Free Forest School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821636859
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 7852183016
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Services, Organizations of Students
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,039
- Expenses
- $8,535
- Assets
- $9,417
- Liabilities
- $2,008
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- ANNA SHARRATT (BOARD MEMBER)
- BRIANA CAPRA (BOARD MEMBER)
- ANDREA BETHARDS (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Nurturing kids and empowering adults by connecting to nature, culture, and each other through outdoor play
What it reported doing in 2023
Our outdoors is a virtual nature play hub for finding playmates near you and the support you need, no matter where you are on your nature play journey. Our commitment we believe young people of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities deserve and benefit from unstructured play in nature. We believe diversity brings invaluable richness and depth to our local groups and our organization. We commit to examining the role this organization has played in perpetuating systemic racism. We welcome participants and leaders of all walks of life, and seek to foster an environment where all people are included, valued, heard, respected, and empowered. We commit to creating a more inclusive and equitable climate for black, indigenous, people of color, people with disabilities, people who identiy as lgbtq and other communities who have been and continue to be marginalized.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.1%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -88.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -70.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -54.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.