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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,147,911
Total expenses
$3,775,423
Contributions and grants received
$2,330,751
Grants paid
$432,544
Program service revenue
$1,365,855
Investment income
$1,429,881
Other revenue
$21,424
Total assets, end of year
$16,540,273
Total liabilities, end of year
$575,446
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,964,827
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,732,611
Management and general expenses
$795,600
Fundraising expenses
$247,212
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,732,611

Program services were 72.4% 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)

    $1,105,872

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,224,879

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $35,324

  • 2a · Program service revenue: USER FEES

    total $968,565 · related or exempt $968,565

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY SERVICES

    total $397,290 · related or exempt $397,290

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $172,454 · excluded $172,454

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,897,427

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

    other assets $640,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $1,257,427

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,257,427 · excluded $1,257,427

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUES

    total $21,424 · related or exempt $21,424

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,424

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $432,544 · program services $432,544

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $154,862 · program services $97,330 · management and general $43,913 · fundraising $13,619

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,505,402 · program services $946,141 · management and general $426,875 · fundraising $132,386

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $134,852 · program services $92,584 · management and general $29,727 · fundraising $12,541

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $8,272 · management and general $8,272

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $294,256 · program services $114,079 · management and general $138,550 · fundraising $41,627

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,468 · program services $888 · management and general $1,125 · fundraising $2,455

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $162,999 · program services $125,316 · management and general $11,323 · fundraising $26,360

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $260,240 · program services $225,736 · management and general $34,194 · fundraising $310

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $190,881 · program services $131,065 · management and general $48,810 · fundraising $11,006

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $213,227 · program services $200,521 · management and general $12,277 · fundraising $429

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $214,445 · program services $201,667 · management and general $12,347 · fundraising $431

  • 24a · Other expenses: STORE PURCHASES

    total $126,745 · program services $126,745

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $68,164 · program services $37,995 · management and general $24,121 · fundraising $6,048

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $4,066 · management and general $4,066

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $301,852 · end of year $466,047

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $216,858 · end of year $224,959

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $268,919

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $297,678 · end of year $97,655

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $30,961 · end of year $30,961

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $79,243 · end of year $56,573

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

    $12,703,759

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

    $4,781,214

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,478,702 · end of year $7,922,545

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,914,029 · end of year $7,112,307

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $74,314

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $376,560 · end of year $285,993

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $70,465 · end of year $65,139

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $90,826 · end of year $150,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $150,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $285,734 · end of year $360,307

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,296,903 · end of year $11,536,554

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,901,955 · end of year $4,428,273

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADVANCE THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE THAT PROMOTES INFORMED STEWARDSHIP OF EARTH.

  • RESEARCH AND GRANT: RMBL CONDUCTS FIELD RESEARCH ON A RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, AND HYDROLOGY. SINCE 1928 RMBL SCIENTISTS HAVE PUBLISHED APPROXIMATELY 1800 PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS.

    Expenses $1,591,239 · Grants $159,246 · Revenue $1,032,399

  • INSTRUCTION, EDUCATION & AUXILIARY SERVICES: RMBL LAYERS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS ON TOP OF RESEARCH, PROVIDING UNIQUE FIELD-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING SUPPORTING SCHOOL PROGRAMS. RMBL PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $855,121 · Grants $29,690 · Revenue $333,456

  • PHYSICAL PLANT: ENCOMPASSES THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES THAT RMBL OPERATES IN, INCLUDING THE SEARCH FOR NEW LOCATIONS TO OPEN RMBL TO NEW RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $286,251

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Darnell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Blumestein

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Wildes

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Williams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Avery

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Brogan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hamish Greig

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Iler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lara Souza

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ian Billick Until 123124

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $154,861
    From this org
    $154,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,861
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $154,861

  • Brett Biebuyck

    DIR OF OPERA

    Total calculated
    $115,050
    From this org
    $115,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Reithel

    SCIENCE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $106,050
    From this org
    $106,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533149349302823

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