The Outdoor Circle: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 99-0085044)

Winston Welch’s $114K as Executive Director is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Winston Welch	$113,941	$102,976	$103,091	$84,378	$86,009	$86,070

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

Programs and updates

Preserves Hawaii's scenery by advocating for trees, underground utilities, recycling, and a billboard-free state.

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1 program · $332K · in their own filed words · FY2022

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Sponsor programs to promote hawaii's urban forest by planting and protecting trees, beautifying parks and public lands and landscaping bike paths. In addition, the organization educates the public on issues affecting the scenic environment including protecting view planes, maintaining a billboard-free environment, working toward…

$332Kprogram expense

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Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

National Arbor Day FoundationFY2024$35K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$10K

Network for Good INCFY2024$10K

Castle Medical CenterFY2024$6K

Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$66K

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Grants paid · 1 grant · $7K · 2024–2024

Treecovery INCHI · FY2024$6,600

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$437K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$349K

Other incomeLn 4–11$47K

Investment incomeLn 3$41K

Money outPt IX

$502K

Ln 25

Programscol B$332K

Managementcol C$102K

Fundraisingcol D$69K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.9M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$180K

Total assetsLn 16$1.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

PeoplePt VI, VII

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listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$349K

Government grantsLn 1e$14K

Investment incomeLn 3$41K

Other incomeLn 4–11$47K

Total revenueLn 12$437K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$95K

SavingsLn 2$86K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$180K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.5M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$154K

Other assetsLn 15$0

Total assetsLn 16$1.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$0

Net assetsLn 32$1.9M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 53

VolunteersI 6100

Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

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EndowmentSch D · Pt V

Line	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19
End of yearLn 1g	$1.3M	$1.3M	$1.3M	$1.3M	$1.3M

4Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$126K	$180K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$1.6M	$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$0	$154K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.8M	$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$0
Net assetsLn 32	$1.8M	$1.9M

5Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$121K	$85K	$24K	$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$79K	$36K	$16K	$27K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$3K	$1K	$628	$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$24K	$12K	$5K	$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$15K	$9K	$3K	$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$12K		$12K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$22K		$22K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$59K	$40K	$9K	$9K
Office expensesLn 13	$21K	$16K	$2K	$2K
OccupancyLn 16	$30K	$19K	$5K	$5K
TravelLn 17	$2K	$2K	$197	$197
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$12K	$12K	$17	$17
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$4K	$4K
InsuranceLn 23	$7K	$5K	$1K	$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$91K	$90K	$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$502K	$332K	$102K	$69K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$341K	$676K	−$336K	$1.8M	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2025	$403K	$515K	−$112K	$2.1M	990 PDF
FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 12, 2024	$437K	$502K	−$65K	$1.9M	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 8, 2023	$239K	$406K	−$167K	$1.8M	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2022	$430K	$433K	−$3K	$2.2M	990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 16, 2021	$277K	$353K	−$76K	$1.9M	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 O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $437,143 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $174,488$348,856

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $44,551$40,840

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,336$47,447

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $239,375$437,143

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $250$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $191,992$242,529

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $213,775$259,325

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $406,017$501,854

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$166,642−$64,711

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

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 $437,143 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1b Membership dues$20,428

VIII-1e Government grants$14,283

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$314,145

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$348,856

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $40,840$40,840

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $32,559$32,559

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $14,888$14,888

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $14,888 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $73,399$437,143

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $501,854 across 15 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $84,864 · Management $24,074 · Fundraising $12,037$120,975

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $36,398 · Management $15,822 · Fundraising $26,889$79,109

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,297 · Management $628 · Fundraising $1,216$3,141

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,110 · Management $4,821 · Fundraising $7,187$24,118

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,112 · Management $3,037 · Fundraising $3,037$15,186

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,063$12,063

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $21,843$21,843

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $39,959 · Management $9,445 · Fundraising $9,445$58,849

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,499 · Management $2,484 · Fundraising $2,484$21,467

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,219 · Management $5,147 · Fundraising $5,147$29,513

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,636 · Management $197 · Fundraising $197$2,030

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,448 · Management $17 · Fundraising $17$12,482

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,510$3,510

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,845 · Management $1,007 · Fundraising $1,007$6,859

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $89,666 · Management $1,043$90,709

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $331,563 · Management $101,628 · Fundraising $68,663$501,854

Part X · Balance sheet $1,871,108 assets, 11 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $40,732$94,581

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $85,580$85,602

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$154,450

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,648,901$1,536,475

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,775,213$1,871,108

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $482,290$577,185

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,292,923$1,293,923

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,775,213$1,871,108

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,775,213$1,871,108

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,871,108 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$437,143

XI-2 Total expenses$501,854

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$64,711

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,775,213

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$160,606

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,871,108

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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