Totals
- Total revenue
- $621,078
- Total expenses
- $498,338
- Contributions and grants received
- $420,093
- Grants paid
- $10,000
- Program service revenue
- $128,805
- Investment income
- $54,572
- Other revenue
- $17,608
- Total assets, end of year
- $612,474
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $115,792
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $496,682
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $373,731
- Management and general expenses
- $113,166
- Fundraising expenses
- $11,441
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $373,731
Program services were 75.0% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$289,209
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$130,884
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2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS
total $128,805 · related or exempt $128,805
-
3 · Investment income
total $24,409 · excluded $24,409
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $79,000
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $48,837
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $30,163
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $30,163 · related or exempt $30,163
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$27,889
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$10,900
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $16,989
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES
total $619 · excluded $619
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11e · Other revenue, total
$619
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $10,000 · program services $10,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $90,004 · program services $54,002 · management and general $27,002 · fundraising $9,000
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $231,415 · program services $184,415 · management and general $47,000
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $3,704 · program services $2,222 · management and general $1,111 · fundraising $371
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $26,004 · program services $19,289 · management and general $5,987 · fundraising $728
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,740 · management and general $3,740
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,959 · program services $3,719 · fundraising $1,240
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,421 · program services $2,053 · management and general $1,368
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14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $37,671 · program services $28,253 · management and general $9,418
-
17 · Travel
total $10,748 · program services $10,748
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $7,774 · management and general $7,774
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $10,849 · program services $10,849
-
23 · Insurance
total $6,127 · program services $4,595 · management and general $1,532
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24a · Other expenses: AUTO & TRANSPORTATION
total $20,179 · program services $20,179
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24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES
total $6,030 · program services $6,030
-
24c · Other expenses: COMPUTER AND INTERNET
total $4,465 · program services $2,679 · management and general $1,786
-
24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE FEES
total $3,626 · program services $2,689 · management and general $835 · fundraising $102
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24e · All other expenses
total $17,622 · program services $12,009 · management and general $5,613
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $101,939 · end of year $258,454
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,088 · end of year $2,627
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$77,817
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$46,427
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $42,239 · end of year $31,390
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $340,898 · end of year $320,003
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $73,123
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $51,197 · end of year $42,669
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $360,967 · end of year $496,682
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
SEE SCHEDULE O
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EDUCATION PROGRAMSINSECT DISCOVERY LAB, NATURE CLASS, NATURE CONNECTION: THESE PROGRAMS INVOLVE DYNAMIC TRAVELING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS DESIGNED TO INSPIRE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ABOUT INVERTEBRATES AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THROUGH ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION. OUR PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR LEARNING THAT IS SELF-DIRECTED, LIFE-LONG AND MOTIVATED MAINLY BY INTRINSIC INTERESTS, CURIOSITY, EXPLORATION MANIPULATION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION. FEE DONATIONS SUPPORT THE CARE, FEEDING AND MAINTENANCE OF LIVE INVERTEBRATES. . NATURE ACADEMY: NATURE ACADEMY IS A HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM MADE UP OF 4 LESSONS FOCUSING ON BIODIVERSITY, ADAPTATIONS AND SURVIVAL. EACH LESSON UTILIZES LIVE ANIMALS AND PROJECT-BASED ACTIVITIES.
Expenses $261,809 · Revenue $128,805
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BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH.THE ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATED IN THE CALIFORNIA INSECT BIODIVERSITY PROJECT IN COOPERATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR BIODIVERSITY AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, COLLECTING INSECT SAMPLES AT FIVE SITES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. COLLECTED SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S LAB AND INVENTORIED FOR SHIPMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH IN CANADA, FOR DNA ANALYSIS.
Expenses $101,922
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GRANTS TO CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS:MADE A $10,000 GRANT TO THE GUANACASTE DRY FOREST CONSERVATION FUND FOR HABITAT RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION IN COSTA RICA.
Expenses $10,000 · Grants $10,000
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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NORMAN GERSHENZ
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
JAMES OWEN
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ALAN TREVES
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARK BOGATIN
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LINDA RIEBEL
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
-
$10,000
HABITAT PROTECTION
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503189349315915
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