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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTHWEST OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,959,861
Total expenses
$4,121,592
Contributions and grants received
$656,394
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,221,056
Investment income
$59,958
Other revenue
$22,453
Total assets, end of year
$872,685
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,386,990
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$514,305
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,716,746
Management and general expenses
$683,687
Fundraising expenses
$721,159
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,716,746

Program services were 65.9% 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

    $6,601

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $649,793

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $62,156

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and related fe

    total $2,221,056 · related or exempt $2,221,056

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,043 · excluded $6,043

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $458,817

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

    securities $403,602 · other assets $1,300

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $55,215 · other assets -$1,300

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $53,915 · excluded $53,915

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,820

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

    $6,601

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,820 · excluded $4,820

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $17,633 · related or exempt $17,633

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,633

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $148,417 · program services $92,337 · management and general $25,710 · fundraising $30,370

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,061,865 · program services $1,282,783 · management and general $357,172 · fundraising $421,910

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,887 · program services $40,851 · management and general $28,454 · fundraising $23,582

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $223,673 · program services $143,223 · management and general $40,795 · fundraising $39,655

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $132,149 · management and general $102,002 · fundraising $30,147

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $186,853 · program services $57,922 · management and general $24,934 · fundraising $103,997

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,621 · management and general $2,626 · fundraising $28,995

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,315 · program services $3,120 · management and general $15,195

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $75,465 · program services $62,729 · management and general $12,283 · fundraising $453

  • 17 · Travel

    total $105,291 · program services $75,615 · management and general $21,518 · fundraising $8,158

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,472 · program services $31,100 · management and general $744 · fundraising $628

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $160,243 · program services $158,651 · management and general $1,592

  • 24a · Other expenses: Outward Bound fees

    total $304,532 · program services $290,780 · fundraising $13,752

  • 24b · Other expenses: Food

    total $144,218 · program services $136,735 · management and general $1,528 · fundraising $5,955

  • 24c · Other expenses: External fees/taxes

    total $105,532 · program services $84,397 · management and general $18,114 · fundraising $3,021

  • 24d · Other expenses: Land management

    total $63,998 · program services $63,998

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $234,061 · program services $192,505 · management and general $31,020 · fundraising $10,536

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,291 · end of year $181,068

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $469,658

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $287,188 · end of year $155,898

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $85,576 · end of year $11,911

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,312 · end of year $7,268

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

    $329,067

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

    $241,415

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $110,994 · end of year $87,652

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $449,056 · end of year $145,274

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $120,984 · end of year $120,984

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $162,630 · end of year $162,630

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $232,098 · end of year $646,463

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $84,336 · end of year $36,425

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $514,610 · end of year $509,660

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $218,219 · end of year $194,442

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$396,239 · end of year -$1,546,065

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,043,665 · end of year $1,031,760

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Northwest Outward Bound School (NWBOS) changes lives through challenge and discovery. We offer wilderness expeditions for all ages and bring outward bound values to schools and professional groups through team building and character development activities. Our programs develop

Activities or mission (Part I)

Northwest Outward Bound School's mission is to change lives through challenge and discovery. The

  • Northwest Outward Bound School (NWOBS) offers wilderness courses and community programs based out of Redmond, OR; Portland, OR, and Mazama, WA. Students travel from around the world to participate in our wilderness courses which span the pacific northwest from the San Juan islands, Mount Baker, and the north Cascades to the city of Portland, Deschutes river, and Smith Rock. Our wilderness courses and community programs serve middle school students, high school students, and adults, and we offer specialized courses for groups including LGBTQ+, grieving teens, veterans, outdoor educators, professionals and schools.

    Expenses $2,716,746

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Valerie Halpin

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ernesto Fonseca

    Development Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Bear

    Safety Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott South

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie Stagnitti

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Compton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Fraser

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew McClure

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Henry Morse

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Mull

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Reardon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Salitore

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Turner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Waller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Westing

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberly White

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexander Yu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Heisterkamp

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $148,417
    From this org
    $148,417
    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • Outward Bound Services Group II

    Related · National Chartering Affiliate · NC · 14.78% owned · share of income -$10,101 · share of assets $169,695

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432049349300808

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