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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$731,501
Total expenses
$439,429
Contributions and grants received
$533,903
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$197,034
Investment income
$564
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$943,656
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,205
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$923,451
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$224,964
Management and general expenses
$134,628
Fundraising expenses
$79,837
Program service expenses (Part III)
$224,964

Program services were 51.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $533,903

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $197,034 · related or exempt $197,034

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $564 · excluded $564

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $43,930 · program services $30,000 · management and general $10,000 · fundraising $3,930

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $178,358 · program services $56,609 · management and general $102,795 · fundraising $18,954

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,058 · program services $2,346 · management and general $4,716 · fundraising $996

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,720 · program services $4,148 · management and general $15,786 · fundraising $1,786

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $425 · management and general $425

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $595 · management and general $220 · fundraising $375

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $66,160 · program services $15,025 · fundraising $51,135

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,612 · program services $3,612

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,399 · program services $26,369 · management and general $30

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $112 · management and general $80 · fundraising $32

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,149 · program services $31,149

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,035 · program services $14,406 · fundraising $2,629

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,335 · program services $22,335

  • 20 · Interest

    total $43 · management and general $43

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,961 · program services $9,961

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,657 · program services $5,657

  • 24a · Other expenses: AUTO FUEL

    total $3,347 · program services $3,347

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $533 · management and general $533

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $399,463 · end of year $423,183

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $96,784 · end of year $346,851

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $61,499 · end of year $107,608

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $150,224

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $84,210

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $75,974 · end of year $66,014

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,268 · end of year $20,205

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,235

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $601,217 · end of year $923,451

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BFREE'S MISSIONS IS TO CONSERVE THE BIODIVERSITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF BELIZE. AS THE ONLY FIELD STATTION IN THIS BIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT AREA, WE SEEK TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION BY SUCESSFULLY INTERGRATING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ENVIRONMNTAL EDUCATION, AND CONSERVATION INITITIVES IN THE MAYA MOUNTAINS OF BELIZE, WHILE ALSO ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS, AND UTIMAELY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIVE FOR BELIZEANS AND VISITORS FROM ABROAD.

  • US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATION, INC. (BFREE) IMPLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, CONSERVATION WORKERS, PROTECTED AREA MANAGERS, AND STAFF FOR BOTH BELIZEANS AND PARTICIPANTS FROM ABROAD. IN 2022, BFREE HOSTED NUMEROUS UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE COURSES FROM THE USA AND BELIZE FOR MANY US STUDENTS AND SOME BELIZEANS STUDENTS. BFREE CONDUCTED A YEAR LONG ON-LINE EDUCATION PROGRAM SERIES FOR INTERNATIONAL AND BELIZEAN INSTITUTIONS AND STUDENTS. ABOUT 26% OF THE BFREE'S PROGRAM EXPENSES WENT TOWARD OFFEREING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITES AND ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $114,531 · Revenue $185,142

  • BFREE CONDUCTS AND SUPPORTS BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON VARIOUS ORGANISMS, INCLUDING MAMMALS, BIRDS, REPITILES AND AMPHIBIANS, INVERTEBRATES, PLANTS AND OTHER TAXA. IN 2022, BFREE HOSTED SEVERAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHERS FROM THE US AND AND BELIZE. RESEARCH RANGED FROM BIRD AND REPTILE STUDIES TO PLANT AND MAMMAL SURVEYS. ABOUT 12% OF BFREE'S PROGRAM EXPENSES WENT TOWARDS FACILITATING AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. BFREE CONTINUED SEVERAL LONG-TERM RESEARCH PROJECTS FOCUSING ON WILDCAT RESEARCH, FRESHWATER TURTLES AND CACAO AGROFORESTRY.

    Expenses $48,089 · Revenue $109,682

  • BFREE OPERATES A PRIVATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FACILITY ON 1,153 ACRE PRIVATE RESERVE OF TROPICAL RAINFOREST NESTLED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE MAYA MOUTAINS IN SOUTHERN BELIZE. ABOUT 6% OF BFREE'S PROGRAM EXPENSES WENT TOWARDS FIELD STATION OPERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

    Expenses $25,000 · Revenue $25,000

  • OTHER EXPENSES NOT ALLOCATED TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS

    Expenses $37,344

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JACOB MARLIN

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $43,930
    From this org
    $43,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • BILL COPELAND

    VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • PAM GARVIN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • TIMOTHY GREGORY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GENTRY MANDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JAMES ROTENBERG

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • PETER ESSELMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313259349300141

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