Wilderness Individual Leadership & Development

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921727800
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Torrey, UT, USA
Phone
4109635152
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,248
Expenses
$135,692
Assets
$64,250
Liabilities
$3,639

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • STEPHEN B SCHULER (CHAIRPERSON)
  • MARY ZLOTOWITZ (TREASURER)
  • GORDON JONES (SECRETARY)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wilderness individual leadership & development (wild) is an experiential learning program that provides opportunities and direction for underserved youth and young adults, using the natural world as a source of inspiration, strength and knowledge. Wild provides access to positive and challenging outdoor recreation experiences, inspiring participants and strengthening their communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our program immerses underserved youth in the natural world by providing outdoor activities in baltimore and 6-8 day trips to southern Utah, including capitol reef national park. Participants experience many outdoor activities, including camping, hiking, stargazing, horseback riding, canyoneering, and yoga. Utilizing experiential education and providing connections to the natural world, our participants learn hands-on about the environment, sustainability, geology and ecology. A majority of our participants saw an increase in measured outcomes, including confidence in overcoming challenges, increased levels of communication, and feeling better connected to nature. In 2024, 41 youth participated in programming, 80% qualified for free or reduced lunch. Our program provides social and emotional learning skills to participants. The experiential program helps our students develop leadership and improved individual and interpersonal communication skills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 81.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.