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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TOM T EAST SR & ALICE K EAST & ALICE H EAST & ROBERT C EAST WILDL.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,061,251
Total expenses
$12,524,023
Contributions and grants received
$10,341,411
Grants paid
$188,627
Program service revenue
$1,904,987
Investment income
$54,748
Other revenue
$3,760,105
Total assets, end of year
$505,851,792
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,454,016
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$504,397,776
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,965,023
Management and general expenses
$2,559,000
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,965,023

Program services were 79.6% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $10,130,407

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $211,004

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Drought insurance

    total $1,086,605 · related or exempt $1,086,605

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program lease income

    total $818,382 · related or exempt $818,382

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,558 · excluded $24,558

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $45,929 · excluded $45,929

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $65,811

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $65,811

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $65,811 · excluded $65,811

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $30,190

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $30,190

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $30,190 · related or exempt $30,190

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,963,856

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,315,491

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,648,365 · related or exempt $3,648,365

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $171,727 · program services $171,727

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $16,900 · program services $16,900

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,896,038 · program services $1,157,182 · management and general $738,856

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,809,911 · program services $1,977,444 · management and general $832,467

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $171,622 · program services $120,777 · management and general $50,845

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $255,528 · program services $179,825 · management and general $75,703

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $278,274 · program services $195,832 · management and general $82,442

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,929 · management and general $2,929

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $121,124 · management and general $121,124

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $832,124 · program services $770,562 · management and general $61,562

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $38,869 · program services $38,869

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $158,025 · program services $76,314 · management and general $81,711

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $31,502 · program services $31,502

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $951,903 · program services $706,223 · management and general $245,680

  • 17 · Travel

    total $245,320 · program services $175,040 · management and general $70,280

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $34,396 · program services $27,298 · management and general $7,098

  • 20 · Interest

    total $65,816 · program services $65,816

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,402,723 · program services $1,376,047 · management and general $26,676

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $238,915 · program services $207,094 · management and general $31,821

  • 24a · Other expenses: Ranch program

    total $1,744,621 · program services $1,673,978 · management and general $70,643

  • 24b · Other expenses: Educational program

    total $427,783 · program services $427,783

  • 24c · Other expenses: Repairs and maintenance

    total $376,884 · program services $324,797 · management and general $52,087

  • 24d · Other expenses: Research and monitoring

    total $231,182 · program services $231,182

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,907 · program services $12,831 · management and general $7,076

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $27,600 · end of year $23,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,079,536 · end of year $1,943,806

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $279,946

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,351,480 · end of year $1,532,786

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $51,965 · end of year $27,867

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

    $509,350,953

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

    $12,065,939

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $495,805,005 · end of year $497,285,014

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $592

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $4,574,242 · end of year $4,574,242

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $667,581 · end of year $185,131

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $705,770 · end of year $928,536

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $284,229 · end of year $328,083

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,706,856

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $197,397

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $500,861,146 · end of year $504,397,776

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The East Foundation is an Agricultural Research Organization. On our land, ranchers, scientists, and educators work together to address issues important to wildlife management, rangeland health, and ranch productivity.

Activities or mission (Part I)

We promote the advancement of land stewardship through ranching, science, and education.

  • Ranching: The East Foundation's exempt purposes can only be achieved through the active management of a livestock ranch that is representative of the primary land use on 14.1 million acres of native rangeland in the South Texas Brush Country and Coastal Sand Plain region. This ranch serves as a laboratory for agricultural research that will facilitate wildlife conservation and livestock production throughout these 14.1 million acres of native rangeland. The operating ranch also serves as the outdoor 'classroom' to fulfill elements of the education purpose of the East Foundation (See Schedule O for continuation).

    Expenses $6,748,208 · Revenue $4,765,160

  • Science: The science program's purpose, to enable more effective decision-making by stewards of working lands, is embedded in an active working landscape. Research programs span 3 key areas: Land Stewardship and Management, Livestock Production and Ranching, and Wildlife Conservation and Management, which focus on those factors that most threaten the productivity, sustainability, and utility of working native rangelands. Each of these program areas contains discovery elements, intended to elucidate mechanisms that govern the complexities of land ecology, animal science and production systems, and population ecology of wildlife; development elements, intended to implement discoveries into systems and technologies for application by land stewards; (See Schedule O for continuation).

    Expenses $2,771,453 · Revenue $818,382

  • Education: East Foundation's Behind the Gates Education Program connects students to the land using hands-on, science-based curriculum. The program recognizes the value of a multifaceted system starting with delivering the message of natural resource conservation in schools and continuing with involving students in land stewardship practices on East Foundation's working lands. We believe that demonstrating how land stewardship provides quality of life for both people and wildlife is essential for their appreciation and understanding of working lands. Our goal is twofold. We aim to empower future leaders with knowledge and appreciation of how our natural systems work and we cultivate the next generation of natural resource professionals to support the working lands of Texas (See Schedule O for continuation).

    Expenses $445,362 · Grants $188,627

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard W Evans Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $65,500
    From this org
    $65,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Dan Kinsel III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $65,500
    From this org
    $65,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Stephen J Kleberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $65,500
    From this org
    $65,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Bryan Wagner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $65,500
    From this org
    $65,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Robert Neal Wilkins

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $660,352
    From this org
    $478,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $181,652
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $478,700
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $166,740
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,912
    Filer's total
    $660,352
  • Robert Todd Snelgrove

    COO

    Total calculated
    $222,408
    From this org
    $199,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,970
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,316
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,122
    Filer's total
    $222,408
  • Jason E Sawyer

    Chief Science Officer

    Total calculated
    $148,924
    From this org
    $136,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,574
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nicolas Rangel

    CFO & Treasurer (to 1/30/23)

    Total calculated
    $235,296
    From this org
    $212,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,546
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,424
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,122
    Filer's total
    $235,296
  • Veronica L Paredez

    Dir of Investments, Sec, Treas

    Total calculated
    $151,140
    From this org
    $135,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,840
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,300
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,718
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,122
    Filer's total
    $151,140
  • Trey R Dyer

    Director of Land & Fixed Assets

    Total calculated
    $209,450
    From this org
    $188,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,970
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,480
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,848
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,122
    Filer's total
    $209,450
  • James Powell IV

    Director of Communications

    Total calculated
    $219,233
    From this org
    $197,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,350
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,883
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,228
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,122
    Filer's total
    $219,233
  • Cynthia A Pavlicek

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $146,359
    From this org
    $130,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,174
    Hours/week
    40
  • Christine Buford

    Director of Education

    Total calculated
    $125,838
    From this org
    $110,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,130
    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Lines 4a-b
The organization made severance payments to Nicolas Rangel on 2/15/23, 2/28/23 and 3/15/23 totaling $35,833. The organization has a deferred compensation arrangement under IRC Section 457(f) for Neal Wilkins, President and CEO.

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.

  • The Diamond Bar Fund

    501(c)(3) · Investment management · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by East Foundation

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • East Foundation Ranches LLC

    Ranching · TX · income $4,762,809 · assets $7,108,458

    Directly controlled by East Foundation

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411929349301166

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