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FONTENELLE FOREST

EIN 47-6026109 BELLEVUE, NE

Revenue 2025
$6,435,485
Expenses 2025
$3,280,702

Program services were 68.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2800
Street
1111 BELLEVUE BLVD N

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 · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY THE QUIET WILD OF NATURE. WE WANT TO INSPIRE CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO CARE FOR THE NATURAL WORLD.

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - FONTENELLE FOREST PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES, FROM PRESCHOOLERS TO SENIORS. IN 2025, FONTENELLE FOREST PROVIDED 726 FORMAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVER 27,000 VISITORS THROUGH OUR SCHOOL, OUTREACH, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. OUR PROGRAM CURRICULUM INCORPORATES HANDS-ON LEARNING AND EXPLORES SEVERAL TOPICS SUCH AS SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, HABITAT AND RESOURCE USE, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND RAPTOR EDUCATION. MOST PROGRAMMING TAKES PLACE AT THE FOREST, THOUGH STAFF EDUCATORS DO PROVIDE STATEWIDE OUTREACH AT SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND EVENTS.

    Expenses $632,477 · Revenue $127,737

  • NATURAL RESOURCES/CONSERVATION - FONTENELLE FOREST IS ONE OF NEBRASKA'S OLDEST CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AND ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE NATURE CENTERS IN THE NATION. THE FOREST ENCOMPASSES OVER 2,100 ACRES OF FOREST, PRAIRIE, WETLANDS, & ENDANGERED OAK SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. OUR DEDICATED STAFF & VOLUNTEERS ARE PRACTITIONERS OF RESTORATION ECOLOGY,EMPLOYING A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING BIODIVERSITY SURVEYING, EROSION CONTROL, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, THINNING, AND PRESCRIBED BURNING. THESE EFFORTS PROMOTE STRONG BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY IN AN EVER-CHANGING URBAN LANDSCAPE. FOREST LAND STEWARDS FACILITATE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, PRESENT AT INDUSTRY CONFERENCES, & COLLABORATE ON PRESCRIBED BURNS ON BOTH THE FOREST AND PARTNER AGENCY PROPERTIES.

    Expenses $762,703 · Revenue $120

  • NATURE CENTERS - FOR OVER A CENTURY, FONTENELLE FOREST HAS PROVIDED A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS AND TO EXPERIENCE THE NATURAL WORLD. FOREST STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ENGAGE MEMBERS, VISITORS AND GUESTS THROUGH CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, OUTDOOR RECREATION, AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PROPERTIES. FONTENELLE FOREST NATURE CENTER IN BELLEVUE AND NEALE WOODS NATURE RESERVE IN OMAHA PROVIDE PLACES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH EXHIBITS, PLAY SPACES, A MILE-LONG ACCESSIBLE BOARDWALK AND 24 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS.

    Expenses $453,121 · Revenue $394,276

  • RAPTOR OUTREACH - FONTENELLE FOREST'S RAPTOR OUTREACH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO TEACH THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT BIRDS OF PREY, THEIR ROLE WITHIN THE NATURAL WORLD, AND THE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY ON THEM AND THEIR HABITATS - HELPING FONTENELLE FOREST TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION OF INSPIRING CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO CARE FOR THE NATURAL WORLD. THESE EDUCATIONAL RAPTOR AMBASSADORS SERVE AS EDUCATIONAL AMBASSADORS FOR OUTREACH PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, IN ADDITION TO BEING ONSITE AT THE FONTENELLE FOREST RAPTOR WOODLAND REFUGE. IN 2025, FONTENELLE FOREST PROVIDED 241 FORMAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVER 15,500 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUR SCHOOL, OUTREACH, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $393,597 · Revenue $43,427

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SALLY MCGILL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRITTNI REDDING

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH GRIGER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALYSSA BORDEN

    PRESIDENT - ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHALLA HASSAN

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN LEVY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNI ROCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT BURKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COLLEEN LEEVER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH GUDEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANEL KAUFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORI KLEINSCHMIT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC ROUMPH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAY TURKLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB WELLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY HENDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JERRY MCCAW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TYLER IRVINE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $145,469
    From this org
    $145,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $351
    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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $6,435,485
    Expenses
    $3,280,702
    Contributions
    $2,168,626
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,010,364
    Expenses
    $2,964,178
    Contributions
    $4,046,245
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,131,915
    Expenses
    $2,789,850
    Contributions
    $2,240,464
    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
    $3,401,483
    Expenses
    $2,438,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,818,631

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,257,940
    Expenses
    $2,469,044
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,228,818

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,246,302
    Expenses
    $2,581,359
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,003,771

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,854,489
    Expenses
    $2,566,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,269,953

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,661,608
    Expenses
    $2,474,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,307,560

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,097,239
    Expenses
    $2,448,954
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,332,284

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,147,466
    Expenses
    $2,439,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,450,302

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,565,647
    Expenses
    $2,416,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,428,807

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,099,499
    Expenses
    $2,422,126
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,764,614

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,681,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,260,772

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.