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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PAJARITO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,234,703
Total expenses
$1,022,099
Contributions and grants received
$632,585
Grants paid
$200
Program service revenue
$131,524
Investment income
$59,210
Other revenue
$411,384
Total assets, end of year
$1,915,947
Total liabilities, end of year
$66,459
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,849,488
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$882,240
Management and general expenses
$103,978
Fundraising expenses
$35,881
Program service expenses (Part III)
$882,240

Program services were 86.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $37,304

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $84,995

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $510,286

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: program fees

    total $131,524 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $59,210 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $5,602 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,681 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,921 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,921 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $37,787

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $23,836

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $13,951 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: In-kind Contributions

    total $153,054 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: Government Contracts

    total $221,842 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $18,616 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $393,512

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $200 · program services $200

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $444,419 · program services $364,424 · management and general $57,774 · fundraising $22,221

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,715 · program services $7,146 · management and general $1,133 · fundraising $436

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,893 · program services $16,312 · management and general $2,586 · fundraising $995

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,996 · program services $27,877 · management and general $4,419 · fundraising $1,700

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,145 · program services $0 · management and general $13,145 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,079 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $2,079

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $84,167 · program services $84,157 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,265 · program services $2,073 · management and general $96 · fundraising $96

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,199 · program services $31,867 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,332

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,105 · program services $11,898 · management and general $722 · fundraising $6,485

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,949 · program services $3,949 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,382 · program services $597 · management and general $580 · fundraising $205

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $74,603 · program services $74,603 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,768 · program services $21,223 · management and general $545 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: In-kind Expenses

    total $153,054 · program services $153,054 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other program-related expenses

    total $52,372 · program services $52,372 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Cost of goods sold

    total $23,836 · program services $23,836 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,952 · program services $6,652 · management and general $22,978 · fundraising $332

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $558,621 · end of year $835,446

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $209,091 · end of year $177,218

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $14,869 · end of year $16,284

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,325 · end of year $4,291

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

    $989,761

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

    $543,116

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $521,248 · end of year $446,645

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $374,015 · end of year $436,063

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $76,121 · end of year $66,459

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $927,520 · end of year $1,150,240

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $685,528 · end of year $699,248

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Enriching people's lives by strengthening their connections to our canyons mesa mountain and skies.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Enriching people's lives by strengthening their connections to our canyons mesas mountains and skies

  • Nature Center: PEEC operates the Los Alamos Nature Center for the County of Los Alamos NM. The nature center's hands-on interactive exhibits related to the land animals and flora of the Pajarito Plateau provide a learning experience for visitors of all ages. In addition to an exhibit hall the nature center offers a state-of-the-art planetarium and a wildlife observation room. The outdoor exhibits feature native plant gardens the largest collection of penstemons in the country a tree house and nature play area. The nature center gift shop offers locally-made products and environmentally-friendly items encouraging people to experience the outdoors. During FY23 we welcomed 10,594 visitors to the nature center and 1372 attendees to our planetarium shows.

    Expenses $495,442 · Revenue $440,380

  • Public Programs: We offer numerous programs for the public at low or no cost. These include lectures classes hikes outings planetarium shows after-school programs and summer camps. Many of these events like Nature Playtimes for children Forest Explorers for children Gentle Walks for seniors and a planetarium show are regularly scheduled each week. We offer the Summer Family Evening program to bring the community together to learn more about and interact with the local environment and wildlife. Due to the popularity of our online public programs during Covid restrictions we have continued to stream events when practical. During FY23 9,545 individuals attended one of our public programs.

    Expenses $286,515 · Revenue $171,530

  • School Programs: We offer a variety of hands-on science lessons to students throughout northern New Mexico. These include in-school lessons and field trips astronomy classes in our planetarium outings to local public lands and field trips to the nature center. We offer our programs to public private and home-schooled children. During FY23 we served 4,722 students.

    Expenses $100,283 · Revenue $126,567

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Allen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Macke

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Richard Williams

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Zwick

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Galen Gisler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Janet Griego

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nan Sauer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Shelly Tarantello

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Eduardo Santiago

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Bonnie Klamm

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
202333199349321663

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