Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,257,539
- Total expenses
- $1,226,921
- Contributions and grants received
- $333,559
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $923,857
- Investment income
- $123
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $331,641
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $94,689
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $236,952
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $986,658
- Management and general expenses
- $186,997
- Fundraising expenses
- $53,266
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $986,658
Program services were 80.4% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$65,700
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$267,859
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2a · Program service revenue: GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
total $781,512 · related or exempt $781,512
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2b · Program service revenue: REUSE STORE
total $133,446 · related or exempt $133,446
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2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES
total $8,899 · related or exempt $8,899
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3 · Investment income
total $123 · excluded $123
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $87,176 · program services $26,153 · management and general $43,588 · fundraising $17,435
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $718,664 · program services $651,459 · management and general $39,992 · fundraising $27,213
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $65,731 · program services $42,311 · management and general $23,420
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $65,899 · program services $55,906 · management and general $6,441 · fundraising $3,552
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,066 · management and general $4,066
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11g · Fees: other
total $41,329 · program services $40,004 · management and general $1,325
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $17,032 · program services $10,732 · management and general $1,300 · fundraising $5,000
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14 · Information technology
total $15,186 · program services $965 · management and general $14,221
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16 · Occupancy
total $73,484 · program services $57,579 · management and general $15,905
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,167 · program services $1,167
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $11,420 · program services $10,359 · management and general $1,061
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23 · Insurance
total $16,990 · management and general $16,990
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24a · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION
total $53,722 · program services $53,372 · management and general $350
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24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $30,792 · program services $25,686 · management and general $5,106
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24c · Other expenses: REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
total $13,187 · program services $6,718 · management and general $6,469
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24d · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE
total $4,064 · program services $2,793 · management and general $1,271
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24e · All other expenses
total $7,012 · program services $1,454 · management and general $5,492 · fundraising $66
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $173,965 · end of year $155,694
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $47,693 · end of year $90,728
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $391
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$122,635
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$37,807
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $78,080 · end of year $84,828
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $93,404 · end of year $28,914
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $65,775
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $206,334 · end of year $236,952
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
THE MISSION OF EXPLORE ECOLOGY IS TO ENCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP WITH INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDING SCHOOL GARDENS, WATERSHED AND WASTE REDUCTION EDUCATION AND REUSE ART PROGRAMMING. EXPLORE ECOLOGY ADDRESSES HOW INDIVIDUAL CAN EFFECT POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO EDUCATE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND PROMOTE ART EXPLORATION
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OVER 800 ENVIRONMENTAL LESSONS WERE CONDUCTED BY EXPLORE ECOLOGY STAFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 20,000 PEOPLE, NEARLY ALL STUDENTS. AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS WERE EDUCATED THROUGH EXPLORE ECOLOGY'S SCHOOL GARDENS PROGRAM. LESSONS FOCUS ON WASTE DIVERSION (REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE AND COMPOST), WATER QUALITY, SCHOOL GARDENS AND NUTRITION. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION LESSONS ARE PRESENTED TO GROUPS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS, AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP GROUPS, AS WELL AS SOME GROUPS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ADULTS. THROUGH THIS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, EXPLORE ECOLOGY HELPS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS REACH THEIR GOALS OF EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
Expenses $788,976 · Revenue $761,399
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REOPENING THE ART FROM SCRAP CREATIVE REUSE STORE IN APRIL OF 2021 ALLOWED THE PROGRAM TO RESUME, RECEIVING DONATIONS FROM OVER 200 BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS. OVER 18 TONS OF MATERIALS WERE DIVERTED FROM THE LANDFILL WHILE EDUCATING BUSINESSES ABOUT REDUCING AND REUSING THEIR EXCESS MATERIALS. 25 SCHOOLS SERVING ABOUT 5,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE FREE MATERIALS PROGRAM, INCORPORATING REUSE ITEMS SUITABLE FOR ART, SCIENCE AND OTHER CURRICULAR USES INTO THEIR SCHOOLS. YOUTH GROUPS, ARTISTS, PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATED IN AND LEARNED ABOUT THE WASTE DIVERSION TECHNIQUE OF REUSE THROUGH THE ART FROM SCRAP REUSE STORE, WHERE OVER 200 PEOPLE PER WEEK SHOPPED FOR ALTERNATIVE, CREATIVE REUSE MATERIALS.
Expenses $46,085 · Revenue $16,429
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OVER 5,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN ART ACTIVITIES WITH REUSE MATERIALS AS PART OF THEIR EDUCATION FIELD TRIPS, IN-CLASS LESSONS AND VIRTUAL LESSONS. THESE EXPERIENCES HELPED TO INCREASE THEIR PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO LEAD TO IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE. THROUGH THE SUMMER OF 2021 EXPLORE ECOLOGY STAFF PROVIDED ART PROGRAMMING IN THE SCHOOL GARDENS FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, ART PROGRAMMING IN THE SCHOOL GARDENS CONTINUED AT SPECIFIC SITES TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO ENGAGE THEIR CREATIVITY USING NATURAL MATERIALS IN THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS. EXPLORE ECOLOGY SUPPORTS LOCAL ARTISTS BY PROVIDING REUSE MATERIALS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON. IN APRIL OF 2021 THE ART FROM SCRAP STORE RESUMED ITS REGULAR OPERATIONS PROVIDING LOW COST OR FREE ART MATERIALS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GROUPS.
Expenses $151,597 · Revenue $146,029
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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SUSAN TOMPKINS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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SCOTT ESTBY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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MICHAEL HAMMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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JAMES CUNNINGHAM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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BRYAN KERNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
CLAYTON GARLAND
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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GRACIELLA RODRIGUEZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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DANIELLE GLYNN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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LINDSAY JOHNSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $87,176
- From this org
- $79,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,976
- 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
- 15 November 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202313199349325131
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