Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2007.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
74 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
18 people listed on the 990; $681K paid to officers and key staff.
Sarah Milligan Toffler’s $176K as CEO is at the 76th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Milligan-Toffler | — | — | $177,874 | $163,384 | $160,667 | $138,415 |
| Sarah Milligan Toffler | $176,100 | $177,262 | — | — | — | — |
| Monica Magee | $136,666 | $132,429 | — | — | — | — |
| Laura Mylan | $134,536 | $135,930 | — | — | — | — |
| Edward H Kegle JR | — | — | $131,876 | $114,591 | $112,017 | $77,546 |
| Ed Kegle | $130,031 | $130,907 | — | — | — | — |
| Jamie Ehrenberg | — | $108,711 | — | — | — | — |
| Priya Cook | $103,557 | $100,525 | — | — | — | — |
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.
See Children and Nature Network executive salaries →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 children with nature to ensure their well-being and protect the environment.
Questions for Children and Nature Network
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Systems changechildren & nature network has provided technical assistance, tools & resources to over 80 communities through nature everywhere, our strategic initiative to advance equitable access to nature everywhere children live, learn and play in 100 communities by 2025.
Foster beliefover 65,000 users have visited our online research library which holds 1,400 peer-reviewed studies on the benefits of nature and provides free access to the latest scientific evidence for nature connection.
Grow the movementover 600 leaders, caregivers and nature advocates from 10 countries attended the 2024 nature everywhere conference. C&NN provided scholarships to 30 young leaders and nature advocates to support their participation. Our membership base unites 600 individuals and organizations.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $6.7M | $4.1M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $0 | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $6.8M | $4.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $794K | $128K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $6.0M | $4.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $380K | $380K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $19K | $19K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $724K | $479K | $106K | $140K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.3M | $833K | $184K | $245K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $150K | $100K | $22K | $27K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $164K | $109K | $24K | $31K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $6K | $6K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $9K | $9K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $497K | $382K | $101K | $15K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $76K | $47K | $13K | $16K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $176K | $162K | $11K | $3K |
| TravelLn 17 | $167K | $116K | $39K | $12K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $355K | $331K | $23K | $587 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $10K | $374 | $9K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $92K | $75K | $9K | $8K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.1M | $3.0M | $554K | $499K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 30, 2026 | $2.3M | $4.1M | −$1.8M | $4.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 2, 2025 | $3.7M | $4.7M | −$961K | $6.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 24, 2024 | $3.2M | $3.4M | −$162K | $6.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 5, 2023 | $1.7M | $3.6M | −$1.9M | $7.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 | $2.2M | $2.2M | −$5K | $9.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $10.4M | $1.5M | $8.9M | $9.2M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,318,870 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,318,870 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,086,174 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,414,760 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,286,801 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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