Nonprofit · EIN 83-0286687
TEEWINOT INSTITUTE
Tax-exempt · WILSON, WY 83014
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $223,020 | $154,132 | $68,888 | $201,927 | $15,356 | $186,571 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990-EZ | $162,451 | $98,398 | $64,053 | $117,686 | $3 | $117,683 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990-EZ | $65,146 | $84,259 | -$19,113 | $53,638 | $8 | $53,630 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $110,589
- Program service revenue
- $112,431
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $16,700
- Other salaries and wages
- $43,884
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $63,886
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $11,770
- Travel
- $12,440
- Program services (functional)
- $145,375
- Management and general (functional)
- $8,581
- Fundraising (functional)
- $176
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $117,686
- Total assets, end of year
- $201,927
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $15,356
- Net assets, end of year
- $186,571
- Gross receipts
- $223,020
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 20
- Year formed
- 2012
- State of legal domicile
- WY
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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARY KOFINAS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| JAMES VERDONE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SARAH HERMAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended September 30, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARY KOFINAS | PRESIDENT | 20 | $0 |
| JAMES VERDONE | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| SARAH HERMAN | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended September 30, 2023: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARY KOFINAS | PRESIDENT | 20 | $0 |
| JAMES VERDONE | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| SARAH HERMAN | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1210, WILSON, WY 83014-1210
- In care of
- % GARY KOFINAS
- Mailing address (990-N for 2020)
- PO BOX 1210, WILSON WY 83014
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- GARY KOFINAS, PO BOX 1210, WILSON, WY 83014
- Principal officer (990-N for 2020)
- GARY KOFINAS, PO BOX 1210, WILSON WY 83014
- Signed the 990
- GARY KOFINAS, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (307) 690-5103
- Website
- TEEWINOTINSTITUTE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- ROWE CPA GROUP LLC
Mission
RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ACTION THAT ENHANCE THE SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE, AND TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
Program accomplishments
- CULTIVATING RESPONSIBLE USE OF WILDLANDS: THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS ACHIEVED PRIMARILY BY FOCUSING ON WINTER BACKCOUNTRY RECREATION IN THE TETON RANGE,WYOMING. 20 BACKCOUNTRY AMBASSADORS (PAID AND VOLUNTEERS) SERVED AT KEY TRAILHEADS AND IN POPULAR USE AREAS WHERE THEY INTERACTED WITH THE PUBLIC TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS THE NEED FOR RESPONSIBLE USE AND SAFETY. TETON PASS HAS OVER 76,000 RECREATIONISTS ON TETON PASS IN THE WINTER AND AN AVERAGE OF 500 DAILY BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS. OUR AMBASSADORS INTERACTED WITH OVER 6000 USERS. OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO RAN A FREE VAN SHUTTLE SERVICE TO THE TETON PASS TRAILHEADS, WHICH REDUCED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DRIVING TO THESE DESTINATIONS AND DECREASING THE CONGESTION AT THE BUSIEST PARKING AREA. THESE PROGRAMS WERE OPERATED IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE AND OTHER AGENCIES.Expenses $111,975 · revenue $112,431
- IMPROVING MOUNTAIN SAFETY: TEEWINOT INSTITUTE INITIATED A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP THE SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPACITY ON PK LENNIN, A 23,406 MOUNTAIN IN KYGYZSTAN. OVER 1000 CLIMBERS GO TO PK LENNIN EACH YEAR AND HISTORICALLY THE MOUNTAIN HAS HAD NO FORMAL SEARCH AND RESCUE PROGRAM FOR. A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL MOUNTAINEERING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE BRITISH MOUNTAIN MEDICINE ASSOCIATION IN STARTING THE PROGRAM. AS A PART OF THESE EFFORTS, OUR TEAM WAS THE LEAD IN TRAINING LOCALS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE, DOING SEVERAL MOUNTAINEERING RESCUES AND ALSO HELPING CLIMBERS SUFFERRING FROM THE EFFECTS OF HIGH-ALTITUDE SICKNESS.Expenses $26,400
- CONSERVING WILDLANDS: SEVERAL PROGRAMS ADDRESSED THIS FOCUS AREA. THE MUNGER PROJECT UNDERTOOK A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT HELPED LEAD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MUNGER RECREATION AREA IN TETON COUNTY, WYOMING. IN THE ARTIC, TEEWINOT PRODUCED A RESEARCH REPORT ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON HABITAT IMPORTANT TO CARIBOU. PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT CONSERVATION OF THE IMPERILED TETON BIGHORN SHEEP HERD ENCOURAGED BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS TO AVOID IMPORTANT SHEEP HABITAT. AND PUBLIC MEETINGS AND EDUCATION HELPED INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROPOSED PLAN TO EXPAND THE GRAND TARGHEE RESORT INTO ITS SURROUNDING WILDLANDS.Expenses $7,000
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 83-0286687
- 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
- 1989
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q055)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $201,927
- Income (IRS master file)
- $223,020
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $223,020 | $154,132 | $201,927 | XML |
| 990-EZ | September 2024 | $162,451 | $98,398 | $117,686 | XML |
| 990-EZ | September 2023 | $65,146 | $84,259 | $53,638 | XML |
| 990-EZ | September 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2020 Officer: GARY KOFINAS | September 30, 2021 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2019 Officer: GARY KOFINAS | September 30, 2020 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2018 Officer: GARY KOFINAS | September 30, 2019 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 83-0286687).
Questions about TEEWINOT INSTITUTE
- What is the EIN of TEEWINOT INSTITUTE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of TEEWINOT INSTITUTE is 83-0286687.
- Is TEEWINOT INSTITUTE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1989.
- Are donations to TEEWINOT INSTITUTE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does TEEWINOT INSTITUTE 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 TEEWINOT INSTITUTE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did TEEWINOT INSTITUTE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of TEEWINOT INSTITUTE?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names GARY KOFINAS.
- Who are the officers and directors of TEEWINOT INSTITUTE?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 3 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does TEEWINOT INSTITUTE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $223,020, expenses of $154,132 and total assets of $201,927 at year end.
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