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← THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BEAR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BEAR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$607,984
Total expenses
$677,638
Contributions and grants received
$461,359
Grants paid
$349,774
Program service revenue
$136,295
Investment income
$11,810
Other revenue
-$1,480
Total assets, end of year
$773,442
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,883
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$767,559
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$605,434
Management and general expenses
$72,204
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$605,434

Program services were 89.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $29,100

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $21,143

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $411,116

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE INCOME

    total $98,494 · related or exempt $98,494

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BEAR RESEARCH & MANAGE

    total $37,801 · related or exempt $37,801

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,699 · excluded $11,699

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,230

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

    securities $3,119

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $111

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $111 · excluded $111

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $10,186

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $16,634

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$6,448 · excluded -$6,448

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $90,825

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $85,857

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $4,968 · excluded $4,968

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $285,756 · program services $285,756

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,663 · program services $5,663

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $58,355 · program services $58,355

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $67,942 · program services $48,941 · management and general $19,001

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,004 · program services $4,016 · management and general $1,988

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $970 · program services $520 · management and general $450

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,115 · management and general $13,115

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $34,133 · program services $34,133

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,630 · management and general $12,630

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,230 · program services $18,170 · management and general $14,060

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,286 · program services $21,542 · management and general $3,744

  • 17 · Travel

    total $910 · program services $910

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $124,844 · program services $124,426 · management and general $418

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,129 · program services $3,002 · management and general $2,127

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,647 · management and general $4,647

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES & LICENSES

    total $24 · management and general $24

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $326,516 · end of year $156,866

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,148 · end of year $2,193

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $453,266 · end of year $614,383

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,970 · end of year $5,883

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $344,820 · end of year $716,263

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $423,140 · end of year $51,296

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING AND GLOBAL CONSERVATION OF THE WORLD'S 8 BEAR SPECIES.

  • PROVIDE EDUCATION AND EVIDENCE BASED SCIENCE THROUGH PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL, INTERNATIONAL NEWS LETTER, CONFERENCES, AND WEBSITE TO CONSERVE AND ADVANCE THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD'S EIGHT BEAR SPECIES.

    Expenses $344,718 · Revenue $136,295

  • OFFER COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO IBA MEMBERS FOR BEAR RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT TO HELP FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE WORLD'S EIGHT BEAR SPECIES.

    Expenses $260,716 · Grants $349,774

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Hechtel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    21

  • Stewart Breck

    VICE PRESIDENT AMERICAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Agnieszka Sergiel

    VICE PRESIDENT EURASIA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Gordon Stenhouse

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Emily Puckett

    SECRETARY (INCOMING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.2

  • Mark Edwards

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Anne Hertel

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Santiago Molina

    COUNCILOR (INCOMING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Colleen Olfenbuttel

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lorraine Scotson

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jennapher Teunissen Van Manen

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & P

    Total calculated
    $63,538
    From this org
    $63,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

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

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
2024
Filed
20 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601409349301605

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