EIN 84-1352764

Wild Bear Nature Center

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
28
Year formed
1997
Most recent tax filings
2025-09-01
Description
Wild Bear Nature Center inspires a lifelong connection to nature and community through creative exploration of the outdoors. For 27 years, Wild Bear Nature Center has helped children and adults forge lifelong connections to nature through hands-on exploration of mountain ecology. Wild Bear provides educational opportunities for children ages 5-15 outside of school hours, including after-school, days off, and all summer. Additionally, Wild Bear is a cccap (Colorado child care assistance program) provider with 49% of part participation.
Also known as...
Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery
Total revenues
$3,605,386
2025
Total expenses
$840,144
2025
Total assets
$11,002,933
2025
Num. employees
28
2025

Program areas at Wild Bear Nature Center

Children's workshops: Wild Bear Nature Center provides children ages 5-15 with educational opportunities outside of school hours; after-school, days off, and all summer. Wild Bear is a cccap (Colorado child care assistance program) provider and 49% of participants are identified as low-income and access programs through cccap and donor supported scholarships. In 2021-22, Wild Bear provided programs for children during the summer and during the school year. Provided 240 programs to 1,780 children who explored the indial peaks wilderness, mud lake and caibou ranch open spaces, and other surrounding natureal areas. School programs: Wild Bear provides natural science programs to surroundind school districts at mud lake or at the Nature Center. Provided 20 school group programs to 656 children. Intergenterational familty programs and visitation: the free interim Nature Center, located in a commercial space, is open while the official Nature Center is being constructed engaging people of all ages in hands-on Nature exhibits. Wild Bear provided 59 adult/family programs to 1,541 participants and enjoyed 23,348 general visitors to the free Nature Center.

Who funds Wild Bear Nature Center

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$1,574,700
Buell FoundationCapital for the Early Childhood Prog$150,000
Jewish Communal Fund (JCF)In Furtherance of Grantee's Tax-Exempt Purpose$100,000
...and 18 more grants received totalling $2,173,393

Financials for Wild Bear Nature Center

RevenuesFYE 09/2025
Total grants, contributions, etc.$3,435,663
Program services$144,501
Investment income and dividends$39,860
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-42,949
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$27,441
Miscellaneous revenues$870
Total revenues$3,605,386
Data update history
October 13, 2026
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025
September 24, 2026
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
September 23, 2026
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
September 22, 2026
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $20,000 from The Mahle Family Foundation
June 21, 2026
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $25,000 from Maihaugen Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Environmental organizationsMuseumsCharities
Issues
EducationLand and water conservationEnvironmentHuman services
Characteristics
Legally formed as corporationConservation easementFundraising eventsState / local levelTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
PO Box 3017
Nederland, CO 80466
Metro area
Boulder, CO
County
Boulder County, CO
Website URL
wildbear.org/ 
Phone
(303) 258-0495
IRS details
EIN
84-1352764
Fiscal year end
September
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1997
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
C60: Environmental Education
NAICS code, primary
7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Parent/child status
Independent
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