Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1997.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
8 people listed on the 990.
Ezra Fradkin’s $50K as Managing Director is at the 4th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment 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.
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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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Teaches wilderness skills and community through organic farming and expeditions.
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Wilderness Program
From june to august, kroka offers a variety of outdoor experiences for students ages 6 to 18. Week-long camp based programs introduce the youngest to outdoor adventure; one to two week long expeditions for older children are centered around a specific activity, such as rock-climbing, canoeing, caving, biking, or wild crafts; two to four…
Contract Programs
Primarily school programs. Working closely with our school partners and the land, we create unique wilderness journeys that integrate expedition travel, community service, farming, crafts, and experiential academic discovery. Living and traveling in nature requires commitment and cooperation within the group.
Semester Programs
We offer two semester programs for high school and gap-year students: ecuador in the fall, and northern new england and canada in the winter. On both, self-sufficient expeditions are the catalyst for students to come to understand the world and themselves and their inter- relationship in new ways, learning the importance of…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2019 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY19 | End FY19 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $108K | $340K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1.2M | $1.8M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.4M | $2.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $667K | $853K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $707K | $1.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $613K | $433K | $156K | $24K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $46K | $29K | $15K | $2K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $44K | $31K | $12K | $2K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $23K | $23K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $72K | $43K | $28K | $580 |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $20K | $300 | $20K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $35K | $16K | $9K | $10K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $28K | $28K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $9K | $7K | $1K | $2K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $1K | $101 | $975 | |
| InterestLn 20 | $21K | $21K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $49K | $49K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $81K | $66K | $14K | $975 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $173K | $173K | ||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $115K | $83K | $28K | $4K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.3M | $930K | $336K | $64K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $3.1M | $1.9M | $1.2M | $3.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | −$6K | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $553 | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $2.3M | $1.8M | $436K | $2.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $313K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2019 Viewing | $2.0M | $1.3M | $710K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2019 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,039,581 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,039,581 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,330,018 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,269,941 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,417,046 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2019 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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