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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAND INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,752,463
Total expenses
$10,070,367
Contributions and grants received
$7,010,801
Grants paid
$259,539
Program service revenue
$278,614
Investment income
$545,967
Other revenue
$917,081
Total assets, end of year
$23,480,118
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,867,760
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,612,358
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,842,976
Management and general expenses
$1,207,009
Fundraising expenses
$1,020,382
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,842,976

Program services were 77.9% 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)

    $726,559

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,284,242

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REIMBURSEMENT JOINT PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $278,614 · related or exempt $278,614

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $591,131 · excluded $591,131

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $28,611,815

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

    securities $28,656,979

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$45,164 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$45,164 · excluded -$45,164

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,529

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,411

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,118 · excluded $7,118

  • 11a · Other revenue: ERC INCOME

    total $836,493 · excluded $836,493

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $73,470 · excluded $73,470

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $909,963

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $237,039 · program services $237,039

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $22,500 · program services $22,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $382,814 · program services $263,852 · management and general $59,481 · fundraising $59,481

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,448,049 · program services $3,539,386 · management and general $334,883 · fundraising $573,780

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $193,775 · program services $163,928 · management and general $14,450 · fundraising $15,397

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $597,085 · program services $473,714 · management and general $53,356 · fundraising $70,015

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $374,479 · program services $282,408 · management and general $47,122 · fundraising $44,949

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $32,612 · management and general $32,612

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $270,674 · management and general $270,674

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $11,314 · management and general $11,314

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,203,095 · program services $1,078,144 · management and general $55,064 · fundraising $69,887

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $215,232 · program services $192,605 · fundraising $22,627

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $162,912 · program services $117,647 · management and general $33,952 · fundraising $11,313

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $195,072 · program services $139,117 · management and general $19,275 · fundraising $36,680

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $251,803 · program services $192,689 · management and general $36,577 · fundraising $22,537

  • 17 · Travel

    total $202,433 · program services $150,467 · management and general $11,042 · fundraising $40,924

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $47,830 · program services $41,825 · management and general $1,487 · fundraising $4,518

  • 20 · Interest

    total $222 · management and general $222

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $35,479 · program services $35,244 · management and general $41 · fundraising $194

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $421,554 · program services $332,480 · management and general $89,074

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $177,025 · program services $135,020 · management and general $24,937 · fundraising $17,068

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH SUPPLIES

    total $283,645 · program services $283,314 · management and general $205 · fundraising $126

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $136,823 · program services $760 · management and general $106,179 · fundraising $29,884

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $110,270 · program services $109,527 · management and general $324 · fundraising $419

  • 24d · Other expenses: SMALL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

    total $51,364 · program services $47,192 · management and general $3,924 · fundraising $248

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,267 · program services $4,118 · management and general $814 · fundraising $335

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $182,291 · end of year $2,252,256

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $12,988,230 · end of year $8,869,910

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $904,893 · end of year $2,287,961

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $22,496 · end of year $24,359

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,530 · end of year $109,031

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

    $14,512,263

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

    $4,744,339

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,866,501 · end of year $9,767,924

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $121,691 · end of year $168,677

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $754,662 · end of year $1,020,772

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $540,720 · end of year $817,121

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $29,867

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,224,253 · end of year $20,691,563

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,594,997 · end of year $920,795

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WHEN PEOPLE, LAND, AND COMMUNITY ARE AS ONE, ALL THREE MEMBERS PROSPER; WHEN THEY RELATE NOT AS MEMBERS BUT AS COMPETING INTERESTS, ALL THREE ARE EXPLOITED. BY CONSULTING NATURE AS THE SOURCE AND MEASURE OF THAT MEMBERSHIP, THE LAND INSTITUTE SEEKS TO DEVELOP AN AGRICULTURE THAT WILL SAVE SOIL FROM BEING LOST OR POISONED, WHILE PROMOTING A COMMUNITY LIFE AT ONCE PROSPEROUS AND ENDURING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOP A GRAIN AGRICULTURE SYSTEM WITH THE ECOLOGICAL STABILITY OF NATURAL SYSTEMS AND A GRAIN YIELD COMPARABLE TO THAT FROM ANNUAL CROPS.

  • THE LAND INSTITUTE IS DEVELOPING A NEW FARMING SYSTEM, NATURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURE (NSA), INCLUDING DEVELOPING NEW PERENNIAL GRAIN CROPS AND DIVERSE CROPPING SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE THEIR OWN FERTILITY, WEED CONTROL AND WATER MANAGEMENT AND HOLD THE SOIL YEAR-ROUND. NSA RESPONDS TO THE URGENT NEED TO STOP SOIL EROSION AND MITIGATE AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE WORLDWIDE.

    Expenses $6,272,117 · Grants $259,939 · Revenue $278,614

  • EDUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY - WORK THAT FOCUSES ON ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN WORK THAT PROMOTES ECOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE. INCLUDES PUBLICATION OF THE LAND REPORT AND PRESENTATION OF THE PRAIRIE FESTIVAL, A PUBLIC EVENT OF WORKSHOPS. ALSO INCLUDES THE PERENNIAL CULTURES LAB THAT RESEARCH EDUCATION, PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS REQUIRED FOR A JUST SOCIETY THAT THRIVES WITHIN ECOLOGICAL LIMITS.

    Expenses $1,570,859

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • BRIAN DONAHUE

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FUNLOLA OTUKOYA

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIA OLMSTEAD

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL STROER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $211,150
    From this org
    $181,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,310
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,840
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,933
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,377
    Filer's total
    $211,150

  • RUTH ANNE RENCH-HODSON

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRANDON SCHLAUTMAN

    DIRECTOR / EMPLOYEE REP

    Total calculated
    $109,878
    From this org
    $87,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,580
    Hours/week
    40

  • COREY SAMUELS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH NEHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC SCHLOSSER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HYACINTH DIEHL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL ISENBARGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN LEVY-CHURCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LENNART OLSSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETE FERRELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICARDO SALVADOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACIE THOMAS

    COO

    Total calculated
    $135,778
    From this org
    $126,967
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,811
    Hours/week
    40

  • AMY COLE

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $147,188
    From this org
    $115,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,313
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAVID VAN TASSEL

    LEAD SCIENTIST, OILSEEDS

    Total calculated
    $142,643
    From this org
    $118,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,083
    Hours/week
    40

  • LEE DEHAAN

    LEAD SCIENTIST, KERNZA

    Total calculated
    $159,891
    From this org
    $117,726
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,165
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,726
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,387
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,778
    Filer's total
    $159,891

  • TAMMY KIMBLER

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $142,992
    From this org
    $119,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,176
    Hours/week
    40

  • THOMAS COX

    SENIOR RESEARCHER - ECOSPHERE

    Total calculated
    $123,609
    From this org
    $110,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,552
    Hours/week
    40

  • WES JACKSON

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $114,414
    From this org
    $101,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,256
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,158
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,256
    Filer's total
    $114,414

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 committee
  • 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
WES JACKSON PARTICIPATED IN A NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511079349300626

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