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Filing year 2023

WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER

Nederland, Colorado·EIN 84-1352764·NTEE C30 · Environment·3
Total revenue
$3.4M
Total assets
$7.7M
Total expenses
$881k
Reported officers
12
Mission

FOR 27 YEARS, WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER HAS HELPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS FORGE LIFELONG CONNECTIONS TO NATURE THROUGH CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE OUTDOORS. SPECIALIZING IN MOUNTAIN ECOLOGY, WILD BEAR WELCOMES VISITORS TO ITS HANDS-ON NATURE CENTER AND PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER INSPIRES A LIFELONG CONNECTION TO NATURE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE OUTDOORS SINCE 1997. WE ARE KEY PARTNERS IN THE PRESERVATION OF MUD LAKE OPEN SPACE AND IN 2000 WE ORGANIZED THE COMMUNITY TO REMOVE 30 TONS OF TRASH MAKING IT ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST WETLAND HABITATS IN BOULDER COUNTY. WILD BEAR IS NOW IN A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO BUILD ITS PERMANENT HOME ON ITS FIVE ACRES AT MUD LAKE AND CARIBOU RANCH OPEN SPACES AND COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT DESIGN OF THE NATURE CENTER.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryExecutive compensation
$132k
$144k
$112k
$123k
Executive
officer (unspecified)
$112k
$123k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Up 31%
from 2022

From $101k in 2022 to $132k in 2023.

$101k
2022
$132k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 25% in real terms$115k to $144k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.3M
$751k
2022
$3.4M
$881k
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Environment executives earn in Colorado

Comparable environment organizations in Colorado pay their highest-earning executive a median of $92,178.

25th percentile
$53k
Median
$92,178
75th percentile
$135k
90th percentile
$187k

These are environment sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 217 organizations across 217 filings (2022 – 2024).

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