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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BEHRING GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$674,270
Total expenses
$31,193,896
Contributions and grants received
$4,494,222
Grants paid
$21,847,098
Program service revenue
$1,135,178
Investment income
-$4,838,538
Other revenue
-$116,592
Total assets, end of year
$228,955,757
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,681,732
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$212,274,025
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$26,747,972
Management and general expenses
$4,094,632
Fundraising expenses
$351,292
Program service expenses (Part III)
$26,747,972

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $65,819

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $152,582

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,275,821

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $909,553

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BLACKHAWK MUSEUM ADMISSIO

    total $548,885 · related or exempt $548,885

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BLACKHAWK MUSEUM EVENT IN

    total $550,818 · related or exempt $550,818

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BLACKHAWK MUSEUM PROGRAM

    total $35,475 · related or exempt $35,475

  • 2d · Program service revenue: BLACKHAWK MUSEUM SPONSORS

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,720,375 · excluded $4,720,375

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $54,053

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $21,658

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $32,395

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $32,395 · unrelated business $32,395

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $31,441,981 · other assets $10,848,515

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

    securities $32,096,056 · other assets $19,753,353

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$654,075 · other assets -$8,904,838

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$9,558,913 · related or exempt -$194,495 · unrelated business -$438 · excluded -$9,363,980

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $227,463

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

    $152,582

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $145,537

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $81,926

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $32,296 · related or exempt $32,296

  • 11b · Other revenue: PARTNERSHIP ORDINARY LOSS SEE

    total -$380,909 · excluded -$380,909

  • 11c · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENT OF PAYROLL/MGMT

    total $117,700 · related or exempt $117,700

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$230,913

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $17,956,876 · program services $17,956,876

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $49,586 · program services $49,586

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,840,636 · program services $3,840,636

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,231,466 · program services $527,696 · management and general $703,770

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,504,137 · program services $1,224,783 · management and general $1,135,649 · fundraising $143,705

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $114,364 · program services $51,362 · management and general $59,019 · fundraising $3,983

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $346,200 · program services $178,641 · management and general $151,895 · fundraising $15,664

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $250,457 · program services $122,162 · management and general $118,063 · fundraising $10,232

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $274,195 · program services $105,943 · management and general $168,252

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $461,509 · management and general $461,509

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $80,000 · fundraising $80,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $505,601 · management and general $505,601

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $390,720 · program services $367,444 · management and general $19,620 · fundraising $3,656

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $114,623 · program services $114,623

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,659 · program services $21,932 · management and general $23,727

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $160,824 · program services $28,048 · management and general $112,582 · fundraising $20,194

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $693,529 · program services $497,031 · management and general $194,303 · fundraising $2,195

  • 17 · Travel

    total $150,602 · program services $94,081 · management and general $56,521

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $922,551 · program services $824,135 · management and general $94,262 · fundraising $4,154

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $174,563 · program services $165,415 · management and general $9,148

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $219,206 · program services $197,791 · management and general $20,411 · fundraising $1,004

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOREIGN TAXES & FEES

    total $115,900 · management and general $115,900

  • 24c · Other expenses: PUBLIC PROGRAMS & F. TRIPS

    total $93,023 · program services $93,023

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $78,859 · program services $44,085 · fundraising $34,774

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $418,810 · program services $242,679 · management and general $144,400 · fundraising $31,731

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,010,582 · end of year $1,526,141

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,855,975 · end of year $5,660,023

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $13,618,319 · end of year $3,408,314

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $850,210 · end of year $526,067

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $274,812 · end of year $301,963

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

    $35,311,892

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

    $17,650,020

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,275,792 · end of year $17,661,872

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $153,365,403 · end of year $181,603,367

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,209,084 · end of year $255,637

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $18,530,287 · end of year $17,995,721

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,385,303 · end of year $16,652

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $840,278 · end of year $966,607

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $15,500,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $136,853 · end of year $107,200

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $302,962 · end of year $107,924

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1 · end of year $1

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $28,641,126 · end of year $11,604,591

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $192,354,547 · end of year $200,669,434

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, OVERSIGHT, PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND COORDINATION OF WORLDWIDE WHEELCHAIR DELIVERIES AS WELL AS SUPPORTING VARIOUS EDUCATION, HEALTH, FOOD AND MUSEUM PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE FOUNDATION IS LEADING AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO CREATE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, TO PROMOTE THE JOY OF GIVING, CREATE GLOBAL FRIENDSHIP, AND TO DELIVER A WHEELCHAIR TO EVERY CHILD, TEEN, AND ADULT IN THE WORLD WHO NEEDS BUT CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

  • DURING 2024,SUPPORT WAS GIVEN TO SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS, EDUCATION, FOOD AND HEALTH CARE TO NEEDY CHILDREN AND INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $18,046,470 · Grants $17,994,750

  • DURING 2024, THE FOUNDATION DELIVERED 26,563 WHEELCHAIRS TO NEEDY INDIVIDUALS WORLDWIDE.

