226,805 · end of year $177,191

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $256,426

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $186,192

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $74,139 · end of year $70,234

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $134,450 · end of year $150,238

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,094 · end of year $6,609

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $633,089 · end of year $651,324

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Provide opportunities for children and adults to participate in outdoor field-oriented education in natural science programs.

  • Provide opportunities for field-oriented education in natural sciences. Approximately 1000 children were served by the program in 2024.

    Expenses $504,489

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hank Friedman

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Iris Thornton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sanjay Poovadan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Lynch

    Secretary/Treas

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Wiard

    President

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533189349303073

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