Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$10,951,816

Total expenses

$8,230,599

Contributions and grants received

$10,720,354

Grants paid

$2,760,400

Program service revenue

$47,076

Investment income

$179,310

Other revenue

$5,076

Total assets, end of year

$14,234,133

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,329,022

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$11,905,111

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$6,444,988

Management and general expenses

$870,866

Fundraising expenses

$914,745

Program service expenses (Part III)

$6,444,988

Program services were 78.3% 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 · 2024

• GRANTMAKING - IN 2024, OUR GRANTMAKING REACHED NEW HEIGHTSA $779,000 INCREASE FROM 2023 THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO SHIFTING RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES WHO KNOW THEIR NEEDS BEST. WE FUNDED 165 ORGANIZATIONS AND PROUDLY LAUNCHED OUR INAUGURAL GREAT LAKES LIBERATED PATHS COHORT, EXPANDING OUR TRUST-BASED APPROACH TO MINNESOTA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, AND ILLINOIS.

  Expenses $4,035,240 · Grants $2,760,400

• CAREER DEVELOPMENT (OEI & RLF) - THE RISING LEADERS FELLOWSHIP DEVELOPS ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS COMMITTED TO CREATING INCLUSIVE OUTDOOR SPACES FOR ALL COMMUNITIES. THROUGH IMMERSIVE LEARNING, MENTORSHIP, AND PROJECT-BASED WORK, PARTICIPANTS GAIN THE SKILLS TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND THE BROADER ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT. IN 2024, WE CELEBRATED REMARKABLE SUCCESS WITH 55 FELLOWS COMPLETING THE PROGRAM ACROSS THREE COHORTS. THE OUTDOOR EDUCATORS INSTITUTE (OEI) IS A THREE-MONTH WORKFORCE ANDPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR 18-24 YEAR-OLDS. PARTICIPANTS LEARN TO VIEW OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE LENSES OF EQUITY AND CULTURAL RELEVANCY. OEI PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE TRAINING IN TOPICS SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, GROUP MANAGEMENT, AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SEA KAYAKING AND BACKPACKING.

  Expenses $1,234,762 · Revenue $47,076

• MOVEMENT BUILDING (N4NL + CONFERENCE) - LAUNCHED IN 2023 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UC BERKELEY/LAWRENCE HALL OF SCIENCE'S CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING, THE NETWORK FOR NETWORK LEADERS PROGRAM HAS BECOME A CATALYST FOR PROFOUND CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THIS GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVE UNITES DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS WHO ARE COLLECTIVELY REIMAGINING AND RESHAPING OUTDOOR SPACES TO BE TRULY EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE. IN 2024, WE WELCOMED 12 ADDITIONAL NETWORK LEADERS REPRESENTING A RICH TAPESTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFROM CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION TO POLICY ADVOCACY, URBAN FARMING, AND NATURE-BASED HEALING.

  Expenses $791,837

• COMMUNICATIONS & ADVOCACY - IN 2024, OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY WORK LAID ESSENTIAL GROUNDWORK TO AMPLIFY OUR POWER-BUILDING APPROACH AND EXPAND OUR MOVEMENT IMPACT. THIS WAS A PIVOTAL PLANNING YEAR WHERE WE SET STRATEGIC FOUNDATIONS TO INCREASE OUR PROGRESS AND SUSTAIN MOMENTUM IN ADVANCING RACIAL JUSTICE WITHIN THE OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS. WE LAUNCHED A COMPREHENSIVE REVAMP OF OUR WEBSITE, WHICH NOW STREAMLINES OUR POWER-BUILDING APPROACH AND BETTER CENTERS THE VOICES AND LEADERSHIP OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. THE REDESIGNED PLATFORM SHOWCASES OUR INTEGRATED MODEL OF ADVOCATE, FUND, AND BUILD WHILE CREATING CLEARER PATHWAYS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE ESTABLISHED KEY PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOPED STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS THAT POSITION US TO MORE EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE IN OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHILANTHROPY, ENSURING WE CAN CONTINUE SHIFTING RESOURCES TO AND BUILDING POWER WITH THE COMMUNITY'S LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORK.

  Expenses $383,149

As filed on the 2024 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. 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

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

• GIRLVENTURES

  $50,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• CULTURE TRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA

  $33,400

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• WEEKEND-ADVENTURES

  $25,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• YOUNG LEGACIES INC

  $25,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• YOUNG MASTERMINDS INITIATIVE INC - DBA CAMPING TO CONNECT

  $25,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• YOUNG VETERANS INC

  $25,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• BAZTEC FISHING & OUTDOORS

  $25,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• BLACK GIRL BLUE WORLD

  $25,000

  COASTAL PROGRAMMING

• BLACK STAR POLO

  $25,000

  COASTAL PROGRAMMING

• CAMP PHOENIX

  $25,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

22 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202512959349302061

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