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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE WELTY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$424,763
Total expenses
$181,471
Contributions and grants received
$272,204
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$51,976
Investment income
$17,511
Other revenue
$83,072
Total assets, end of year
$859,792
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,107
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$857,685
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$161,481
Management and general expenses
$17,505
Fundraising expenses
$2,485
Program service expenses (Part III)
$161,481

Program services were 89.0% 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

    $3,217

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $268,987

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $51,976 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,511 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    $3,217

  • 11a · Other revenue: Unrealized gain on investment

    total $83,072 · related or exempt $83,072 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $83,072

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $41,050 · program services $30,788 · management and general $10,262 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $88,635 · program services $88,635 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,921 · program services $9,133 · management and general $788 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $95 · program services $84 · management and general $11 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,350 · program services $0 · management and general $1,350 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,345 · program services $3,259 · management and general $1,086 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $803 · program services $616 · management and general $187 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,553 · program services $1,830 · management and general $723 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $783 · program services $587 · management and general $196 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,100 · program services $6,075 · management and general $2,025 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,202 · program services $1,202 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $165 · program services $136 · management and general $29 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

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

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,671 · program services $2,918 · management and general $753 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program & Event Supplies

    total $16,637 · program services $15,542 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,095

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other Misc

    total $630 · program services $535 · management and general $95 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing & Postage

    total $1,531 · program services $141 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,390

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $25,188 · end of year $88,747

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,443 · end of year $2,104

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,533 · end of year $2,523

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

    $39,141

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

    $39,141

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $548,206 · end of year $723,926

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $38,698 · end of year $42,410

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $82

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,675 · end of year $2,107

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $282,295 · end of year $282,295

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $332,098 · end of year $575,390

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Our mission is to provide leadership in environmental education by equitably engaging the diverse residents of the Stateline region with activities that foster an appreciation of nature & promote environmental stewardship

  • Weltys main source of program revenue and expenses are field trips for area school districts (Beloit, Turner, Janesville, Milton), preschool programs (Even Start, Head Start, Community Kids) and private and charter school groups(The Lincoln Academy,Rock Co.Montessouri). We also provide programing for service organizations (YMCA, Community Action) funded by local granting agencies (Stateline Community Foundation. Alliant Energy Foundation, Ecolab Foundation, Col. Robert Morse Foundation). Most of these trips happen at Big Hill Park, where the Welty Center is located, but Welty also leads after school programs that take place in school building (SDBs Todd Elementary). Participants: 6,121

    Expenses $53,827 · Grants $20,507 · Revenue $37,155

  • Welty offers nature-themed public programs at its Big Hill Park location and other sites in the Stateline Area (Nature at the Confluence, Nygren Wetlands, Beckman Mill County Park) for individuals & families, including the annual Maple Sugar fest. WElty also runs day camps & no-school days during the school year, and weekly during the summer. In the third-year of a National Science Foundation grant, Welty hosted high school interns for a semester-long experience and ran a summer day camp for autistic teenagers. Participation: 1,250

    Expenses $53,827 · Grants $33,381 · Revenue $52,062

  • Welty leads environmental education programs on-request for service organizations (Rock Co.Conservationists, Skype-a-Scientist,YWCA) and area libraries. Welty also hosts table activities at various community days, farmers markets, amd special school expos. Welty sponsored an intern who brought programs to area service providers funded by a donation from a Welty donor. Participants: 2,181

    Expenses $53,827 · Grants $30,507 · Revenue $47,154

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Spreitzer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirk Berridge

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anthony Bosco

    Internal Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heidi Andre

    External Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin Larson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jane Fossum

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Elfstrom

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Laube

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harry Wiersgalla

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Bendlin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaelyb Lokrantz

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nick Giefer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Plakans

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $41,050
    From this org
    $41,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Marc Kinneman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Vollbrecht

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betty Brewer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Davidson

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423199349309632

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