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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WILDERNESS YOUTH PROJECT INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,054,697
Total expenses
$3,242,912
Contributions and grants received
$2,251,864
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$798,582
Investment income
$1,899
Other revenue
$2,352
Total assets, end of year
$4,569,974
Total liabilities, end of year
$521,198
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,048,776
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,536,213
Management and general expenses
$367,419
Fundraising expenses
$339,280
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,536,213

Program services were 78.2% 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

    $2,251,864

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,276

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program fees

    total $798,582 · related or exempt $798,582

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $59,100 · excluded $59,100

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $902,799

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

    other assets $960,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$57,201

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$57,201 · related or exempt -$57,201

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $2,352 · related or exempt $2,352

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,352

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,284 · program services $36,914 · management and general $36,914 · fundraising $18,456

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,134,865 · program services $1,653,695 · management and general $248,123 · fundraising $233,047

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,075 · program services $2,375 · management and general $2,700

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $177,220 · program services $133,362 · management and general $22,334 · fundraising $21,524

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,346 · program services $16 · management and general $13,330

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,874 · program services $2,577 · management and general $8,579 · fundraising $20,718

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,140 · program services $6,704 · management and general $838 · fundraising $23,598

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,810 · program services $28,626 · management and general $20,640 · fundraising $14,544

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $76,230 · program services $64,823 · management and general $6,372 · fundraising $5,035

  • 17 · Travel

    total $105,110 · program services $105,091 · management and general $19

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $44,188 · program services $42,419 · management and general $693 · fundraising $1,076

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,827 · program services $70,492 · management and general $6,183 · fundraising $1,152

  • 24a · Other expenses: Direct Program Expense

    total $363,670 · program services $363,670

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional Developmen

    total $26,273 · program services $25,449 · management and general $694 · fundraising $130

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $484,538 · end of year $768,455

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,349,754 · end of year $980,272

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $92,835 · end of year $371,143

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,872 · end of year $24,942

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

    $677,528

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

    $458,596

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,195,227 · end of year $218,932

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,679,394 · end of year $1,954,183

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $252,047

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $243,304 · end of year $160,094

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $125,939 · end of year $109,057

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $252,047

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,298,241 · end of year $2,481,802

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,166,136 · end of year $1,566,974

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WYP aims to foster confidence, health and a life-long love of learning for young people and families through active outdoor experiences and mentoring. WYP envisions teaching the next generation to be peaceful, respectful and confident stewards of our world.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WYP connects kids to nature in small groups guided by inspired, skilled and committed mentors.

  • Nature Connection In 2022, Wilderness Youth Project served 1,238 youth through outdoor enrichment programs: 47 weekly school-year and after-school programs, serving children ages three through eighteen. Additionally, WYP offered 672 summer camp spots. Through fundraising, WYP was able to provide scholarships to 65% ofparticipants. See additional information on Schedule O.American children spend over 90% of their time indoors. Research in education, psychology and child development confirms that time spent in nature makes children smarter, healthier, happier and more likely to care for the environment. All children need nature. Not just the ones whose families have privilege and easy access to nature. Not only those of a certain race or economic class or culture or gender or sexual identity or language or set of abilities. Using outreach to existing agencies including the Santa Barbara Unified School District, WYP has increased our capacity to recognize uneven access to nature and create access to nature connection and outdoor enrichment programs for marginalized youth in the community.

    Expenses $1,668,949 · Revenue $789,520

  • REACH (Resilience, Education, Adventure, Community and Health) is a two and a half year experiential education program for motivated high school students from Santa Barbara County. The program prepares first-generation, low-income students for lives of purposeful action, continuous learning, and the courageous pursuit of opportunity by providing resources for college attainment and retention and equitable access to the outdoors. REACH annually recruits an average of 40 high school juniors, working with up to three cohorts at a time, and supports them through the summer after their first year in college. Post program graduation, students continue to receive mentorship as needed and resources to achieve their college success and outdoor access. See additional information on Schedule O.This program functions as a separate entity program, with Wilderness Youth Project acting as the fiscal sponsor. In 2022 the REACH program is fully funded by a single donor.

    Expenses $729,798

  • The Sea League (TSL) - TSL is a Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) led organization dedicated to providing year-round, equitable opportunities for youth to engage in ocean sports such as surfing, stand up paddling, kayaking, free diving, and paddle boarding. TSL immerses youth who often lack access to the coast in fun and culturally representative experiences, knowing that all kids can be transformed by diversity and consistent time spent outdoors. Our mission is to create a more diverse ocean centered culture for kids. TSL seeks to disrupt the systemic racial disparities in sea faring ocean recreation. This program functions as a separate entity program, with Wilderness Youth Project acting as the fiscal sponsor.

    Expenses $137,466 · Revenue $9,062

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy Schneider

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Russell

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • April Price

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carrie Kappel

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Graciela Cabello

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brook Eiler

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Ragland

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lean Moran-Acereto

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Romero

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Devon Azzam

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marlen Limon

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Fontaine

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $92,284
    From this org
    $92,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
16 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312779349300031

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