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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$293,169
Total expenses
$344,729
Contributions and grants received
$285,500
Grants paid
$30,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,669
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$732,560
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,189
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$727,371
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$256,456
Management and general expenses
$88,273
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$256,456

Program services were 74.4% 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)

    $12,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $273,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,082 · excluded $23,082

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $164,825

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

    securities $180,238

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$15,413

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$15,413 · related or exempt -$15,413

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $30,000 · program services $30,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $151,833 · program services $113,875 · management and general $37,958

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,109 · program services $6,832 · management and general $2,277

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,401 · program services $10,801 · management and general $3,600

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,727 · program services $8,795 · management and general $2,932

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $728 · program services $364 · management and general $364

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,002 · program services $6,001 · management and general $6,001

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,905 · management and general $4,905

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,487 · program services $14,118 · management and general $2,369

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,053 · program services $8,053

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $414 · program services $207 · management and general $207

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,768 · program services $884 · management and general $884

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,870 · program services $11,935 · management and general $11,935

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,005 · program services $14,782 · management and general $3,223

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $35,233 · program services $26,425 · management and general $8,808

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,187 · program services $1,725 · management and general $1,462

  • 24a · Other expenses: SMALL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

    total $1,276 · program services $1,276

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $861 · program services $383 · management and general $478

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $593 · management and general $593

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOREIGN TAX ON INVESTME

    total $277 · management and general $277

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $125,972 · end of year $74,364

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $124,958 · end of year $130,857

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

    $3,274

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

    $3,274

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $530,752 · end of year $527,339

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $725 · end of year $3,940

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,026 · end of year $1,249

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $725,075 · end of year $673,015

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $53,856 · end of year $54,356

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DRIVE RESEARCH TO MAXIMIZE PRODUCTIVITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE AMERICAN GRAPE INDUSTRIES.

  • THE NATIONAL GRAPE RESEARCH ALLIANCE (NGRA) ADVANCES RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE AMERICAN GRAPE INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING WINE GRAPES, TABLE GRAPES, JUICE GRAPES AND RAISINS. NGRA-SUPPORTED RESEARCH PROJECTS INVOLVE MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL, MULTI-STATE COLLABORATION, AND TARGET ISSUES THAT NO SINGLE GRAPE SECTOR COULD ADEQUATELY ADDRESS ON ITS OWN. OUR EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED IN FOUR THEME AREAS: 1) NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT, 2) INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, 3) GENETICS AND GRAPEVINE IMPROVEMENT, AND 4) EXTENSION AND OUTREACH.

    Expenses $220,613

  • IN 2023, NGRA PARTNERED ONCE MORE WITH THE USDA'S AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE (ARS) TO PRODUCE A GRAPE INDUSTRY WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER. NGRA INDUSTRY PRIORITIES AND ARS SCIENCE ON OR ADJACENT TO GRAPE WERE PRESENTED. BREAKOUT GROUP DISCUSSIONS YIELDED NEW "VINEYARD OF THE FUTURE" PROJECTS FOCUSED ON 1) MEALYBUG DETECTION, 2) GENETICS TO SUPPORT MECHANIZATION AND 3) CLIMATE CHANGE MAPPING AND MITIGATION.

    Expenses $4,933

  • IN 2023, NGRA LAUNCHED ITS FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN IN MORE THAN A DECADE. IT FOCUSES ON ISSUES OF OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE, SUCH AS MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING, ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL VISIBILITY, AND SPANS THROUGH 2026.THESE MISSION-RELATED NGRA PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE ONGOING:- VITISGEN3: AN NGRA-INITIATED, SCRI-FUNDED GENETICS RESEARCH PROJECT FOCUSED ON POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE- HI-RES VINEYARD NUTRITION: NGRA-INITIATED, SCRI-FUNDED RESEARCH SEEKING TO IMPROVE ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF VINE NUTRITION, OFFICIALLY CONCLUDING IN 2024- SMOKE EXPOSURE: NGRA IS A MEMBER OF THE WEST COAST SMOKE EXPOSURE TASK FORCE, ORGANIZED BY CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON WINEGROWER GROUPS, AND AN ADVISOR TO AN SCRI-FUNDED SCRI PROJECT SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUE. - NGRA FELLOWSHIP: THE INAUGURAL NGRA FELLOW, ABBY HAMMERMEISTER, CONCLUDES HER THREE-YEAR TERM IN 2024. HER WORK FOCUSES ON GRAPEVINE WATER STRESS INDICATORS.- USDA'S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, ECONOMICS AND EDUCATION (NAREEE) ADVISORY BOARD: NGRA PRESIDENT DONNELL BROWN'S APPOINTMENT CONTINUES THROUGH 2025.

    Expenses $30,910 · Grants $30,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MELISSA HANSEN

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATALIE COLLINS

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN MARTINEZ

    TREASURER,ROOTSTOCK SECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EMILY HODSON

    SECRETARY/SOUTHEAST REG RE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW POST

    SOUTWEST REG REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANJI PERRY

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONY STEPHEN

    PAST CHAIR, AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK AMIDON

    JUICE SECTOR REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICK DOKOOZLIAN

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE BOLTON

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD HENDRICKSON

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICKY SCHARLAU

    VINIFERA SPECIES SECTOR RE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON SMITH

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLISON JORDON

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RANDY HEINZEN

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE JUNIPER

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN MARTINI

    NORTHEAST REGION REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE VASQUEZ

    RAISINS SECTOR REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH STRIEGLER

    CA REGIONAL REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM TREZISE

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANKA GABLER

    TABLE GRAPES SECTOR REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICH SCHAEFERS

    VICE CHAIR/WINE GRAPE SECTOR REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MICHAEL NAITO

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER MONTGOMERY

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA YOUNGBLOOD

    BOARD CHAIR, MIDWEST REGION REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • PETER HOFHERR

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD VARGAS

    NORTHWEST REGIONAL REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIM WAGNER

    AT LARGE REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DONNELL BROWN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $175,346
    From this org
    $151,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,512
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,834
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,110
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,402
    Filer's total
    $175,346

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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

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

  • UC DAVIS

    $30,000

    NGRA FELLOWSHIP: NGRA LAUNCHED THIS NEW THREE-YEAR AWARD TO FUND THE RESEARCH OF A PH.D. STUDENT THAT ADVANCES OUR RESEARCH PRIORITIES. OUR INAUGURAL FELLOW, SELECTED IN JUNE 2022, IS ABBY HAMMERMEISTER OF UC DAVIS. HER WORK FOCUSES ON FINETUNING GRAPEVINE WATER STRESS INDICATORS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442749349301584

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