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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,786,855
Total expenses
$2,154,219
Contributions and grants received
$5,324,504
Grants paid
$43,896
Program service revenue
$76,137
Investment income
$368,075
Other revenue
$18,139
Total assets, end of year
$19,237,795
Total liabilities, end of year
$267,731
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,970,064
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,440,715
Management and general expenses
$383,746
Fundraising expenses
$329,758
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,440,715

Program services were 66.9% 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

    $411,599

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $131,830

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $161,466

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,619,609

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LODGING AND OTHER

    total $76,137 · related or exempt $76,137

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $396,137 · excluded $396,137

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $476,380

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

    securities $504,442

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$28,062

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$28,062 · excluded -$28,062

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $39,763

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

    $131,830

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $39,763

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $18,139 · excluded $18,139

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,139

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $43,896 · program services $43,896

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $207,359 · program services $153,446 · management and general $20,736 · fundraising $33,177

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $911,395 · program services $659,329 · management and general $110,457 · fundraising $141,609

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $58,424 · program services $42,416 · management and general $6,888 · fundraising $9,120

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $175,274 · program services $126,696 · management and general $21,373 · fundraising $27,205

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $89,005 · program services $64,618 · management and general $10,494 · fundraising $13,893

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $90 · management and general $90

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,781 · management and general $69,781

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $34,219 · management and general $34,219

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $125,734 · program services $91,786 · management and general $15,088 · fundraising $18,860

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,961 · program services $2,162 · management and general $355 · fundraising $444

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,579 · program services $36,923 · management and general $6,069 · fundraising $7,587

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,411 · program services $4,411

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,777 · program services $6,777

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $100,439 · program services $73,320 · management and general $12,053 · fundraising $15,066

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $60,831 · program services $44,406 · management and general $7,300 · fundraising $9,125

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS, EQUIPMENT AND

    total $124,012 · program services $90,529 · management and general $14,881 · fundraising $18,602

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $53,962 · management and general $53,962

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $35,070 · fundraising $35,070

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $26,721 · end of year $57,762

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,284,209 · end of year $222,433

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $282,212 · end of year $34,933

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $60,032 · end of year $8,095

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,731 · end of year $4,286

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

    $1,936,346

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

    $593,046

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,438,081 · end of year $1,343,300

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,654,835 · end of year $17,024,343

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $542,643

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $59,218 · end of year $44,883

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $256,490 · end of year $222,848

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,839,907 · end of year $15,772,655

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,599,206 · end of year $3,197,409

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH PROGRAMS IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CONSERVATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, & CONSERVATION.

  • CONSERVATION: FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, CONSERVATION WORK TARGETED THE REMOVAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND RESTORATION PLANTINGS. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS REMOVED 6 DUMP TRUCK LOADS, OR OVER 11,000 STEMS OF INVASIVE SHRUBS FROM THE FOREST. A SEVERE STORM IN JULY 2023 CAUSED DAMAGE TO ROADS, TRAILS, AND BUILDINGS AND WAS DECLARED A FEDERAL EMERGENCY. STAFF WORKED IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH TO REPAIR STORM DAMAGE, REMOVE DEBRIS, AND ALLOW ACCESS TO THE FOREST. ONGOING STORM RECOVERY EFFORTS WERE COORDINATED WITH FEMA AND NEW YORK STATE.

    Expenses $715,408 · Grants $43,896 · Revenue $76,137

  • EDUCATION: FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, BLACK ROCK FOREST HAD 8,768 STUDENT-DAYS, INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM K-12 CLASSES TO VOLUNTEER BOY SCOUTS TO UNDERGRAD AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. NEWBURGH ENLARGED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD 91 STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR THE BLACK ROCK STEM PROGRAM DURING THE SUMMER OF 2023. WE HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND HOSTED OUR FIRST EDUCATOR OPEN HOUSE IN AUGUST 2023, WHERE 18 EDUCATORS FROM ELEMENTARY TO COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AND DISCUSSED FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR TRIPS AND CURRICULUM GOALS. THE STORM ON JULY 9 PREVENTED 179 STUDENTS FROM VISITING THE FOREST.

    Expenses $245,007

  • RESEARCH: DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023 THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS IN FOREST MONITORING, ECOLOGY, AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, INCLUDING CONTINUED WORK WITH ROAD ECOLOGY AND MITIGATION PARTNERS. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO FACILITATED FIELD RESEARCH ACTIVITIES BY EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS AND PROVIDED FUNDING TO 6 NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS THROUGH THE DAVID REDDEN CONSERVATION SCIENCE FUND. ELEVEN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND TWO BOOKS THAT UTILIZED BLACK ROCK FOREST DATA, FACILITIES, AND/OR STAFF WERE PUBLISHED.

    Expenses $480,300

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Schuster

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THROUGH 11/9/22)

    Total calculated
    $299,516
    From this org
    $240,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,178
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,929
    Bonus
    $77,409
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,227
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,951
    Filer's total
    $299,516

  • Isabel Ashton

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEGAN 11/10/22)

    Total calculated
    $40,389
    From this org
    $33,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,216
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hume R Steyer

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Hilary S Callahan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Matthew I Palmer

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • William A Glaser

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Samuel T Keany

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Richard A Bartlett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aruna Chavali

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ingrid Chung

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valerie Colas-Ohrstrom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Danenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lotus Do

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher J Raxworthy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeannette Redden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Reinmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Veronica Siverls-Dunham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christie Van Kehrberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Ware

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emilie D Wolf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202442209349300524

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