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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LAND INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,723,224
Total expenses
$9,639,854
Contributions and grants received
$9,132,509
Grants paid
$605,622
Program service revenue
$172,278
Investment income
$353,616
Other revenue
$64,821
Total assets, end of year
$24,114,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,295,382
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,819,250
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,570,397
Management and general expenses
$1,060,852
Fundraising expenses
$1,008,605
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,570,397

Program services were 78.5% 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

    $9,132,509

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $225,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Reimbursement joint project expenses

    total $172,278 · related or exempt $172,278

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $247,055 · excluded $247,055

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $12,481

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $12,481 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $12,481 · excluded $12,481

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,530,665

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

    securities $1,424,104

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $106,561

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $106,561 · excluded $106,561

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $47,174

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $20,547

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $26,627 · excluded $26,627

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $25,713 · excluded $25,713

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25,713

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $558,122 · program services $558,122

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $47,500 · program services $47,500

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $294,184 · program services $147,092 · management and general $73,546 · fundraising $73,546

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,284,094 · program services $3,441,421 · management and general $321,962 · fundraising $520,711

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $138,888 · program services $115,780 · management and general $0 · fundraising $23,108

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $497,597 · program services $426,676 · management and general $2,315 · fundraising $68,606

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $324,817 · program services $250,349 · management and general $34,368 · fundraising $40,100

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $105,190 · management and general $105,190

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $151,618 · management and general $151,618

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $711,156 · program services $559,604 · management and general $124,559 · fundraising $26,993

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $167,697 · program services $152,928 · management and general $50 · fundraising $14,719

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $432,344 · program services $420,541 · management and general $4,588 · fundraising $7,215

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $345,425 · program services $218,890 · management and general $28,964 · fundraising $97,571

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $194,929 · program services $154,087 · management and general $18,764 · fundraising $22,078

  • 17 · Travel

    total $236,657 · program services $178,219 · management and general $17,821 · fundraising $40,617

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $166,681 · program services $134,753 · management and general $22,001 · fundraising $9,927

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $360,170 · program services $284,066 · management and general $76,104

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $191,831 · program services $148,070 · management and general $18,495 · fundraising $25,266

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS

    total $262,385 · program services $250,643 · management and general $5,206 · fundraising $6,536

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $139,603 · program services $61,517 · management and general $49,538 · fundraising $28,548

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, & DUES

    total $23,808 · program services $19,869 · management and general $875 · fundraising $3,064

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $5,158 · program services $270 · management and general $4,888

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $70,835 · end of year $182,291

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $13,186,081 · end of year $12,988,230

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,258,858 · end of year $904,893

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,182 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $12,831 · end of year $22,496

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $117,210 · end of year $28,530

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

    $14,185,904

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

    $4,319,403

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,882,765 · end of year $9,866,501

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $29,216 · end of year $121,691

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $779,681 · end of year $754,662

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,047,417 · end of year $540,720

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,321,061 · end of year $21,224,253

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,414,819 · end of year $1,594,997

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOP A GRAIN AGRICULTURE SYSTEM WITH THE ECOLOGICAL STABILITY OF NATURAL SYSTEMS AND A GRAIN YIELD COMPARABLE TO THAT FROM ANNUAL CROPS.

  • THE LAND INSTITUTE IS DEVELOPING A NEW FARMING SYSTEM, NATURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURE (NSA), INCLUDING DEVELOPING NEW PERENNIAL GRAIN CROPS AND DIVERSE CROPPING SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE THEIR OWN FERTILITY, WEED CONTROL AND WATER MANAGEMENT AND HOLD THE SOIL YEAR-ROUND. NSA RESPONDS TO THE URGENT NEED TO STOP SOIL EROSION AND MITIGATE AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE WORLDWIDE.

    Expenses $4,889,720 · Grants $463,554 · Revenue $172,278

  • EDUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY - WORK THAT FOCUSES ON ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN WORK THAT PROMOTES ECOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE. INCLUDES PUBLICATION OF THE LAND REPORT AND PRESENTATION OF THE PRAIRIE FESTIVAL, A PUBLIC EVENT OF WORKSHOPS. ALSO INCLUDES THE ECOSPHERE STUDIES PROGRAM THAT RESEARCHES EDUCATION, PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS REQUIRED FOR A JUST SOCIETY THAT THRIVES WITHIN ECOLOGICAL LIMITS.

    Expenses $2,680,677 · Grants $142,069

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rachel Stroer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $180,428
    From this org
    $147,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,256
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $33,256
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,256
    Filer's total
    $180,428

  • Amy Cole

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $137,291
    From this org
    $108,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,282
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lee Dehaan

    LEAD SCIENTIST, KERNZA

    Total calculated
    $135,611
    From this org
    $107,147
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,464
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Van Tassel

    LEAD SCIENTIST, OILSEEDS

    Total calculated
    $135,309
    From this org
    $109,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,919
    Hours/week
    40

  • Wes Jackson

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $117,530
    From this org
    $99,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,669
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $99,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,669
    Filer's total
    $117,530

  • Tracie Thomas

    COO

    Total calculated
    $115,922
    From this org
    $114,172
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,750
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas S Cox

    SENIOR RESEARCHER-ECOSPHERE

    Total calculated
    $113,579
    From this org
    $101,072
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,507
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brian Donahue

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruth Anne French-Hodson

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Olmstead

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Funlola Otukoya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Levy-Church

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffany Durr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Ferrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Isenbarger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Neher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lennart Olsson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ricardo J Salvador

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corey Samuels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Schlosser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wang Shuwen

    LEAD SCIENTIST, WHEAT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4B
WES JACKSON PARTICIPATED IN A NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400599349300035

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