CALUSA NATURE CENTER & PLANETARIUM INC: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: CALUSA NATURE CENTER & PLANETARIUM INC (EIN 23-7090889)
Tax period: 2009-10-01 to 2010-09-30
Filed: 2011-08-15
IRS object ID: 201132279349303128
Schema version: 2009v1.7
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 G
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-08-15T13:24:47-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HUGHES SNELL & CO PA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1470 ROYAL PALM SQUARE BLVD	AddressLine1
City	FORT MYERS	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	339191049	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	237090889	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CALUSA NATURE CENTER & PLANETARIUM	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CALU	NameControl
Phone	2392753435	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3450 ORTIZ AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	FORT MYERS	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33905	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CHARLES REYNOLDS	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	2392753435	Phone
Date Signed	2011-08-15	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	SHARON M THOMPSON	Name
Phone	2399392233	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-08-15	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	488882	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	WWW.CALUSANATURE.COM	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Activity Or Mission Description	ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATION PROMOTING EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE NATURAL SYSTEMS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AND FOSTERING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES. THE CENTER IS LOCATED ON 105 ACRES AND INCLUDES A MUSEUM, THREE NATURE TRAILS, PLANETARIUM, BUTTERFLY AND BIRD AVIARIES, GIFT SHOP AND MEETING AND PICNIC AREAS. THE CENTER PROVIDES A REGULAR COLLECTION OF PROGRAMS AND HOSTS SPECIAL EVENTS. THE FACILITIES ARE UTILIZED BY NUMEROUS GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR MEETINGS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	16	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	16	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	22	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	45	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	59665	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	139475	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	157066	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	192850	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1299	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1281	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	139640	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	139009	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	357670	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	472615	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	302182	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	219460	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	61352	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	328830	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	286847	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	631012	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	506307	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-273342	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-33692	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	311597	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	306993	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	114821	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	164929	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	196776	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	142064	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATION PROMOTING EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE NATURAL SYSTEMS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AND FOSTERING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES. THE CENTER IS LOCATED ON 105 ACRES AND INCLUDES A MUSEUM, THREE NATURE TRAILS, PLANETARIUM, BUTTERFLY AND BIRD AVIARIES, GIFT SHOP AND MEETING AND PICNIC AREAS. THE CENTER PROVIDES A REGULAR COLLECTION OF PROGRAMS AND HOSTS SPECIAL EVENTS. THE FACILITIES ARE UTILIZED BY NUMEROUS GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR MEETINGS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	245187	Expense
Revenue	97929	Revenue
Description	NATURAL HISTORY PROGRAMS - INCLUDES MAINTENANCE & INTERPRETATION OF MUSEUM, AVIARY, ANIMAL EXHIBITS AND TRAIL SYSTEM, ALONG WITH EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR BOTH CHILDREN & ADULTS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	144977	Expense
Revenue	57905	Revenue
Description	EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAMS - INCLUDES MAINTENANCE & INTERPRETATION OF EXHIBITS AND PRESENTATIONS IN THE PLANETARIUM, ALONG WITH EDUCATION FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH LASER AND PLANETARIUM PRESENTATIONS.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	390164	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	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	true	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	true	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
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	22	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	true	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	1	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	16	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	16	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	true	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	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	JEAN ANN GOGERTY	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2392753435	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3450 ORTIZ AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	FORT MYERS	City
State	FL	State
ZIP Code	33905	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
BOB SOTER
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
CHARLES REYNOLDS
PRES/TREASUR	8.00	X	0	0	0	X
EDWIN EVERHAM III
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
LYNN ZENCZAK
2ND VP	8.00	X	0	0	0	X
RUSS RINGLAND
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
SYD KITSON
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
RALPH WILLIAMS
PAST PRESIDE	8.00	X	0	0	0	X
STEPHEN WILSON
1ST VP	8.00	X	0	0	0	X
ANGELO VAUGHN
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
MICHAEL PETERMAN
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
CHARLES DAURAY
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
AMANDA BROCK
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
LYN BROWN
SECRETARY	8.00	X	0	0	0	X
JAMI MCCORMICK
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
ALICIA DIXON
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
PEGGY EGAN
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0
KEITH COUNCELL
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Government Grants	1400	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	138075	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	139475	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
ADMISSIONS - GENERAL PUBLIC	117474	117474
MEMBERSHIP	33577	33577
ADMISSIONS - GROUP	32556	32556
ADMISSIONS - LASER	5804	5804
FACILITY RENTAL	2545	2545

