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← CHOOSE OUTDOORS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHOOSE OUTDOORS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$721,069
Total expenses
$799,202
Contributions and grants received
$721,020
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$49
Total assets, end of year
$745,348
Total liabilities, end of year
$27,095
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$718,253
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$679,316
Management and general expenses
$91,190
Fundraising expenses
$28,696
Program service expenses (Part III)
$679,316

Program services were 85.0% 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)

    $323,042

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $397,978

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $16,000

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $49 · related or exempt $49

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $171,062 · program services $145,403 · management and general $17,106 · fundraising $8,553

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,171 · program services $11,171

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,380 · management and general $17,380

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $402,856 · program services $342,427 · management and general $40,286 · fundraising $20,143

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $450 · program services $450

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,087 · management and general $5,087

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $800 · program services $800

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,450 · management and general $10,450

  • 17 · Travel

    total $67,805 · program services $67,805

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $881 · management and general $881

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $44,209 · program services $44,209

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES/MATERIAL

    total $20,917 · program services $20,917

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE EXPENSE

    total $19,050 · program services $19,050

  • 24d · Other expenses: DONATED GOODS

    total $16,000 · program services $16,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,084 · program services $11,084

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $584,690 · end of year $677,433

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $214,121 · end of year $67,915

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,275 · end of year $27,095

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $793,536 · end of year $718,253

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE OUTDOOR RECREATION AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES THROUGH SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS; RECREATION INFRASTRUCTURE; AND PROGRAMS CONNECTING AMERICANS TO THE OUTDOORS.

  • THE 2023 US CAPITOL CHRISTMAS TREE FROM THE MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST IN WEST VIRGINA WAS THE TWELFTH YEAR CHOOSE OUTDOORS SERVED AS THE US FOREST SERVICE PRIMARY NONPROFIT. THE PROJECT IS A YEAR ROUND OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION ABOUT OUR NATIONAL FORESTS AND CULMINATES IN SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE EVENTS ALONG THE WAY FROM THE FOREST TO THE WEST LAWN OF THE US CAPITOL. THOUSANDS OF HAND MADE ORNAMENTS, QUILTED TREE SKIRTS AND LOCALLY PROVIDED REFRESHMENTS ALL HELPED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE MANY BENEFITS OF OUR FORESTS.

    Expenses $252,914

  • AMERICAS FORESTS WITH CHUCK LEAVELL CAPTURES THE BREADTH OF OUR NATIONS WOODLANDS BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. WE FEATURE DIFFERENT STORIES THAT DEMONSTRATE HOW VITAL FOREST HABITATS ARE TO THE WELL-BEING AND ECONOMIC HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN THIS SERIES, WE PRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO EMBODY THIS PASSION FOR THE WOODS, FROM ARCHITECTS TO ARTISTS, FROM CLIMBERS TO CARPENTERS. WE CELEBRATE AMERICAS FORESTS AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTIVE MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED A COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN CENTERED ON A BROADCAST TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY SERIES FOR PBS AND MULTI-FACETED SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH.

    Expenses $426,402

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Ward

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $171,062
    From this org
    $133,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,904
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,158
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,904
    Filer's total
    $171,062

  • Tom Morton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Kelleghan

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Suzanne Barkley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · 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

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
2023
Filed
29 March 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202430929349300038

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