Public Charity

OUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA

OUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA is a Public Charity headquartered in SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $4.4M revenue, $4.3M expenses, $4.8M total assets. 69 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 264206241 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Single Organization Support NTEE: N11 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.4M
Total Expenses$4.3M
Total Assets$4.8M
Grant Records69
Funding Total$7.1M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CORPORATION IS TO HELP PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND WALKS OF LIFE BUILD PERSONAL STRENGTHS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN LIFE, THROUGH OPERATING CHALLENGING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING COURSES AND PROGRAMS IN SCHOOL, URBAN AND WILDERNESS VENUES THAT INSPIRE SELF-DISCOVERY AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO BUILD SELF CONFIDENCE, TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND A SENSE OF CONCERN FOR OTHERS, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

Where $100 goes at Outward Bound California

How Outward Bound California divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$78 Programs the work itself
$8 Management running the organization
$14 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $78 for programs

$78
Outward Bound California provided wilderness and urban experiential education programs for 3950 students in 2025, operating 169 courses over the winter, spring, summer, and fall and working with…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 3,950 students; 84 organizations
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Abraham Simmons
DIRECTOR Alan Nguyen
DIRECTOR Alicia Light
DIRECTOR Claudia Lewis
CO-CHAIR Ed Colloton
SECRETARY Emily Ketchen

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$4,333,683 42 grants
Human & Social Services
$1,673,706 8 grants
Education
$528,500 10 grants
Health & Medicine
$177,200 4 grants
Youth Development
$6,480 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.4M $4.3M $4.8M
2024 $3.9M $4.6M $4.6M
2023 $5.1M $5.0M $5.2M
2022 $4.2M $4.2M $5.1M
2020 $2.2M $2.9M $3.2M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.2M to $4.4M (+102%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.8M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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