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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BLUE LOTUS FARM & RETREAT CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$828,114
Total expenses
$493,689
Contributions and grants received
$598,268
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$45,536
Investment income
$141,972
Other revenue
$42,338
Total assets, end of year
$1,463,869
Total liabilities, end of year
$117,590
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,346,279
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$310,833
Management and general expenses
$92,374
Fundraising expenses
$90,482
Program service expenses (Part III)
$310,833

Program services were 63.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $65,175

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $533,093

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS

    total $45,536 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,657 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $15,657

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $406,148

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

    securities $279,833

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $126,315

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $126,315 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $126,315

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $119,102

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $65,174

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $80,966

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $38,136 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $38,136

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $4,235

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $68

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $4,167 · excluded $4,167

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $35 · related or exempt $35 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $35

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $77,392 · program services $46,436 · management and general $15,478 · fundraising $15,478

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $150,106 · program services $98,768 · management and general $4,581 · fundraising $46,757

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,050 · program services $12,801 · management and general $875 · fundraising $3,374

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,710 · program services $14,048 · management and general $960 · fundraising $3,702

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,036 · program services $1,033 · management and general $17,003 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,552 · program services $0 · management and general $5,552 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $23,264 · program services $21,377 · management and general $584 · fundraising $1,303

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,836 · program services $1,245 · management and general $419 · fundraising $172

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $37,476 · program services $13,305 · management and general $9,937 · fundraising $14,234

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,616 · program services $5,475 · management and general $858 · fundraising $4,283

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,656 · program services $18,313 · management and general $3,743 · fundraising $600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,287 · program services $837 · management and general $450 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,612 · program services $0 · management and general $1,612 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $50,534 · program services $50,534 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,671 · program services $2,198 · management and general $16,894 · fundraising $579

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $37,687 · program services $24,463 · management and general $13,224 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $204 · program services $0 · management and general $204 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $195,546 · end of year $239,333

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $34,692 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $88,005

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,047 · end of year $16,928

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

    $1,118,876

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

    $561,226

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $406,151 · end of year $557,650

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $535,001 · end of year $561,953

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $25,209 · end of year $55,210

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $64,418 · end of year $62,380

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,068,920 · end of year $1,215,077

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,890 · end of year $131,202

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST UNDER PRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND ADULTS BY SPONSORING HEALING RETREATS IN A NATURAL SETTING WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AS A RESPITE FROM DAILY CHALLENGES

  • PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE OF ANY AGE WITH PROFOUND LIFE CHALLENGES BY OFFERING ACCESSIBLE OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC OPPORTUNITIES IN A CARING, ACCEPTING, AND INSPIRING 64ACRE DAYCAMP SETTING.

    Expenses $310,833 · Revenue $45,536

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Larson

    EXECUTIVE DIRETOR

    Total calculated
    $84,765
    From this org
    $76,581
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,184
    Hours/week
    40

  • Fred Bliffert

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Susan Bliffert

    CHAIRS AND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Roger Dickson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Rebecca Shom

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ena Allen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Fabian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Goldstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Louisa Kamps

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Lemke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Lipscomb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Schlief

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Slinde

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
5 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601959349300410

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