NonprofitsBlue Deer Center

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Blue Deer Center

MARGARETVILLE, NY

Total revenue

$418K

Total expenses

$434K

Net assets

$256K

Grants received

$801K

13 grants

EIN

223741704

Tax year

2024

Mission

As an expression of Sacred Fire, we offer a home for shared experiences of transformation and healing by embracing the knowing of the natural world. We see a way of life where Ancestral Wisdom connects self, community and the natural world.

Programs

2 programs

Plant Spirit Medicine includes several offerings: An introductory on-demand online course-Growing Awareness of Nature. designed to give people a direct experience of the aliveness of nature and natures ancestral relationship with humans. Healer Training hybrid course: online and in person courses. Our ancestors lived in this way, where nature was alive and there was no illusion of separation from nature. They had a relationship with the spirits of nature and would call upon them for healing and wisdom. This ancient practice, long forgotten in the modern world, was remembered, revitalized, and reintroduced by Blue Deers Founder, the late teacher and healer, Eliot Cowan, and has proven to be as effective in todays world as in past times.

Expenses: $65K

HEALING INTENSIVE- Healing Intensive is a residential 5-day retreat only offered at Blue Deer Center. A Healing Intensive is composed of Indigenous spiritual healing in the Huichol tradition, a time for contemplation and reflection in the natural world, and gatherings around the fire. Adult men and women of all ages and backgrounds discover that the medicine of Ancestral Traditions runs deep and exerts a powerful spiritual benefit. The Healing Intensive provides a rare opportunity to experience a healthy village life.THE CAMP AND PROVIDES THE RIGHT CONDITIONS FOR HEALING TO OCCUR.

Expenses: $23K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$333K
Program service revenue$80K
Investment income$7K
Other revenue
Total revenue$418K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$147K
Fundraising$41K
Other expenses$287K
Total expenses$434K
Total assets$1.1M
Net assets$256K

People

4 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Jen Collins

Secretary

Board

3 hrs/wk

Scott Reid

Treasurer

Board

3 hrs/wk

Amanda Kerner

Executive Dir.

Board

40 hrs/wk

Patrick Hanaway

Chairman

Board

10 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 13 of 13

FromAmountPurposeYear
$120K
Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
2024
$101K
Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
2023
$57K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$100K
Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
2022
$44K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - YEAR 3 OF 3 - 30/20/10
2022
$16K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$74K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$31K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$31K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$205K
Cultural & Ethnic Awareness
2020
$12K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$7K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019

Funded by

$801K from 4 funders · 13 grants · 2019–2024

Maine Community Foundation Inc

$526K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$154K · 6 grants · 2019–2023

Rsf Social Finance Inc

$118K · 2 grants · 2021–2022

A Lindsay & Olive B O'connor

$3K · 1 grant · 2023

Details

EIN223741704
NTEE codeA90
Subsection03
Ruling date2002-05
Formed2002
Employees2
Volunteers31
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