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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL BOBWHITE AND GRASSLAND INITIATIVE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,418,818
Total expenses
$2,539,252
Contributions and grants received
$2,220,244
Grants paid
$1,466,990
Program service revenue
$172,790
Investment income
$25,784
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,049,098
Total liabilities, end of year
$921,946
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$127,152
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,355,920
Management and general expenses
$183,332
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,667,063

Program services were 92.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $3,185

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,212,004

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,055

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Habitat Management Services

    total $127,957 · related or exempt $127,957

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Conference and Events Services

    total $44,833 · related or exempt $44,833

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25,784 · related or exempt $25,784

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,466,990 · program services $1,466,990

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $111,135 · program services $111,135

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $413,356 · program services $413,356

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $28,317 · program services $28,317 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $102,816 · program services $102,816

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,909 · program services $38,909

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $10,000 · management and general $10,000

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $128,939 · management and general $128,939

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,584 · program services $0 · management and general $13,584 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $169,350 · program services $157,067 · management and general $12,283 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,991 · program services $0 · management and general $16,991

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,330 · program services $37,330

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,535 · program services $0 · management and general $1,535

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $26,254 · end of year $48,687

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $824,898 · end of year $584,655

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,401 · end of year $374,085

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $441 · end of year $441

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $41,230

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $817,099

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,422 · end of year $104,847

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $600,000 · end of year $127,151

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $244,572

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    end of year $717,421

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The partnership's mission is to restore and maintain wild northern bobwhite, associated species, and their native grassland habitats through sciencebased research and management to support healthy wildlife, soil, air, and water for the benefit of society.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The partnership's mission is to restore and maintain wild northern bobwhite, associated species, and their native grassland habitats through science-based research and management to support healthy wildlife, soil, air, and water for the benefit of society.

  • Managing Native Vegetation for Climate Mitigation through Grassland Bird Conservation in Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio.

    Expenses $1,244,639

  • Coordinated Implementation Program (CIP) Support We are proud to highlight our foremost program service accomplishment providing unwavering support to the National Bobwhite and Grassland Initiative (NBGI) at Clemson University. Through our collaboration, we've enabled the Coordinated Implementation Program (CIP) and other state allowable activities. Our commitment to this partnership has yielded substantial progress in conserving critical wildlife habitats. The Coordinated Implementation Program (CIP) serves as a strategic cornerstone, facilitating large-scale habitat management efforts. By channeling resources and expertise, we're fostering innovative research, outreach, and on-ground projects that rejuvenate vital grassland habitats. Moreover, our support for state-allowable activities ensures adaptable, region-specific conservation strategies that contribute to a cohesive national conservation agenda. As a result, our efforts are manifest in expanded conserved grasslands, heightened habitat quality, and the revival of bobwhite quail populations. This accomplishment underscores our dedication to sustainable wildlife conservation and reinforces our pivotal role in advancing ecosystem health

    Expenses $220,277

  • Contractual services comprised of annual publication design, IT mapping and software design between to platforms, as well as policy and advocacy contractor.

    Expenses $202,147

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John J Morgan

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $111,135
    From this org
    $111,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related

  • Aaron Jeffries

    Board Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Pete Hildreth

    MAFWA Board member seat

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Michael Lipford

    NEAFWA Board member seat

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Brad Loveless

    WAFWA Board member seat

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Billy Dukes

    SEAFWA Board member seat

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Rob Cook

    Outside Industry Development Board member seat (Bamert Seed)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • James Cummins

    Outside Partnership Board member seat (Crockett Club)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Kaitlynn Glover

    Outside Industry Dev Board member seat

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jay Stine

    Outside Partnership Board member seat (Park Cities Quail)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Lucus Cooksey

    Experienced Conservation Board member (Proj Dir Texas A&M Natr Resc Instit)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202542889349301974

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