Totals
- Total revenue
- $874,379
- Total expenses
- $738,928
- Contributions and grants received
- $579,632
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $294,747
- Total assets, end of year
- $833,874
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $259,608
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $574,266
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $547,309
- Management and general expenses
- $125,723
- Fundraising expenses
- $65,896
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $547,309
Program services were 74.1% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$579,632
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$774,428
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$479,681
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $294,747 · related or exempt $294,747
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $82,500 · program services $66,000 · management and general $12,375 · fundraising $4,125
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $178,857 · program services $136,777 · management and general $18,062 · fundraising $24,018
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $7,627 · program services $4,195 · management and general $1,907 · fundraising $1,525
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $25,884 · program services $14,236 · management and general $6,471 · fundraising $5,177
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $20,226 · program services $11,124 · management and general $5,057 · fundraising $4,045
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11b · Fees: legal
total $850 · management and general $850
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11g · Fees: other
total $224,345 · program services $126,178 · management and general $75,593 · fundraising $22,574
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,977 · program services $2,636 · fundraising $341
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13 · Office expenses
total $23,802 · program services $16,470 · management and general $4,896 · fundraising $2,436
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16 · Occupancy
total $533 · program services $533
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17 · Travel
total $9,104 · program services $8,687 · management and general $417
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,820 · program services $1,820
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23 · Insurance
total $1,925 · program services $1,925
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24a · Other expenses: Supplies
total $157,233 · program services $155,913 · fundraising $1,320
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24b · Other expenses: Other
total $1,245 · program services $815 · management and general $95 · fundraising $335
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $360,323 · end of year $701,842
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $75,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $18,385 · end of year $55,090
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,552 · end of year $1,942
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $17,445 · end of year $259,608
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $363,815 · end of year $480,279
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $93,987
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund (BBHF) is dedicated to establishing high-quality pollinator habitat to ensure pollinator populations thrive. We work with landowners, conservationists, scientists, and beekeepers to design and build healthy and sustainable pollinator habitat.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Establishing high-quality pollinator habitat to ensure pollinator populations thrive.
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The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund staff provided technical guidance on the design, establishment, and management of pollinator habitat to private landowners, public land managers, solar power farm developers, corporations, beekeeping groups, and universities. From July 2024 through June 2025 __ projects and ____ acres were planted through the Seed A Legacy program to high-quality pollinator habitat.The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund staff participated in several research projects that are evaluating the BBHF pollinator seed mixes for their value and benefit to pollinator health and populations. Results show that BBHF seed mixes create a greater flower abundance than all other comparable programs and habitats.
Expenses $547,309
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Zac Browning
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Russell Freeman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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George Hansen
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christine Gemperle
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John Miller
Secretary/Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jill Clark
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brent Barkman
Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peter Berthelsen
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $86,372
- From this org
- $82,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,872
- 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(c)(5) · Funding honey bee research · CA · controlled entity
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533529349301048
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