Summit Adventure INC

Tax-deductible

Bass Lake, CA501(c)(3)EnvironmentEIN 77-0199441Revenue $48K in FY2025

On file with the IRSsummitadventure.com54055 North Shore Road, 93604-0000 · Bass Lake, CATax-exempt since Nov 1990Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Courses to achieve organization's mission include:6 stateside courses with 48 estimated participants (open enrollment)6 stateside courses with 245 estimated partipants (contracts)0 international courses with 0 participants (open enrollment)1 ISAS 16 week semester 4 students did classroom study, international, mission & wilderness survival.Annual WC Fundraiser in Lone Pine: 37 estimated participants.Various courses involving adults, children & handicapped participants as outlined above.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$14K 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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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
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2K a year · 1% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$14K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 61% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
2
named funders · $16K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$44K
86% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 86% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$48K
-46% vs prior year
Spent
$57K
To programs
72%
Net assets
$7K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$48K
FY2025▼ -46%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$278K
FY2021$156K
FY2022$155K
FY2023$88K
FY2024$88K
FY2025$48K
Expenses
$57K
FY2025▼ -79%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$272K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$57K
Net assets
$7K
FY2025▼ -56%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$33K
FY2021$24K
FY2022$53K
FY2023$24K
FY2024$17K
FY2025$7K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1990.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $41K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $14K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$13,620Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Thomas H Smith’s $14K as Chairman is at the 39th percentile of top reported officer pay among 135 <$100K 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Thomas H Smith$13,620$34,490$35,000$38,500$66,667$98,333
Carey Smith——$1,250———

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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Programs and updates

Provides survival and wilderness training for adults, children, and those with disabilities.

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1 program · $201K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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All courses encourage personal growth; understanding of Jesus Christ and his life changing purpose and teach expertise in wilderness ethics and etiquette.

$201Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$16K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$48K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$48K
Money outPt IX
$57K
Ln 25
Programscol B$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$7K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$51K
LiabilitiesLn 26$44K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$48K
Total revenueLn 12$48K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$51K
LiabilitiesLn 26$44K
Net assetsLn 32$7K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $48K$57K−$9K$7K 990 PDF
FY2024 $88K$17K 990 PDF
FY2023 $88K$24K 990 PDF
FY2022 $155K$53K 990 PDF
FY2021 $156K$24K 990 PDF
FY2020 $278K$272K$5K$33K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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

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