Indiana · Nonprofit
THE NATURE SCHOOL INC
THE NATURE SCHOOL INC (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250,000 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $250k
- Net assets
- $601k
What The Nature School Inc does
Mission
The nature school of central indiana believes in addressing the needs of the child holistically and instilling in them a lifelong love of learning, an awareness of their role in and connection to both their local community and the world, and a deep understanding of their individual abilities and potential with the ideal that nature is the best teacher. We hold all of these beliefs and elements as the foundation of learning and aim to build upon this foundation with an individualized approach to presenting curriculum and support this method with both local and global partnerships with like-minded organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Act it outobjective: to build confidence, creativity, and collaboration through the performing arts.details: offered to learners in grades 18, the drama club met weekly throughout the school year and produced two full performances open to families and the community.impact: engaged over 75 learners directly, strengthened public speaking skills, fostered teamwork, choreography, lighting, prop production, and provided an outlet for creative expression.
$1,530,026 spent$146,156 earned by the program100% of program spendingFree counseling servicesobjective: to ensure equitable access to mental health support for learners.details: provided no-cost to families- 1:1, whole class sessions, and small-group counseling sessions for learners whose families experienced separation, as well as students struggling with anxiety, anger management, somatic symptoms, and high-ability needs. Sessions were available weekly throughout the school year, with referrals made by teachers and families.impact: impacted all 175 learners in classroom sessions and more than 40 learners with individualized care plans, reducing classroom disruptions and improving emotional regulation, resilience, and academic engagement.
Conscious discipline rolloutobjective: to create a schoolwide culture of safety, connection, and problem-solving through evidence-based social-emotional learning practices.details: as part of a five-year phased plan, 5 select teachers completed professional training in conscious discipline and began implementing classroom strategies that were shared schoolwide through coaching and peer collaboration.impact: indirectly reached all 175 learners through classroom integration, improved teacher confidence in handling behavioral challenges, and laid the foundation for schoolwide consistency in social-emotional learning.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,530,026.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $378k to $562k (+49%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 98% · 2023 76% · 2024 96% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of THE NATURE SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Christen Rees
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE NATURE SCHOOL 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 THE NATURE SCHOOL INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
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
THE NATURE SCHOOL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE NATURE SCHOOL 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE NATURE SCHOOL 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 THE NATURE SCHOOL INC?
- THE NATURE SCHOOL INC (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250,000 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NATURE SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $250,000 in grants to THE NATURE SCHOOL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATURE SCHOOL INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATURE SCHOOL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), 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