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Wild Bear Nature Center

Fiscal year ending 2024. Filed on August 28, 2025.

PO Box 3017
Nederland, Colorado 80466

Wild Bear Nature Center (EIN: 84-1352764) has filed an IRS Form 990 between fiscal years 2016 and 2024. In its fiscal year 2024 IRS Form 990 filing, Wild Bear Nature Center, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 2 out of 33 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $121,959. The highest compensated employee at Wild Bear Nature Center is Nathan Smallwood with fiscal year 2024 compensation of $132,000. Wild Bear Nature Center changed its name from Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery in 2019.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$3,410,029

Expenses

$880,753

Employee compensation

$533,312
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Nathan Smallwood
Executive Director
$132,000
$132,000 No related compNo other comp
Jill Dreves
Executive
$111,918
$111,918 No related compNo other comp

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Alex Kosseff
Board Member
Andrew Neal
Treasurer
Brian Curtis
Secretary
Corky Dineen
Vice
John Farrell
Chair
Kathy Yates
Board Member
Laura Weninger
Board Member
Nancy Geyer
Board Member
Rick Ellsmore
Board Member

Mission Statement

FOR 27 YEARS, WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER HAS HELPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS FORGE LIFELONG CONNECTIONS TO NATURE THROUGH CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE OUTDOORS. SPECIALIZING IN MOUNTAIN ECOLOGY, WILD BEAR WELCOMES VISITORS TO ITS HANDS-ON NATURE CENTER AND PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER INSPIRES A LIFELONG CONNECTION TO NATURE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE OUTDOORS SINCE 1997. WE ARE KEY PARTNERS IN THE PRESERVATION OF MUD LAKE OPEN SPACE AND IN 2000 WE ORGANIZED THE COMMUNITY TO REMOVE 30 TONS OF TRASH MAKING IT ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST WETLAND HABITATS IN BOULDER COUNTY. WILD BEAR IS NOW IN A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO BUILD ITS PERMANENT HOME ON ITS FIVE ACRES AT MUD LAKE AND CARIBOU RANCH OPEN SPACES AND COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT DESIGN OF THE NATURE CENTER.

Revisions to this organization profile

August 28, 2025:
Amended (originally filed August 15, 2025)2024 Wild Bear Nature Center 990 filed
August 16, 2024:
2023 Wild Bear Nature Center 990 filed
August 15, 2023:
2022 Wild Bear Nature Center 990 filed

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