Colorado · Nonprofit
WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $13k
What Wildland Awareness and Educational Institute does
Mission
Wildland Awareness and Educational Institute is a Colorado based conservation organization established to ignite a connection to the outdoors as a means to improve health and for the furtherance of our conservation heritage. Its innovative programs provide participants the opportunity to learn about and experience the joy of the outdoors through introductory courses that cover all aspects of our outdoor world. Workshops and courses are offered for women, families, 4H youth, and young adults / college students. No experience or equipment is necessary. Nature is important, essential, for adults and children in every major way - mentally, physically, academically - and Wildland Awareness and Educational Institute is doing its part in providing unforgettable nature experiences.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.
Program
College Student Outdoor Field Skills Courses. The course: 1)provides students the opportunity to gain workforce training in natural resource career fields and learn about and participate in outdoor pursuits; 2)is offered for 1-elective academic credit towards graduation as course FW111 through Colorado State University; other universities forthcoming with the support of partner organizations; WAEI is continuing to target 15 colleges in Colorado providing the opportunity to reach thousands of students annually; 3) consists of a multiple day course which includes pre and post lectures /discussions on campus; 4) is offered during the spring and fall semesters; with 2 to 4 courses offered annually per university; 85 students total per course; 8 to 16 students per individual class during the lab / weekend portion of the course. Strong evaluations are completed with each course. Reaching college-aged youth is critical to changing societal trends and improving health through being active in the out-of-doors. Research shows that programs that target youth age 6 to 17 have only a 0.3 to 12% impact. Through reaching college students, the impact is 72 to 98% in change in behavior. Today's…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $23k to $13k (−46%).
How it's funded, over time
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Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
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 WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE’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
WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 1 state in all.
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.
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE?
- WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE?
- CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILDLAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), 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