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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MIGHTY EARTH INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 14 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Ken Pucker

Listed only on the later return

  • Alex Wijeratna
  • Julian Oram
  • Ken Pucker - Dir From Aug

Totals

Total revenue
$4,633,896
Total expenses
$4,069,630
Contributions and grants received
$4,632,846
Grants paid
$188,681
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,050
Total assets, end of year
$1,946,437
Total liabilities, end of year
$911,981
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,034,456
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,750,464
Management and general expenses
$1,050,291
Fundraising expenses
$268,875
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,750,464

Program services were 67.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $908,257

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,724,589

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $1,050 · excluded $1,050

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,050

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,250 · program services $1,250

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $187,431 · program services $187,431

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $335,404 · program services $167,865 · management and general $100,603 · fundraising $66,936

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $835,076 · program services $570,929 · management and general $233,131 · fundraising $31,016

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,865 · program services $5,664 · management and general $2,163 · fundraising $38

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,998 · program services $17,973 · management and general $7,949 · fundraising $2,076

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $258,641 · program services $163,466 · management and general $73,721 · fundraising $21,454

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $42,267 · program services $26,683 · management and general $15,584

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,373 · management and general $73,373

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $36,117 · fundraising $36,117

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,114,692 · program services $827,248 · management and general $240,770 · fundraising $46,674

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $538,894 · program services $482,298 · management and general $21,959 · fundraising $34,637

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,054 · program services $15,027 · management and general $21,899 · fundraising $1,128

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $156,057 · program services $88,335 · management and general $48,817 · fundraising $18,905

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $64,494 · program services $847 · management and general $63,647

  • 17 · Travel

    total $166,428 · program services $138,428 · management and general $25,082 · fundraising $2,918

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,586 · program services $295 · management and general $24,291

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING AND DEVE

    total $67,538 · program services $10,105 · management and general $52,583 · fundraising $4,850

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $50,325 · program services $19,872 · management and general $28,961 · fundraising $1,492

  • 24c · Other expenses: ENTERTAINMENT

    total $7,449 · program services $2,941 · management and general $4,287 · fundraising $221

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,039 · program services $6,000 · management and general $39

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,652 · program services $17,807 · management and general $11,432 · fundraising $413

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $432,880 · end of year $1,670,248

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $91,922 · end of year $250,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,944 · end of year $7,017

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,494 · end of year $19,172

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $62,239 · end of year $217,279

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $694,702

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $44,717 · end of year $557,249

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $431,284 · end of year $477,207

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MIGHTY EARTH IS A GLOBAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WORKING TO DEFEND NATURE, CLIMATE, AND COMMUNITIES. OUR GOAL IS TO PROTECT HALF OF EARTH FOR NATURE AND SECURE A STABLE CLIMATE THAT ALLOWS LIFE TO FLOURISH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • PROTEIN:MIGHTY EARTH WORKS TO TRANSFORM THE PROTEIN INDUSTRY BY PERSUADING SUPERMARKETS, RESTAURANTS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS TOEND DEFORESTATION, LAND-GRABBING, AND THE ABUSE OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, AND SHIFT TO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS.

    Expenses $1,314,198 · Grants $32,500

  • FORESTS:MIGHTY EARTH WORKS TO BREAK THE LINK BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND DESTRUCTION OF TROPICAL RAINFORESTS AND OTHER LANDSCAPES. WE WORK INTHE AMAZON IN LATIN AMERICA, THE UPPER GUINEAN FOREST AND CONGO BASIN FORESTS IN AFRICA AND THE PARADISE FORESTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

    Expenses $981,253 · Grants $152,131

  • CLIMATE: MIGHTY EARTH WORKS TO DECARBONIZE HEAVY INDUSTRY BY HOLDING MAJOR AUTO AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE TO FIND SUSTAINABLE, RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES AND CHANGING CORPORATE POLICIES THAT DESTROY FORESTS AND MINE, CHOP, FINANCE, SHIP, AND BURN THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FUELS ON EARTH.

    Expenses $455,013 · Grants $4,050

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Glenn Hurowitz

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $181,911
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,911
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,661
    Filer's total
    $181,911

  • Tom Kuo

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Saerom Park

    TREASURER (UNTIL NOV 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Elizabeth Grossman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Abdul Tejan Cole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Ken Pucker

    DIRECTOR (FROM AUG 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Heidi Overbeck

    DIRECTOR (FROM MAY 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Cindy Schwartz

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,493
    From this org
    $151,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,685
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,808
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,238
    Nontaxable benefits
    $447
    Filer's total
    $153,493

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 · 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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349308983

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