BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER (EIN 20-0739420)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-07-06
IRS object ID: 201231889349300008
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-07-06T09:07:32-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MEYAARD TOLMAN & VENLET PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 320	AddressLine1
City	ZEELAND	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49464	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200739420	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BLAN	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1715 HILLBURN NW	AddressLine1
City	GRAND RAPIDS	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49504	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	BILL DANGL	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Date Signed	2012-06-26	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN P ROSENDALL	Name
Phone	6167721901	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-06-26	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	500479	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.BLANDFORDNATURECENTER.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	USING 143 ACRES OF LAND AND WILDLIFE AS THE BACKDROP, BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER PROVIDES EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT: - EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR HERITAGE, AND OUR CONNECTION TO NATURAL SYSTEMS. - ENGAGE PEOPLE TO ACTIVELY USE NATURAL SPACES AND ADOPT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. - EMPOWER PEOPLE TO EMBRACE NATURE AND NEW PERSPECTIVES.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	14	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	23	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	200	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	904513	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	320099	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	119051	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	172685	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1141	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	2998	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	11640	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	4697	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	1036345	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	500479	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	325229	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	385098	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	22234	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	165532	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	205085	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	490761	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	590183	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	545584	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-89704	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	809972	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	728642	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	29771	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	38145	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	780201	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	690497	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	USING 143 ACRES OF LAND AND WILDLIFE AS THE BACKDROP, BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER PROVIDES EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT: - EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR HERITAGE, AND OUR CONNECTION TO NATURAL SYSTEMS. - ENGAGE PEOPLE TO ACTIVELY USE NATURAL SPACES AND ADOPT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. - EMPOWER PEOPLE TO EMBRACE NATURE AND NEW PERSPECTIVES.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	481441	Expense
Description	BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO CHILDREN IN THE GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH 3RD, 6TH AND 9TH GRADE CURRICULUM-BASED PROGRAMMING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ECOLOGY, BIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	481441	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
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School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	5	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	23	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	14	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ANNOESJKA STEINMAN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6167356240	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1715 HILLBURN AVE NW	AddressLine1
City	GRAND RAPIDS	City
State	MI	State
ZIP Code	49504	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (15 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
BERT BLEKE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
JOHN SCHNEIDER
PRESIDENT	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
ALAN SUPP
VICE PRESIDE	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
PAT GELDERLOOS
SECRETARY	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
TERRI MCCARTHY
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
LARRY ROBSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
PETER KJOME
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
EMILY ALEMAN-MCALPINE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
DALE HOVENKAMP
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
BRIAN VAN DOESELAAR
ASSISTANT TR	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
JAMON A ALEXANDER
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
BILL DANGL
TREASURER	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
MARY JANE DOCKERAY
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
RYAN HUPPERT
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
ANNOESJKA STEINMAN
EXEC DIRECTO	40.00		80000	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	80000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	320099	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	16480	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	320099	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
PROGRAM FEES - NATURE PROGRAM	142325	142325
RETAIL SALES	30360	30360

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	172685	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2998	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2998	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	OTHER REVENUE	Description
Total Revenue Column	4697	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	4697	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	4697	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	500479	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	180380	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	80000	Total
Program Services	16000	ProgramServices
Management And General	48000	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	16000	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	246746	Total
Program Services	245397	ProgramServices
Management And General	1012	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	337	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18438	Total
Program Services	18438	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	39914	Total
Program Services	31931	ProgramServices
Management And General	5987	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1996	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12691	Total
Management And General	12691	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34309	Total
Program Services	31383	ProgramServices
Management And General	2926	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18796	Total
Program Services	15037	ProgramServices
Fundraising	3759	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6667	Total
Program Services	5929	ProgramServices
Management And General	738	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16690	Total
Program Services	15593	ProgramServices
Management And General	1097	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2679	Total
Program Services	1414	ProgramServices
Management And General	1265	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8154	Total
Management And General	8154	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19655	Total
Program Services	19655	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES	56458	52813	3645
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE	21428	21428
TELEPHONE	2836	1701	993	142
BANK SERVICE CHARGES	1799	1799

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2923	Total
Program Services	2923	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	590183	Total
Program Services	481441	ProgramServices
Management And General	86508	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	22234	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	411794	BOY
EOY	454568	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	337693	BOY
EOY	192420	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1410	BOY
EOY	27	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7042	BOY
EOY	5103	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9960	BOY
EOY	6454	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	93984	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	23914	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	42073	BOY
EOY	70070	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	809972	BOY
EOY	728642	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	29771	BOY
EOY	38145	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	29771	BOY
EOY	38145	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	364482	BOY
EOY	462251	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	415719	BOY
EOY	228246	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	780201	BOY
EOY	690497	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	809972	BOY
EOY	728642	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-89704	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	677342	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	132161	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	297507	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	904513	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	320099	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2331622	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	114271	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	168006	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	167989	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	141271	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	180380	CurrentTaxYear
Total	771917	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	791613	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	300167	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	465496	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1045784	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	500479	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3103539	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	568593	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	85158	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	653751	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	568593	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	85158	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	653751	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	2449788	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	211	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1033	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1313	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1141	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	3698	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	211	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1033	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1313	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1141	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	3698	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	791824	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	301200	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	466809	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1046925	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	500479	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3107237	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.78840	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.76230	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	93984	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	23914	Depreciation
Book Value	70070	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	70070	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	500479	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	590183	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-89704	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-89704	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	629654	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	129175	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	129175	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	500479	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	500479	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	719358	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	129175	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	129175	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	590183	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	590183	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	USING 143 ACRES OF LAND AND WILDLIFE AS THE BACKDROP, BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER PROVIDES EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT: - EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR HERITAGE, AND OUR CONNECTION TO NATURAL SYSTEMS. - ENGAGE PEOPLE TO ACTIVELY USE NATURAL SPACES AND ADOPT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. - EMPOWER PEOPLE TO EMBRACE NATURE AND NEW PERSPECTIVES.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	A COPY OF FORM 990 WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM WHEN THEY JOIN THE BOARD.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	WAGE SURVEYS ARE USED AND WE PROVIDE OUR SALARY INFORMATION TO LOCAL AND NATIONAL SURVEY COMPANIES.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2011

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (15 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Total509 Total509

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

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