A nonprofit arts organization, Caldera serves as a catalyst for the transformation of underserved youth from underserved communities through innovative, year-round art and environmental programs. Caldera nurtures individual creativity to ignite self-expression and transform the way young people engage in their lives, families and communities. Annually, Caldera works with hundreds of students and community of mentors, artists, environmental specialists, alumni, schools, and other partners. All of caldera's youth programs are provided for free to the students, families and schools served. In 2015, Caldera received a national arts and humanities youth program award from first lady, michelle obama, recognizing Caldera as one the top youth arts programs in the nation.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$99K 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $721K a year · 18% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$99K
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 $15.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
24
named funders · $826K
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Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$267K
1% of total assets
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Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.0M
Spent
$2.4M
To programs
64%
Net assets
$24.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.0M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$8.3M
FY2025$4.6M
Expenses
$2.4M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.3M
FY2024$3.9M
FY2025$4.4M
Net assets
$24.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$24.9M
FY2021$26.5M
FY2022$25.2M
FY2023$26.3M
FY2024$32.1M
FY2025$33.3M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Mar 1996.

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Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $1.5M Management & general 23% · $544K Fundraising 13% · $308K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $99K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director, Until April 2020
$98,828Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member & Interim Ex. Dir.
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lifetime Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Lifetime Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kimberly Howard Wade’s $162K as Executive Director is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M youth development 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kimberly Howard Wade$161,584$155,893$137,191———
Karena Salmond$118,877$101,968————
Brian Detman—————$98,828
Kira Lombardozzi$95,522$91,506$8,111———
Tiffany Vergara————$81,917—
Christopher Kramer——$75,067$39,704——
Katie Weinstein————$24,679—

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

Transforms underserved youth through free, year-round art and environmental programs.

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1 program · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Caldera's artists in residence program supports our creative community with time and space at our arts center near sisters, oregon. From december through march, caldera's two- to three-and-a-half-week residencies provide 50 artists, creatives, and cultural workers in all disciplines with the opportunity to build skills, relationships…

$1.5Mprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 12 grants · $261K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$28,375
Unitemized GrantFY2024$8,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,888
Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$23,250
Unitemized GrantFY2022$18,975
Unitemized GrantFY2021$26,700
Unitemized GrantFY2021$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$35,129
Unitemized GrantFY2020$19,000
Unitemized GrantFY2019$16,400
Unitemized GrantFY2019$13,400

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$231K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$77K
Money outPt IX
$2.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$544K
Fundraisingcol D$308K
Owns and owesPt X
$24.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$837K
Total assetsLn 16$25.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$267K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$43K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.4M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$387K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$77K
Investment incomeLn 3$231K
Total revenueLn 12$3.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$837K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$837K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$15.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.8M
Total assetsLn 16$25.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$267K
Net assetsLn 32$24.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 597
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$362K$837K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$13.7M$15.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.2M$8.8M
Total assetsLn 16$23.7M$25.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$49K$267K
Net assetsLn 32$23.7M$24.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$30K$30K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$143K$21K$43K$79K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$887K$592K$181K$113K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$8K$5K$2K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$89K$56K$19K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$105K$63K$23K$19K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Investment management feesLn 11f$195K$195K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$114K$50K$16K$48K
Office expensesLn 13$90K$84K$5K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$60K$45K$8K$7K
TravelLn 17$15K$14K$402$644
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$4K$2K$75
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$386K$386K
InsuranceLn 23$85K$70K$15K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$145K$112K$10K$24K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.4M$1.5M$544K$308K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.6M$4.4M$181K$33.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $8.3M$3.9M$4.4M$32.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.5M$3.3M$189K$26.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.2M$2.8M−$546K$25.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$2.3M−$477K$26.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.0M$2.4M$613K$24.9M 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 $2,997,171 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,663,324$2,738,324
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $107,845$77,117
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $221,134$230,588
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$84,354−$48,858
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,907,949$2,997,171
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $30,000$29,800
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,168,726$1,232,053
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,145,126$1,122,549
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,343,852$2,384,402
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,564,097$612,769
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $2,997,171 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$387,238
VIII-1e Government grants$42,984
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,308,102
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,386,707
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,738,324
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $77,117$77,117
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $230,588$230,588
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$53,471−$53,471
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $4,613$4,613
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $77,117 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $181,730$2,997,171
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,384,402 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $29,800$29,800
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $21,417 · Management $42,834 · Fundraising $78,529$142,780
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $592,436 · Management $181,273 · Fundraising $113,150$886,859
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,897 · Management $1,652 · Fundraising $1,251$7,800
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $56,218 · Management $18,923 · Fundraising $14,267$89,408
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $63,017 · Management $22,844 · Fundraising $19,345$105,206
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,145$2,145
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $24,475$24,475
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $194,617$194,617
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $49,798 · Management $16,173 · Fundraising $48,251$114,222
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $83,560 · Management $4,621 · Fundraising $1,669$89,850
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $44,770 · Management $8,404 · Fundraising $7,192$60,366
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,910 · Management $402 · Fundraising $644$14,956
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,426 · Management $1,538 · Fundraising $75$6,039
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $385,591$385,591
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $70,038 · Management $14,842$84,880
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $111,653 · Management $9,704 · Fundraising $24,051$145,408
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,531,531 · Management $544,447 · Fundraising $308,424$2,384,402
Part X · Balance sheet $25,120,513 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $362,487$836,782
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $319,065$53,648
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $138,532$7,567
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $17,742$22,484
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,153,349$8,767,758
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $9,974,362$10,312,884
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $3,768,889$5,119,390
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $23,734,426$25,120,513
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $40,357$39,369
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$228,054
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $49,107$267,423
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $10,886,402$10,521,037
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,798,917$14,332,053
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $23,685,319$24,853,090
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $23,734,426$25,120,513
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $24,853,090 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,997,171
XI-2 Total expenses$2,384,402
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$612,769
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$23,685,319
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$555,002
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$24,853,090

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