2023 Financial Overview: Colorado Outdoor Education Center
COEC Operational Expenses Salary 50% Other Expenses 3% Office 3% Taxes & Licenses 2% Vehicle 6% Facility Maintenance 7% Utilities 2% Program 8% Insurance 8% Food 11% Charitable Donations $775,000 Luke Stalker Fund $250,000 Sanborn 70 Scholarship $26,000 Sandy & Laura Scholarship $154,000 Program Excellence $46,000 Greatest Need $299,000
Charitable Funds Expenditures
$844,000
2023 was an amazing year for Sanborn Western Camps and Colorado Outdoor Education Center. We celebrated our 75th anniversary with a successful camp season, a robust outdoor education program in the spring and in the fall, and our best year ever at The Nature Place. And of course, the Alum Reunion in August was the highlight of our summer. We are grateful for and humbled that this place, the land and people are so deeply woven into the experience of over four generations of individuals. Thank you so much to those of you who made the trip to Florissant to celebrate with us.
Throughout the year, we were also able to continue progress on our long-term goal of renovating and replacing our aging facilities. Thanks to your generous donations, we completed construction on the new STUW Ridge washhouse at Big Spring which offers increased convenience, updated plumbing, enhanced privacy, and environmentally friendly features, like motion sensor lights. Plus, it just might have encouraged the boys to take a few more showers during their time at camp! Construction is well underway on the next wash house for MOPQ Ridge and it will be ready for the 2024 camp season. We have three more washhouses slated to be rebuilt over the next couple of years as well as continuing to rebuild the cabins at High Trails. As everyone knows, construction costs have skyrocketed in recent years, and we are dependent on your generous gifts to continue these and other important projects.
We continue to be committed to our scholarship program that supports outstanding young people from families who cannot afford the tuition to attend Big Spring and High Trails. Scholarship funds are also distributed to schools who participate in our High Trails Outdoor Education Center programming so that every student may have this formative experience with their classmates, regardless of their ability to pay. I wish you could see the happy faces and transformational learning that occurs due to your thoughtful gifts.
Environmental sustainability is also a continued focus for us. Some of your donations are contributing to our forest mitigation projects, reducing our risk of wildfires and helping revitalize the health of our forests. These funds are also being used to improve our infrastructure to help reduce our environmental footprint.
We are especially grateful to the Stalker Family this year for their significant donation in memory of their son, grandson, and brother, Luke, a camper and staff member at Big Spring. They have created an endowed fund which allows us to support summer staff with stipends for transportation, required certifications, and other needs which makes it financially possible for them to work at camp.
As always, we are able to cover all of our operational expenses with the revenue generated by our programs. This allows your charitable gifts to directly impact scholarship recipients, major facility renovations, and programmatic purchases that enhance the quality and the long-term sustainability of our programs.
Because of you, we are entering 2024 and our next 75 years, in an extremely strong position and are looking forward to serving your grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you!
Sincerely, Director of Development
Dear Friends—
Ridge Washhouse $445,000 Scholarships $292,000 Mitigation $27,000 BS Sport Court $32,000 MOPQ Washhouse Preliminary Work $48,000
STUW
COEC Annual Fund Donors
We are grateful to these alums, staff, parents and friends of camp who gave generously to our Annual Fund and the Sanborn 70 Capital Campaign in 2023 and through January 31, 2024.
MOUNT ELBERT
$250,000 and above
The Stalker Family
In memory of Luke Stalker
MOUNT ANTERO
$50,000 – 249,999
American Endowment Foundation
Vergi Geurian and Josh Geurian
Pershing Charitable Trust
Bill Polk, Jr.
