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← CHILDREN AND NATURE NETWORK

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHILDREN AND NATURE NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,235,726
Total expenses
$3,397,242
Contributions and grants received
$2,204,652
Grants paid
$119,880
Program service revenue
$882,619
Investment income
$148,455
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,658,228
Total liabilities, end of year
$752,232
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,905,996
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,543,916
Management and general expenses
$521,286
Fundraising expenses
$332,040
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,543,916

Program services were 74.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,204,652

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $882,619 · related or exempt $882,619

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $148,455 · excluded $148,455

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $114,880 · program services $114,880

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $326,891 · program services $27,594 · management and general $216,516 · fundraising $82,781

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,278,666 · program services $1,016,872 · management and general $89,284 · fundraising $172,510

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $119,457 · program services $99,945 · fundraising $19,512

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $130,778 · program services $87,341 · management and general $23,398 · fundraising $20,039

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $577,894 · program services $456,506 · management and general $111,865 · fundraising $9,523

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,439 · program services $35,078 · management and general $8,905 · fundraising $3,456

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $170,704 · program services $161,424 · management and general $7,625 · fundraising $1,655

  • 17 · Travel

    total $185,566 · program services $142,635 · management and general $28,985 · fundraising $13,946

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $294,184 · program services $284,073 · management and general $9,126 · fundraising $985

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $44,850 · program services $34,450 · management and general $5,200 · fundraising $5,200

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,524 · program services $2,277 · management and general $9,247

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTREACH EXPENSE

    total $75,328 · program services $70,428 · management and general $4,400 · fundraising $500

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $14,081 · program services $5,413 · management and general $6,735 · fundraising $1,933

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $703,409 · end of year $1,681,891

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,259,785 · end of year $5,161,414

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $558,952 · end of year $766,916

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $84,564 · end of year $32,882

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

    $147,600

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

    $132,475

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $59,975 · end of year $15,125

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $146,855 · end of year $172,521

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $555,725 · end of year $579,711

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,789,746 · end of year $4,401,334

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,174,359 · end of year $2,504,662

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.TO INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NATURE SO THAT CHILDREN AND THE NATURAL WORLD CAN THRIVE. WE DO THAT BY: 1) FOSTERING BELIEF THAT A CONNECTION TO NATURE IS CRITICAL TO CHILDREN'S HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT; 2) CHANGING CORE SYSTEMS THAT IMPACT CHILDREN'S DAILY ACCESS TO NATURE, SUCH AS MUNCIPAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ETC.; 3) GROWING THE MOVEMENT TO RECONNECT CHILDREN WITH NATURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NATURE SO THAT CHILDREN AND THE NATURAL WORLD CAN THRIVE.

  • FOSTER BELIEFOUR ONLINE RESEARCH LIBRARY HAS GATHERED 1,400 PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES ON THE BENEFITS OF NATURE AND PROVIDES FREE ACCESS TO THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR NATURE CONNECTION. FINDING NATURE NEWS, OUR BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ILLUMINATED 39 ARTICLES, SPOTLIGHTING ON-THE-GROUND LEADERS, ADVOCATES AND BELIEVERS IN THE CHILDREN AND NATURE MOVEMENT. OUR RESOURCE HUB OF 700 PUBLICATIONS, MATERIALS AND TOOLS WAS ACCESSED BY 28,770 USERS.

    Expenses $638,814 · Revenue $5,770

  • CHANGE CORE SYSTEMSC&NN HAS LAUNCHED NATURE EVERYWHERE, A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NATURE EVERYWHERE CHILDREN LIVE, LEARN AND PLAY IN 100 COMMUNITIES BY 2025. IN FALL 2023,19 ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES WERE ENGAGED IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PLANS FOR CONNECTING CHILDREN TO NATURE. OUR CITIES, GREEN SCHOOLYARDS AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 50 MUNICIPALITIES AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ADVANCING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NATURE AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS.

    Expenses $1,536,596 · Grants $104,880 · Revenue $754,108

  • GROW THE MOVEMENTOUR 2023 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ENGAGED 530 ATTENDEES AND PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPORT ATTENDANCE OF 28 DIVERSE YOUNG LEADERS AND NATURE ADVOCATES. OUR MEMBERSHIP BASE UNITES 600 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM 22 COUNTRIES. FAMILIES TOGETHER IN NATURE WEBINARS AND VIRTUAL EVENTS PROVIDED CONTENT AND INSPIRATION TO 1,800 PARENTS, CAREGIVERS AND FAMILY SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    Expenses $368,506 · Grants $15,000 · Revenue $122,741

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sarah Milligan-Toffler

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $183,959
    From this org
    $177,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,085
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,874
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,085
    Filer's total
    $183,959
  • Edward H Kegle Jr

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $145,462
    From this org
    $131,876
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,586
    Hours/week
    50
  • Jesus Aguirre

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kim Moore Bailey

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lisa Moore

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mickey Fearn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Ginsburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Hanaa Hamdi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Herron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Larson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniele Lyman Torres

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hussein Mohsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hannah Quimby

    DIRECTOR

    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. 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 · 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
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD ANNUALLY CONDUCTS A PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO. THE ORGANIZATION REFERENCES SALARY REPORTS OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHEN DETERMINING COMPENSATION.

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202412069349301126

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