Our mission is to bring youth outdoors to promote a stronger sense of self, community, and connection to nature. We do so by providing overnight camping and backpacking programs to individuals, schools, and youth groups.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$60K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $54K a year · 16% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$60K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $19K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$294K
+45% vs prior year
Spent
$239K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$358K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$294K
FY2023▲ +45%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$163K
FY2022$202K
FY2023$294K
FY2024$435K
FY2025$436K
Expenses
$239K
FY2023▲ +47%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$163K
FY2023$239K
FY2024$342K
FY2025$408K
Net assets
$358K
FY2023▲ +18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$264K
FY2022$303K
FY2023$358K
FY2024$452K
FY2025$479K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending October 2023) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1984.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $224K Management & general 6% · $15K

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; $60K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Outreach Coordinator and Board Member
$24,135Pt VII · Sec A
General Manager
$23,844Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Manager and Board Member
$12,236Pt VII · Sec A
President and Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary and Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer and Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Galen Camp$39,883$30,500$23,844—$14,701
Rebecca Eastman$36,354$30,208$24,135$22,124$22,124
Travis Winter$7,618$12,038$12,236$9,458$9,458

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

Programs and updates

Takes youth camping and backpacking to build self-esteem, community, and nature connection.

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1 program · $224K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Planning, logistics, preparation, and implementation of mobile residential environmental education and backpacking programs for students in school classes and youth groups in an outdoor format of 2 to 15 days length in campgrounds and wilderness areas.

$224Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$19K
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$294K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$268K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$20K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$239K
Ln 25
Programscol B$224K
Managementcol C$15K
Owns and owesPt X
$358K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$281K
Total assetsLn 16$374K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$20K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$268K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Total revenueLn 12$294K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$118K
SavingsLn 2$163K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$281K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$374K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
Net assetsLn 32$358K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderOctober
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$292K$281K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$36K
Total assetsLn 16$305K$374K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$15K
Net assetsLn 32$303K$358K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$73K$63K$10K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$59K$59K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1K$1K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$16K$829$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$1K$894$220$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$18K$18K$300$0
TravelLn 17$9K$9K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K$9K$6$0
InsuranceLn 23$13K$9K$4K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$36K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$145$85$60$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$239K$224K$15K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $436K$408K$27K$479K 990 PDF
FY2024 $435K$342K$93K$452K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $294K$239K$55K$358K 990 PDF
FY2022 $202K$163K$39K$303K 990 PDF
FY2021 $163K$264K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $294,171 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $55,200$19,830
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $145,575$268,205
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,514$6,136
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $202,289$294,171
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 $104,737$152,541
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $58,143$86,519
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $162,880$239,060
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $39,409$55,111
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $294,171 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$19,830
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$19,830
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $268,205 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$268,205
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $6,136 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$6,136
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $274,341 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$294,171
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $239,060 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $62,846 · Management $9,900 · Fundraising $0$72,746
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $59,451 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$59,451
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,200 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,200
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,360 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,360
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,955 · Management $829 · Fundraising $0$16,784
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $894 · Management $220 · Fundraising $0$1,114
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $17,776 · Management $300 · Fundraising $0$18,076
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,952 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,952
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,301 · Management $6 · Fundraising $0$9,307
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,920 · Management $3,803 · Fundraising $0$12,723
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $36,202 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$36,202
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $85 · Management $60 · Fundraising $0$145
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $223,942 · Management $15,118 · Fundraising $0$239,060
Part X · Balance sheet $373,673 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $112,418$117,790
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $180,078$163,338
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,345$53,260
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,820$3,523
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,844$35,762
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $304,505$373,673
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,305$1,165
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$14,200
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,305$15,365
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $253,200$358,308
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,000$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $303,200$358,308
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $304,505$373,673
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $358,308 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$294,171
XI-2 Total expenses$239,060
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$55,111
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$303,200
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$3
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$358,308

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