    Expenses $3,831,595 · Grants $3,007,784

  • THE BLACKHAWK MUSEUMS MERGED WITH GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AS OF JANUARY 1, 2015. THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED IN DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA. THE MUSEUMS INCLUDE AN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM, ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE THAT SIGNIFICANT AUTOMOTIVE TREASURES WOULD BE EXHIBITED FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT. THERE IS ALSO A MUSEUM HOUSING THE SPIRIT OF THE OLD WEST EXHIBIT, WHICH PRESENTS BOTH NATIVE AMERICAN AND AMERICAN SETTLERS WAY OF LIFE. OTHER EXHIBITS OPENED IN 2017 WERE INTO CHINA, WEST LIVES ON AND ART OF AFRICA. THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT ARE INTERGAL TO THIS EXHIBIT. IT INCLUDES ART, FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP, SYMBOLIC DECORATIONS, AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MASKS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MUCH MORE.

    Expenses $3,327,904 · Grants $21,899

  • DURING 2024, THE FOUNDATION PARTICIPATED IN PREPARING AND SETTING UP WORLD ANIMAL EXHIBITIONS IN CHINA AND UNITED STATES MUSEUMS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND ENSURE HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS AND ANIMALS.

    Expenses $1,542,003 · Grants $822,665

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen P Beinke

    Director/Presid

    Total calculated
    $516,769
    From this org
    $352,337
    From related orgs
    $143,919
    Other
    $20,513
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $352,337
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $143,919 related
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,713
    Filer's total
    $372,850 + $143,919 related
  • David E Behring

    Treasurer/Direc

    Total calculated
    $515,102
    From this org
    $356,050
    From related orgs
    $143,919
    Other
    $15,133
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $356,050
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $143,919 related
    Deferred
    $12,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,893
    Filer's total
    $371,183 + $143,919 related
  • Elliot D Stein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $481,981
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $210,536
    Other
    $271,445
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $210,536 related
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $210,536 related
  • David Preiss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $370,608
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $182,379
    Other
    $188,229
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $182,379 related
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $182,379 related
  • Mathew Beinke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $313,678
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $289,502
    Other
    $24,176
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $289,502 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $24,176 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $313,678 related
  • Earl Callison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $299,543
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $289,993
    Other
    $9,550
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $289,993 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $9,550 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $299,543 related
  • Jeffrey Behring

    Director

    Total calculated
    $281,332
    From this org
    $268,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,586
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,746
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,780
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,806
    Filer's total
    $281,332
  • Charlotte Butterfield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $206,101
    From this org
    $168,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,505
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,596
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,633
    Filer's total
    $206,101
  • Darren Cox

    Director of Market

    Total calculated
    $205,778
    From this org
    $205,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,778
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $205,778
  • Janet Silverman

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $204,951
    From this org
    $204,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,951
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $204,951
  • Annette Anderson

    Director/ Secre

    Total calculated
    $193,919
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $193,919
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $193,919 related
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $193,919 related
  • Joel Hodge

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $185,658
    From this org
    $185,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,658
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $185,658
  • Juan Hao

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $160,250
    From this org
    $160,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,250
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $160,250
  • Tiffany Camacho

    HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $122,163
    From this org
    $122,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yun Han Rhodes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $19,706
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,592
    Other
    $16,114
    Hours/week
    0
  • Doug Daughlin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.

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

  • JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION

    $17,507,200

    COMMUNITY SUPPORT

  • GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

    $100,000

    EDUCATION

  • SHEPHERDS OF WILDLIFE SOCIETY

    $100,000

  • AFRICAN CHILDRENS SCHOOL

    $47,500

    EDUCATION

  • VIET DREAMS FOUNDATION

    $40,227

  • COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER

    $25,700

    SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUTH

  • SHEPARDS GATE

    $25,000

  • ZAMBEZE DELTA CONSERVATION

    $25,000

  • VARIOUS 501c3 ORGS

    $21,899

    EDUCATIONAL

  • NEPHROTIE SYNDROME FDTN

    $15,000

    MEDICAL

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • LMW CLASSIC CARS LLC

    REAL ESTATE · CA · income $34,320 · assets $3,266,842

    Directly controlled by BEHRING GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Kenneth E Behring Living Trust

    TRUST · FL · 100% owned

  • MARITAL DEDUCTION TRUST

    TRUST · CA · 100% owned

  • BLACKHAWK REAL ESTATE SERVICES LLC

    S CORP · REAL ESTATE · CA

  • BEHRING CAPITAL GROUP LLC

    S CORP · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349320282

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