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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BARON CRITICAL WEATHER INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$255,534
Total expenses
$180,101
Contributions and grants received
$200,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$55,000
Investment income
-$8,824
Other revenue
$9,358
Total assets, end of year
$352,042
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,539
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$348,503
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$155,357
Management and general expenses
$24,744
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$155,357

Program services were 86.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $100,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $100,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $55,000 · related or exempt $55,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,206 · excluded $2,206

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

    securities $11,030

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$11,030

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$11,030 · related or exempt -$11,030

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $9,358 · related or exempt $9,358

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,358

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $45,833 · program services $45,833

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,335 · program services $1,734 · management and general $2,601

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,840 · program services $1,728 · management and general $2,112

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $394 · management and general $394

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,252 · management and general $2,252

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,969 · management and general $1,969

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,749 · program services $7,903 · management and general $1,846

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,490 · program services $8,392 · management and general $2,098

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,014 · program services $5,014

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,308 · program services $6,308

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,954 · program services $7,582 · management and general $11,372

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION PARTS AND EQUI

    total $62,987 · program services $62,987

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $5,371 · program services $5,371

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXHIBIT MANAGEMENT

    total $1,705 · program services $1,705

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSE & REGISTRATION FE

    total $671 · program services $671

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $229 · program services $129 · management and general $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $124,866 · end of year $107,324

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $119,260 · end of year $202,398

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $19,089 · end of year $19,802

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

    $31,541

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

    $9,023

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $28,827 · end of year $22,518

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,926 · end of year $3,539

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $288,116 · end of year $348,503

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CLASS WEATHER INSTRUMENTATION IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE AREA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND STATE OF ALABAMA HAS ALL THE NATURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUBSTANTIAL STUDY INTO TRANSPORTATION WEATHER AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS TO WORLD CLASS INSTRUMENTATION. THE INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO ORGANIZING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTATION IN REAL TIME AS WELL AS DEVELOPING REAL TIME WEATHER NETWORKS ON LAND, NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS AND OTHER. THE INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A HANDS-ON EXHIBIT WHICH ALLOWS CITIZENS AND SCIENTISTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW INSTRUMENTATION ASSISTS IN "KNOWING THE WEATHER". THE INSTITUTE WILL CONTRIBUTE DATA AND RESEARCH INTO THE ONGOING STATEWIDE EFFORT TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY.

  • DEVELOP, COORDINATE AND SUPPORT WORLD CLASS INSTRUMENTATION ACROSS THE STATE.

    Expenses $155,357 · Revenue $55,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard J Marsden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert O Baron Sr

    PRESIDENT/CE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • William H Stender

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2022
Filed
27 April 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202321289349301957

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