2025-11-15T16:44:26-05:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 261167804 FRESH AIR FAMILY INC FRES 2055406642 5136 8TH AVE SOUTH BIRMINGHAM AL 35212 VERNA GATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2055406642 2025-11-16 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Verna Gates 5135 8TH AVE SOUTH BIRMINGHAM AL 35212 445709 false X www.freshairfamily.org X 2006 AL SEE SCHEDULE O 8 7 0 0 0 0 211902 114011 259036 283520 7 69 39521 19309 510466 416909 0 0 0 0 333980 258375 16500 17100 17100 144125 83913 494605 359388 15861 57521 81485 84106 54900 54900 26585 29206 See Schedule O false false 276285 0 272339 Gross Out Camp expanded in 2024 to 68 camps in 26 locations for more than 1,200 campers. We awarded more than $62,000 in financial aid to children whose families could not afford to send them to an award-winning summer camp. 39% of our campers attended using some form of financial aid. Our camps are designed to teach children critical thinking using outdoor field biology. Screen-free these fresh air camps lead children in an exploration of their world in creeks and woods. Many of our children were in foster care living with grandparents single mothers or families with critical losses due to health fire or job loss. Our camps run from 8 am to 6 pm so struggling parents can get to work to support their children while we provide quality childcare. We provided 60,000 hours of instruction. 6051 0 5965 Afterschool programs in 2024 were operated throughout the school year serving 45 children. Children participated in our award-winning science program with a total of nearly 1,400 instructional hours. A diverse group populated our students who studied outdoors on a trail behind the school and through science experiments. These are the children of working parents who need quality childcare. 3586 0 3535 School Field trips hosted 220 children during 2024. We served 80 children with in-school enrichment. We offered 35 family field trips attended by 520 participants. We maintain a comprehensive statewide calendar of outdoor educational programs provided by Fresh Air Family and its partners. We produce a weekly newsletter with on average 70 events per week to 8,000 families. Our readership is 42%. We offer this service to encourage more families to enjoy the outdoors and to learn more about science and the environment. And for families to spend quality time with children. 1706 0 1681 Part III Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: Fresh Air Family hires paleontologists to take families to one of the top three Coal-Age fossil sites in the world. 380 people attended three fossil hunts. A 12-year-old girl found a museum-quality piece of an animal never seen before in the site. She donated the fossil to the Alabama Museum of Natural History. Attendees from three states attended the hunts. The hunts provide a way to teach about the rich mineral history of Alabama and its prehistoric past. 0 0 50 FORM 990 PART III LINE 4D OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT 1706 0 1731 287628 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 41 0 true 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false 8 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false X VERNA GATES 2055406642 5136 8TH AVE SOUTH BIRMINGHAM AL 35212 VERNA GATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X X 53460 0 0 DR MELINDA ADKINS CHAIRMAN OF BOARD 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CASSIE SIZEMORE VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JESSIE SCHNIPER SECRETARY TREASURER 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DOUG DEMEDISIS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AMANDA RICE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATRINA PORTER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANN DYER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 53460 0 0 0 false false false 106130 1381 0 0 6500 0 0 114011 GROSS OUT CAMP 611600 272339 272339 0 0 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS 611600 5965 5965 0 0 SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS 611600 3535 3535 0 0 FOSSIL HUNT 611600 1681 1681 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 283520 69 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48059 0 28800 19259 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT 611600 50 50 0 0 Educational support services Other schools and instruction 611600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 416909 283570 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53460 0 53460 0 0 0 0 0 204915 204915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17100 17100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12225 12225 0 0 2549 2549 0 0 2415 2415 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42590 42590 0 0 0 0 0 0 1200 0 1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICE VENUE FEES 21531 21531 0 0 EVENT INSURANCE 979 979 0 0 PROGRAM SERVICE VENUE FEES 424 424 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 359388 287628 54660 17100 0 0 0 0 43484 65285 34001 14821 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4000 4000 81485 84106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54900 54900 54900 54900 X 26585 29206 0 0 26585 29206 81485 84106 57521 0 0 0 0 -54900 X false false false X 43742 96845 98555 189700 114011 542853 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43742 96845 98555 189700 114011 542853 194944 347909 232 624 951 25 69 1901 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 544754 0.6387 0.7525 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FEDERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS LOAN 54900 54900 X X X true TODD HEIFNER HOPE MANIFEST P O BOX 533 ALABASTER AL 035007224 Internet solicitations for grants and donations. false 0 17100 0 0 17100 0 WACKY TACKY 48059 0 48059 0 0 0 0 0 28800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48059 0 48059 0 0 0 0 0 28800 28800 19259 Part VI, Line 11a A copy of the FORM 990 is provided in electronic format to each voting member of the FRESH AIR FAMILY BOARD OF DIRECTORS by email. Questions are answered and discussions are encouraged at the subsequent board meeting. Part XI, Line 9 | Description:, Explanation:, Amount:| SMALL BUSINESS LOAN COVID 19 ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN, FORM 990 PART XI LINE 9, $-54900| Part I Line 1 | Explanation:| OUR FOUNDATIONAL GOAL: In search of nature we find family. Our mission is to teach everyone that each and every living thing deserves respect. FRESH AIR FAMILY is dedicated to environmental and scientific education strengthening families youth and communities through a connection to and appreciation of the beauty and biodiversity of nature. To provide outdoor science education as a means for children especially the underserved children to develop good health in mind and body and to ensure a bright future. Part VI Line 11 | Explanation:| A copy of the FORM 990 is provided in electronic form to each voting member of the FRESH AIR FAMILY Board of Directors by email. Questions are answered and discussions are encouraged at the subsequent board meeting. Part VIII Line 2 | Explanation:| PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE Line 2: Educational support service to other schools and instruction.