The Keewaydin Foundation FY2021 filing

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Salisbury, VT501(c)(3)Since 1982Recreation & SportsEIN 04-2721019Revenue $7.6M in FY2021

On file with the IRSkeewaydin.org500 Rustic Ln, 05769-9436 · Salisbury, VTTax-exempt since Jul 1986Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide boys and girls with summers filled with fun, adventures and challenges through our rich in-camp activity program, our wilderness trips, and simple living in the beautiful outdoors.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$215K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3.1M a year · 35% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$215K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $12K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.6M
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.6M
+141% vs prior year
Spent
$5.2M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$33.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.6M
FY2021▲ +141%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2M
FY2021$7.6M
FY2022$6.9M
FY2023$8.9M
FY2024$17.5M
FY2025$10.4M
Expenses
$5.2M
FY2021▲ +87%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$5.2M
FY2022$6.0M
FY2023$7.1M
FY2024$7.1M
FY2025$7.4M
Net assets
$33.7M
FY2021▲ +14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$29.5M
FY2021$33.7M
FY2022$31.6M
FY2023$33.9M
FY2024$44.0M
FY2025$48.5M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending October 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1986.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $4.2M Management & general 11% · $575K Fundraising 9% · $462K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990; $215K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Direc
$214,872Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Peter Hare’s $304K as Executive Direc is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 290 $10–100M recreation & sports 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Peter Hare$304,258$304,461$241,838$226,543$214,872$220,735
Mary L Welz$139,134$129,746$116,565$111,439—$78,740
Lauren McDowell$129,885$117,795————
Bruce E Ingersoll—————$122,616
Emily Schoelzel$121,565$112,493$107,214$108,534——
Ellen Fight——$93,441$120,493—$111,050
Kenneth Troumbley$118,531$108,332————
Lee Randlett——$112,645$101,708—$72,243

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Offers kids fun, adventurous summer programs in the outdoors.

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1 program · $4.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

All program services are rendered for the operation of a boys' summer camp, a girls' summer camp, and an environmental education center.

$4.2Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$12K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Money outPt IX
$5.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.2M
Managementcol C$575K
Fundraisingcol D$462K
Owns and owesPt X
$33.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$35.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$645K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$96K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$9K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.4M
Total revenueLn 12$7.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$91K
SavingsLn 2$2.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$14.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.4M
Other assetsLn 15$8.0M
Total assetsLn 16$35.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M
Net assetsLn 32$33.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5246
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderOctober
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.8M$14.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.4M$9.4M
Total assetsLn 16$31.1M$35.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M$1.6M
Net assetsLn 32$29.5M$33.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$215K$161K$43K$11K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$1.2M$200K$139K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$264K$218K$31K$15K
Payroll taxesLn 10$151K$104K$19K$28K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$42K$42K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$8K$8K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$24K$16K$5K$3K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$453K$438K$15K
InsuranceLn 23$200K$172K$21K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.6M$1.3M$152K$158K
All other expensesLn 24e$720K$579K$39K$102K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.2M$4.2M$575K$462K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $10.4M$7.4M$3.0M$48.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $17.5M$7.1M$10.3M$44.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.9M$7.1M$1.8M$33.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.9M$6.0M$946K$31.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $7.6M$5.2M$2.4M$33.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.2M$2.8M$368K$29.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $7,611,414 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,532,913$2,053,813
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $807$3,841,030
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $619,719$1,707,252
I-11 Other revenue$9,319
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,153,439$7,611,414
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,476,724$2,145,646
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,308,906$3,068,831
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,785,630$5,214,477
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $367,809$2,396,937
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,611,414 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $9,319 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$645,084
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,408,729
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$95,741
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,053,813
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,841,030$3,841,030
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $291,793$291,793
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $1,415,459$1,415,459
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,256,489 · Excluded from tax $301,112$7,611,414
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,214,477 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $161,154 · Management $42,974 · Fundraising $10,744$214,872
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,177,179 · Management $199,754 · Fundraising $138,768$1,515,701
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $218,333 · Management $30,840 · Fundraising $15,024$264,197
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $103,787 · Management $18,823 · Fundraising $28,266$150,876
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,568$1,568
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $41,644$41,644
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $8,345$8,345
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $16,015 · Management $5,020 · Fundraising $2,868$23,903
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $438,168 · Management $14,550$452,718
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $172,398 · Management $21,090 · Fundraising $6,203$199,691
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,311,810 · Management $151,666 · Fundraising $157,857$1,621,333
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $578,582 · Management $39,170 · Fundraising $101,877$719,629
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,177,426 · Management $575,444 · Fundraising $461,607$5,214,477
Part X · Balance sheet $35,301,903 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $65,930$91,402
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,319,131$2,499,070
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $153,165$69,889
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $42,492$26,697
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $119,540$121,210
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $77,543$150,153
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,421,649$9,411,181
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $11,809,496$14,935,707
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $8,054,820$7,996,594
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $31,063,766$35,301,903
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $33,454$83,985
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $397,955$169,806
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,555,728$1,562,774
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $14,856,869$15,898,295
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $14,651,169$17,840,834
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $29,508,038$33,739,129
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $31,063,766$35,301,903
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $33,739,129 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,611,414
XI-2 Total expenses$5,214,477
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,396,937
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$29,508,038
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,840,572
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$6,418
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$33,739,129

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