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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BEAR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 February 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$100,852 changed to $398,707
Total expenses
$132,039 changed to $240,140
Contributions and grants received
$73,778 changed to $224,257
Grants paid
$74,666 changed to $79,984
Program service revenue
$21,682 changed to $158,003
Investment income
$753 changed to $16,447
Other revenue
$4,639 changed to $0
Total assets, end of year
$577,132 changed to $780,930
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,386 changed to $12,970
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$570,746 changed to $767,960
Program services expenses
$117,230 changed to $200,200
Management and general expenses
$13,102 changed to $39,940
Fundraising expenses
$1,707 changed to $0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$117,230 changed to $200,200

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Alexander Kopatz

Listed only on the later return

  • Alexander Koptaz
  • Emily Puckett
  • Santiago Molina

Listed under a different title

  • Jennapher Teunissen Van Manen: DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & P then DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & PROGRAM DIRECTOR
  • Viviana Albarracin Davalos: COUNCILOR then COUNCILOR (OUTGOING)

Totals

Total revenue
$398,707
Total expenses
$240,140
Contributions and grants received
$224,257
Grants paid
$79,984
Program service revenue
$158,003
Investment income
$16,447
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$780,930
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,970
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$767,960
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$200,200
Management and general expenses
$39,940
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$200,200

Program services were 83.4% 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

    $31,686

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $18,192

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $100

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $174,279

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,571

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE INCOME

    total $126,925 · related or exempt $126,925

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

    total $31,078 · related or exempt $31,078

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,555 · excluded $7,555

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $11,879

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

    securities $2,987

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $8,892

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,892 · excluded $8,892

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $750 · program services $750

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $9,492 · program services $9,492

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $69,742 · program services $69,742

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $61,000 · program services $52,708 · management and general $8,292

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,117 · program services $4,074 · management and general $1,043

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,680 · program services $1,180 · management and general $500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,470 · program services $10,000 · management and general $9,470

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,017 · program services $25,017

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,276 · management and general $1,276

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,035 · program services $3,364 · management and general $9,671

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,090 · management and general $2,090

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,247 · program services $23,727 · management and general $520

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,127 · management and general $2,127

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,462 · program services $146 · management and general $4,316

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES & LICENSES

    total $635 · management and general $635

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $211,094 · end of year $326,516

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,295 · end of year $1,148

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,781 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $355,962 · end of year $453,266

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,386 · end of year $12,970

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $187,149 · end of year $344,820

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $383,597 · end of year $423,140

Mission and programs · 2023

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 $101,119 · Revenue $158,003

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

    Expenses $99,081 · Grants $79,984

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Hechtel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    21

  • Agnieszka Sergiel

    VICE PRESIDENT EURASIA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Stewart Breck

    VICE PRESIDENT AMERICAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gordon Stenhouse

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Alexander Koptaz

    SECRETARY (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Puckett

    SECRETARY (INCOMING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.2

  • Marta De Barba

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Viviana Albarracin Davalos

    COUNCILOR (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mark Edwards

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Anne Hertel

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Colleen Olfenbuttel

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lorraine Scotson

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Santiago Molina

    COUNCILOR (INCOMING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennapher Teunissen Van Manen

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $61,000
    From this org
    $61,000
    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
2023
Filed
8 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530999349301023

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