Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $359,901
- Total expenses
- $262,086
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,958
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $354,943
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,192,638
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $34,374
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,158,264
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $201,189
- Management and general expenses
- $43,597
- Fundraising expenses
- $17,300
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $201,189
Program services were 76.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,958
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2a · Program service revenue: GREAT PLAINS GRAZING RES
total $87,300 · related or exempt $87,300
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2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROJECTS
total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000
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2c · Program service revenue: PASSENGER PIGEON
total $79,775 · related or exempt $79,775
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2d · Program service revenue: REGEN REGISTRY
total $182,868 · related or exempt $182,868
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $49,017 · program services $49,017
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $21,107 · management and general $8,583 · fundraising $12,524
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $10,350 · program services $10,350
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $4,191 · program services $4,191
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $900 · management and general $900
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $24,281 · management and general $24,281
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $47,193 · program services $47,193
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,312 · fundraising $2,312
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,460 · management and general $1,460
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14 · Information technology
total $2,464 · fundraising $2,464
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $3,610 · program services $3,610
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $40 · management and general $40
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $1,102 · management and general $1,102
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24a · Other expenses: SERVICE COST
total $86,828 · program services $86,828
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24b · Other expenses: DUES
total $5,611 · management and general $5,611
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE
total $900 · management and general $900
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24d · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping
total $720 · management and general $720
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $32,581 · end of year $188,421
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $28,845 · end of year $11,293
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,491 · end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $3,857,616 · end of year $3,857,616
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $166,619 · end of year $135,308
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $26,703 · end of year $34,374
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $4,060,449 · end of year $4,158,264
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
AEI IS A NON PROFIT IDEATION COLLABORATIVE STUDIO CREATING GLOBALSCALE, ECOLOGICAL BASED SOLUTIONS FOR A CLIMATE POSITIVE FUTURE.
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APPLIED ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (AEI) WAS ESTABLISHED TO INNOVATE ECOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS AND APPROACHES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ON THE PLANET. THESE INCLUDE ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER AVAILABILITY, FOOD QUALITY AND NUTRITIONAL DENSITY, BIODIVERSITY DECLINE, AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES FOR A VARIETY OF USES ALONG WITH THE RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEM AND WILDLIFE HABITAT. THIS WORK IS ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON CREATING PUBLIC BENEFITS BY HELPING LAND USE CHANGE AGENTS MAKE BETTER DECISIONS BY LETTING NATURE AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PRINCIPLES GUIDE THEIR DECISION. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN TWO LONG-TERM RESEARCH PROJECTS: 1) REVIVE & RESTORE - RESEARCH OF EXCESSIVE DISTURBANCE OF FORESTLAND HISOTRICALLY BY PASSENGER PIGEON MEGA-FLOCKS AND WORK ON BIODIVERSITY OF BIRDS AND NATIVE SPECIES AROUND ADAPTIVE MULTI-PADDOCK GRAZING METHODS. 2) NATURE'S REGISTRY - THE TRACKING AND CREDITING OF CARBON CREDITS FOR THE VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET.
Expenses $201,189 · Revenue $354,943
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Steven I ApfelbaumSTEVEN I APFELBAUM
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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John ElstrottJOHN ELSTROTT
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark RetzloffMARK RETZLOFF
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Susan LehnhartSUSAN LEHNHART
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chris MelchonCHRIS MELCHON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 7 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202501299349300445
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