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FY 2024

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2024EIN 04-2375956

Outward Bound Inc

LAGRANGEVILLE, NYNTEE: C600Founded 1964Website

mission statement

Our mission is to change lives through challenge and discovery. We teach to and work by the following values: compassion, integrity, excellence, inclusion and diversity. Our programs are based on the principles of learning through experience, challenge and adventure, and a supportive environment. We measure our outcomes by character development, leadership and service.

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Total Revenue

$9.8M

FY 2024

Program Spending

57.1%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2024)

The Numbers

$15.8M

Total Assets

$15.0M net

26.39 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2024

+177%

Revenue Growth

YoY

Total Employees

FY 2024

Funding Track Record

Backed by 93 Institutional Funders

$11.6M raised across 219 grants · +$11.9M committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 27 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation	ATLANTA, GA	$3,400,000 +$11,600,000 committed
Esb Charitable Foundation	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$1,536,867
Jpmorgan Chase Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$1,168,000
New York Life Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$1,000,000 +$250,000 committed
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$889,275
The Ayco Charitable Foundation	COHOES, NY	$467,600
The Kendeda Fund	Wilmington, DE	$440,000
Veterans United Foundation	COLUMBIA, MO	$320,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey	MORRISTOWN, NJ	$247,100
Helen Graham Charitable Foundation	POUND RIDGE, NY	$215,000

Total tracked: $11,575,141 across 219 grants · +$11,895,000 committed across 4 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2024)

What They Do

$3.9M in expenses

Outward bound, INC. (obi) was incorporated as a not-for-profit educational corporation and owns the outward bound brand and trademarks. Obi was created to advance and protect the mission, educational philosophy, learning methods and ideals of outward bound in the united states. Obi charters schools and establishes standards and procedures for safety and other shared programs and services. Obi also serves as a fundraising and coordinating organization for the outward bound schools which it charters. Obi currently charters eleven schools throughout the united states. Student programs are delivered by schools charted by obi. The charters follow the mission of obi to guide their delivery of programs, marketing, use of the brand, and all outward bound services.

Financial History