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ECHO HILL OUTDOOR SCHOOL INC

EIN 23-7301918 WORTON, MD

Largest nonprofits in Maryland

Revenue 2024
$2,046,321
Expenses 2024
$1,681,339

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C600
Classification
2000
Street
13655 BLOOMINGNECK RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CREATE A CLIMATE OF FREEDOM AND GROWTH IN SHARING SAFE AND FUN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE OUTDOORS. THROUGH HANDS-ON LEARNING, WE CULTIVATE CURIOSITY, INCREASE SELF ESTEEM, EMPOWER THE INDIVIDUAL, AND CREATE AWARENESS AND RESPECT FOR OURSELVES AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

  • ECHO HILL OUTDOOR SCHOOL, LOCATED IN KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND, PROVIDES YEAR- ROUND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS. IN 2024, THE SCHOOL SERVED ABOUT 6,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM PUBLIC, PRIVATE, HOMESCHOOL, AND ADULT GROUPS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH SINGLE-DAY AND MULTI-DAY EXPERIENCES. PROGRAMS SUPPORT CLASSROOM LEARNING AND MEET ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY STANDARDS, NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS, COMMON CORE, AND MARYLAND COLLEGE AND CAREER READY STANDARDS, WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. IN 2024, ECHO HILL ADDED THE PATHFINDER, A NEW HIGH CHALLENGE COURSE TO HELP STUDENTS SET GOALS, BUILD CONFIDENCE, AND WORK AS A TEAM. THE SCHOOL ALSO BUILT A WIGWAM AND LONG HOUSE TO GIVE STUDENTS HANDS-ON LEARNING ABOUT EARLY LIFE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA.

    Expenses $1,414,286 · Revenue $1,348,984

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Peter P Rice Jr

    EXEC DIR EME

    Total calculated
    $11,185
    From this org
    $11,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robert Creamer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Rice

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Balaban

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Morgenthal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mel Rapelyea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John R Schick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Georgina Creamer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia M Hassett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter P Rice III

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $53,522
    From this org
    $53,522
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,046,321
    Expenses
    $1,681,339
    Contributions
    $669,859
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,658,806
    Expenses
    $1,762,750
    Contributions
    $362,903
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,481,414
    Expenses
    $1,534,757
    Contributions
    $407,457
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,243,657
    Expenses
    $939,839
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,672,376

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $567,245
    Expenses
    $705,636
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,899,240

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $560,720
    Expenses
    $732,636
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,871,447

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,852,662
    Expenses
    $1,641,056
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,423,392

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,848,626
    Expenses
    $1,640,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,424,229

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.