PIKES PEAK
$20,000 – 49,999
Benson Family Foundation
Kiersa Benson and Erik Benson
F. Martin Brown Trust
Roger & Lauren Cameron
A BLUFF
$10,000 – 19,999
Anonymous -1
Dave & Cathy Gepson Burnham
Estate of William Comley
Mia Fisher & William Pollack
In memory of Angela Fisher
J.F. Maddox Foundation
Toby Utterback
John & Linda Ward O’Hara
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Mary Bracken Swanson
Jim “Herc” Roth
Barbara Rowley & Taylor Middleton
Bud Wobus
In memory of Sherry Whitcher Wobus
FISH CREEK
$5,000 – 9,999
Anonymous – 1
Allen Family Foundation
Andy, John, and Phil Allen
Randy Brown, Susan Brown McCoy & Marianne Brown Rooney
Susan White Burgamy
Margot Schlegel Cromack
Mark & Liz Dubinsky Daoust
Liza Eaton & Adam Cohen
Annie Garretson
In honor of Jane and Jerry Helms Properties
On behalf of Barbara Rowley
Hank & Pat Hemingway
J.F. Maddox Foundation
Sarah Utterback
Hugh R. & Arianne O’Kane
In honor of Jerry McLain
Kathy Osborn
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Ted & Wendy Ramsey
Bill & Karen Schaphorst
The Frank Williams Family
LITTLE BLUE
$2,000 – 4,999
Anonymous – 2
Anonymous
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Steve & Katy Smith Abbott
John & Diane Allen
In honor of “old broken down wranglers”
Steve & Jana Bohnen
In honor of Fred Bohnen
Carney Family Charitable Foundation
Kris & Colleen Carney Courtney
Bill & Amy Sawyer Daniher
Donohue Family Foundation
Claire Donohue
Feldman Family Fund
Josh Feldman
The Helen Clay Frick Foundation
Laura Jenney Roe
John & Lolly Gepson
Sharon & Rich Hamilton
Bush Helzberg (dec)
Hendricks Family Fund
Janet Hendricks
Jan Mueller
In memory of Max Barry
Robyn Rissman
Jane McAtee Sanborn
In memory of Marjorie McAtee
Sanborn Summer Staff 2023
Jeff Schlueter
Chris & Elizabeth Shears
Nan Shiffler
Stevan Simich
Ralph L. Smith Foundation
Laura Douthat Donnelly
TWC Foundation
Jennifer & Marley “Bucky” Hodgson
Sarah Zwinger & Kent Roberts
Stephen & Cate White
SUNDAY ROCKS
$1,000 – 1,999
Anonymous – 2
Dr. Peter & Mrs. Barnett
In memory of Bob Bucholz
Bruce & Megan Mueller Barry
In memory of Max Barry
Sam Carkhuff, Sr.
Charlotte Ramsey Chaney
Jake, Olivia, Noah & Zoe Colley
Cindy Fair Crandell
Deb Donnelley & Steve Lenzo
Trip Friendly
Rob & Connie McWilliams Friesen
Jonathan Green
In memory of Howard Green
Frank Gerrity Charitable Trust
Peter Gerrity and Lucy Gerrity
In honor of Anne Jackson
Pete Glasser & Mary Mayfield
Reinhard “Shrimp” Goethert
HTOEC 2023 Spring Staff
Budge & Lindsay Hickel
Diana Johnson
In memory of Susie Jarvinen
Jerry & Jessica Thurmond Jurgensen
Phil LaFortune and Family
The Lewis Foundation
Hal Lewis Blair Lewis Williams and Families
The Lewis Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
Jason & Jean Armour Lewis
Paul Lhevine & Lorii Rabinowitz
Betsy Longenecker
Denis & Amy Davis Lunne
In memory of Susan Kay Davis Eliser
Katharine Mann
Ruth Berkow McArdle
Pat & Libby Hamilton Malone
Levi & Elizabeth Rundle Marable
Gary Missner
Gary Mostow
In memory of Chuckles
J. Landis & Sharon Martin Family Foundation
Andrew & Sarah Martin Stettner
Michelle O’Brien
William Travis Penn & John Wicher
Lisa Schneck
Bill Schreiber (dec)
In honor of Jim “Herc” Roth
Martha & Marty Strauss
Charlie Sweet
Scott & Carrie McCaull Taylor
Rein & Jan Sanborn Van West
Denis & Sandra Weber
Evan Williams
HIGH TOR
$500 – 999
Anonymous – 1
Anonymous
In memory of Kristin McLain and Sam Jenkins
Rajendra & Kacie Sanborn Awasthi
Erik Benson
David Boger
Susan Brown
Rich & Kathy Bucholz
Scott Campbell
In memory of Laura & Sandy
Mimi & Landers Carnal, Sr.