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	894	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	894	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	192850	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	344	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$344	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	2857	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	1920	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	937	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	937	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	937	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	138373	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	138373	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	138373	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	14983	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	14347	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	636	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	636	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	472615	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	332796	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$344	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	185859	Total
Program Services	147739	ProgramServices
Management And General	16616	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	21504	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6206	Total
Program Services	4933	ProgramServices
Management And General	555	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	718	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	27395	Total
Program Services	21776	ProgramServices
Management And General	2449	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3170	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16697	Total
Program Services	9450	ProgramServices
Management And General	6066	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1181	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	239	Total
Management And General	239	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8076	Total
Program Services	5692	ProgramServices
Management And General	2027	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	357	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12884	Total
Program Services	8160	ProgramServices
Management And General	3779	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	945	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	52676	Total
Program Services	42562	ProgramServices
Management And General	5355	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4759	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	683	Total
Program Services	273	ProgramServices
Management And General	405	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	40	Total
Management And General	40	ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	175	Total
Management And General	175	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	103407	Total
Program Services	101127	ProgramServices
Management And General	1311	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	969	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	29905	Total
Program Services	20146	ProgramServices
Management And General	7094	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2665	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	FundraisingFundraising	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
EVENT EXPENSE	25013	25013
ANIMAL FOOD	7224		7224
EXHIBIT EXPENSE	6548	32	6489	27
OFFICE EQUIP RENTAL	5573		5187	386
ANIMAL CARE	3010		3010

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14697	Total
Program Services	6396	ProgramServices
Management And General	8267	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	34	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	506307	Total
Program Services	390164	ProgramServices
Management And General	54791	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	61352	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8257	BOY
EOY	9516	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	44405	BOY
EOY	14216	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	1772	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5000	BOY
EOY	2930	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	1446573	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	1183280	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	239574	BOY
EOY	263293	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9732	BOY
EOY	10637	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4629	BOY
EOY	4629	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	311597	BOY
EOY	306993	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	25931	BOY
EOY	19693	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	14774	BOY
EOY	17089	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12000	BOY
EOY	80444	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	62116	BOY
EOY	47703	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	114821	BOY
EOY	164929	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	155163	BOY
EOY	128470	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	31881	BOY
EOY	2957	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9732	BOY
EOY	10637	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	196776	BOY
EOY	142064	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	311597	BOY
EOY	306993	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
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	251836	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	184818	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	651555	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	95600	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	96916	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1280725	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	377051	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	424693	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	298130	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	255681	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	297646	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1653201	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	628887	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	609511	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	949685	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	351281	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	394562	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2933926	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	2933926	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7621	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	5940	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4690	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1299	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	344	CurrentTaxYear
Total	19894	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7621	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	5940	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4690	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1299	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	344	CurrentTaxYear
Total	19894	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	42820	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	48684	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	32856	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	18862	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	14983	CurrentTaxYear
Total	158205	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	679328	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	664135	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	987231	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	371442	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	409889	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3112025	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.94280	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.93980	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.01000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.01000	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
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

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	802119	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	715726	Depreciation
Book Value	86393	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	77510	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	68230	Depreciation
Book Value	9280	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	562853	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	399081	Depreciation
Book Value	163772	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	4091	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	243	Depreciation
Book Value	3848	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	263293	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
WORKER'S COMP PENALTY	$47,650
SALES TAX PAYABLE	$53
ACCRUED SALARIES & WAGES
PAYROLL TAXES PAYABLE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	47703	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	AUXILIARY ACTIV	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	138373	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	138373	GrossRevenueEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	138373	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	138373	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Net Income Summary	138373	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COLLEGE OF LIFE FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	BOARD MEMBER	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	25000	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	LOAN	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATION PROMOTING EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE NATURAL SYSTEMS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AND FOSTERING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES. THE CENTER IS LOCATED ON 105 ACRES AND INCLUDES A MUSEUM, THREE NATURE TRAILS, PLANETARIUM, BUTTERFLY AND BIRD AVIARIES, GIFT SHOP AND MEETING AND PICNIC AREAS. THE CENTER PROVIDES A REGULAR COLLECTION OF PROGRAMS AND HOSTS SPECIAL EVENTS. THE FACILITIES ARE UTILIZED BY NUMEROUS GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR MEETINGS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS.
CLASSES OF MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	THE CENTER HAS PAYING MEMBERS THAT PAY AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11	THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW BEFORE IT IS FILED.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE CENTER GIVES THE EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM EACH YEAR TO FILL OUT AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE THE FORM TO FILL OUT DURING THE YEAR.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE CENTER BOARD APPROVES THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE STAFF.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.