Nonprofit · EIN 41-0877459
VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL
Tax-exempt · ST PAUL, MN 55104
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $5,019,994 | $5,183,561 | -$163,567 | $12,223,475 | $459,366 | $11,764,109 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $4,969,000 | $5,672,860 | -$703,860 | $11,795,513 | $632,565 | $11,162,948 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $7,362,069 | $5,950,220 | $1,411,849 | $11,769,755 | $794,324 | $10,975,431 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,205,587
- Program service revenue
- $2,483,303
- Investment income
- $321,475
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $68,532
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $9,629
- Other revenue
- $9,629
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $799,885
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $181,813
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,142,254
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,823,725
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $273,080
- Travel
- $27,022
- Depreciation
- $115,474
- Program services (functional)
- $3,825,144
- Management and general (functional)
- $948,461
- Fundraising (functional)
- $409,956
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $11,795,513
- Total assets, end of year
- $12,223,475
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $459,366
- Net assets, end of year
- $11,764,109
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $705,255
- Publicly traded securities
- $8,490,896
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,472,709
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $9,291,400
- Gross receipts
- $6,400,228
- Employees
- 114
- Volunteers
- 30
- Year formed
- 1963
- State of legal domicile
- MN
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACK LEE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $153,341 | $28,471 |
| MARLAIS BRAND | DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $121,471 | $21,710 |
| STACEY MINNICK | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING Highest-paid employee | 40 | $125,660 | $8,614 |
| CINDY HOLKER | CHAIR - PART YEAR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GUNNAR CARLSON | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TOM BEAR | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL MAAHS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TED MOORES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE HIGNELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN LAPOINTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER BAILEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JUDSON DAYTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID GOLDEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACK HAGGERTY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEIDI WEILER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEWART HUDNUT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACK LEE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $162,273 | $33,375 |
| MARLAIS BRAND | DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $115,378 | $34,211 |
| STACEY MINNICK | DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $117,243 | $13,320 |
| CINDY HOLKER | CHAIR - PART YEAR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GUNNAR CARLSON | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEIDI WEILER | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL MAAHS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEWART HUDNUT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JERRY ROSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JUDSON DAYTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE HIGNELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN LAPOINTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PEG SKOLD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER BAILEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT MOELLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RODERIC SOUTHALL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TED MOORES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TOM BEAR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID GOLDEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JACK HAGGERTY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACK LEE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $149,962 | $36,826 |
| MARLAIS BRAND | DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $103,278 | $46,876 |
| CINDY HOLKER | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEIDI WEILER | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL MAAHS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEWART HUDNUT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GUNNAR CARLSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JERRY ROSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HERVEY EVANS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JUDSON DAYTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE HIGNELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN LAPOINTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PEG SKOLD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER BAILEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT MOELLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RODERIC SOUTHALL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TED MOORES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1650 CARROLL AVE, ST PAUL, MN 55104-5227
- In care of
- % OUTWARD BOUND INC
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- JACK LEE, 1650 CARROLL AVE, ST PAUL, MN 55104
- Signed the 990
- JACK LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (651) 401-0639
- Website
- WWW.VOBS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP
Mission
WE BRING YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR GROUP LEARNING ADVENTURES IN WILDERNESS AND URBAN SETTINGS IN MINNESOTA. WE INVITE TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO IDENTIFY, PRACTICE AND GROW LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES. WE ALSO OFFER THE OUTWARD BOUND EXPERIENCE TO ADULTS OF ALL AGES. WE KNOW THAT MORE RESILIENT AND COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE CREATE A MORE RESILIENT AND COMPASSIONATE WORLD, AND WE WANT TO HELP MAKE THAT VISION A REALITY BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH LIFE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS. WE TEACH THROUGH CHALLENGE, ADVENTURE AND NATURE. WE BELIEVE IN THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL, AND SEEK TO INCREASE ACCESS TO OUR VALIDATED AND TIME-TESTED EXPERIENTIAL LEADERSHIP LEARNING PROGRAMS. WE INVITE INDIVIDUALS TO GO OUTWARD BOUND, AND WE PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS AND YOUTH-SERVING NONPROFITS TO CREATE CUSTOM PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE THEIR GOALS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Program accomplishments
- VOBS WILDERNESS PROGRAMS OPERATE OUT OF OUR HOMEPLACE BASECAMP ON THE EDGE OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS (BWCAW) IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. WE INVITE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, BUT PRIMARILY YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 13-25, TO VENTURE INTO THE WILDERNESS FOR 4 TO 50 DAYS TO LEARN THAT THERE IS MORE IN THEM THAN THEY KNOW. THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HIKING, CANOEING, BACKPACKING, DOGSLEDDING AND CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, VOBS INSTRUCTORS FACILITATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN THEIR CONFIDENCE, RESILIENCE, AND COMPASSION, AND SKILLS SUCH AS TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP. VOBS SERVED 552 STUDENTS IN ITS HOMEPLACE WILDERNESS PROGRAMS IN 2025.Expenses $2,247,220 · grants $387,272 · revenue $1,503,094
- VOBS TWIN CITIES CENTER DELIVERS OUTDOOR PROGRAMS PRIMARILY TO STUDENTS LIVING IN AND NEAR ST PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. THE PROGRAMMING USES THE SAME CURRICULUM AND ACTIVITIES, CUSTOMIZED AND ADAPTED TO BE DELIVERED THROUGH A SERIES OF DAY PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS PRIMARILY SERVE MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE URBAN CORE AND GIVE ACCESS TO THE POWER OF THE OUTDOORS AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TRADITIONALLY UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THIS DAY PROGRAMMING, CALLED INSIGHT, VOBS OFFERS SUMMER MULTIDAY EXPEDITIONS OUT OF OUR TWIN CITIES CENTER, PRIMARILY UTILIZING THE ST CROIX RIVER, A DESIGNATED WILD AND SCENIC RIVER, AND THE SUPERIOR HIKING TRAIL ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. VOBS SERVED 587 STUDENTS IN ITS TWIN CITIES CENTER URBAN PROGRAMS IN 2025.Expenses $782,646 · grants $409,250 · revenue $185,156
- Expenses $795,278 · grants $3,363 · revenue $795,053
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 41-0877459
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1965
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C600)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $12,223,475
- Income (IRS master file)
- $6,400,228
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $5,019,994 | $5,183,561 | $12,223,475 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $4,969,000 | $5,672,860 | $11,795,513 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $7,362,069 | $5,950,220 | $11,769,755 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $7,286,819 | $6,370,896 | $9,756,140 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 41-0877459).
Questions about VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL
- What is the EIN of VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL is 41-0877459.
- Is VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1965.
- Are donations to VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL 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 VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JACK LEE.
- Who are the officers and directors of VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $153,341 (JACK LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,019,994, expenses of $5,183,561 and total assets of $12,223,475 at year end.
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