2025-11-12T12:54:06-05:00 2025-06-30 990 2024-07-01 850478101 PAJARITO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER PAJA 5056620460 2600 Canyon Los Alamos NM 87544 Robin D Gurule Treasurer 5057097215 2025-11-12 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Robin D Gurule 2600 CANYON RD LOS ALAMOS NM 87544 1313785 false X X 2000 NM Enriching peoples lives by strengthening their connections to our canyons mesas mountains and skies 9 9 16 120 0 0 399284 913322 85049 109611 81529 79186 461766 184164 1027628 1286283 200 0 0 0 551027 582020 0 0 37909 508669 473047 1059896 1055067 -32268 231216 1890373 2129792 94733 102936 1795640 2026856 Enriching peoples lives by strengthening their connections to our canyons mesa mountain and skies. false false 416090 0 453825 Nature Center: PEEC operates the Los Alamos Nature Center for the County of Los Alamos NM. The nature centers hands-on interactive exhibits related to the land animals and flora of the Pajarito Plateau provide a learning experience for visitors of all ages. In addition to an exhibit hall the nature center offers a state-of-the-art planetarium and a wildlife observation room. The outdoor exhibits feature native plant gardens the largest collection of penstemons in the country a tree house and nature play area. The nature center gift shop offers locally-made products and environmentally-friendly items encouraging people to experience the outdoors. During FY25 we welcomed 12,667 visitors to the nature center and 1604 attendees to our planetarium shows. 314060 0 155773 Public Programs: We offer numerous programs for the public at low or no cost. These include lectures classes hikes outings planetarium shows after-school programs and 7 summer camps. Many of these events like Nature Playtimes for children Forest Explorers for children Gentle Walks and Happy Ramblers for adults and three planetarium shows are scheduled each week. The weekly Summer Family Evening program brings the community together to learn more about and interact with the local environment and wildlife. The Bee City Los Alamos continued for its second year. During FY25 12,550 individuals attended one of our public programs. 177911 0 44509 School Programs: We offer a variety of hands-on science lessons to students throughout northern New Mexico. These include in-school lessons and field trips astronomy classes in our planetarium outings to local public lands and field trips to the nature center. We offer our programs to public private and home-schooled children. During FY25 we served 5,363 students. 0 0 0 908061 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 14 0 16 true false false false false false false false false 9 9 false false false false true true false true true false false true true true true true true true false false NM X X Jill Rubio 5056620460 2600 Canyon Los Alamos NM 87544 X Robin Gurule Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kristen Dors Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Galen Gisler Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Janet Griego Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Nan Sauer Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eduardo Santiago Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bonnie Klamm President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Shelly Wiemann Former President 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Linda Zwick Former Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Linda Collier Former Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Macke Former Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Allen Former President 0.00 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 34030 0 0 258732 620560 0 913322 Program Fees 109611 109611 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109611 79186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48178 27502 20676 0 0 0 In-kind Contributions 153054 0 0 0 Misc Income 10434 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 163488 1286283 109611 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 512213 420557 66196 25460 13864 11368 1802 694 16754 13740 2177 837 39189 32134 5096 1959 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14354 0 14354 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94168 94168 0 0 1181 1081 50 50 23596 17097 362 6137 12979 10655 1679 645 0 0 0 0 4059 3450 609 0 895 492 403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 450 341 109 0 69529 59101 10428 0 15391 15006 385 0 In-kind 153054 130096 22958 0 Program-related expenses 36389 36389 0 0 cost of goods sold 0 27502 0 0 Supplies 42541 34884 5530 2127 4461 0 4461 0 1055067 908061 136599 37909 0 0 0 0 0 0 890016 530732 110825 239940 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17140 17998 2591 8911 989781 687269 372041 302512 497760 1029699 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1890373 2129792 94733 85820 0 0 0 17116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94733 102936 X 1138295 1173538 657345 853318 1795640 2026856 1890373 2129792 231216 0 0 0 0 0 X false true X true false X 495586 526570 632585 358745 654590 2668076 0 0 0 0 0 0 139086 153054 153054 153054 153054 751302 634672 679624 785639 511799 807644 3419378 3419378 21892 5312 59210 81529 79186 247129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3666507 0.9326 0.9708 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 989781 687269 302512 302512 1313785 27502 27502 1286283 0 1286283 1082569 27502 27502 1055067 0 1055067 Part XI, line 4b This is the amount of the cost of goods sold that is handled differently in the 990 and in our audit documents. Doing Business As Names PEEC Part VI, Line 6 We are a non-profit that has members who vote for the board of directors. Part VI, Line 7a The organization has members who vote for the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors votes for the officers of the Board. Part VI, Line 11a A copy of the 990 is reviewed at the November board of directors meeting. Part VI, Line 12c At the November Board of Directors meeting the Board submits a new updated conflict of interest document. Part VI, Line 15 The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors completes a performance evaluation and recommends a salary increase based on the results of that evaluation and a market survey of other EDs in the local area. Part VI, Line 19 Our 990 and audited financial records are posted on the website nmag.gov. We also make them available to anyone who requests a copy.