To help NYC students thrive through envir science, nature connections & positive youth dvpmt

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 18 volunteers and 43 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $290K a year · 18% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$170K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $8.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.9 months of spending in cash, plus $8.8M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $55K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$440K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
-21% vs prior year
Spent
$2.6M
To programs
63%
Net assets
$10.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2024▼ -21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.3M
Expenses
$2.6M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$2.6M
Net assets
$10.5M
FY2024▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$11.0M
FY2021$12.5M
FY2022$9.9M
FY2023$10.1M
FY2024$10.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2002.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $1.6M Management & general 24% · $636K Fundraising 13% · $342K

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; $170K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$169,740Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Salma S Choudhury-Muro’s $170K as Executive Director is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Salma S Choudhury-Muro$169,740$169,615———
Judith Rivkin—$11,678$162,327$149,827$144,353

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

Connects NYC students with environmental science and nature for positive youth development.

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3 programs · $1.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Christodora's wilderness camp, Manice Education Center (MEC), located in the Hoosac mountain range of northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts, provides the main facility for programs in environmental education, wilderness immersion and development of social- emotional skills.

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

Christodora's Community of Rising Environmentalists and other weekend/out-of-school time programs enable students to stay active and connected year-round and to become agents of renewal within their communities and in natural areas throughout the city. Ongoing weekend programs are based at Bronx River Park in the Bronx.

$205Kprogram expense
03

Christodora's Winter Ecology Program (WEP) brings teams of Christodora environmental educators to over 70 middle and high school classrooms in under-resourced neighborhoods for an engaging and hands-on 7-week Introduction to Ecology course.

$137Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$55K
Grants paid · 5 grants · $932K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$147,300
Unitemized GrantFY2023$422,490
Unitemized GrantFY2022$135,160
Unitemized GrantFY2021$141,375
Unitemized GrantFY2020$86,020

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$677K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$310K
Other incomeLn 4–11$273K
Money outPt IX
$2.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.6M
Managementcol C$636K
Fundraisingcol D$342K
Owns and owesPt X
$10.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$197K
Total assetsLn 16$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$440K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$677K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$82K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$172K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$310K
Investment incomeLn 3$30K
Other incomeLn 4–11$273K
Gains on assetsLn 7$894
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$194K
SavingsLn 2$3K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$197K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M
Other assetsLn 15$407K
Total assetsLn 16$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$440K
Net assetsLn 32$10.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 543
VolunteersI 618
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$791K$197K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.2M$8.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$10.6M$10.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$535K$440K
Net assetsLn 32$10.1M$10.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$147K$147K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$170K$85K$51K$34K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$914K$728K$17K$169K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$137K$103K$9K$26K
Payroll taxesLn 10$97K$73K$6K$18K
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$103K$103K
Investment management feesLn 11f$331K$331K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$60K$1K$59K$263
Advertising and promotionLn 12$968$534$45$389
Office expensesLn 13$98K$74K$6K$18K
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$116K$87K$7K$22K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$62K$62K
InsuranceLn 23$63K$47K$4K$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$238K$174K$34K$30K
All other expensesLn 24e$65K$49K$4K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.6M$1.6M$636K$342K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.3M$2.6M−$1.3M$10.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$2.6M−$928K$10.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.5M$1.7M−$203K$9.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.2M$1.4M$765K$12.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.3M$1.1M$234K$11.0M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,290,134 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $944,767$677,378
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $568,550$309,949
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$30,223$30,225
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $149,967$272,582
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,633,061$1,290,134
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $422,490$147,300
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,200,118$1,317,879
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $1,900$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $936,554$1,143,138
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,561,062$2,608,317
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$928,001−$1,318,183
Part VI · Governance 22 of 23 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,290,134 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $377 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$171,811
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$505,567
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$81,889
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$677,378
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $309,949$309,949
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $29,331$29,331
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $894$894
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $197,303$197,303
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $74,902$74,902
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $309,949 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $302,807$1,290,134
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,608,317 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $147,300$147,300
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $84,870 · Management $50,922 · Fundraising $33,948$169,740
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $727,791 · Management $16,800 · Fundraising $169,217$913,808
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $103,031 · Management $8,586 · Fundraising $25,758$137,375
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $72,717 · Management $6,060 · Fundraising $18,179$96,956
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,652$4,652
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $102,514$102,514
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $331,292$331,292
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,051 · Management $58,730 · Fundraising $263$60,044
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $534 · Management $45 · Fundraising $389$968
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $74,222 · Management $6,027 · Fundraising $18,077$98,326
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,010$1,010
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $86,984 · Management $7,249 · Fundraising $21,746$115,979
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $62,219$62,219
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $47,162 · Management $3,930 · Fundraising $11,791$62,883
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $173,694 · Management $33,950 · Fundraising $30,142$237,786
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $49,083 · Management $4,112 · Fundraising $12,270$65,465
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,630,658 · Management $635,879 · Fundraising $341,780$2,608,317
Part X · Balance sheet $10,901,006 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $774,378$193,785
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $16,311$3,001
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $104,150$85,387
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,093$3,188
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,073,864$1,388,536
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,031,037$3,852,160
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $4,122,583$4,967,702
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $500,849$407,247
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,630,265$10,901,006
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,206$38,377
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $13,004$191
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $495,844$401,497
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $535,054$440,065
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,755,211$10,423,441
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $340,000$37,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $10,095,211$10,460,941
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,630,265$10,901,006
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,460,941 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,290,134
XI-2 Total expenses$2,608,317
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,318,183
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$10,095,211
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,379,772
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$300,000
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$4,141
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$10,460,941

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