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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,611,058
Total expenses
$1,708,247
Contributions and grants received
$1,474,357
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$21,465
Investment income
$37,920
Other revenue
$77,316
Total assets, end of year
$1,363,742
Total liabilities, end of year
$82,660
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,281,082
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,072,159
Management and general expenses
$449,335
Fundraising expenses
$186,753
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,072,159

Program services were 62.8% 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

    $20,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $299,952

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,154,405

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $21,465 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,920 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $63,077

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

    $20,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $23,371

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $39,706 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $39,706

  • 11a · Other revenue: EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT

    total $37,610 · related or exempt $37,610 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $37,610

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $195,144 · program services $97,819 · management and general $97,325 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $722,928 · program services $561,253 · management and general $78,826 · fundraising $82,849

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $19,841 · program services $11,679 · management and general $4,966 · fundraising $3,196

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $46,210 · program services $25,216 · management and general $15,215 · fundraising $5,779

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $95,601 · program services $60,911 · management and general $23,012 · fundraising $11,678

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $63,500 · program services $0 · management and general $63,500 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $267,085 · program services $124,197 · management and general $83,334 · fundraising $59,554

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,407 · program services $1,417 · management and general $7,074 · fundraising $5,916

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,128 · program services $10,038 · management and general $9,040 · fundraising $1,050

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,219 · program services $16,370 · management and general $8,135 · fundraising $1,714

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $40,942 · program services $13,018 · management and general $27,924 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,862 · program services $20,385 · management and general $7,477 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM AND GENERAL EXPENSES

    total $151,019 · program services $123,757 · management and general $15,852 · fundraising $11,410

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

    total $7,402 · program services $5,713 · management and general $1,689 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $9,959 · program services $386 · management and general $5,966 · fundraising $3,607

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,155,872 · end of year $1,061,171

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $136,277 · end of year $153,064

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $3,212

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

    $274,978

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

    $130,183

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $173,070 · end of year $144,795

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,663 · end of year $1,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $96,611 · end of year $82,660

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,097,959 · end of year $827,888

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $280,312 · end of year $453,194

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CULTIVATING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF LEADERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS BY INCREASING OUTDOOR EQUITY.

  • ELK serves more than 5,000 underserved, under-represented youth (ages 5-25) each year through year-round intensive programs and in-school/after-school programs in Denver, Adams, and Arapahoe Counties. ELK reaches racially and socioeconomically diverse communities in Denver, Aurora, and Commerce City by working directly with local schools, teachers and community groups to provide a wide variety of outreach activities.

    Expenses $930,879 · Revenue $20,563

  • Under a Cooperative Agreement with the City and County of Denver, the Education Center is established and maintained by ELK for the people of the City and County of Denver and for the general public in cooperation with the Denver Parks and Recreation Department. In 2024, 3,283 people of all ages visited and utilized the Education Center.

    Expenses $141,280

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Juan Perez Saez

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $58,908
    From this org
    $58,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $58,908
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $58,908

  • Jedidah Frederick

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $38,417
    From this org
    $38,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kim Weiss

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $97,819
    From this org
    $97,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mikaela Gibson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie Palmer

    TREASURER/COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kara Matsumoto

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Walton

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Bayless

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mercedes Blea-Davis

    COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Grant Brown

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Henley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristina Lance

    COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Nichols

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Ostermick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carrol Rhead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cristal Cisneros

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Shapiro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tara Winward

    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

None.

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

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532059349301348

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