Nature and Eclectic Outdoors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471941752
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Dripping Springs, TX, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$199,749
Expenses
$146,353
Assets
$70,359

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Boley (President and Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Boley (President and Treasurer)
  • Nena Mbawuike (Secretary)
  • Joshua Lewis (Director)

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

To help people of all ages and backgrounds lead more outdoor-oriented lives for better health well-being and resilience. To offer innovative outdoor-oriented educational experiences to youth that connect classroom curriculum with real-world applications promote environmental stewardship and develop leadership and critical thinking skills. To inspire appreciation for differing ideas and cultures.

What it reported doing in 2023

Wilderness Kids activities: NEO hosted dozens of activities and events in partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife schools and organizations to provide children and their families access to outdoor recreation and environmental science education through onsite programming field trips camps and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.1%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 57.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.1% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $120K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.