In honor of Boyd, Landers & Mary Carnal
Julie Micou Cerf
Janice DeMocker
Taylor Emanuels
Emanuels Family Foundation
Tim and Beth Rusling Emamuels
Tom & Susan Eschenroeder
Greg “Cool Breeze” Euston, Sr.
Oliver Fisher
Jerre & David Fussell
In honor of Jane Sanborn
Anne Wells Gifford
Whitney Lamb Granata
Chris & Suzanne Gepson Hagen
John Hamilton
Jim, Heather, & Jonah Hauswirth
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Deanna Womack Hollon
Ellen & Joe Horan
Jeff Horner
Taylor & Martie Adams Jones
Christian Keesee
Ward & Carol Swartout Klein
Michael & Eliza Koeppel
Julie Klinghoffer
Rick & Rita Krause
In memory of Gary Krause
The McGowan Family
Ella, Maia, Ashley, & Ryan and Gabby Gatto
Andrea McCrady
Peter & Katie McKee
Jerry & Betty Ballman McLain
In memory of Kristin McLain
John S. Mengel
Maureen Missner
Ben Northcutt
Charles and Christopher Nunziato
Tom O’Hara
Darcy Swenarton Peet
Sheila & Russell Pierson
In memory of Kristin McLain
Steve & Kristin Mueller Pillsbury
In memory of Max Barry
Mary “Bunny” Porter
Quaker Hill Foundation
Helen Stevens
Matt & Ariella Randle Rogge
Mark Shelton
In memory of Erin Langhofer
Anne & Emily Burnham Shingler
In memory of Marjorie McAtee
The Skipping Bear Foundation
Reggie Cahalan & Dee Shiverdecker
Erik Simchuk
Russ Stewart
Stupp Bros. Bridge & Iron Co. Foundation
Family of Will and Henry Stupp
Kathy Yanuck Wenger
Jennifer Downey Wirtz
Dorothy “Sam” Kindred Yewer
In honor of Jane Sanborn
Dianna Zuendel
B BLUFF
$250 – 499
Anonymous -1
Amazon Smile
Davis Ammons
Carolyn Mozley Beiser
Bruce Benjamin
Chris and Ben Bohanon
Jamie Bruesch
Claire Bucholz & Devin McPhillips
In memory of Bob Bucholz
Lucy & John Covington
Cassandra & Byron Crossen
Ira & Lynn Dubinsky
In honor of Lucy, Annie, and Phoebe
Daoust
Michael Eber
Molly Morton Efland
Jenny & Tim Ewing
In honor of Linda & John O’Hara
Kent & Susan Henson Flury
In memory of Mary Shelton Fitzpatrick
Amy Gutman
In honor of Jane Sanborn
Rick Gydesen
Lawrence & Valisa Hanlon
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Steve Heifitz
Kim Bean Higgins
Gretchen Hund
Samuel Johnson
In memory of Susie Macy Jarvinen
The Kroger Foundation
Mike Lawrence
In memory of Ward Lawrence
Carly Liebich
Jennifer Hatgi Majer
Kado Marino
Georgina Bliss Marshall
In honor of Jane Sanborn
Phil Marthens
The Ryan & Ashley Nord McGowan
Family
Tina Moschetti McNew
Anna Middleton
Bonnie & Mark Miller-McLemore
In honor of Chris & Sarah Ulizio
Mark “Flounder” Mobley
Travis Monroe
Kate Williams Montgomery and Family
Tracey & Karl Ohaus
In honor of a wonderful Sanborn staff
Logan Qualls
Marguerite Rengers
In memory of Susie Macy Jarvinen
Julie Franz Richardson
Kurt & Anne Richter
Anne & John Rollins
Tricia Rossettie
Kathy Ruekberg
In memory of Joe Ruekberg
Bob Schott
In honor of Yoshi Games
Andy Smith
Helen Stevens
The James & Caroline Tharp Family
Betsy Tucker
