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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RICH EARTH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$670,102
Total expenses
$660,631
Contributions and grants received
$597,885
Grants paid
$233,147
Program service revenue
$27,029
Investment income
$658
Other revenue
$44,530
Total assets, end of year
$272,965
Total liabilities, end of year
$116,107
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$156,858
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$589,177
Management and general expenses
$71,454
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$589,177

Program services were 89.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $597,885

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $32,413

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Consulting & Contract Svc

    total $18,255 · related or exempt $18,255

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program & Event Income

    total $8,774 · related or exempt $8,774

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $658 · excluded $658

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $18,000 · personal property $26,510

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $5,577

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $18,000 · personal property $20,933

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $38,933 · related or exempt $38,933

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $12,360

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,206

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $5,154 · related or exempt $5,154

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $443 · related or exempt $443

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $443

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $233,147 · program services $233,147

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $39,300 · program services $39,300

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $223,135 · program services $223,135

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,090 · program services $7,090

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,530 · program services $21,530

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,055 · management and general $11,055

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,008 · management and general $22,008

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $276 · management and general $276

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,027 · management and general $14,027

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,050 · program services $22,050

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,922 · program services $5,922

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,754 · management and general $1,754

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,680 · management and general $8,680

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,640 · management and general $7,640

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPERATIONS

    total $16,608 · program services $16,608

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $14,148 · program services $8,134 · management and general $6,014

  • 24c · Other expenses: Research

    total $6,139 · program services $6,139

  • 24d · Other expenses: Program Events

    total $6,122 · program services $6,122

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $35,457 · end of year $35,922

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $385 · end of year $133

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,015 · end of year $25,995

  • 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 $1,469 · end of year $4,113

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

    $173,757

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

    $50,038

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $125,537 · end of year $123,719

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $69,025 · end of year $83,083

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,438 · end of year $14,551

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $85,059 · end of year $79,086

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $22,470

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $141,391 · end of year $156,858

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Rich Earth Institute engages in research, education and technological innovation to advance the use of human waste as a resource.

  • The Rich Earth Institute engages in research, education and technological innovation to advance the use of human waste as a stable and reliable source of agricultural fertilizer.

    Expenses $589,177 · Grants $233,147 · Revenue $27,029

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jamina Shupack

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $40,434
    From this org
    $39,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,134
    Hours/week
    30
  • Nadav Malin

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bradley Kennedy

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Woodland

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hatton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellena Baum

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalie Lounsbury

    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.

Grants on this return

  • Cornell University

    $189,566

  • Regents of Univ of Michigan

    $26,189

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension

    $17,392

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.

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • Brightwater Tools Inc

    C · Research & Development · VT · 48% owned · share of assets $35,148

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530699349300913

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