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← OKEFENOKEE SWAMP PARK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by OKEFENOKEE SWAMP PARK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,147,912
Total expenses
$2,197,388
Contributions and grants received
$288,633
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,477,236
Investment income
-$45,413
Other revenue
$427,456
Total assets, end of year
$1,282,312
Total liabilities, end of year
$125,364
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,156,948
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,563,305
Management and general expenses
$619,571
Fundraising expenses
$14,512
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,563,305

Program services were 71.1% 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)

    $65,478

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $223,155

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BOAT PKG. 2, 1 HR.

    total $790,004 · related or exempt $790,004

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BOAT PKG. 1, 30 MIN.

    total $199,626 · related or exempt $199,626

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LIGHT SHOW

    total $152,446 · related or exempt $152,446

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS, GENERAL

    total $121,521 · related or exempt $121,521

  • 2e · Program service revenue: BOAT PKG 3

    total $64,223 · related or exempt $64,223

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $149,416 · related or exempt $149,416

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$45,413 · excluded -$45,413

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $559,858

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $282,452

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $277,406 · related or exempt $277,406

  • 11a · Other revenue: RENTAL INC-CANOE & KAYAK

    total $86,175 · related or exempt $86,175

  • 11b · Other revenue: RENTAL INC-MOTOR BOAT

    total $18,619 · related or exempt $18,619

  • 11c · Other revenue: RENTAL INC-OFFICE & SITE RE

    total $11,820 · related or exempt $11,820

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $33,436 · related or exempt $33,436

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $150,050

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $978,795 · program services $646,005 · management and general $332,790

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $143,341 · program services $94,604 · management and general $48,737

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $74,851 · program services $49,402 · management and general $25,449

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,800 · program services $3,800

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,256 · management and general $22,256

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $36,775 · program services $36,775

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $125,846 · management and general $125,846

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,205 · program services $26,068 · management and general $14,137

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $129,073 · program services $129,073

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $116,981 · program services $116,981

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $97,164 · program services $97,164

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS, BUILDINGS

    total $92,364 · program services $92,364

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTED LABOR SERVICES

    total $58,399 · program services $58,399

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE - BOATS & OPE

    total $46,778 · program services $46,778

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD SERVICE

    total $38,944 · management and general $38,944

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $191,816 · program services $165,892 · management and general $11,412 · fundraising $14,512

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $336,512 · end of year $294,198

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $61,194 · end of year $85,014

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,141 · end of year $16,697

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

    $4,713,212

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

    $4,180,792

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $512,024 · end of year $532,420

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,996 · end of year $8,138

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $405,479 · end of year $345,845

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $67,422 · end of year $125,364

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $52,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,205,356 · end of year $1,156,401

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,068 · end of year $547

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PART III, QUESTION 1 MISSION OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE VISITOR ACCESS AND INTERPRETIVE EDUCATION THAT INSPRIRES CONSERVATION ADVOCACY FOR THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES AND MAINTAINS A BROADLY BASED PROGRAM CONSISTING OF: GUIDED BOAT EXCURSIONS INTO THE SWAMP LECTURES FIXED, ANIMATED AND LIVE EXHIBITS EXTENSIVE IN-SWAMP BOARDWALKS A GUIDED TRAIN TOUR OF TYPICAL SWAMP AREAS ALL PRESENTING AND INTERPRETING THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP--ITS PLANT, ANIMAL AND REPTILE INHABITANTS AND ITS EVOLUTION. DURING 2022, 88,430 ADULTS AND CHILDREN VISITED THE PARK. ALSO, MANY STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR GUIDE VISITED ON EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS. THEY REPORTED PROGRAM REVENUES OF 1,477,236 IN 2022.

    Expenses $1,563,305 · Revenue $1,477,236

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kim Bednarek

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $132,192
    From this org
    $132,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Chris Allen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Jim Barber

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Gibson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Wendy Good

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • S William Clark III

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • James A Beal IV

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Greg Jacobs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clint Lott

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobby McCullough

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff McCutcheon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles McMillian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Montgomery

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Philip Saussy

    VICE-CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liza Taylor

    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
2022
Filed
4 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400469349302310

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