In memory of Kristin McLain
Sarah & Chris “B.C.” Miller-McLemore
Ulizio
In honor of Bonnie & Mark MillerMcLemore
The Vernon Family
Erik Wobus
In memory of Sherry Whitcher Wobus, Marge Whitcher, and Kristin McLain
WITCHER ROCKS
Anonymous – 2
Anonymous
In honor of Jill Brownson Nelson
Henry Ahn
Rick Anderson
Susan Mackin Anderson
In memory of Sandy & Laura
Linda Arms
In memory of Bob Arms
Betty Barton
In memory of Susie Macy Jarvinen
Tom Beckmann
In honor of the 75th Anniversary
Jean Carlson Benkert
Bart Berger
Rick Bisio
Ben Blake
Patricia Bliss
John & Pamela Blythe
Tim & Cate Noyes Boddington
Alan Bornstein
Carter Bowe
Marilyn Boyd
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Kathryn & John Brega
Pete & Karla Breitenstein
Jackie Briggs
Xanni Brown
Paige Bryan
Prescott Bullard
Sharon Burlingame
In memory of Susie Macy Jarvinen
Catherine Carella
Landers Carnal, Jr.
Theo Carnes
Deborah Guiher Chamblee
Cathy Clark
Jane Clayton
Virginia and Wilson Clemons
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Joe Coates
Rebecca Friendly Coccari
Jesse Cogan
Joan & Thomas Cook
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Katelyn Cowles
Margy Crosby
Victoria Bowles Cruz
Tom Currier
John G. Decker
In memory of Susie Macy Jarvinen
Ed DeCourreges
Brendan de Greve
Hayden Delius
Debbie de Peyster
In memory of Laura & Sandy
Cassidy Dickson
Maddy Dietrich
Dede McFayden-Donahue
Margo Salmela Dorion
Ned and Debbie Douglas
Alex & Diane Eaton
Simms Ehrlich
Henry Ewing
In honor of Linda & John O’Hara
Julie Hess Farnham
Rich & Sheri Bone Fedorchak
Monica McDougall Flegg
Martha Hartzell Fosdick
In memory of Mike Fosdick
The Chelsea Neidenthal Fritts Family
Givinga Foundation
Ulpiana Gonzalez and Jose Morcuende
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Ed & Patsy Roby Gotfredson
Mary Garlich Grannell
In memory of Betty Erickson
Andre “Dre” Gray
Diedre Gray
Katie Hall
Melissa Hamid
In memory of Dr. & Mrs. F. Rodman
Landon
Richard Hankin
Greg & Karen Harman
In honor of Blakely Harman
Bruce & Melanie Haupert
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Susie Frazier Healey
In honor of Jane Sanborn
Linda Henn
Marilyn Hiscock
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Lisa Prentice Hughes
John “Jack” Jackson
Peter Johnson
Jennifer Ball Jones
Dale Jordan, III
Jessica Kalweit
Connie Kamp
In memory of Carl & Sylvia Burris
Brenda Kane
In memory of Susan Goetz Beall and Dudley Goetz
Heidi Kane
In memory of Susan Goetz Beall and Dudley Goetz
Marilyn Kimball
Barry Schultz King
In honor of Jerry McLain and Jane Sanborn
Caleb Kirkpatrick
Kathy Miller Krogh
In memory of Kristin Foseid Robbins
Steve Kumar
Jack Kussmaul
Bob & Rosie LaLonde
Simon Lambert
Jasmine Larry
Betty Lehman
In honor of Jane Sanborn
Larry Lehman & Lois Hutchins
Alex Levering
JC Lowman
Terry & Susan MacQuiddy
Jim Maddox
Hank & Sally McCracken Maertens
Kody Maynard
