BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER (EIN 20-0739420)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-08-01
IRS object ID: 201112139349300401
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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	2011-08-01T08:07:24-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	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	2010-01-01	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	2011-05-03	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN P ROSENDALL	Name
Phone	6167721901	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-07-20	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	1036345	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	19	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	240	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	302500	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	904513	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	138441	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	119051	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1313	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1141	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	16737	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	11640	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	458991	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1036345	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	268602	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	325229	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	38736	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	197022	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	165532	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	465624	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	490761	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-6633	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	545584	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	246177	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	809972	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	11560	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	29771	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	234617	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	780201	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	370770	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	370770	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
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
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	3	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	19	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	LAURIE GOLE	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	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek
BERT BLEKE
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
JOHN SCHNEIDER
PRESIDENT	X	0	0	0	X
ALAN SUPP
VICE PRESIDE	X	0	0	0	X
PAT GELDERLOOS
SECRETARY	X	0	0	0	X
HAL FROOT
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
RICK GILLETT
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
PETER KJOME
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
EMILY ALEMAN-MCALPINE
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
DALE HOVENKAMP
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
BRIAN VAN DOESELAAR
ASSISTANT TR	X	0	0	0	X
JAMON A ALEXANDER
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
BILL DANGL
TREASURER	X	0	0	0	X
MARY JANE DOCKERAY
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
CRAIG THRONE
DIRECTOR	X	0	0	0
ANNOESJKA STEINMAN
EXEC DIRECTO		76442	0	0	X	40.00

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	76442	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	904513	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	13351	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	904513	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
PROGRAM FEES - NATURE PROGRAM	96809	96809
RETAIL SALES	22242	22242

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	119051	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1141	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1141	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
SPECIAL EVENTS	8427	8427
OTHER REVENUE	3213	3213

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	11640	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1036345	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	131832	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	87827	Total
Program Services	13174	ProgramServices
Management And General	43913	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	30740	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	197833	Total
Program Services	191471	ProgramServices
Management And General	5090	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1272	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8808	Total
Program Services	8808	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30761	Total
Program Services	24749	ProgramServices
Management And General	3689	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2323	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7998	Total
Program Services	3199	ProgramServices
Management And General	4799	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	31130	Total
Program Services	24826	ProgramServices
Management And General	5320	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	984	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15844	Total
Program Services	12675	ProgramServices
Fundraising	3169	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8727	Total
Program Services	6168	ProgramServices
Management And General	2559	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17209	Total
Program Services	14628	ProgramServices
Management And General	2581	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2175	Total
Program Services	2175	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5760	Total
Program Services	4608	ProgramServices
Management And General	1152	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18424	Total
Program Services	14739	ProgramServices
Management And General	3685	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES	40703	36633	4070
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE	10803	8642	2161
TELEPHONE	3197	1918	1119	160
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	2081	2081
BANK SERVICE CHARGES	755		755

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	726	Total
Program Services	276	ProgramServices
Management And General	362	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	88	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	490761	Total
Program Services	370770	ProgramServices
Management And General	81255	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	38736	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	216028	BOY
EOY	411794	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	175	BOY
EOY	337693	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	1410	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4164	BOY
EOY	7042	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6969	BOY
EOY	9960	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	57833	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	15760	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18841	BOY
EOY	42073	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	246177	BOY
EOY	809972	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8782	BOY
EOY	29771	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2778	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11560	BOY
EOY	29771	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	198122	BOY
EOY	364482	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	36495	BOY
EOY	415719	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	234617	BOY
EOY	780201	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	246177	BOY
EOY	809972	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	545584	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	119551	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	677342	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	132161	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	297507	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	904513	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2131074	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	40359	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	114271	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	168006	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	167989	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	141271	CurrentTaxYear
Total	631896	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	159910	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	791613	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	300167	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	465496	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1045784	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2762970	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	568593	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	85158	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total	653751	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	568593	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	85158	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total	653751	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	2109219	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	81	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	211	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1033	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1313	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1141	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3779	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	81	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	211	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1033	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1313	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1141	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3779	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	159991	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	791824	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	301200	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	466809	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1046925	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2766749	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.76230	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.63240	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	57833	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	15760	Depreciation
Book Value	42073	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	42073	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	1036345	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	490761	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	545584	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	545584	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1180768	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	144423	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	144423	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	1036345	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	1036345	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	635184	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	144423	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	144423	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	490761	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	490761	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 2010

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 (2 entries)

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 (5 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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

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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