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← POUDRE LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by POUDRE LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$395,566
Total expenses
$311,944
Contributions and grants received
$390,915
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,651
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,095,416
Total liabilities, end of year
$785
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,094,631
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$261,487
Management and general expenses
$8,016
Fundraising expenses
$42,441
Program service expenses (Part III)
$261,487

Program services were 83.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $14,671

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $376,244

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,651 · excluded $4,651

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $14,671

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,214 · management and general $3,214

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,150 · management and general $2,150

  • 24a · Other expenses: AMBASSADORS

    total $95,040 · program services $95,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTRUCTORS

    total $81,496 · program services $81,496

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $76,196 · program services $76,196

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $42,879 · management and general $1,843 · fundraising $41,036

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,969 · program services $8,755 · management and general $809 · fundraising $1,405

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $118,084 · end of year $197,054

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $513,821 · end of year $520,362

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

    $1,378,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,378,000 · end of year $1,378,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $785 · end of year $785

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,471,516 · end of year $1,466,054

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $537,604 · end of year $628,577

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OTHE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DISTRICT 6 POUDRE LEARNING CENTER STAFF, IS TO RECOMMEND, PROMOTE, AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR EXCELLENCE IN OUTDOOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DISTRICT 6 POUDRE LEARNING CENTER STAFF, IS TO RECOMMEND, PROMOTE, AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR EXCELLENCE IN OUTDOOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

  • THE POUDRE LEARNING CENTER (PLC), A PROGRAM OF WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 6 AND OTHER LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IS A PREMIER PROVIDER OF INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING FOCUSING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY, SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, STEWARDSHIP AND AESTHETICS OF THE CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. THE PLC FOUNDATION HAS RAISED FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE INSTEM STATION BUILDING FOR THE PLC TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS TO K-12 STUDENTS, AND PRESENT SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS. THE PLC FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR PROGRAM STAFFING, FURNISHINGS AND SUPPLIES FOR VARIOUS PLC PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $261,487 · Revenue $14,078

  • IN DECEMBER 2017, 133 ACRES OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE POUDRE RIVER WERE DONATED TO THE PLC FOUNDATION TO SUPPLEMENT THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONDUCTED ON 65 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER. PLANS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED FOR POTENTIAL USES OF THE LAND. DURING 2020 TO 2022, A STATE OF COLORADO GRANT WAS RECEIVED ALLOWING THE PLCF TO CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP A RESTORATION PLAN FOR THE RIPARIAN AREA ALONG THE RIVER. ADDITIONAL WORK HAS ALSO BEEN PERFORMED TO REMOVE INVASIVE SPECIES AND MOW THE PROPERTY FOR ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT, FIRE MITIGATION AND GENERAL AESTHETICS.

  • THE ENERGY SUMMIT PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS IN THE AREA OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. PARTICIPANTS LEARN THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE FORMATION OF OIL AND GAS, THE PROCESS OF EXTRACTING OIL, AND REGULATIONS SURROUNDING THE PROCESS FROM EXPERTS IN EACH FIELD. PARTICIPANTS ALSO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO SCIENCE PEDAGOGY, RECEIVE LESSON PLANS APPLICABLE TO THEIR CLASSROOMS, AND ENJOY FIELD TRIPS TO SITES THAT SHOW HANDS-ON MODELS OF EQUIPMENT USED IN THE FIELD AND ACTIVE SITES TO SEE DRILLING AND COMPLETION OPERATIONS FIRST HAND.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JENNIFER PARRISH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARK LLEWELLYN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN RATLIFF

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAMMY RUSCH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDY FIRESTIEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TED GILLILAND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM BRYNTESON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN SCHUTTLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LYNN PERRICH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BO CHAPIN

    TRUSTEE

    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
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349303707

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