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← WORLD FORESTRY CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WORLD FORESTRY CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,744,276
Total expenses
$3,065,026
Contributions and grants received
$1,687,838
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$717,179
Investment income
$149,193
Other revenue
$190,066
Total assets, end of year
$24,243,192
Total liabilities, end of year
$236,257
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,006,935
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,075,889
Management and general expenses
$501,236
Fundraising expenses
$487,901
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,075,889

Program services were 67.7% 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)

    $101,921

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,585,917

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $233,295

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REG. FEES

    total $651,467 · related or exempt $651,467

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $65,712 · related or exempt $65,712

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $125,730 · excluded $125,730

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $662,874

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $483,407

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $179,467

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $179,467 · excluded $179,467

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,629,147 · other assets $46,499

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,643,674 · other assets $8,509

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$14,527 · other assets $37,990

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $23,463 · excluded $23,463

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $17,687

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $8,035

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $9,652 · excluded $9,652

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $947 · excluded $947

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $947

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $307,770 · program services $221,393 · management and general $27,763 · fundraising $58,614

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $931,967 · program services $670,405 · management and general $84,071 · fundraising $177,491

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $53,777 · program services $38,684 · management and general $4,851 · fundraising $10,242

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $106,009 · program services $76,257 · management and general $9,563 · fundraising $20,189

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $122,968 · program services $88,456 · management and general $11,093 · fundraising $23,419

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,075 · program services $1,951 · management and general $3,262 · fundraising $2,862

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,700 · program services $5,244 · management and general $8,766 · fundraising $7,690

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $66,979 · management and general $66,979

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $263,268 · program services $63,619 · management and general $106,349 · fundraising $93,300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $83,671 · program services $61,447 · fundraising $22,224

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $200,885 · program services $66,111 · management and general $117,856 · fundraising $16,918

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,197 · program services $8,264 · management and general $13,814 · fundraising $12,119

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $190,542 · program services $138,724 · management and general $41,881 · fundraising $9,937

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $135,930 · program services $135,930

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $423,999 · program services $394,070 · management and general $4,988 · fundraising $24,941

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,904 · program services $18,949 · fundraising $7,955

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $86,385 · program services $86,385

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,396,350 · end of year $886,970

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,200,565 · end of year $96,850

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,098,189 · end of year $1,488,439

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $250,094 · end of year $27,289

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,591 · end of year $20,283

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

    $18,671,297

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

    $12,702,433

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,303,331 · end of year $5,968,864

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,819,137 · end of year $4,831,118

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,407,099 · end of year $10,923,379

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $269,724 · end of year $99,185

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $137,615 · end of year $137,072

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,296,984 · end of year $11,715,574

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,780,033 · end of year $12,291,361

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CREATE AND INSPIRE CHAMPIONS OF SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE AND INSPIRE CHAMPIONS OF SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY.

  • PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS - WE DRIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING BY CURRENT AND FUTURE FORESTRY PROFESSIONALS. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH EVENTS AND PROGRAMS LIKE OUR ANNUAL CANOPY CONFERENCE, ONE OF THE LARGEST TIMBERLAND INVESTMENT CONFERENCES IN THE WORLD; CONVENINGS, AND WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $1,147,015 · Revenue $651,467

  • PUBLIC PROGRAMS - WE CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT CONNECT THE PUBLIC TO ITS INTERDEPENDENCE WITH FORESTS. THE HEART OF THIS WORK IS OUR DISCOVERY MUSEUM, WHICH FEATURES INFORMATION ON THE NATURAL SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES, AND CYCLES OF FORESTS, THE HISTORY OF FORESTRY, CULTURE AND INNOVATION, AND THE CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS OF SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY. WE CREATE UNIQUE EXHIBITS TO TEST ISSUES AND UNDERSTANDING AROUND HOW TO LINK PEOPLE WITH THEIR FORESTS ACROSS EMERGING ISSUES SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE, CHANGINNG DEMOGRAPHICS, WILDFIRE AND OTHER CACTASTOPHIC EVENTS. WE ALSO HOST PUBLIC EVENTS AND ART EXHIBITS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO TREES AND FOREST ISSUES USING DIFFERENT LENSES TO SHOWCASE THE DIVERSITY OF HUMANITY AND EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS SUCH AS WILDFIRES.

    Expenses $928,874 · Revenue $65,712

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Furia

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $266,884
    From this org
    $251,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,482
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,402
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,081
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,401
    Filer's total
    $266,884

  • Sam Cook

    CHAIR/MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Levesque

    TREASURER/MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victor Haley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jeff Nuss

    MEMBER/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Doctor Thomas Easley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Fullem

    MEMBER (1/1/23 TO 9/26/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karim Khalifa

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffanie Starr

    MEMBER/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kaarsten Turner

    MEMBER (1/1/23 TO 9/26/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Day

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Donegan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zan Galton

    MEMBER/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Nelson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlotte Kaiser

    MEMBER (9/26/23 TO 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Prather

    MEMBER (9/26/23 TO 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cade Warner IV

    MEMBER (9/26/23 TO 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Horton 123 To 323

    COO & CFO

    Total calculated
    $40,887
    From this org
    $39,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,208
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chuck Wiley

    DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES & SAFETY

    Total calculated
    $124,784
    From this org
    $114,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,013
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423129349304142

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