Experiential education for young people, promoting the natural world and the betterment of human character.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 37 volunteers and 151 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $112K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 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
$119K
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
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $134K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
40% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 40% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.1M
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$3.3M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$4.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.1M
FY2025▼ -11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$3.4M
FY2025$3.1M
Expenses
$3.3M
FY2025▲ +0.6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$3.3M
FY2024$3.3M
FY2025$3.3M
Net assets
$4.9M
FY2025▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$5.0M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$4.9M
FY2024$5.1M
FY2025$4.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1950.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $2.6M Management & general 16% · $546K Fundraising 4% · $117K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $119K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$118,882Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth Venable’s $119K as Executive Director is at the 44th 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.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Elizabeth Venable$118,882$48,349———
Cissy Kelton Byrd———$450—
Edee Waite Robinson———$450—
Jamey Lowdermilk——$400——
Helen Waite————$300

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

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

Programs and updates

Teaches young people about nature and character through hands-on experiences.

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1 program · $2.6M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Eagle's nest foundation (enf) is an educational institution, utilizing both traditional and non-traditional learning settings, but with an emphasis on experiential learning. Enf's intention is to teach its camper-students many different disciplines, but in doing so, to elevate the individual within community life to an active…

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$465K
Investment incomeLn 3$171K
Money outPt IX
$3.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.6M
Managementcol C$546K
Fundraisingcol D$117K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$8.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$465K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$48K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$171K
Other incomeLn 4–11$91K
Gains on assetsLn 7$63K
Total revenueLn 12$3.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$292K
SavingsLn 2$937K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.3M
Other assetsLn 15$16K
Total assetsLn 16$8.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$4.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5151
VolunteersI 637
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.6M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.2M$4.3M
Total assetsLn 16$6.9M$8.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$5.1M$4.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$127K$64K$42K$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.4M$1.2M$120K$75K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$13K$11K$1K$830
Other employee benefitsLn 9$129K$108K$14K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$108K$90K$11K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$107K$107K
Investment management feesLn 11f$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$25K$10K$15K$747
Advertising and promotionLn 12$30K$30K
Office expensesLn 13$26K$24K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$58K$15K$42K
OccupancyLn 16$56K$44K$11K
TravelLn 17$8K$8K
InterestLn 20$53K$53K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$162K$130K$32K
InsuranceLn 23$166K$145K$20K$338
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$582K$531K$51K
All other expensesLn 24e$226K$163K$59K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.3M$2.6M$546K$117K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.1M$3.3M−$244K$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.4M$3.3M$139K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.9M$3.3M−$338K$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.4M$3.1M$327K$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.7M$2.8M$974K$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.0M$2.2M−$188K$4.0M 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,066,000 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $944,193$464,877
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,370,371$2,338,610
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $107,789$171,369
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,792$91,144
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,430,145$3,066,000
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 $1,814,636$1,793,379
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,476,461$1,516,121
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,291,097$3,309,500
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $139,048−$243,500
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
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 $3,066,000 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $11,265 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$464,877
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$47,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$464,877
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,338,610$2,338,610
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $108,288$108,288
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $63,081$63,081
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $79,879$79,879
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,338,610 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $262,513$3,066,000
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,309,500 across 19 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $63,753 · Management $42,456 · Fundraising $20,711$126,920
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,219,715 · Management $120,152 · Fundraising $75,371$1,415,238
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $11,086 · Management $1,405 · Fundraising $830$13,321
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $107,759 · Management $13,653 · Fundraising $8,067$129,479
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $90,234 · Management $11,432 · Fundraising $6,755$108,421
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,714$1,714
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $106,834$106,834
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $14,708$14,708
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,979 · Management $14,593 · Fundraising $747$25,319
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $29,714$29,714
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,688 · Management $2,542$26,230
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $15,440 · Management $42,279$57,719
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $44,457 · Management $11,114$55,571
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,458$8,458
IX-20 InterestPrograms $53,032$53,032
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $129,747 · Management $32,437$162,184
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $145,366 · Management $20,373 · Fundraising $338$166,077
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $531,161 · Management $51,067$582,228
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $162,514 · Management $59,267 · Fundraising $4,552$226,333
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,646,103 · Management $546,026 · Fundraising $117,371$3,309,500
Part X · Balance sheet $8,178,047 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $228,782$291,638
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $878,529$936,916
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $8,534$1,257,547
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $9,349$14,282
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $21,997$15,380
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,207,547$4,294,922
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,552,391$1,351,091
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $24,105$16,271
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,931,234$8,178,047
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,807$61,468
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $621,238$1,863,002
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $24,105$223,271
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,838,072$3,288,805
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,783,686$3,499,761
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,309,476$1,389,481
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,093,162$4,889,242
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,931,234$8,178,047
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,889,242 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,066,000
XI-2 Total expenses$3,309,500
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$243,500
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,093,162
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$39,580
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,889,242

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