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Eaglewatch INC

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Wabasha, MN501(c)(3)Since 1995Animals EIN 41-1817466Revenue $1.6M in FY2025Latest return filed May 13, 2026

On file with the IRSnationaleaglecenter.orgWabasha, MNTax-exempt since Dec 1995Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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The world's premiere resource for impactful eagle education and experiences. We are committed to a world where the iconic power and presence of eagles is known, respected and advocated for. With the eagle as our focal point, we educate the public about the natural world and the ways in which people and cultures interact with the majestic symbol.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers and 35 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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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $138K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$77K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 90% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $56K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$307K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.6M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$1.7M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$2.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$1.7M
FY2025▼ -11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$2.7M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$3.3M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$2.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Dec 1995.

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

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $1.2M Management & general 21% · $348K Fundraising 10% · $165K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $77K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Karlin Symons
Executive Director - Thru 9/2024
$51,786Pt VII · Sec A
Ed Minnema
Executive Director
$24,923Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Toni Smith
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ai Cooper
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Rylee Hince
Board Co-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Karlin Symons’s $52K as Executive Director - Thru 9/2024 is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M animals 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Margaret Gammage-Tucker—$116,748$123,362$130,563$111,447—
Rolf Thompson—————$111,330
Karlin Symons$51,786$3,692————
Ed Minnema$24,923—————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates and provides experiences about eagles.

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1 program · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Provided environmental education about eagles and the upper mississippi national wildlife refuge offered online and outreach programs to people of all ages through adventures in eagle territory provided exhibitions and programs on eagles in art, history, and across cultures and provided behinds scenes and habitat tours to over 80,000…

$1.2Mprogram 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 · FY2024
Xcel Energy FoundationFY2024$21K
The American Center for Philanthropy INCFY2024$10K
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFY2024$7K
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaFY2024$6K
The Minneapolis FoundationFY2024$6K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$5K
Edward Jones FoundationFY2024$250
Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$56K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$723K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$690K
Other incomeLn 4–11$189K
Money outPt IX
$1.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$348K
Fundraisingcol D$165K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$503K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$307K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$690K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$723K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$189K
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$290K
SavingsLn 2$212K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$503K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$17K
Accounts receivableLn 4$142
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$45K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$19K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.4M
Intangible assetsLn 14$20K
Other assetsLn 15$43K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$307K
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 535
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY23FY22FY21
End of yearLn 1g$50K$80K$106K
Given inLn 1b$50K
SpentLn 1d–1f$30K$26K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$779K$503K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.4M$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M$307K
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M$2.7M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$112K$56K$56K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$624K$491K$96K$37K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$6K$2K$437
Other employee benefitsLn 9$39K$29K$8K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$60K$45K$12K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$66K$66K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$99K$13K$86K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$62K$40K$22K
Office expensesLn 13$20K$2K$17K$766
Information technologyLn 14$42K$16K$16K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$148K$143K$4K$1K
InterestLn 20$19K$18K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$173K$166K$5K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$41K$41K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$156K$156K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.7M$1.2M$348K$165K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 $1.6M$1.7M−$73K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 14, 2025 $1.4M$1.9M−$469K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 8, 2024 $1.5M$1.6M−$175K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 4, 2023 $2.3M$1.7M$528K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 28, 2022 $2.6M$1.4M$1.3M$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 16, 2021 $1.1M$1.3M−$235K$2.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,606,069 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $472,543$689,660
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $722,916$722,642
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,702$5,141
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $223,079$188,626
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,423,240$1,606,069
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 $946,159$843,151
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $945,673$835,430
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,891,832$1,678,581
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$468,592−$72,512
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $1,606,069 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $187,401 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$133,038
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$556,622
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,411
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$689,660
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $722,642$722,642
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,141$5,141
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,225$1,225
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $910,043 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,366$1,606,069
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,678,581 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,031 · Management $56,031$112,062
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $490,952 · Management $95,951 · Fundraising $36,771$623,674
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,496 · Management $1,805 · Fundraising $437$8,738
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $28,769 · Management $7,994 · Fundraising $1,934$38,697
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $44,592 · Management $12,390 · Fundraising $2,998$59,980
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $65,809$65,809
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $12,581 · Fundraising $86,223$98,804
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $39,997 · Fundraising $21,737$61,734
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,645 · Management $17,353 · Fundraising $766$19,764
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $15,578 · Management $15,588 · Fundraising $10,640$41,806
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $142,540 · Management $4,138 · Fundraising $1,379$148,057
IX-20 InterestPrograms $17,817 · Management $1,073$18,890
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $165,929 · Management $5,185 · Fundraising $1,728$172,842
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $41,173$41,173
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $155,531$155,531
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $11,020$11,020
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,165,877 · Management $348,091 · Fundraising $164,613$1,678,581
Part X · Balance sheet $2,997,861 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $275,950$290,352
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $503,027$212,180
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $617,505$16,808
X-4 Accounts receivable$142
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $48,901$44,887
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$18,538
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,432,550$2,351,953
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $32,800$20,500
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $33,116$42,501
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,943,849$2,997,861
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $277,888$118,540
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $104,339$90,944
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $798,525$97,792
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,180,752$307,276
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $620,953$688,262
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,142,144$2,002,323
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,763,097$2,690,585
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,943,849$2,997,861
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,690,585 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,606,069
XI-2 Total expenses$1,678,581
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$72,512
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,763,097
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,690,585

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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