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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FERTILIZER INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,280,971
Total expenses
$9,716,550
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$210,175
Program service revenue
$9,297,431
Investment income
$702,287
Other revenue
$281,253
Total assets, end of year
$30,433,386
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,578,048
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,855,338
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $7,129,948 · related or exempt $7,129,948

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEETING AND CONVENTIONS

    total $1,383,115 · related or exempt $1,383,115

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP INCOME

    total $420,692 · related or exempt $420,692

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PROGRAMS AND CERTIFICATIONS

    total $363,676 · related or exempt $363,676

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $704,901 · excluded $704,901

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,000,000

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

    securities $2,002,614

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,614

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,614 · excluded -$2,614

  • 11a · Other revenue: PUBLICATIONS/ INDUSTRY STATISTICS

    total $157,309 · related or exempt $157,309

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $123,944 · related or exempt $123,944

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $281,253

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $210,175

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,967,013

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,481,040

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $299,994

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $383,426

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $250,944

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $452,227

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $188,537

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $37,912

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $723,180

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $37,638

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $144,042

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $195,564

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $461,605

  • 17 · Travel

    total $341,239

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $490,763

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $200,704

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $38,954

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $368,704

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIP & COALITION

    total $95,203

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $87,076

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE FEES

    total $86,797

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $173,813

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,352,901 · end of year $3,214,966

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $301,916 · end of year $286,926

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $244,415 · end of year $234,914

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

    $43,565

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

    $42,587

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,104 · end of year $978

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $19,417,962 · end of year $20,933,046

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $364,395 · end of year $641,560

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,354,928 · end of year $5,120,996

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,496,399 · end of year $1,035,365

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,742,053 · end of year $4,096,045

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,101,851 · end of year $4,446,638

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,713,318 · end of year $20,855,338

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE SEEK TO EMPOWER THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY TO NOURISH OUR WORLD.

  • CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS: THE INSTITUTE HOLDS MEETINGS WHICH PROVIDE A FORUM FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND BUSINESS NETWORKING. ADDITIONAL TOPICS OF THESE MEETINGS INCLUDE POLICY ADVOCACY, ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

  • MEMBERSHIP SERVICES INCLUDING:- MARKET INTELLIGENCE DATA COLLECTION AND AGGREGATION,- PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT STAKEHOLDERS HAVE ACCURATE, SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION ON FERTILIZERS, INCLUDING THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, HOW THEY ARE MADE AND BEST PRACTICES IN EFFICIENT FERTILIZER USE.- EDUCATION ON INNOVATIVE TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY.

  • LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITY: ENGAGE WITH CONGRESS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY'S VOICE IS HEARD AS RELEVANT POLICIES ARE DEVELOPED, REFINED AND INTERPRETED BY REGULATORS.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott McGinn

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Orr

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Behrman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Barr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ward Bloodworth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Bodine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Bohn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Bowen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean Briand

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Delaney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Demoss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jan Finch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wes Graves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Haitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Harlander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Kimm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Don Lambert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Long

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cassandra Loomans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Geraldo Mattioli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian McGregor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe McNeely

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Minnis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Nichols

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Paul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Pytosh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Ringkob

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Schouvieller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Seitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacob Shreve

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Stutsman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexander Terletskiy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Vance

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Corey Rosenbusch

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $862,261
    From this org
    $806,634
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,627
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $806,634
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,827
    Filer's total
    $862,261
  • Catharine Perry

    SR VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBER PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $324,653
    From this org
    $304,378
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,275
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $304,378
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,815
    Filer's total
    $324,653
  • Kathleen Mathers

    SR VICE PRESIDENT, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $324,953
    From this org
    $276,772
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,181
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,772
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,970
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,211
    Filer's total
    $324,953
  • Kurt McMillan

    CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $286,304
    From this org
    $246,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,963
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,341
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,444
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,519
    Filer's total
    $286,304
  • Thomas Lynch

    SR VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $343,271
    From this org
    $284,756
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,515
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $284,756
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,755
    Filer's total
    $343,271
  • Ed Thomas

    VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $309,064
    From this org
    $249,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,698
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,366
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,161
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,537
    Filer's total
    $309,064
  • Justin Louchheim

    SR DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $232,896
    From this org
    $193,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,766
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,130
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,631
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,135
    Filer's total
    $232,896
  • Chris Glen

    VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $212,548
    From this org
    $187,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,628
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,920
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,128
    Filer's total
    $212,548
  • Harriet Wegmeyer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - FERT FOUNDATION

    Total calculated
    $236,962
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $190,016
    Other
    $46,946
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $190,016 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,163 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,783 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $236,962 related

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
THERE IS A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR KEY EXECUTIVES, HOWEVER, NO PAYMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PLAN DURING THE YEAR.

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • GROWING RESULTS LLC

    RELATED · SECURE AND MANAGE A JOINT OFFICE SPACE LEASE, AND RELATED OPERATIONS. · VA · 31.65% owned · share of income -$20,951 · share of assets $311,683

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349309721

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