EIN 46-1228334

Out of Eden Walk

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
1
Year formed
2012
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Out of Eden Walk is a global storytelling initiative that educates and raises global awareness by following Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek on a 24,000-mile journey on foot through the global migration of our ancestors from Ethiopia to Tierra Del Fuego. It offers an alternative approach for cross-cultural engagement among academic institutions, media professionals, and grassroots communities for a deeper understanding of current events. Its location is in Santa Fe, NM.
Total revenues
$388,930
2022
Total expenses
$480,930
2022
Total assets
$130,388
2022
Num. employees
1
2022

Program areas at Out of Eden Walk

The Out of Eden Walk is a global storytelling initiative for cross-cultural engagement among academic institutions, media professionals, and grassroots communities that offers a powerful alternative to today's exploding yet shallow coverage of current events, and promotes people-to-people connectivity via the ethos of "slow storytelling. "beginning at the herto bouri fossil site in africa in january 2013, the physical Walk by paul salopek will cover about 24,000 miles on foot, following the human fossil record and geopolitical landscapes, until reaching the "finish line" in southern america patagonia, tierra del fuego, anticipated date 2027. In an age of information overload, when an accelerating news cycle often stokes confusion, polarization and division, the Out of Eden Walk harnesses the power of humane, in-depth, science-based, and cross-cultural reporting to illuminate, through all types of media, the complex challenges that unite humanity at the turn of a troubled new millennium: from rising waves of xenophobia to resource depletion, from cultural endurance to climate change, from war to human mass migration, from technological innovation to environmental conservation, and much more. The Out of Eden Walk project is not one person's journey: it's a collective pilgrimage, conducted at boot level, that gathers and braids a multitude of voices together to describe the human experience across the globe at the start of the 21st century. Out of Eden Walk has produced 425+ in-depth articles on topics ranging from climate change to mass migration, archeology to grassroots technology, cultural survival to environmental crises. On national geographic society digital, Out of Eden Walk has published more than 450,000 words, 2,000 photos and 500 videos, with texts translated into 34 languages, with an archive of 90,000 unpublished images. Additional editorial outputs include:a. 11 major feature articles for national geographic magazine, including three cover stories, in an ongoing series.b. 100+ major international media outlets covering the Walk, including the new york times, Washington post, the new yorker, pbs newshour, npr, cnn, bbc, cbc, vice and gq.c. 200,000+ followers who access the Walk's storytelling via social media platforms.out of Eden Walk's "slow storytelling" methodology and people-to-people education programming impacts a vast audience: hundreds of thousands of students are experiencing Out of Eden Walk learning resources through our network of blue-chip partner institutions.out of Eden Walk's homestories program offers a critical skill-building resource for students and community-building through map-based storytelling. Homestories is now global, representing every continent on the free, public-facing, and crowd-sourced storytelling platform: www.homestoryproject.org. Students and members of the general public, of all ages, from anywhere on earth, can access and join this historic journey. Out of Eden Walk is halfway through an unprecedented, collaborative Walk across china, which began in fall 2021. Partnerships with ngm-china and disney-china, and academic institutions including nyu shanghai, engaged a global audience through workshops and lectures, both in china and in the united states, from teaching workshops at china's forestry department to launching a prototypical Out of Eden Walk museum exhibition at the institute for contemporary arts at nyu-shanghai that has already welcomed over one thousand in-person visitors.out of Eden Walk is growing a new generation of multicultural storytellers who, by slowing down their methodology, and taking the time to burrow beneath the day's superficial headlines, record and share more nuanced stories that reveal deeper truths about the hidden connections among our lives, thus eroding bigotry fueled by misinformation, and catalyzing responsible change and accountable behaviors in a rapidly globalizing world.

Grants made by Out of Eden Walk

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
New York University (NYU)Exhibition at Ica in Shanghai$45,000
Pulitzer Center on Crisis ReportingGrant on Crisis Reporting$10,000

Who funds Out of Eden Walk

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$29,650
Abundance FoundationOoew Matching Grant$10,000

Personnel at Out of Eden Walk

NameTitleCompensation
Julia PayneExecutive Director$72,600
Peg KeinerDirector of Innovation
Bill ParkerDirector
David PondPresident and Chair / Secretary$0
Timothy McNultyChair / Vice President$0
...and 6 more key personnel

Financials for Out of Eden Walk

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$388,919
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$11
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$388,930

Form 990s for Out of Eden Walk

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-02990View PDF
2021-122022-09-30990View PDF
2020-122021-11-09990View PDF
2019-122021-04-01990View PDF
2018-122020-01-23990View PDF
...and 5 more Form 990s

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Data update history
December 31, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 24, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from Abundance Foundation
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 30, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
June 28, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanitiesHistory
Characteristics
Tax deductible donations
General information
Address
PO Box 148
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Metro area
Santa Fe, NM
County
Santa Fe County, NM
Website URL
outofedenwalknonprofit.org/ 
Phone
(505) 819-1612
IRS details
EIN
46-1228334
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2012
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A80: Historical Societies, Historical Preservation
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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