Kansas · Nonprofit
OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC
OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $870 to it, the largest being E L AND Z IRENE HOPKINS PRIVATE FOUNDATION ($870). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $870
- Net assets
- $69k
What Outdoor Education Laboratory Inc does
Mission
To provide children with an experience in the outdoors that will instill in them a sense of responsibility and respect for the environment throughout their lifetime.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational workshops in natural history for all persons, majority of programs attended by school age children during summer months. Summer education workshops pertain to natural history. Over 1,500 campers attended the program during 2024.
$285,713 spent$285,800 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $285,713.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $35k to $57k (+63%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $510 → $360.
From the IRS filings of OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC?
- OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $870 to it, the largest being E L AND Z IRENE HOPKINS PRIVATE FOUNDATION ($870). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $870 in grants to OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC?
- E L AND Z IRENE HOPKINS PRIVATE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $870 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OUTDOOR EDUCATION LABORATORY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing