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← THE FOUNDATION FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY LAW

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE FOUNDATION FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY LAW.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,007,728
Total expenses
$3,331,294
Contributions and grants received
$687,176
Grants paid
$368,508
Program service revenue
$1,368,317
Investment income
$2,952,235
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,939,389
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,939,389
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,408,834
Management and general expenses
$922,460
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,408,834

Program services were 72.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $586,727

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $100,449

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Publications

    total $197,443 · related or exempt $197,443

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Institutes

    total $1,170,874 · related or exempt $1,170,874

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $883,758 · unrelated business $15,182 · excluded $868,576

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,068,477

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,068,477

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,068,477 · excluded $2,068,477

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $24,368 · program services $24,368

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $284,987 · program services $284,987

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $59,153 · program services $59,153

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $610,609 · program services $403,580 · management and general $207,029

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $556,853 · program services $414,858 · management and general $141,995

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $29,394 · program services $21,888 · management and general $7,506

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $96,605 · program services $71,971 · management and general $24,634

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,297 · program services $54,387 · management and general $22,910

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,360 · management and general $3,360

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,272 · program services $32,901 · management and general $1,371

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $295,375 · management and general $295,375

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,347 · program services $25,347

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,117 · program services $7,710 · management and general $2,407

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $143,125 · program services $137,749 · management and general $5,376

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $3,110 · program services $3,110

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $167,536 · program services $134,029 · management and general $33,507

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,780 · program services $5,905 · management and general $39,875

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $545,286 · program services $448,964 · management and general $96,322

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,570 · program services $9,256 · management and general $2,314

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $1,006 · program services $6 · management and general $1,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing and publications

    total $56,758 · program services $54,661 · management and general $2,097

  • 24c · Other expenses: Merchant credit card fees

    total $46,813 · program services $35,417 · management and general $11,396

  • 24d · Other expenses: ShippingMailingDistributio

    total $20,148 · program services $20,084 · management and general $64

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $182,425 · program services $158,503 · management and general $23,922

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $408,233 · end of year $451,797

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,614 · end of year $15,578

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $123,288 · end of year $123,138

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $20,725,820 · end of year $22,348,876

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,262,955 · end of year $22,939,389

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Dedication to the development and dissemination of collaborative scholarly and practical educational materials on the laws and regulations relating to mining, oil and gas, public lands, environmental protection, and other related areas.

  • Institutes: 5-day seminars (three), 3-day seminars (two), 2-day seminars (six), 1-day seminars (two), four-hour seminars (eight); on specialized areas of natural resources and environmental law. (Approximately 1,626 clients served)

    Expenses $1,497,108 · Revenue $1,170,874

  • Publications, Periodicals, CDs, and Online subscription library: Educational materials on natural resources law and environmental law topics (approximately 6,750 clients served.)

    Expenses $462,902 · Revenue $197,443

  • Outreach: A program initiated to support mineral law scholarship, research, writing, teaching and study. Program also supports law school students in attending foundation institutes and classes (79 individuals and schools supported.) Also supports a law student networking program facilitating collaboration of students and faculty in mineral law topics (3 schools supported.) Scholarships are provided to individual students attending law school (35 students received scholarships), grants are provided to certain law schools (4 grants given.)

    Expenses $448,824 · Grants $368,508

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David A Ritchie

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $299,705
    From this org
    $272,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,705
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,000
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,105
    Filer's total
    $299,705
  • Jaleen W Edwards

    Associate Director

    Total calculated
    $143,855
    From this org
    $118,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,840
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melissa L Magee

    Director of Publications

    Total calculated
    $134,719
    From this org
    $118,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,719
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jared A Hembree

    Member-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Robert C Mathes

    Member-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Nora R Pincus

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Philip C Lowe

    Member-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Bruce F Rudoy

    Member-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Keith B Hall

    Member-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Patricia Nunez

    Member-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Kathleen C Schroder

    Member-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Scot W Anderson

    President Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jolisa M Dobbs

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Carlos Vilhena

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Monika U Ehrman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Connie L Rogers

    Member-At-Large Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Rebecca W Watson

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Stuart R Butzier

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Hadassah Reimer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Rachael E Salcido

    Vice President President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Benefit information (Part I, line 1a)
The Foundation traditionally pays the expenses of travel for the Executive Directors spouse/domestic partner to the Annual Institute, held once a year.

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

  • Washburn University

    $7,500

    Research of interstate water cases

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
1 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343159349300124

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