High Five Adventure Learning Center INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 03-0363893)

Jennifer Ottinger’s $102K as Executive Director is at the 33rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Jennifer Ottinger	$102,461	$90,204	$79,573	$73,672	$55,417
James Grout	—	—	$91,260	$86,733	$76,380

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Improves lives, learning, and work through experiential education for individuals, schools, and communities.

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3 programs · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Challenge Course Services

Challenge course services provides the tools and equipment that support adventure programming. We design, install, inspect and repair challenge courses of all sizes, provide ongoing consulting services to these programs, and partner with our customers to integrate all of high 5's services in ways that schools, youth and service…

$1.2Mprogram expense

02

Training and Team Development

The training and team development team teaches individuals, schools, businesses, and communities from across the northeast how to improve problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills, increase team communication and performance, create an atmosphere of cooperation, trust and encouragement, and discover and effectively capitalize on…

$634Kprogram expense

03

Edge of Leadership

The edge of leadership program provides adventure-based youth leadership development through work performed in schools and on our brattleboro campus and challenge course. Our four experiential educators with 65 years of collective experience guide students in grades 5 through 12, and their teachers, to develop critical thinking and…

$336Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2025

Harriett Ames Charitable TrustFY2025$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.4M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.8M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$294K

Other incomeLn 4–11$244K

Money outPt IX

$2.8M

Ln 25

Programscol B$2.1M

Managementcol C$656K

Owns and owesPt X

$943K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$304K

Total assetsLn 16$1.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$870K

PeoplePt VI, VII

9

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a8

IndependentVI 1b8

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$294K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.8M

Investment incomeLn 3$13K

Other incomeLn 4–11$244K

Gains on assetsLn 7$12K

Total revenueLn 12$2.4M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$304K

SavingsLn 2$500

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$304K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34K

Other assetsLn 15$189K

Total assetsLn 16$1.8M

LiabilitiesLn 26$870K

Net assetsLn 32$943K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 526

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$356K	$304K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$71K	$34K
Total assetsLn 16	$2.5M	$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$985K	$870K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.5M	$943K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$126K	$98K	$28K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.4M	$1.1M	$318K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$139K	$102K	$37K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$116K	$91K	$25K
Legal feesLn 11b	$642	$186	$456
Accounting feesLn 11c	$7K	$2K	$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$33K	$10K	$24K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$13K	$509	$12K
Office expensesLn 13	$77K	$19K	$58K
OccupancyLn 16	$41K	$25K	$16K
TravelLn 17	$187K	$175K	$12K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$19K	$10K	$9K
InterestLn 20	$10K	$720	$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$29K		$29K
InsuranceLn 23	$177K	$142K	$35K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$340K	$317K	$23K
All other expensesLn 24e	$37K	$24K	$13K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.8M	$2.1M	$656K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$2.4M	$2.8M	−$428K	$943K	990 PDF
FY2023	$3.9M	$3.0M	$826K	$1.6M	990 PDF
FY2022	$2.2M	$2.7M	−$498K	$806K	990 PDF
FY2021	$3.5M	$2.4M	$1.1M	$1.3M	990 PDF
FY2020	$1.4M	$1.7M	−$302K	$125K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $2,363,819 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,545,128$294,238

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,998,441$1,812,164

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $240$13,114

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $314,959$244,303

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,858,768$2,363,819

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,742,328$1,819,326

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,290,038$972,440

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,032,366$2,791,766

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $826,402−$427,947

Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8

VI-1b Independent voting members8

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,363,819 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $242,256 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$294,238

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$294,238

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,812,164$1,812,164

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,546$1,546

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $11,568$11,568

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,047$2,047

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,056,467 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $13,114$2,363,819

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,791,766 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $98,481 · Management $27,923$126,404

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,119,920 · Management $317,933$1,437,853

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $102,074 · Management $37,071$139,145

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $90,612 · Management $25,312$115,924

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $186 · Management $456$642

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,109 · Management $5,178$7,287

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,625 · Management $23,625$33,250

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $509 · Management $12,213$12,722

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $19,160 · Management $58,332$77,492

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $24,597 · Management $16,395$40,992

IX-17 TravelPrograms $175,382 · Management $12,038$187,420

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,563 · Management $9,183$18,746

IX-20 InterestPrograms $720 · Management $9,416$10,136

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $29,143$29,143

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $141,876 · Management $35,345$177,221

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $316,794 · Management $23,202$339,996

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $24,344 · Management $13,049$37,393

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,135,952 · Management $655,814 · Fundraising $0$2,791,766

Part X · Balance sheet $1,813,983 assets, 17 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $225,404$303,761

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $130,676$500

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,369,735$903,944

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $224,459$260,873

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $223,100$119,273

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$2,806

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $71,498$34,030

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $229,314$188,796

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,474,186$1,813,983

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $120,257$128,656

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $102,402$63,544

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $232,757$186,518

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $984,503$870,497

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $63,511−$33,952

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,426,172$977,438

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,489,683$943,486

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,474,186$1,813,983

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $943,486 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,363,819

XI-2 Total expenses$2,791,766

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$427,947

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,489,683

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$118,250

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$943,486

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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