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← ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,817,323
Total expenses
$2,326,462
Contributions and grants received
$2,720,619
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$991,704
Investment income
$36,818
Other revenue
$68,182
Total assets, end of year
$6,462,495
Total liabilities, end of year
$469,973
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,992,522
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,779,006
Management and general expenses
$368,886
Fundraising expenses
$178,570
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,779,006

Program services were 76.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,350

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $41,430

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $148,468

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,526,371

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $252,951

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMPS

    total $369,493 · related or exempt $369,493

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PRESCHOOL TUITION

    total $331,107 · related or exempt $331,107

  • 2c · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY PROGRAM FEES

    total $291,104 · related or exempt $291,104

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,818 · excluded $36,818

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $91,604

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $91,604

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $91,604 · excluded $91,604

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,813

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

    $41,430

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,089

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$29,276 · excluded -$29,276

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $610

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $305

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $305 · excluded $305

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,537

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $398

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,139 · excluded $3,139

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $2,410 · excluded $2,410

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,410

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $225,607 · program services $176,529 · management and general $31,026 · fundraising $18,052

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,254,920 · program services $981,911 · management and general $172,600 · fundraising $100,409

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $96,550 · program services $75,546 · management and general $13,279 · fundraising $7,725

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,433 · program services $82,496 · management and general $14,501 · fundraising $8,436

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,465 · management and general $23,465

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $42,826 · program services $21,054 · management and general $21,304 · fundraising $468

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,531 · program services $750 · management and general $17,781

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77,129 · program services $32,739 · management and general $24,830 · fundraising $19,560

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,887 · program services $5,480 · management and general $9,217 · fundraising $190

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $133,144 · program services $120,259 · management and general $8,146 · fundraising $4,739

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,398 · program services $2,398

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,429 · program services $6,663 · management and general $595 · fundraising $171

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $246,580 · program services $209,593 · management and general $24,658 · fundraising $12,329

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $50,228 · program services $39,301 · management and general $6,908 · fundraising $4,019

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $27,335 · program services $24,287 · management and general $576 · fundraising $2,472

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,222 · end of year $11,464

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $891,228 · end of year $1,071,112

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $231,498 · end of year $1,428,239

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,313 · end of year $7,868

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,235 · end of year $10,123

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

    $6,809,622

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

    $3,486,849

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,409,135 · end of year $3,322,773

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $338,793 · end of year $610,916

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $54,283 · end of year $102,173

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $43,534 · end of year $67,284

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $316,946 · end of year $300,516

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,238,071 · end of year $4,236,836

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $263,590 · end of year $1,755,686

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE NURTURE CHILDREN, THEIR WELL-BEING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH CONNECTING AND LEARNING IN NATURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

  • ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER, INC. IS LEADING THE WAY TO ENSURE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH NATURE BY OFFERING POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAPTURE THEIR INTEREST, ENGAGE THEIR SENSES AND TEACH THEM TO APPRECIATE THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL LIVING THINGS. THESE GOALS ARE MET THROUGH SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, AT-SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER NATURE CAMPS, FAMILY PROGRAMS, SCOUT PROGRAMS, NATURE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TOTAL VISITORS REACHED FOR ALL PROGRAMS WERE 30,210.

    Expenses $1,779,006 · Revenue $991,704

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bill Nelson

    CHAIR (SINCE AUGUST)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Hecht

    CHAIR (THRU JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Edward Mills

    VICE PRESIDENT (THRU MARCH)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Mandell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Schwantes

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Dean

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Decker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amber McReynolds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Schlaefer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Trish Stevenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Theodore Widder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenna Soyer

    DIRECTOR (SINCE DECEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betsy Parker

    PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $94,245
    From this org
    $94,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Debra McCue

    BUS MNGR/ASST TREAS & ASST SEC

    Total calculated
    $58,214
    From this org
    $50,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,136
    Hours/week
    24

  • Virginia Wiggen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $73,151
    From this org
    $73,151
    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
2024
Filed
7 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512819349301106

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