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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASSOCIATION OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$402,725
Total expenses
$255,153
Contributions and grants received
$400
Grants paid
$67,041
Program service revenue
$27,401
Investment income
$143,944
Other revenue
$230,980
Total assets, end of year
$3,713,824
Total liabilities, end of year
$104,698
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,609,126
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$135,005
Management and general expenses
$120,148
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$135,005

Program services were 52.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $400

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $19,193 · related or exempt $19,193

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUBSCIPTIONS

    total $7,199 · related or exempt $7,199

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING INCOME

    total $1,009 · related or exempt $1,009

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106,420 · excluded $106,420

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $204,613

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

    securities $167,089

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $37,524

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $37,524 · excluded $37,524

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,124,608

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $893,628

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $230,980 · excluded $230,980

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $25,471 · program services $25,471

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $26,570 · program services $26,570

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $26,436 · management and general $26,436

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,979 · management and general $37,979

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $20,164 · management and general $20,164

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $62,907 · program services $48,207 · management and general $14,700

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,056 · program services $40 · management and general $1,016

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,310 · management and general $14,310

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,704 · management and general $1,704

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,275 · program services $8,275

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,812 · program services $389 · management and general $2,423

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $12,469 · program services $11,053 · management and general $1,416

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $663,949 · end of year $768,137

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,443 · end of year $17,857

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $320,012 · end of year $371,085

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,743 · end of year $21,996

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

    $64,228

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

    $63,824

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $659 · end of year $404

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,845,303 · end of year $2,030,064

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $154,155 · end of year $146,135

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $337,648 · end of year $358,146

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,008 · end of year $63,856

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $41,076 · end of year $40,842

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,186,789 · end of year $2,413,135

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,100,039 · end of year $1,195,991

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ASSOCIATION OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS (AFO) IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF BIRDS AND THEIR NATURAL HABITATS. THE AFO PRIDES ITSELF AS SERVING AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL AND THE AMATEUR ORNITHOLOGIST. THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERSHIP AND GOVERNING COUNCIL CONSIST OF BOTH AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL ORNITHOLOGISTS, IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT BOTH MAKE TO ORNITHOLOGY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ASSOCIATION OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS (AFO) IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF BIRDS AND THEIR NATURAL HABITATS. SUPPORTING ORNITHOLOGIST THROUGH IT'S OUTREACH, SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND GRANT PROGRAMS. AFO PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH EQUIPMENT THROUGH THEIR AVINET RESEARCH SUPPLIES BUSINESS.

  • PUBLICATION OF JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY (PUBLISHED ONLINE); A PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL WITH MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SELLS MIST NETS AND BANDING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO ITS MEMBERS AND OTHER ORNITHOLOGISTS AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.

    Expenses $67,964 · Revenue $27,401

  • BERGSTROM RESEARCH AWARDS, LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH AWARDS, SKUTCH RESEARCH AWARDS AND TRAVEL AWARDS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF ORNITHOLOGY/AVIAN RESEARCH.

    Expenses $67,041 · Grants $67,041

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matthew Shumar

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • L Scott Johnston

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Sargent

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecka Brasso

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Jedlicka

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jo Peacock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carla Suertegaray Fontana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cecilia Kopuchian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Cerasale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Hightower

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allyson Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maureen McClung

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judit Ungvari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Deutschlander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Andringa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evan Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Andreina Pacheco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Igor Berkunsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natasza Fontaine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gustavo Londono

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Tringali

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claire Varian-Ramoz

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Choy

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Aborn

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lucy Zipf

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Ardia

    LIAISON TO ARS (THRU 05/24)

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523189349306727

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