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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,454,453
Total expenses
$2,914,154
Contributions and grants received
$2,181,599
Grants paid
$878,791
Program service revenue
$733,816
Investment income
$44,626
Other revenue
$494,412
Total assets, end of year
$2,451,366
Total liabilities, end of year
$649,796
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,801,570
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,791,894
Management and general expenses
$116,341
Fundraising expenses
$5,919
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,791,894

Program services were 95.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $376,602

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,804,997

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $265,127

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Certification

    total $50,535 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Contracts

    total $639,099 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: World Conference

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: NA Conference

    total $44,182 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,626 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $650 · related or exempt $650 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $493,762 · related or exempt $493,762 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $493,762

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $215,938 · program services $215,938

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $662,853 · program services $662,853

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $120,290 · program services $101,785 · management and general $16,811 · fundraising $1,694

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $541,500 · program services $482,209 · management and general $57,329 · fundraising $1,962

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,449 · program services $11,351 · management and general $1,001 · fundraising $97

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,091 · program services $24,746 · management and general $4,097 · fundraising $248

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,388 · program services $38,883 · management and general $3,257 · fundraising $248

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,783 · program services $2,783 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $179,477 · program services $169,962 · management and general $8,630 · fundraising $885

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,508 · program services $0 · management and general $6,508 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $918,110 · program services $918,110 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,079 · program services $6,079 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $135 · program services $135 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $875 · program services $0 · management and general $875 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,974 · program services $13,999 · management and general $899 · fundraising $76

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,310 · program services $47,230 · management and general $78 · fundraising $2

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,411 · program services $7,411 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,762 · program services $0 · management and general $1,762 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,677 · program services $10,371 · management and general $280 · fundraising $26

  • 24a · Other expenses: 701500 Bank/Payroll/401k Service Charges

    total $32,162 · program services $24,073 · management and general $8,089 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: 702000Dues and Subscriptions

    total $51,434 · program services $45,426 · management and general $5,337 · fundraising $671

  • 24c · Other expenses: 704500Permits and Fees

    total $128 · program services $0 · management and general $128 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: 705000Postage and Delivery

    total $771 · program services $534 · management and general $237 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,049 · program services $8,016 · management and general $1,023 · fundraising $10

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $339,154 · end of year $153,699

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $26,342 · end of year $11,388

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $354,765

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $347,563 · end of year $425,893

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $22,089 · end of year $198,957

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,051,094 · end of year $1,303,444

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $4,982 · end of year $3,220

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $505,735 · end of year $512,569

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $137,359 · end of year $100,156

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $15,507 · end of year $5,497

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,352 · end of year $31,574

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $649,933 · end of year $900,852

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $611,338 · end of year $900,718

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SER advances the science, practice and policy of ecological restoration to sustain biodiversity, improve resilience in a changing climate, and re-establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture.

  • Practice - (Community-based Restoration, NPS, MS-CES, BLM, UNCCD, Certification) SER collaborates with the Microsoft Corporation to support their efforts to implement standards-based ecological restoration. Through this collaboration, Microsoft identifies priority locales, and then SER works with existing or new member organizations in those locales to develop and deliver standards-based restoration projects with funding from Microsoft. SER provides training, technical support, and project oversight for the local partners. SER also collects all required reporting and data from the local partners to deliver to Microsoft. As of 2024, SER has managed more than 20 projects in 10 countries in collaboration with Microsoft and local partners.

    Expenses $1,456,674 · Grants $784,960 · Revenue $1,603,000

  • Organizational Development-(Membership, Chapters, Sections, Open Doors) With more than 5,000 members in more than 120 countries, SERs global network represents the worlds foremost source of scientific and practical expertise on the repair of degraded ecosystems. SER members include scientists, engineers, planners, program managers, policy makers, landscape architects, artists, economists, volunteers, community advocates, and others. SER members work in all terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and represent governmental and nongovernmental organizations, private industry, consultancies, indigenous communities, students and more. Through this collective expertise, SER works to advance the field of ecological restoration by facilitating knowledge development and sharing among practitioners, researchers, and decision-makers. SER helps members and non- members alike share knowledge through trainings and workshops, conferences, publications, on-the-ground demonstration projects, virtual and in-person networking events, an online restoration resource center, and the worlds only Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) program.

