2025-04-16T11:24:19-07:00 2024-06-30 262653499 James Sanders 340 Arden Ave Buellton CA 93427 990 2023-07-01 453040646 NATURE TRACK FOUNDATION INC NATU 8058862047 PO BOX 953 BUELLTON CA 93427 Sue Eisaguirre Founder & Director 2025-04-16 true true James Sanders P01047224 8058860177 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Sue Eisaguirre PO BOX 953 BUELLTON CA 93427 468971 false X www.naturetrack.org X 2011 CA To encourage participants (students & wheelchair users) to embrace our natural world with respect and wonder, inspiring them to be stewards of our natural resources; and to prepare school-aged students with attitudes, leadership skills, and habits for lifelong learning. 8 8 2 80 0 333316 399116 14004 51890 14827 0 347320 465833 3000 4000 0 114589 160460 0 0 235252 289854 352841 454314 -5521 11519 89582 101101 3000 3000 86582 98101 To encourage participants (students & wheelchair users) to embrace our natural world with respect and wonder, inspiring them to be stewards of our natural resources; and to prepare school-aged students with attitudes, leadership skills, and habits for lifelong learning. false false 300035 334909 Field Trips - The past year has been a remarkable period of growth for NatureTrack, reinforcing the demand for our programs and the impact they have on students, wheelchair users, and seniors alike.When reservations for our K-12 outdoor field trips opened on September 1, 2023, theresponse was overwhelming, with the first reservation arriving at 12:01 a.m. Within 72 hours, more than 100 field trip requests were received from teachers to secure outdoor learning experiences for more than 5,000 students. Despite occasional cancellations due to weather and transportation challenges, we successfully conducted 80 trips, providing nearly 4,000 students, including students with disabilities who use wheelchairs, with access to nature-based education. Unfortunately, demand exceeded our capacity, and we were unable to accommodate a growing waitlist.Our Freedom Trax program for wheelchair users also flourished, providing hundredsof individuals with mobility challenges the opportunity to explore beaches and trails from Ventura to San Luis Obispo County, with most outings taking place in Santa Barbara County. We also traveled to San Francisco, Sacramento, and Santa Cruz to support spinal cord injury (SCI) support group events, ensuring that participants could fully engage in these meaningful gatherings.Additionally, we expanded our reach to seniorsintroducing Assisted LivingFacility beach trips in Santa Barbara County, which quickly became popular andhighly requested among several facilities. The enthusiasm from residents, caregivers, and families has reinforced the importance of offering accessible outdoor experiences to this underserved community.NatureTracks commitment to inclusion extends beyond our own programs. This pastyear, we lent Freedom Trax devices to the Wilderness Youth Project, enabling ALLabilities to participate in their outdoor programming. This collaboration exemplifies our commitment to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to experience nature.With more than 80 volunteers, two of which are wheelchair users, we continue to beable to maintain our 5:1 student-to-volunteer-docent for K-12 field trips and 2:1wheelchair users-to-volunteer-docent ratios.NatureTrack continues to break barriers to access, ensuring that students, wheelchair users, and seniors can connect with nature in a meaningful and transformative way. 99935 51890 Nature Track Film Festival - The 5th Anniversary NatureTrack Film Festival (NTFF) took place from October 6 to 8,2023, at the Fairview Metropolitan Theater in Goleta, CA. The move to Goleta proved highly successful, leading to a significant increase in attendance, the addition of new sponsors, and the highest number of filmmakers attending to date. The festival kicked off with a sold-out Opening Night at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara Hotel,where more than 200 guests gathered to celebrate inspiring nature-focused films. Then, on October 14, 2023, NTFF hosted its Best of the Fest one-day event in Los Olivos, CA, drawing more than 75 attendees for encore screenings of audiencefavorites.As one of NatureTracks core programs, the NatureTrack Film Festival furthers ourmission of connecting people to naturenot through direct outdoor experiences, butthrough the transformative power of film. By showcasing compelling stories about thenatural world, conservation, and outdoor adventure, NTFF inspires audiences toappreciate, explore, and protect the environment.NTFF continues to receive outstanding reviews from attendees and from filmmakers,and several films showcased at the festival have gone on to win awards at other major film festivals, further cementing NTFFs reputation as a premier event for nature and outdoor adventure films. 399970 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 12 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 8 true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true true false CA X Sue Eisaguirre 8058862047 PO Box 953 Los Olivos CA 93441 Sue Eisaguirre President & CEO 40.00 0.00 X X 62550 0 0 Stephen Palmer Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Dennis Nord Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Gary Crispin Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alfred Holzheu Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kathleen Holzheu Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Doug Riedy Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Randy Pace Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 62550 0 false false false 0 61505 337611 399116 Field Trips Film Fesitval 611710 51890 51890 51890 0 0 0 0 17965 3138 14827 14827 14827 0 0 0 0 465833 66717 0 4000 4000 0 0 62550 62550 0 71535 71535 0 20842 20842 5533 5533 108252 108252 0 0 0 0 0 1601 1601 52399 52399 3508 3508 5730 5730 0 20964 20964 1010 1010 0 0 0 0 16282 16282 4302 4302 TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES 33914 33914 MATERIALS & SUPPLIES 14666 14666 STIPENDS 12350 12350 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 9224 9224 5652 4705 947 454314 399970 54344 0 54896 47178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135158 81235 34686 53923 0 0 0 0 0 89582 101101 3000 3000 3000 3000 X 65826 81345 20756 16756 86582 98101 89582 101101 11519 X false false false X 308032 195112 289966 340371 333316 1466797 0 0 308032 195112 289966 340371 333316 1466797 0 1466797 0 0 37734 30517 17001 15275 14004 114531 1581328 0.92760 0.67850 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 135158 81235 53923 53923 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Directors Alfred Holzheu and Kathleen Holzheu are married. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Stephen Palmer, Treasurer and CPA, reviews the 990 and all supporting documentation. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Data on comparable salaries for Executive Director positions in Santa Barbara County was collected. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Data on comparable salaries for Program Director positions in Santa Barbara County was collected. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.