Francie Marbury
Robbie & Roger Marks
Stancie Sherley McClelland
Maggie McCoy
Grace McDevitt
Susan Thurmond McMannama
In honor of Jessica Thurmond Jurgenson
Grace McRoberts
Glen and Kathy Meisner
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Bill Melon
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Jonathan Metcalf
On behalf of Emily and Linnea Metcalf
In memory of Bob Bucholz and Roger Sanborn
Renee Miller
In honor of Jane Sanborn
Susan Missner and Alan Budovitch
In honor of Gary Missner’s 65th birthday
Kathy & John Mollett
Tim Moore
Rob & Laura Morgan
Kenneth Mueller
In memory of Max Barry
Jay & Susan Uptegrove Myrick
In honor of Jerry McLain
Josiah Neal
Delaney Nigma
John Nix
Alina O’Brien
Marikayt Patton
Diane Fisher Perkinson
Robert & Rachel Permutter
Dave Perry
Mark Peterson
Tracy Michael Petrakis
Dana & Troy Pohlman
In honor of Ross Pohlman
Josiah Barron Ramirez
Max Roach and Peaches Wade
Jenny Roberts
Michael Rodriguez
Nancy Rothermel
Madeline Rowley
Barry Rubin
David Ruddy
Carolyn Rundle
Tully Sandbom
Nancy Schell
Charlie Schweighauser
Philip & Lindsay McKean Scott
Winifred and William Scott
In memory of Jeff Roberts
Marc Seidel
On behalf of Sophia Ozenbaugh
Laura and Kyle Shannon
Ella Siblik
The Simpson Family
Chris Skan
Quin Smith
Ben Sperry
Diana LeMaire Squibb
Tom & Jacque Stauffer
Lu Sultze
Ted Sykes
In honor of Frank Williams and his family
Lynn Taylor
In honor of Samantha Taylor
Kathy Medlock Tuteur
Judy Vaughan
In memory of William Comley
Caroline Wade
Andy Weed
Susi Weed & Terry Doolittle
Ruth Wells
Uli Welsch
Jim & Marysue Wendt
Pamela Green Wheeler
Ed and Lynn Whitcher
In memory of Sherry Whitcher Wobus and Marge Whitcher
Harry White
Big Al & Terry Goodger Williams
In honor of Jane Sanborn and Jerry McLain
David S. Williams
Bill Wilson
Rick & Raye Wilson
In memory of Matthew Dale Wilson
Monica & Richard Wolfe
In memory of Suzie Macy Jarvinen
Mimi Lays Wright
In memory of Bob & Martha Lays
Susan Wyatt
In memory of Susie Macy Jarvinen
Lea Stratton Yancey
Dennis Young
Jim Zinser
Forever Sanborn
It is possible to make a tax deductible gift to Colorado Outdoor Education Center through beneficiary designation in a will, 401k or similar plans, or life insurance policies. If you have done so or desire to do so, please let us know so that we can make you a member of “Forever Sanborn,” a group of donors who have included COEC in their estate planning.
Colorado Outdoor Education Center
Colorado Outdoor Education Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that operates three major programs on its 6000-acre property near Florissant, CO. These programs are Sanborn Western Camps (Big Spring and High Trails), High Trails Outdoor Education Center, and The Nature Place Conference Center.
Colorado Outdoor Education Center
PO Box 167
Florissant, CO 80816
www.coec.info
Elizabeth Marable Executive Director, COEC
