Organizations Filed Purposes:
To create a vibrant community of families and individuals by offering a wide variety of sustainably and environmental educational experiences.
Taproot strives to create a vibrant community of families and individuals by offering a wide variety of sustainability and environmental educational experiences. In 2018, Taproot served over 600 children ages 3 to 18 with programming that includes:A daily after-school program that takes children on nature and play-based field tripsA daily morning nature program called Sprouts, for young children, ages 3-5A twice-weekly morning nature supplement for home-schooled childrenDay-long camps on days when the Iowa City Schools are closed for conferences or teacher work daysA 9-day Taproot Leadership Camp for teenagers, camping in several different places in the Iowa City areaFour different age groups of summer nature camp, offered each week of the summerTaproot makes financial donations to other related nonprofits, as well as in-kind donations to local school fundraisers in the form of programming and gift certificates for silent auction.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Zachary Wedemeyer | President | 55 | $44,500 |
Jeff Edberg | Director | 1 | $0 |
Kerri Barnhouse | Director | 1 | $0 |
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