Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,019,994
- Total expenses
- $5,183,561
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,205,587
- Grants paid
- $799,885
- Program service revenue
- $2,483,303
- Investment income
- $321,475
- Other revenue
- $9,629
- Total assets, end of year
- $12,223,475
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $459,366
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $11,764,109
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,825,144
- Management and general expenses
- $948,461
- Fundraising expenses
- $409,956
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,825,144
Program services were 73.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,205,587
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2a · Program service revenue: TUITION/PROGRAM REVENUE
total $2,483,303 · related or exempt $2,483,303
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3 · Investment income
total $252,943 · excluded $252,943
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,421,859 · other assets $22,300
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $1,357,649 · other assets $17,978
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $64,210 · other assets $4,322
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $68,532 · excluded $68,532
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$14,236
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$4,607
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $9,629 · excluded $9,629
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $799,885 · program services $799,885
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $181,813 · program services $45,453 · management and general $45,453 · fundraising $90,907
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,142,254 · program services $1,532,357 · management and general $381,060 · fundraising $228,837
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $28,592 · program services $19,563 · management and general $5,224 · fundraising $3,805
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $304,983 · program services $264,843 · management and general $31,732 · fundraising $8,408
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $166,083 · program services $113,637 · management and general $30,343 · fundraising $22,103
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $61,287 · management and general $61,287
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11g · Fees: other
total $311,643 · program services $124,668 · management and general $185,377 · fundraising $1,598
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $115,409 · program services $38,660 · management and general $46,343 · fundraising $30,406
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13 · Office expenses
total $121,086 · program services $110,275 · management and general $7,027 · fundraising $3,784
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16 · Occupancy
total $273,080 · program services $245,663 · management and general $15,756 · fundraising $11,661
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17 · Travel
total $27,022 · program services $15,961 · management and general $9,328 · fundraising $1,733
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $115,474 · program services $103,610 · management and general $8,174 · fundraising $3,690
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23 · Insurance
total $271,054 · program services $216,843 · management and general $54,211
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24a · Other expenses: FOOD SUPPLIES
total $103,346 · program services $101,721 · management and general $1,550 · fundraising $75
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24b · Other expenses: VEHICLES/VESSELS
total $47,183 · program services $47,181 · management and general $2
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24e · All other expenses
total $113,367 · program services $44,824 · management and general $65,594 · fundraising $2,949
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $208,925 · end of year $105,374
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,333,809 · end of year $2,076,931
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $152,900 · end of year $100,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $91,093 · end of year $77,774
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $12,024 · end of year $15,485
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $130,399 · end of year $91,670
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,208,502
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,503,247
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $689,005 · end of year $705,255
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $7,911,291 · end of year $8,490,896
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $500,000
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $126,938 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $139,129 · end of year $60,090
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $275,883 · end of year $251,731
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $212,659 · end of year $144,751
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $144,023 · end of year $62,884
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,376,447 · end of year $2,472,709
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,786,501 · end of year $9,291,400
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
WE BRING YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR GROUP LEARNING ADVENTURES IN WILDERNESS AND URBAN SETTINGS IN MINNESOTA. WE INVITE TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO IDENTIFY, PRACTICE AND GROW LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES. WE ALSO OFFER THE OUTWARD BOUND EXPERIENCE TO ADULTS OF ALL AGES. WE KNOW THAT MORE RESILIENT AND COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE CREATE A MORE RESILIENT AND COMPASSIONATE WORLD, AND WE WANT TO HELP MAKE THAT VISION A REALITY BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH LIFE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS. WE TEACH THROUGH CHALLENGE, ADVENTURE AND NATURE. WE BELIEVE IN THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL, AND SEEK TO INCREASE ACCESS TO OUR VALIDATED AND TIME-TESTED EXPERIENTIAL LEADERSHIP LEARNING PROGRAMS. WE INVITE INDIVIDUALS TO GO OUTWARD BOUND, AND WE PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS AND YOUTH-SERVING NONPROFITS TO CREATE CUSTOM PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE THEIR GOALS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
HELP PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR LIVES THROUGH CHALLENGE AND DISCOVERY.
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VOBS WILDERNESS PROGRAMS OPERATE OUT OF OUR HOMEPLACE BASECAMP ON THE EDGE OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS (BWCAW) IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. WE INVITE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, BUT PRIMARILY YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 13-25, TO VENTURE INTO THE WILDERNESS FOR 4 TO 50 DAYS TO LEARN THAT THERE IS MORE IN THEM THAN THEY KNOW. THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HIKING, CANOEING, BACKPACKING, DOGSLEDDING AND CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, VOBS INSTRUCTORS FACILITATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN THEIR CONFIDENCE, RESILIENCE, AND COMPASSION, AND SKILLS SUCH AS TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP. VOBS SERVED 552 STUDENTS IN ITS HOMEPLACE WILDERNESS PROGRAMS IN 2025.
Expenses $2,247,220 · Grants $387,272 · Revenue $1,503,094
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VOBS TWIN CITIES CENTER DELIVERS OUTDOOR PROGRAMS PRIMARILY TO STUDENTS LIVING IN AND NEAR ST PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. THE PROGRAMMING USES THE SAME CURRICULUM AND ACTIVITIES, CUSTOMIZED AND ADAPTED TO BE DELIVERED THROUGH A SERIES OF DAY PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS PRIMARILY SERVE MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE URBAN CORE AND GIVE ACCESS TO THE POWER OF THE OUTDOORS AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TRADITIONALLY UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THIS DAY PROGRAMMING, CALLED INSIGHT, VOBS OFFERS SUMMER MULTIDAY EXPEDITIONS OUT OF OUR TWIN CITIES CENTER, PRIMARILY UTILIZING THE ST CROIX RIVER, A DESIGNATED WILD AND SCENIC RIVER, AND THE SUPERIOR HIKING TRAIL ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. VOBS SERVED 587 STUDENTS IN ITS TWIN CITIES CENTER URBAN PROGRAMS IN 2025.
Expenses $782,646 · Grants $409,250 · Revenue $185,156
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Expenses $795,278 · Grants $3,363 · Revenue $795,053
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Cindy HolkerCINDY HOLKER
CHAIR - PART YEAR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gunnar CarlsonGUNNAR CARLSON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom BearTOM BEAR
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paul MaahsPAUL MAAHS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ted MooresTED MOORES
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julie HignellJULIE HIGNELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lynn LapointeLYNN LAPOINTE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter BaileyPETER BAILEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Judson DaytonJUDSON DAYTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David GoldenDAVID GOLDEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jack HaggertyJACK HAGGERTY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mike HouseholderMIKE HOUSEHOLDER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Heidi WeilerHEIDI WEILER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stewart HudnutSTEWART HUDNUT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jack LeeJACK LEE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $181,812
- From this org
- $153,341
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,471
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,341
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,471
- Filer's total
- $181,812
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Marlais BrandMARLAIS BRAND
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $143,181
- From this org
- $121,471
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,710
- Hours/week
- 40
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Stacey MinnickSTACEY MINNICK
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING
- Total calculated
- $134,274
- From this org
- $125,660
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,614
- 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. 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
Answered yes
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 3
- COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA WAS USED IN ESTABLISHING THE SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. CHANGES IN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 6 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202611269349303641
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