Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by BARON CRITICAL WEATHER INSTITUTE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $631,892
- Total expenses
- $130,563
- Contributions and grants received
- $540,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $41,850
- Investment income
- $50,042
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,494,981
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $765,129
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,729,852
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $55,369
- Management and general expenses
- $75,194
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $55,369
Program services were 42.4% 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
$540,000
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2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCT SALES
total $41,850 · related or exempt $41,850
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3 · Investment income
total $21,491 · excluded $21,491
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $221,973
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $193,067 · other assets $355
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $28,906 · other assets -$355
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $28,551 · related or exempt $28,551
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $59,583 · management and general $59,583
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $12,000 · program services $12,000
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $5,476 · program services $918 · management and general $4,558
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $753 · program services $753
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,350 · management and general $1,350
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13 · Office expenses
total $830 · management and general $830
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14 · Information technology
total $2,877 · program services $799 · management and general $2,078
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,657 · program services $1,326 · management and general $331
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17 · Travel
total $4,321 · program services $4,321
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $6,308 · program services $6,308
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23 · Insurance
total $10,769 · program services $4,308 · management and general $6,461
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24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION PARTS AND EQUI
total $22,779 · program services $22,779
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24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $1,289 · program services $1,289
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24c · Other expenses: EXHIBIT MANAGEMENT
total $405 · program services $405
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24d · Other expenses: LICENSE & REGISTRATION FE
total $137 · program services $137
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24e · All other expenses
total $29 · program services $26 · management and general $3
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $292,118 · end of year $533,536
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $231,318 · end of year $1,994
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $383,121
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $19,089 · end of year $50,939
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$27,276
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$17,729
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $16,210 · end of year $9,547
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $306,160 · end of year $1,515,844
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $5,101 · end of year $765,129
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
end of year $906,731
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $859,794 · end of year $823,121
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
CLASS WEATHER INSTRUMENTATION IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE AREA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND STATE OF ALABAMA HAS ALL THE NATURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUBSTANTIAL STUDY INTO TRANSPORTATION WEATHER AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS TO WORLD CLASS INSTRUMENTATION. THE INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO ORGANIZING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTATION IN REAL TIME AS WELL AS DEVELOPING REAL TIME WEATHER NETWORKS ON LAND, NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS AND OTHER. THE INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A HANDS-ON EXHIBIT WHICH ALLOWS CITIZENS AND SCIENTISTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW INSTRUMENTATION ASSISTS IN "KNOWING THE WEATHER". THE INSTITUTE WILL CONTRIBUTE DATA AND RESEARCH INTO THE ONGOING STATEWIDE EFFORT TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY.
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DEVELOP, COORDINATE AND SUPPORT WORLD CLASS INSTRUMENTATION ACROSS THE STATE.
Expenses $55,369
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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Charlie BlassCHARLIE BLASS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David DriscollDAVID DRISCOLL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff IronsJEFF IRONS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David KingDAVID KING
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bob LudwigBOB LUDWIG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Richard J MarsdenRICHARD J MARSDEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeremy MostellerJEREMY MOSTELLER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Steve RabySTEVE RABY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert O Baron SrROBERT O BARON SR
PRESIDENT/CE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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William H StenderWILLIAM H STENDER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jimmie TaylorJIMMIE TAYLOR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Norm TewNORM TEW
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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
- 10 March 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202520699349301502
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