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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$43,043,103
Total expenses
$43,979,051
Contributions and grants received
$5,910,347
Grants paid
$1,341,419
Program service revenue
$32,540,539
Investment income
$4,130,029
Other revenue
$462,188
Total assets, end of year
$115,993,374
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,290,764
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$106,702,610
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$30,758,822
Management and general expenses
$12,274,671
Fundraising expenses
$945,558
Program service expenses (Part III)
$30,758,822

Program services were 69.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $850

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,909,497

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $241,411

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COURSE REVENUE

    total $31,006,192 · related or exempt $31,006,192

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OUTFITTING REVENUE

    total $492,210 · related or exempt $492,210

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FORFEITED DEPOSITS

    total $340,945 · related or exempt $340,945

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $329,129 · related or exempt $329,129

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SEMINARS

    total $320,364 · related or exempt $320,364

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $51,699 · related or exempt $51,699

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,341,989 · excluded $2,341,989

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $11,728 · excluded $11,728

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,627

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $16,627

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $16,627 · unrelated business $16,627

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,900,000 · other assets $66,028

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

    securities $3,169,324 · other assets $8,664

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,730,676 · other assets $57,364

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,788,040 · excluded $1,788,040

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $957,415

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $580,889

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $376,526 · related or exempt $144,589 · unrelated business $231,937

  • 11a · Other revenue: RATIONS INCOME

    total $57,307 · unrelated business $57,307

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $57,307

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,180,748 · program services $1,180,748

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $160,671 · program services $160,671

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $892,396 · management and general $892,396

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,338,576 · program services $15,526,750 · management and general $3,224,004 · fundraising $587,822

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $312,689 · program services $218,191 · management and general $82,630 · fundraising $11,868

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,849,440 · program services $2,026,476 · management and general $668,751 · fundraising $154,213

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,963,924 · program services $1,517,348 · management and general $391,809 · fundraising $54,767

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $159,268 · management and general $159,268

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $316,566 · program services $31,414 · management and general $247,983 · fundraising $37,169

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $853,026 · program services $598,418 · management and general $248,573 · fundraising $6,035

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,421,177 · program services $1,165,021 · management and general $212,546 · fundraising $43,610

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,875,015 · program services $1,662,101 · management and general $1,212,914

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,351,822 · program services $1,081,458 · management and general $270,364

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $4,551,158 · program services $1,913,598 · management and general $2,633,852 · fundraising $3,708

  • 24b · Other expenses: OFFICE AND OPERATING EX

    total $2,332,655 · program services $738,675 · management and general $1,566,405 · fundraising $27,575

  • 24c · Other expenses: COURSE RATIONS

    total $1,348,524 · program services $1,348,524

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTFITTING SUPPLIES

    total $723,559 · program services $723,559

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,347,837 · program services $865,870 · management and general $463,176 · fundraising $18,791

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,325,835 · end of year $417,250

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,172,754 · end of year $4,703,376

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,007,342 · end of year $1,337,013

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,700,657 · end of year $814,105

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,216,817 · end of year $1,158,958

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $478,984 · end of year $673,059

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

    $63,980,534

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

    $36,474,092

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $29,178,791 · end of year $27,506,442

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $71,163,659 · end of year $78,390,611

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $992,560 · end of year $992,560

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,030,172 · end of year $3,713,267

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,378,258 · end of year $5,577,497

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $49,729,604 · end of year $50,564,552

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,099,365 · end of year $56,138,058

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL IS TO BE THE LEADING SOURCE AND TEACHER OF WILDERNESS SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP THAT SERVE PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

  • THE SCHOOL OFFERS AN EXTENSIVE CURRICULUM OF OUTDOOR COURSES. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND TRAINING IN WILDERNESS MEDICINE AND WILDERNESS EDUCATION TO APPROXIMATELY 25,300 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $30,113,048 · Grants $1,341,419 · Revenue $32,364,764

  • THE SCHOOL PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH PUBLISHED MATERIALS AND SEMINARS.

    Expenses $645,774 · Revenue $320,364

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • N Stuart Harris

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Hiza

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Dominguez-Arms

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Fried

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noah Gottdiener

    TREASURER/ASST SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Phipps

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Babcock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Dignan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Hirsch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Lucchino

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Abegglen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jimmy Chin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Griffin Myers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ahmad Thomas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Briscoe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lesford Duncan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Randolph

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffery Bryan Wall

    INTERIM CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jon Ferlise

    FORMER CFO

    Total calculated
    $168,923
    From this org
    $168,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,923
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,923
  • Alexander Colhoun

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $243,501
    From this org
    $215,046
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,455
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,046
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,455
    Filer's total
    $243,501
  • Melissa Gray

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $187,743
    From this org
    $156,638
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,105
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,638
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,059
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,046
    Filer's total
    $187,743
  • Erin Freed

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $199,786
    From this org
    $163,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,394
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,392
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,406
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,988
    Filer's total
    $199,786
  • Michael Hess

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $159,156
    From this org
    $136,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,450
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,706
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,450
    Filer's total
    $159,156
  • Bobby Johnston

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $150,722
    From this org
    $116,781
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,941
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,781
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,941
    Filer's total
    $150,722
  • Rachael Price

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $146,014
    From this org
    $137,991
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,023
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michelle Johnston

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $119,808
    From this org
    $119,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cari Michelle Karns

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $126,647
    From this org
    $126,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Terri Watson

    FORMER PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $516,161
    From this org
    $484,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,776
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $346,885
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $137,500
    Deferred
    $16,433
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,343
    Filer's total
    $516,161

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 committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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 4A
TERRI WATSON $137,500 - SEVERANCE PAY

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • NANDADEVI OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · IN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL SOCIETY

    EDUCATION · CA · assets $0

    Directly controlled by NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

  • NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL MEXICO SC

    EDUCATION · MX · assets $1,171,198

    Directly controlled by NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
2 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541959349301074

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