WILDERNESS CENTER INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C600

Classification

2800

Street

9877 ALABAMA AVE SW

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 · 2023

• THE WILDERNESS CENTER'S CONSERVATION PROGRAM CURRENTLY PROTECTS MORE THAN 3,388 ACRES OF FOREST, WETLANDS, GRASSLANDS & FARMLANDS & MORE THAN 13 MILES OF STREAMS IN A 7-COUNTY AREA. TWC CURRENTLY OWNS (IN FEE) 2,082 ACRES & HOLDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 1,306 ACRES. TWC HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROTECTION & ENHANCEMENT OF 96 ACRES OF HABITAT VIA THE COMMUNITY WATERSHED CONSERVAON PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES LANDOWNERS WITH A PLAN TO ENHANCE OR RESTORE WILDLIFE HABITAT ON THEIR PROPERTY THROUGH THE USE OF NON-BINDING AGREEMENTS. TWC ALSO BEGAN LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION ON 3 PROPERTIES TOTALING 54 ACRES OF INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT, WETLAND CREATION & RESTORATION, & HARDWOOD FOREST MANAGEMENT.

  Expenses $708,047 · Grants $1,060 · Revenue $116,324

• THE WILDERNESS CENTER'S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A DEEP CONNECTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS & THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THROUGH A DIVERSE ARRAY OF INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS, WE AIM TO INSPIRE CURIOSITY, INSTILL ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND PROMOTE LIFELONG LEARNING. TWC OFFERS A VARIETY OF FORMAL (SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, ETC.) AND NON-FORMAL (INTERPRETIVE HIKES, CITIZEN SCIENCE, ETC.) EDUCATIONAL CLASSES TO MEMBERS & THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TWC SERVED OVER 6,000 MEMBERS AND GUESTS IN TOTAL FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR. OVER 2,500 OF THOSE WERE SCHOOL-BASED AND OTHER YOUTH-BASED PROGRAMMING OFFERED ON AND OFF-SITE. OVER 3,000 OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS WERE THOSE ATTENDING FAMILY FRIENDLY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS OVER 300 ADULT PARTICIPANTS TO VARIOUS EDUCATIONALPROGRAMS.

  Expenses $377,208 · Revenue $61,971

• THE WILDERNESS CENTER'S FACILITIES INCLUDE AN INTERPRETIVE BUILDING CONTAINING CLASSROOMS, MEETING ROOMS, EXHIBITS, A WILDLIFE OBSERVATION ROOM AND A BOOKSTORE/GIFT SHOP. TWC'S ASTRONOMY EDUCATION BUILDING HOUSES AN OBSERVATORY AND THE FRED F. SILK PLANETARIUM. TWC OFFERS 10 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS, PICNIC SHELTERS AND AN OBSERVATION TOWER FOR THE PUBLIC'S ENJOYMENT AND ENRICHMENT. TWC IS ALSO HOME TO A NATURE PLAYSCAPE AND A NATIVE PLANT NURSERY.

  Expenses $205,870 · Revenue $33,822

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,553,015

  Expenses

  $1,703,803

  Contributions

  $1,275,106

  Grants paid

  $1,060

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,196,049

  Expenses

  $1,536,605

  Contributions

  $513,898

  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

  $2,338,688

  Expenses

  $1,392,091

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,623,820

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $816,491

  Expenses

  $1,280,637

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,923,083

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,074,314

  Expenses

  $1,314,866

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,307,466

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,646,277

  Expenses

  $1,138,991

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,324,311

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,062,628

  Expenses

  $1,130,682

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,529,797

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,231,384

  Expenses

  $1,004,400

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,626,672

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

• STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $496,676

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT

• STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $213,344

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $199,726

  2023 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,600

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $9,449

  2024 · FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN LOGICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING AND IN HARD NATURAL SCIENCES SUCH AS CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS.

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $9,294

  2023 · FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN LOGICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING AND IN HARD NATURAL SCIENCES SUCH AS CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS.

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $8,816

  2022 · FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN LOGICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING AND IN HARD NATURAL SCIENCES SUCH AS CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS.

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $6,897

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $5,100

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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