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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WILD COMPASS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$214,284
Total expenses
$325,141
Contributions and grants received
$66,448
Grants paid
$162,979
Program service revenue
$60,799
Investment income
$510
Other revenue
$86,527
Total assets, end of year
$367,642
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,767
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$347,875
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$265,903
Management and general expenses
$57,030
Fundraising expenses
$2,208
Program service expenses (Part III)
$265,903

Program services were 81.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,960

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $64,488

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $49

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Public Program

    total $3,747 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: In School Program

    total $5,050 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Bus Programs

    total $26,371 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Other Program Income

    total $8,531 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Aquatic Invasive Species Pgm Income

    total $17,100 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $510 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $510

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,266

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,309

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$43 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$43

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $8,939,440

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $8,853,445

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $85,995 · unrelated business $71,579 · excluded $14,416

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $575 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $575

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $575

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $161,979 · program services $161,979

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $70,474 · program services $55,981 · management and general $13,807 · fundraising $686

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $138,186 · program services $109,167 · management and general $27,637 · fundraising $1,382

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,760 · program services $15,067 · management and general $1,693 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,061 · program services $11,108 · management and general $2,813 · fundraising $140

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,872 · program services $0 · management and general $1,872 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,982 · program services $20,786 · management and general $5,196 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,853 · program services $1,853 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,725 · program services $6,236 · management and general $489 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,131 · program services $5,131 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,207 · program services $4,346 · management and general $861 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,091 · program services $2,091 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,829 · program services $268 · management and general $2,561 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,538 · program services $9,538 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,703 · program services $5,703 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Equipment & Teaching Equipment

    total $3,255 · program services $3,255 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $5,327 · program services $5,226 · management and general $101 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $10,147 · program services $10,147 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Part VIII, Line 9 Expenditures

    total -$162,979 · program services -$162,979 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $34,555 · end of year $42,059

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $316,985 · end of year $199,276

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $745 · end of year $2,230

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $440 · end of year $600

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,733 · end of year $20,733

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

    $209,216

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

    $120,679

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $79,896 · end of year $88,537

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,270 · end of year $13,915

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $566 · end of year $292

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,447 · end of year $19,767

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $458,743 · end of year $347,875

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Wild Compass is an enviromental learning center providing educational programs thorugh southwest Minnesota. The primary focus of the Wild Compasss programming is through field trips with area schools.

  • The Wild Compasss program focus is regional environmental education. Wild Compass meet schools at local natural areas to provide relevant information and help participants understand the value and importance of the natural resources they have locally. Programs are offered to preschool age learners through senior citizens. Naturalist programs further Wild Compasss educational reach through programming brought to schools for indoor assemblies, community education classes, library programs, youth programs, summer camps, community events and county fairs. They currently have 10,000+ participants annually.

    Expenses $265,903 · Revenue $60,899

  • Awarded grants through the lawful gambling fund totaling $161,979 to various Mankato and Jackson area groups to support their activities.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ed Harrold

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Nasby

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bethany Lewis

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luke Ewald

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenna Schwartz

    Member/Gambling Manager

    Total calculated
    $51,129
    From this org
    $51,129
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Kathy Craun

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Miranda Nesseth

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Miller

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Burmeister

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valarie Cihak

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brenda Bachenberg

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kateyan Welp

    Member (March-December)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynette Lusk

    Member (Jan-May

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Kilian

    Member (May-December)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brenda Johnson

    Member (Sept-December)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alisha Paplow

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $71,089
    From this org
    $71,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

  • Mankato Area Public Schools

    $49,924

    Camp Ignite, field trips, theater, bussing

  • South Central Service Cooperative

    $38,000

    Programming & Conferences

  • Project GEM

    $23,000

    Youth programs

  • Jackson County Central Schools

    $23,000

    Field trips, equipment, bussing

  • Children's Museum of Southern MN

    $10,000

    Upkeep displays and programs

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
21 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202622449349301102

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