Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$229,176

Total expenses

$330,225

Contributions and grants received

$228,956

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$220

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$108,690

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,125

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$104,565

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$263,553

Management and general expenses

$33,336

Fundraising expenses

$33,336

Program service expenses (Part III)

$263,553

Program services were 79.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• YOUTH EDUCATION GROWING GREAT MINDS: IN 53 PROGRAMS, WE SERVED 1244 PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE 2021 - 2022 SCHOOL YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, ERC STAFF WORKED TO ADAPT EXISTING PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE SMALL-GROUP, IN-PERSON PROGRAMS UPON THE REQUEST OF TEACHERS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. SCIENCE AFTER SCHOOL: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TWO MAJOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROVIDERS, THE WOOD RIVER YMCA AND THE KETCHUM RECREATION PROGRAM, THE ERC ADAPTED SCIENCE AFTER SCHOOL CURRICULUM TO OFFER HANDS-ON SCIENCE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS. IN 26 PROGRAMS, WE SERVED 281 STUDENTS WITH WEEKLY HANDS-ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. ECOCAMP (OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP OVERNIGHT CAMP): THE ERC WAS ABLE TO OFFER ONE WEEKLONG SUMMER SESSION FOR 5 PARTICIPANTS IN GRADES 5TH-7TH. SPRING EXPLORATION SERIES: AFTER TWO YEARS OF COVID-RELATED CANCELLATIONS, THE SES WAS BACK IN SCHOOLS FOR SPRING 2022. OVER 600 2ND AND 3RD GRADE STUDENTS WERE SERVED IN SIX SESSIONS THAT BROUGHT ZOO IDAHO, THE PEREGRINE FUND, AND WORKING DOGS FOR CONSERVATION INTO SCHOOLS FOR LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS.

  Expenses $107,997

• PICK UP FOR THE PLANET (PUP) AMOUNT OF DOG WASTE PICKED UP THROUGH PUP: OVER 10,000 POUNDS. OVER 30,000 FREE BIODEGRADABLE BAGS PROVIDED AT 13+ PUBLIC TRAILHEADS. FOR OVER 10 YEARS, THE ERC HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) AND OTHER USER GROUPS TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND AESTHETIC IMPACTS OF UNATTENDED DOG WASTE ON LOCAL TRAILS. TODAY, ERC PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE, BAGGIES, AND WEEKLY BIN SERVICING TO HIGHLY-TRAFFICKED TRAILHEADS VALLEY-WIDE. IN ORDER TO MEET THE UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND THIS SUMMER DRIVEN BY THE SURGE OF TRAIL USE BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, THE ERC INCREASED BIN SERVICING TO BIWEEKLY PICKUPS. ERC SUMMER FELLOWS FLAGGED AND PICKED UP DOG WASTE ON TRAILS. WE ALSO SPONSORED ORIGINAL FIELD RESEARCH BY LOCAL STUDENTS TO COLLECT DATA ON TRAIL USE AND DOG WASTE. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL INFORM FUTURE DOG WASTE PROJECTS AND BIN PLACEMENT.

  Expenses $56,611

• PESTICIDE ACTION IN 63 PROGRAMS, WE REACHED OVER 1800 PARTICIPANTS, REACHING OVER 280 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH 33 DIRECT ACTION SERVICE PROGRAMS SUCH AS WEED WARRIORS, SCHOOL SERVICE DAYS, AND CLEANSWEEP, AS WELL 1200 YOUTH AND ADULTS THROUGH COMMUNITY RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING EDUCATION AT POPULAR PUBLIC EVENTS. AT 35 PUBLIC EVENTS, ERC STAFF COLLECTED OVER 2000 POUNDS OF RECYCLING AND 900 POUNDS OF COMPOST. THROUGH 10 PROGRAMS CONDUCTED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS THE WOOD RIVER TRAILS COALITION, THE CLIMATE ACTION COALITION, AND THE US FOREST SERVICE, WE REACHED 665 ADULTS AND YOUTH WITH A VARIETY OF TARGETED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND INFORMATION ON TOPICS SUCH AS TACKLING INVASIVE WEED SPREAD, RESPECTING LOCAL WILDLIFE, AND LOCAL RECYCLING PROTOCOLS. 20,000 POUNDS OF GARMENTS OUT OF THE LANDFILL THROUGH A ERC PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL THRIFT STORES THAT CONNECTED GARMENT DONATIONS THAT COULD NOT BE RESOLD WITHIN THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY WITH ALTERNATIVE AVENUES FOR THEIR REUSE OR RESALE WITHIN SOUTHERN IDAHO. ERC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS CLEARED OVER 2500 POUNDS OF INVASIVE WEEDS ALL ACROSS BLAINE COUNTY.

  Expenses $32,196

• RECYCLING OUTREACH AND CONNECTING PEOPLE TO NATURE RECYCLING OUTREACH - THE ERC CONTINUED TO COLLECT OVER 2,000 POUNDS OF BATTERIES, SMALL ELECTRONICS, AND PLASTIC FILM FOR RECYCLING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CONNECTING PEOPLE TO NATURE - PROGRAMS THAT INSTILL AN APPRECIATION FOR OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND PROVIDE A VENUE FOR CONVERSATIONS ON IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

  Expenses $66,749

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

30 August 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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