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← BRUKNER NATURE CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BRUKNER NATURE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$589,681
Total expenses
$689,442
Contributions and grants received
$322,762
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$207,070
Investment income
$16,486
Other revenue
$43,363
Total assets, end of year
$3,869,247
Total liabilities, end of year
$67,958
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,801,289
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$626,139
Management and general expenses
$53,390
Fundraising expenses
$9,913
Program service expenses (Part III)
$626,139

Program services were 90.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $322,762

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAMS

    total $128,000 · related or exempt $128,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $53,344 · related or exempt $53,344

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $25,726 · related or exempt $25,726

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,139 · related or exempt $12,139

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $52,087 · other assets $196

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $47,936

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,151 · other assets $196

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,347 · related or exempt $4,347

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $37,016

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $37,016

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $19,804

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $13,457

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $6,347 · unrelated business $6,347

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $86,497 · program services $34,299 · management and general $43,248 · fundraising $8,950

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $260,349 · program services $260,349

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,361 · program services $7,950 · management and general $1,169 · fundraising $242

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,770 · program services $25,561 · management and general $3,488 · fundraising $721

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,393 · program services $10,013 · management and general $1,380

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,884 · program services $36,073 · management and general $1,811

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,563 · program services $1,563

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $158,226 · program services $158,226

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,602 · program services $14,822 · management and general $780

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $40,543 · program services $40,263 · management and general $280

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAMS

    total $18,101 · program services $18,101

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $11,439 · program services $10,842 · management and general $597

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $3,183 · program services $2,546 · management and general $637

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,531 · program services $5,531

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $229,965 · end of year $73,420

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $128,313 · end of year $168,965

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,373 · end of year $5,358

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,167 · end of year $9,173

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

    $6,078,871

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

    $2,658,506

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,424,661 · end of year $3,420,365

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $171,503 · end of year $191,966

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,104 · end of year $26,449

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $61,493 · end of year $41,509

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,689,312 · end of year $3,551,461

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $199,073 · end of year $249,828

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROMOTING THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION THROUGH PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, AND REHABILITATION.

  • BRUKNER NATURE CENTER IS A PRIVATELY FUNDED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROMOTING THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION, PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION. IN 2024 OVER 110,000 PEOPLE VISITED BRUKNER NATURE CENTER TO ENJOY A HIKE IN THE WOODS, A VISIT WITH OUR WILDLIFE AMBASSADORS OR ATTEND AN EVENT. WE REACHED OVER 20,000 PEOPLE THROUGH OUR INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, BOTH DURING ON-SITE VISITS AND OUTREACH EVENTS. WE ACCEPTED 1,271 WILD PATIENTS INTO OUR WILDLIFE REHABILITATION UNIT FROM 21 OHIO COUNTIES AND SUCCESSFULLY RELEASED OVER 31% OF THEM BACK INTO THE WILD.

    Expenses $626,139

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debra Oexmann

    EXEC. DIR.

    Total calculated
    $86,497
    From this org
    $86,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mike Beamish

    2ND VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Cobb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Dehus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Horne

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Ireton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Johnston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Kleptz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Lavy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Lindeman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rynn Malarkey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glen McMurry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Poeppelman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle Richey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Beth Robertson

    1ST VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Stump

    TREASURER

    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
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533219349317468

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