FOREST FOR LEARNING

2020 · Form 990 · revenue $286K · expenses $1K · assets $22K

EIN

84-2549331

Address

PO BOX 173, PUTNEY, VT 05346-0173

NTEE code

C60

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

August 2019 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity, 509(a)(2)

Principal officer

Lynne Borofsky (its 2025 Form 990-N)

Form 990-N e-postcards

1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗

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Mission

THE FORMER PUTNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL FOREST IS A DEDICATED EDUCATIONAL AND ECOLOGICAL RESOURCE FOR THE CHILDREN ATTENDING THE PUTNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. ITS UNDEVELOPED CHARACHTER, HISTORY AND DIVERSITY OF NATURAL PLANT COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED WILDLIFE HABITATS MAKE THE FOREST AN IDEAL SITE FOR AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, AND A REAL-LIFE LABORATORY TO EXPLORE FOREST ECOLOGY, STEWARDSHIP, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF LIFE SYSTEMS. THIS CLOSE-TO-LAND LEARNING EXTENDS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF THE FOREST WILL BE PROTECTED.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 7 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.