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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COLORADO OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,969,255
Total expenses
$6,829,637
Contributions and grants received
$798,232
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,466,209
Investment income
$526,783
Other revenue
$178,031
Total assets, end of year
$14,644,935
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,108,956
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,535,979
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,941,149
Management and general expenses
$838,154
Fundraising expenses
$50,334
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,941,149

Program services were 87.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $798,232

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Outdoor Education

    total $6,448,904 · related or exempt $6,448,904

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Cattle and Horse Sales

    total $17,305 · unrelated business $17,305

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $526,783 · related or exempt $526,783

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $13,120 · related or exempt $13,120

  • 11b · Other revenue: Merchandise Sales

    total $25,402 · related or exempt $25,402

  • 11c · Other revenue: Gain on Sale of Fixed Assets

    total $234 · related or exempt $234

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $139,275 · related or exempt $139,275

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $178,031

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $214,080 · program services $192,672 · management and general $19,267 · fundraising $2,141

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $2,559,056 · program services $2,301,794 · management and general $219,230 · fundraising $38,032

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $144,783 · program services $117,039 · management and general $24,911 · fundraising $2,833

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $204,817 · program services $204,817

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $86,712 · management and general $86,712

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,437 · management and general $63,437

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,108 · program services $43,108

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $65,541 · management and general $65,541

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $385,280 · program services $385,280

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $321,398 · management and general $321,398

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $503,174 · program services $503,174

  • 24b · Other expenses: Food

    total $681,208 · program services $681,208

  • 24c · Other expenses: Scholarships

    total $292,100 · program services $292,100

  • 24d · Other expenses: Transportation Vehicles

    total $214,396 · program services $214,396

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,050,547 · program services $1,005,561 · management and general $37,658 · fundraising $7,328

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,436,757 · end of year $620,375

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $195,447 · end of year $2,885,474

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $126,147

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $34,491 · end of year $59,421

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $17,569 · end of year $17,466

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,064 · end of year $38,011

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

    $14,194,108

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

    $6,051,826

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,644,493 · end of year $8,119,597

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,132,342 · end of year $2,778,444

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $135,652 · end of year $176,597

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $768,464 · end of year $749,891

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,198,686 · end of year $1,182,468

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,751,095 · end of year $11,801,740

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $645,266 · end of year $734,239

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of Colorado Outdoor Education Center is to develop the potential of individuals by providing extraordinary educational experiences in the natural world.

  • In 2023, we served over 646 campers during our Sanborn Western Camps program and hired more than 150 seasonal staff. During our school program at High Trails Outdoor Education Center, we served over 3,000 6th grade students and high school aged counselors. At our Nature Place Conference Center, we served 1472 guests who took part in our team-building and leadership development curriculum.

    Expenses $5,941,149

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Marable

    CEO/President

    Total calculated
    $103,242
    From this org
    $103,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Philip B Allen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy Burnham

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marybeth Ezaki

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodrick S Lucero

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Malone

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Miller

    Board Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Rowley

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederick E Sanborn

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles V Sweet

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kendrick T Wallace

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank R Williams

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane McAtee Sanborn

    Board Secretary/COEC Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jerome McLain

    COEC Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

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
7 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442819349301619

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