    Expenses $457,745 · Grants $93,830 · Revenue $469,563

  • Networking-Outreach (World Conferences, NAC, RRC, MadWeek) SER hosts a biennial world conference on ecological restoration, bringing together the worlds leading researchers, practitioners, land managers, and other restoration experts to discuss new and emerging science, practice, and policy issues in restoration. SER2025 will be held in Denver, Colorado.

    Expenses $414,991 · Revenue $139,830

  • Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) program: SERs Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) program credentials restoration practitioners and practitioners-in- training who meet core knowledge and practice requirements and maintain those through continuing education. While actual projects are not audited on the ground, applicants are required to submit three sample projects which are reviewed for consistency with SERs International Principles and Standards, and which help certification reviewers

  • assess if the applicants are likely to uphold and implement best restoration practices in their projects. To date SER has certified more than 700 practitioners.

    Expenses $462,484 · Revenue $1,136,895

  • Publications: Since 1993 SER has published Restoration Ecology, the premier global journal for publishing research in this growing and important field. Restoration Ecology includes a bi-annual thematic series on restoration in arid lands. SER also publishes key guidance documents, such as its International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration which are considered the global guide for designing, implementing, and monitoring ecological restoration projects.

  • POLICY: SER contributes significantly to national and international policy actions through collaborations with such bodies as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration, and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The SER/IUCN biennial global fora on restoration, for example, are helping define and guide high quality restoration across the world. SER members and board

  • members serve on a variety of international advisory committees that also support the implementation and monitoring of ecological restoration. Through SERs Science and Policy Committee, SER chapters and global conferences, SER continues to bring increased attention to the importance of ecological restoration as a tool for addressing some of the worlds most pressing challenges and continues to guide these bodies in incorporating restoration

  • as a specific component within their activities and strategic plans. ALL Remaining: The Society for Ecological Restoration co-sponsors conferences, workshops, and other knowledge-sharing and knowledge-development events with its chapters and other like-minded NPOs that provide restorationists with cutting-edge

  • research, information, and tools to improve ecological restoration practices

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bethanie Walder

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $117,383
    From this org
    $117,383
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Directors

    DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Excellence Akeredolu

    Director at Large (07/2022-06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cristina Eisenberg

    Director at Large (07/2022-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emanuela Weidlich

    Student/Emerging Professional Rep 07/2022-06/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Enzo Martelli

    Student Rep July-December 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emanuela Weidlich

    Director at Large (07/2024-12/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeanne Chambers

    Director at Large (07/2020-12/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Mansourian

    Director at Large (07/2020-6/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Officers

    OFFICERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Kingsley Dixson

    Chair (07/2022-06/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Karma Bouazza

    Chair (07/2024-12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Karma Bouazza

    Vice Chair (01/2024-06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Kingsley Dixson

    Vice Chair (07/2024-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Laura Graham

    Secretary (07/2022-06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Luiz Moraes

    Secretary (07/2024-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Ramesh Venkataraman

    Treasurer (07/2022-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Luiz Moraes

    At Large (07/2023-06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • REGIONAL Representatives

    REGIONAL Representatives

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Peter Alele

    Regional Rep - Africa (07/2022-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bruce Clarkson

    Regional Rep -Australasia (07/2022-06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Luiz Moraes

    Regional Rep - South America Rep(7/2022-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Kaye

    Regional Rep - North America (07/2022-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jordi Cortina

    Regional Rep - Europe (07/2022-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Graham

    Regional Rep - Asia (07/2022-12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Valerie Hagger

    Australasia Rep July-December 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

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Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
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