Nonprofit · EIN 06-1051768
DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC
Tax-exempt · DARIEN, CT 06820
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,175,322 | $1,272,605 | -$97,283 | $2,836,148 | $2,390 | $2,833,758 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,145,223 | $1,184,916 | -$39,693 | $2,883,713 | $2,373 | $2,881,340 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $216,791
- Membership dues
- $31,575
- Program service revenue
- $864,855
- Investment income
- $93,676
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $50,709
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $788,640
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $866,624
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $4,400
- Occupancy
- $24,968
- Depreciation
- $93,765
- Program services (functional)
- $692,480
- Management and general (functional)
- $519,888
- Fundraising (functional)
- $60,237
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,883,713
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,836,148
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,390
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,833,758
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,470,259
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,828,194
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $5,564
- Gross receipts
- $1,344,504
- Employees
- 49
- Year formed
- 2010
- State of legal domicile
- CT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGELA WHITFORD | EXECUTIVE DI Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $91,755 |
| KRIS BARKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CAROLYN BAYNE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GEORGE BROADBIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CATHERINE BURROUGHS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MADELINE DALY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BART DEBIE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MARY VAN DEGRAAF | CO-VICE PRES Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| LIZ FITZGERALD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MEAGHAN HETHERINGTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ALAN HYATT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TERO JANNE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MEGAN KATZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LIZ MELAUGH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| SUSAN MORRISON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARPITA MUCHHAL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRIAN MURPHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DIANA PLAXSUN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KATE BORMAN RICHARDSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANNIE ROBERTS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ALICIA SABLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ZOE SHYN | CO-VICE PRES Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ANDREW TERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MIKE VITTI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGELA WHITFORD | EXECUTIVE DI Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $87,703 |
| KRIS BARKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CAROLYN BAYNE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CATHERINE BUROUGHS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BART DEBIE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY VAN DEGRAAF | CO-VICE PRES Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MEAGHAN HETHERINGTON | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ALAN HYATT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TERO JANNE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| SARAH MACKIE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LIZ MELAUGH | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| CHRISTY MENZIES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SUSAN MORRISON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ARPITA MUCHHAL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DIANA PLAXSUN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANNIE ROBERTS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ALICIA SABLE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ZOE SHYN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANDREW TERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MIKE VITTI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LAURA WYATT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MOLLY YOUNG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 120 BROOKSIDE RD, DARIEN, CT 06820-2801
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ANGELA WHITFORD, 120 BROOKSIDE ROAD, DARIEN, CT 06820
- Signed the 990
- ANGELA WHITFORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (203) 655-7459
- Website
- WWW.DARIENNATURECENTER.ORG
- Return prepared by
- HAIMS & BUZZEO CO PC
Mission
SEE SCHEDULE O
Program accomplishments
- NATURE BASED PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 2-5: THE PROGRAM RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE AND SERVES APPROXIMATLEY 250 CHILDREN PER YEAR.Expenses $385,685 · revenue $481,692
- SEASONAL VACATION CAMP PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 2-11: VACATION PROGRAMS RUN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL AS JUNE THROUGH JULY. APPROXIMATLEY 700 CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM THESE CAMPS.Expenses $230,812 · revenue $288,266
- SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PRE-SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT THE NATURE CENTER, THE ORGANIZATION PPROVIDES ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AT LOCAL NURSERY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.Expenses $62,614 · revenue $78,201
- FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D-OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES.Expenses $13,369 · revenue $16,695
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | Not on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | Check at the IRS |
IRS record
- EIN
- 06-1051768
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1981
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C600)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,836,148
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,344,504
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,175,322 | $1,272,605 | $2,836,148 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,145,223 | $1,184,916 | $2,883,713 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,091,913 | $1,051,970 | $2,820,203 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 06-1051768).
Questions about DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC
- What is the EIN of DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC is 06-1051768.
- Is DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1981.
- Are donations to DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ANGELA WHITFORD.
- Who are the officers and directors of DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 24 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $91,755 (ANGELA WHITFORD, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does DARIEN NATURE CENTER INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,175,322, expenses of $1,272,605 and total assets of $2,836,148 at year end.
Other nonprofits in DARIEN
- LAND TRUST OF DARIEN INC EIN 06-6068554 · last filed 990 for 2025
- GREAT ISLAND PRESERVATION INC EIN 99-5082502 · last filed 990-EZ for 2025
- FRIENDS OF SELLECKS WOODS INC EIN 06-1225601 · last filed 990-N for 2025
- NATIONAL CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT INC EIN 82-2958346 · last filed 990 for 2024
- WOODWAY COUNTRY CLUB INCORPORATED EIN 06-0595440 · last filed 990 for 2025
- WEE BURN COUNTRY CLUB INC EIN 06-0607166 · last filed 990 for 2024
- COUNTRY CLUB OF DARIEN EIN 06-1177061 · last filed 990 for 2025
- PERSON TO PERSON INC EIN 06-1422248 · last filed 990 for 2025