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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$982,448
Total expenses
$845,770
Contributions and grants received
$955,885
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,762
Other revenue
$14,801
Total assets, end of year
$203,181
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,308
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$201,873
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$710,132
Management and general expenses
$88,758
Fundraising expenses
$46,880
Program service expenses (Part III)
$710,132

Program services were 84.0% 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)

    $806,727

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $149,158

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,762 · related or exempt $9,762

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,000

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,000 · related or exempt $2,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $39,574

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $24,773

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $14,801 · excluded $14,801

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $66,279 · program services $19,884 · management and general $26,511 · fundraising $19,884

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $496,253 · program services $456,392 · management and general $19,017 · fundraising $20,844

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,464 · program services $15,264 · management and general $960 · fundraising $240

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,379 · program services $40,215 · management and general $3,308 · fundraising $2,856

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,383 · management and general $5,383

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,156 · program services $9,100 · fundraising $3,056

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,269 · program services $2,986 · management and general $1,283

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,415 · program services $5,165 · management and general $1,250

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,909 · program services $33,527 · management and general $8,382

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,239 · program services $54,053 · management and general $1,186

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,895 · program services $5,345 · management and general $550

  • 20 · Interest

    total $982 · management and general $982

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,712 · management and general $12,712

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,172 · program services $28,938 · management and general $7,234

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $28,525 · program services $28,525

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISC EXPENSES

    total $9,600 · program services $9,600

  • 24c · Other expenses: BACKGROUND CHECKS

    total $1,138 · program services $1,138

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $1

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $54,258 · end of year $83,872

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,418 · end of year $66,368

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $422 · end of year $422

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

    $133,189

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

    $80,671

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,568 · end of year $52,518

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $532 · end of year $140

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,226 · end of year $1,168

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $58,908 · end of year $201,873

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL INSPIRES EXPLORATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD, RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF HABITAT AND DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY. OUR VISION IS FOR NEVADANS TO BE HEALTHY AND ENGAGED CITIZENS WHO FEEL CONNECTED TO THE NATURAL WORLD AND CHOOSE TO EXPLORE THE OUTDOORS RESPONSIBLY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL (NOS) INSPIRES EXPLORATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD, RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR HABITAT AND DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY. NOS OFFERS OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO K-8 STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS, ON FIELD TRIPS, AND AT SUMMER CAMPS. THE OUTDOOR ETHICS PROGRAM INCLUDES TREAD LIGHTLY, LEAVE NO TRACE AND OHV SAFETY, NOS IS ALSO INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY HIKES, VOLUNTEER CONSERVATION PROJECTS AND ADMINISTERS AN AMERICORPS STATE PROGRAM FOR RURAL NEVADA PLACING NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS AT VARIOUS NON-PROFIT PARTNERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA.

  • AMERICORPS STATE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE: NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL (NOS) IS A SUBGRANTEE FOR THE AMERICORPS STATE FORMULA PROGRAM IN NEVADA. THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM AT NOS OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNER NON-PROFIT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO HOST A NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBER TO HELP ADVANCE THEIR MISSION. SOME OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS FROM THIS GRANT ALSO SERVE WITH NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL TO ASSIST WITH THE PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVLIERY OF OUR OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $255,098

  • DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) GRANTS: NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL (NOS) HAS MAINTAINED AN ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE BLM SINCE OUR ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 2002. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A STATEWIDE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT THAT HELPS SUPPORT OUR OUTDOOR EDUCATION, COMMUNITY OUTDOOR EVENTS AND OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLES SAFETY EDUCTION THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE ALSO HAVE AN ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE ELKO DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THEIR CALIFORNIA TRAIL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND WITH THE WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT TO SUPPORT VARIOUS COMMUNITY HIKES, CLEAN UP PROJECTS AND YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $100,021

  • STATE OF NEVADA, DIVISION OF STATE PARKS, RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAMS GRANTS. NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL (NOS) HAS MAINTAINED A STRONG AND CONSISTENT FUNDING PARTNERSHIP WITH NEVADA STATE PARKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THESE GRANTS SUPPORT EXPENSES FOR OUR YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCTION, OUTDOOR SKILLS TRAININGS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND ANY TRAIL OR CAMPGROUND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

    Expenses $166,559

  • AMERICORPS STATE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE: NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL (NOS) IS A SUBGRANTEE FOR THE AMERICORPS STATE FORMULA PROGRAM IN NEVADA. THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM AT NOS OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNER NON-PROFIT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO HOST A NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBER TO HELP ADVANCE THEIR MISSION. SOME OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS FROM THIS GRANT ALSO SERVE WITH NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL TO ASSIST WITH THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $188,454

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tina Burke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Gene Hunt

    PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Erquiaga

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $72,004
    From this org
    $66,279
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,725
    Hours/week
    40

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
5 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202402279349301235

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