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← CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,510,039
Total expenses
$16,133,528
Contributions and grants received
$7,307,802
Grants paid
$35,754
Program service revenue
$177,107
Investment income
$1,977,999
Other revenue
$47,131
Total assets, end of year
$148,335,462
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,358,449
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$142,977,013
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,557,515
Management and general expenses
$3,847,426
Fundraising expenses
$728,587
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,557,515

Program services were 71.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • SCOTT J ULM

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH M HEWITT

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SOOHYUNG KIM

    CO-VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBBIANNE MACKIN MFR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIM M WIELAND

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANCES BEINECKE

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILY BERNHARDT PHD

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FARRAN TOZER BROWN

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • INDY BURKE PHD

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HUGO CASSIRER

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J BARCLAY COLLINS

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN M DRAKE PHD

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC S EWING

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH R HILPMAN

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERICH D JARVIS PHD

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EVERETTE JOSEPH PHD

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUBEN KRAIEM

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER J MCKENZIE

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIMON ROOSEVELT

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RALPH SCHMIDT

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES THROUGH 11/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTIN SENZEL

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES THROUGH 11/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MURIEL POSTON

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETH COMSTOCK

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAWRENCE KELLY

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLAN SHOPE

    BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSHUA R GINSBERG

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $444,219
    From this org
    $377,070
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,149
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $377,070
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,549
    Filer's total
    $444,219

  • HOLLY A TALBOT

    SR. DIRECTOR OF ADMIN/COMPTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $250,738
    From this org
    $214,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,536
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,202
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,696
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,840
    Filer's total
    $250,738

  • STEWARD TA PICKETT

    DISTINGUISHED SENIOR SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $242,451
    From this org
    $204,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,733
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,718
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,828
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,905
    Filer's total
    $242,451

  • RICHARD S OSTFELD

    DISTINGUISHED SENIOR SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $260,020
    From this org
    $200,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,152
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,868
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,296
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,856
    Filer's total
    $260,020

  • KATHLEEN C WEATHERS

    SENIOR SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $208,189
    From this org
    $167,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,809
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,380
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,867
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,942
    Filer's total
    $208,189

  • EMMA ROSI

    SENIOR SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $185,079
    From this org
    $164,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,506
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,573
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,826
    Nontaxable benefits
    $680
    Filer's total
    $185,079

  • FRED MERRITT

    DTR OF PHYSICAL PLANT & GROUNDS

    Total calculated
    $165,878
    From this org
    $147,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,627
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,251
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,588
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,039
    Filer's total
    $165,878

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501339349302905

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