Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL CONSERVATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $762,287
- Total expenses
- $747,551
- Contributions and grants received
- $51,720
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $712,535
- Investment income
- -$2,699
- Other revenue
- $731
- Total assets, end of year
- $570,808
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $171,508
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $399,300
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $671,014
- Management and general expenses
- $75,702
- Fundraising expenses
- $835
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $671,014
Program services were 89.8% 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
$51,720
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2a · Program service revenue: Program Income
total $705,338 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Sponsorship Income
total $7,197 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $345 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $8,000
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $11,044
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets -$3,044
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$3,044 · related or exempt -$3,044 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11a · Other revenue: Credit Card Rewards
total $731 · related or exempt $731 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$731
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $50,413 · program services $49,405 · management and general $1,008 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $353,184 · program services $297,819 · management and general $55,365 · fundraising $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $2,070 · program services $2,046 · management and general $24 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $42,562 · program services $41,711 · management and general $851 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $29,985 · program services $25,703 · management and general $4,282 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $12,237 · program services $10,524 · management and general $1,713 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $7,383 · program services $6,489 · management and general $894 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,420 · program services $3,793 · management and general $627 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $30,063 · program services $25,854 · management and general $4,209 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $6,253 · program services $6,172 · management and general $81 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $148 · program services $148 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $2,352 · program services $0 · management and general $2,352 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $9,370 · program services $9,370 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $14,709 · program services $14,415 · management and general $294 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Auto expenses
total $17,090 · program services $17,198 · management and general -$108 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Project Supplies
total $14,332 · program services $14,332 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Chemicals
total $10,154 · program services $10,154 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Telephone & Internet Access
total $3,816 · program services $2,770 · management and general $1,046 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $137,010 · program services $133,111 · management and general $3,064 · fundraising $835
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $133,834 · end of year $93,508
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,344
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$424,765
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$53,013
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $352,061 · end of year $371,752
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,914 · end of year $2,253
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $42,169 · end of year $93,951
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $20,633 · end of year $20,272
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $111,159 · end of year $113,085
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $13,622 · end of year $38,151
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $46,464 · end of year $61,200
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $338,100 · end of year $338,100
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Institute of Regional Conservation (IRC) is dedicated to the protection, restoration, and long-term management of biodiversity on a regional basis, and to the prevention of regional extinctions of rare plants, animals and ecosystems.
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Ecological Restoration and Management (ERM) Since 2006, we have designed and implemented dozens of ecological restoration projects to help recover degraded native ecosystems and depleted populations of native plants and animals. This work includes our Pine Rockland Initiative in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, Restoring the Gold Coast along the southeast Florida coastline, and Restoring Urban Nature in urbanized South Florida.
Expenses $546,644 · Revenue $640,637
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Regional Conservation Models We develop regional conservation models and tools to advise and direct conservation and restoration strategies by diverse partners across broad regions. Examples of major programs include The Floristic Inventory of South Florida, Natives For Your Neighborhood, and Plantas de la Isla de Puerto Rico/ Plants of the Island of Puerto Rico. We have published extensively in gray, popular, and peer-reviewed literature, including global guidance on ecological restoration, botanical discoveries, and taxonomic revisions. volunteers to restore biodiversity along the barrier islands in southern Palm Beach County.
Expenses $94,715 · Revenue $57,241
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Applied Conservation Science We collect, aggregate, and report baseline and current data on native and invasive plants, wildlife, and ecosystem conditions. urban Broward County, including as assessment of local extinctions of native plants and opportunities.
Expenses $11,306 · Revenue $6,793
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General programming and Applied Conservation Science.
Expenses $18,349 · Revenue $59,585
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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George Gann
ED/Vice Chair/President
- Total calculated
- $44,019
- From this org
- $42,801
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,218
- Hours/week
- 22.5
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Robert Heinzman
Chair of the Board
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Donna Shore
Secretary/Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Patricia Phares
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Allison Turner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kingsley Dixon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523179349309252
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