WILD EARTH WILDERNESS SCHOOL: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: WILD EARTH WILDERNESS SCHOOL (EIN 20-1675636)
Tax period: 2010-06-01 to 2011-05-31
Filed: 2011-08-16
IRS object ID: 201102289349300205
Schema version: 2010v3.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-08-16T06:08:19-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-05-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JOHN DENICOLO CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	13 HICKORY HILL ROAD	AddressLine1
City	NEW PALTZ	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12561	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-06-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	201675636	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WILD EARTH WILDERNESS SCHOOL	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	WILD	NameControl
Phone	8452569830	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	47 BUTTERVILLE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	NEW PALTZ	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12561	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DAVID BROWNSTEIN	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	8452569830	Phone
Date Signed	2011-08-04	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN DENICOLO	Name
Phone	8452555978	Phone
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	DAVID BROWNSTEIN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	47 BUTTERVILLE RD	AddressLine1
City	NEW PALTZ	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12561	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	158582	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Educational programs for children that stress living in harmony with the outdoors.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	7	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	37	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	20	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	9335	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	9131	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	87055	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	140129	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	181	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	530	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	4705	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	4124	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	101276	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	153914	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	83023	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	117615	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	27593	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	46665	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	110616	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	164280	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-9340	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-10366	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	66791	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	36252	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	68133	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	47960	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-1342	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-11708	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Educational programs for children	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	127662	Expense
Revenue	153914	Revenue
Description	CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND STAFF RELATED TO NATURE BASED EDUCATION, MENTORING,AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH'S RESOURCES.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	127662	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	1	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	37	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	7	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DAVID BROWNSTEIN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	8452569830	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	47 BUTTERVILLE RD	AddressLine1
City	NEW PALTZ	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12561	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization
AMY LITTLE
Pres	5.00	X
JOE BERGSTEIN
Member	3.00	X
PIERRE KUYL
Secretary	3.00	X
SARAH SNOW
Member	3.00	X
CHARLENE DYE
Member	3.00	X
LAURA ANN TOMASO
Member	3.00	X
DAVID BROWNSTEIN
Exec. Director	20.00		X	25000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	25000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	9131	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	9131	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Educ. programs	Description
Business Code	611600	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	140129	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	140129	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	530	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	8792	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	9131	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	4668	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4124	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$4,124	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	153914	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	140659	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$4,124	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	108134	Total
Program Services	76117	ProgramServices
Management And General	32017	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9481	Total
Program Services	6672	ProgramServices
Management And General	2809	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	555	Total
Program Services	555	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3798	Total
Program Services	3798	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1617	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1617	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12686	Total
Program Services	12686	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	350	Total
Program Services	175	ProgramServices
Management And General	175	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
Training	3335	3335
Bank & other fees	25	25
Insurance	8522	8522
Payroll proc. fees	1974	1974
Program supplies	13803	13803

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	164280	Total
Program Services	127662	ProgramServices
Management And General	36618	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	66791	BOY
EOY	36252	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	66791	BOY
EOY	36252	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	281	BOY
EOY	497	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	67852	BOY
EOY	47463	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	68133	BOY
EOY	47960	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-1342	BOY
EOY	-11708	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-1342	BOY
EOY	-11708	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	66791	BOY
EOY	36252	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-10366	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2
Public Support Total170	0	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Pertcentage170	0	PublicSupportPertcentage170

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	11437	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4924	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4847	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	9335	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	9131	CurrentTaxYear
Total	39674	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	96248	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	48879	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	91584	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	87055	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	140129	CurrentTaxYear
Total	463895	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	107685	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	53803	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	96431	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	96390	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	149260	CurrentTaxYear
Total	503569	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	503569	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	181	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	530	CurrentTaxYear
Total	711	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	181	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	530	CurrentTaxYear
Total	711	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	504280	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99860	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99950	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00140	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.00050	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI-B, Line 11a	at next regularly scheduled meeting
Form 990EZ, Part I, Line 16	PROGRAM SUPPLIES TRAINING OFFICE SUPPLIES BANK & CHARGE FEES LEGAL & ACCT. FEES INSURANCE FUNDRAISING
Form 990EZ, Part II, Line 24	ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Form 990EZ, Part II, Line 26	ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PREPAID PROGRAM FEES