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Form 990 for tax year 2023

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

Totals

Total revenue
$14,920,999
Total expenses
$14,846,058
Contributions and grants received
$9,473,506
Grants paid
$1,777,305
Program service revenue
$1,568,004
Investment income
$857,300
Other revenue
$3,022,189
Total assets, end of year
$526,338,920
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,680,615
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$504,658,305
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,919,883
Management and general expenses
$2,926,175
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,919,883

Program services were 80.3% 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

    $7,681,426

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,792,080

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $21,186

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program lease income

    total $788,316 · related or exempt $788,316

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Research services

    total $734,053 · related or exempt $734,053

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Drought insurance

    total $45,635 · related or exempt $45,635

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $358,761 · unrelated business $358,761

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $19,211 · excluded $19,211

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $54,911

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $54,911

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $54,911 · excluded $54,911

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $679,138

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

    other assets $180,599

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $498,539

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $498,539 · related or exempt $498,539

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,877,990

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,929,923

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,948,067 · related or exempt $2,948,067

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,761,305 · program services $1,761,305

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $16,000 · program services $16,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,031,434 · program services $1,196,413 · management and general $835,021

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,019,488 · program services $2,126,367 · management and general $893,121

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $206,693 · program services $145,556 · management and general $61,137

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $313,427 · program services $220,720 · management and general $92,707

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $295,437 · program services $208,051 · management and general $87,386

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $587,080 · program services $557,566 · management and general $29,514

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $186,372 · management and general $186,372

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $226,999 · program services $221,565 · management and general $5,434

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $55,217 · program services $55,217

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $100,966 · program services $56,055 · management and general $44,911

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $146,509 · program services $105,984 · management and general $40,525

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $762,882 · program services $510,237 · management and general $252,645

  • 17 · Travel

    total $286,138 · program services $215,810 · management and general $70,328

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,985 · program services $5,205 · management and general $27,780

  • 20 · Interest

    total $218,471 · program services $28,401 · management and general $190,070

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,778,664 · program services $1,751,989 · management and general $26,675

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $567,952 · program services $535,873 · management and general $32,079

  • 24a · Other expenses: Ranch program

    total $907,438 · program services $907,438

  • 24b · Other expenses: Research and monitoring

    total $685,334 · program services $685,334

  • 24c · Other expenses: Repairs and maintenance

    total $536,571 · program services $495,599 · management and general $40,972

  • 24d · Other expenses: Educational program

    total $103,515 · program services $103,515

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,181 · program services $9,683 · management and general $9,498

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,000 · end of year $11,299

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,943,806 · end of year $7,509,828

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $279,946 · end of year $300,230

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,532,786 · end of year $2,272,582

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,867 · end of year $7,984

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

    $509,163,825

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

    $13,085,522

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $497,285,014 · end of year $496,078,303

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $15,409,288

  • 14 · Intangible assets

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

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $185,131 · end of year $175,164

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $928,536 · end of year $1,258,976

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $328,083 · end of year $236,858

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $20,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $197,397 · end of year $184,781

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $504,397,776 · end of year $504,658,305

Mission and programs · 2023

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 $7,105,750 · Revenue $4,279,262

  • 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 $4,156,161 · Grants $1,553,369 · Revenue $735,348

  • 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 $657,972 · Grants $223,936

As filed on the 2023 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
    $70,500
    From this org
    $70,500
    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
    $68,535
    From this org
    $68,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related

  • Robert Neal Wilkins

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $679,142
    From this org
    $484,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $194,505
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $484,337
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $179,604
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,901
    Filer's total
    $679,142

  • Robert Todd Snelgrove

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $228,381
    From this org
    $205,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,954
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,113
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $314
    Deferred
    $15,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,004
    Filer's total
    $228,381

  • Jason E Sawyer

    Chief Science Officer

    Total calculated
    $266,706
    From this org
    $241,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,492
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,913
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,301
    Deferred
    $18,488
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,004
    Filer's total
    $266,706

  • Veronica L Paredez

    Director of Finance, Sec, Treas

    Total calculated
    $175,918
    From this org
    $157,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,568
    Hours/week
    22 + 18 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,350
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,564
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,004
    Filer's total
    $175,918

  • Trey R Dyer

    Director of Land & Fixed Assets

    Total calculated
    $214,579
    From this org
    $192,531
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,048
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,531
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,044
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,004
    Filer's total
    $214,579

  • James Powell IV

    Director of Communications

    Total calculated
    $220,748
    From this org
    $198,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,848
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,900
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,844
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,004
    Filer's total
    $220,748

  • Cynthia A Pavlicek

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $160,029
    From this org
    $142,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,479
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,550
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,475
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,004
    Filer's total
    $160,029

  • Christine Buford

    Director of Education

    Total calculated
    $127,601
    From this org
    $111,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,736
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ashley M Reeves

    Research Veterinarian

    Total calculated
    $134,955
    From this org
    $121,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,226
    Hours/week
    40

  • Margarita A DeLeon

    Accounting Manager

    Total calculated
    $118,617
    From this org
    $103,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,656
    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
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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, Line 4b
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) · Support East Foundation · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by East Foundation

  • Diamond Bar Conservation

    501(c)(3) · Support East Foundation · 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 $3,506,097 · assets $7,469,581

    Directly controlled by East Foundation

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511779349300901

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