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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,880,082
Total expenses
$4,379,236
Contributions and grants received
$6,164,002
Grants paid
$1,302,011
Program service revenue
$215,429
Investment income
$376,254
Other revenue
-$875,603
Total assets, end of year
$13,616,417
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,644,770
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,971,647
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,662,549
Management and general expenses
$226,547
Fundraising expenses
$1,490,140
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,662,549

Program services were 60.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $4,148,825

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $24,277

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,990,900

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,261,243

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTINUING EDUCATION

    total $161,618 · related or exempt $161,618

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RESEARCH MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $50,206 · related or exempt $50,206

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RESEARCH REPORT SALES

    total $3,605 · related or exempt $3,605

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $302,660 · excluded $302,660

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $442,202

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

    securities $368,608

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $73,594

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $73,594 · excluded $73,594

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $162,970

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

    $4,148,825

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,040,298

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$877,328 · excluded -$877,328

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $1,725 · related or exempt $1,725

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,725

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,024,886 · program services $1,024,886

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $267,125 · program services $267,125

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $382,207 · program services $241,304 · management and general $34,088 · fundraising $106,815

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $941,454 · program services $606,132 · management and general $87,043 · fundraising $248,279

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $131,550 · program services $69,648 · management and general $8,224 · fundraising $53,678

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $86,468 · program services $56,447 · management and general $7,352 · fundraising $22,669

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,696 · program services $795 · management and general $568 · fundraising $333

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,750 · program services $6,914 · management and general $4,943 · fundraising $2,893

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $42,556 · management and general $42,556

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,952 · program services $17,788 · management and general $12,719 · fundraising $7,445

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $979,655 · program services $99,616 · management and general $1,526 · fundraising $878,513

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,039 · program services $62,238 · management and general $2,653 · fundraising $15,148

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,145 · program services $14,600 · management and general $2,101 · fundraising $6,444

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $100,291 · program services $61,544 · management and general $11,584 · fundraising $27,163

  • 17 · Travel

    total $146,679 · program services $63,871 · management and general $6,261 · fundraising $76,547

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $40,169 · program services $31,195 · management and general $2,146 · fundraising $6,828

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $576 · program services $364 · management and general $52 · fundraising $160

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,059 · program services $5,411 · management and general $779 · fundraising $3,869

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD & BEVERAGES

    total $32,896 · program services $1,946 · management and general $269 · fundraising $30,681

  • 24b · Other expenses: AUDIO & VIDEO SERVICES

    total $17,678 · program services $17,036 · fundraising $642

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $7,405 · program services $3,689 · management and general $1,683 · fundraising $2,033

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $682,376 · end of year $1,491,402

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $601,731 · end of year $268,061

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $797,496 · end of year $1,213,680

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $470,635 · end of year $56,094

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $22,713 · end of year $112,928

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

    $50,833

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

    $50,833

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $576 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,643,189 · end of year $6,636,136

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,002,638 · end of year $3,633,159

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $204,957

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $798,835 · end of year $569,064

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $868,023

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $800

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $207,683

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,396,983 · end of year $6,001,734

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,024,736 · end of year $5,969,913

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND CREATE EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS THAT ENABLE INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE WASTEMANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FUND AND DIRECT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO BENEFIT INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

  • RESEARCH PROJECTS - EACH YEAR EREF FUNDS AND OVERSEES RESEARCH PROJECTS RELATED TO A VARIETY OF WASTE MANAGEMENT TOPICS INCLUDING LANDFILL OPERATIONS, RECYCLING, SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY.

    Expenses $2,107,112 · Grants $834,391

  • SCHOLARSHIPS - VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO MASTERS AND PHD LEVEL STUDENTS.

    Expenses $277,125 · Grants $277,125

  • DATA & POLICY PROGRAM - PROGRAM THAT AGGREGATES AND ANALYZES VARIOUS SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY DATA. PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES VALUABLE EXPERIENCE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ASSIST IN GATHERING AND ANALYZING THE DATA.

    Expenses $275,178 · Grants $190,496 · Revenue $53,811

  • CONTINUING EDUCATION - VARIOUS PROGRAMS PROVIDING QUALITY AND TECHNICALLY BENEFICIAL ONLINE COURSES, LIVE WEBINARS, AND IN-PERSON REGIONAL SUMMITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $3,134 · Revenue $163,343

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Patrick Carroll

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tara Hemmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Walsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek Veenhof

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph G Ursuy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Savage

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry Saint Bris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul R Mitchener

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael McLaughlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Kinder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Dols

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Casella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Caesar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Arambula

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Watsford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan F Staley

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $382,207
    From this org
    $340,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,710
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $340,497
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,230
    Filer's total
    $382,207
  • James M Little

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ven Poole

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caitlin Conklin

    DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $111,171
    From this org
    $102,422
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,749
    Hours/week
    35
  • Suzanne Boxman

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $123,510
    From this org
    $102,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,270
    Hours/week
    35
  • Kyle Kusterer

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $197,785
    From this org
    $164,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,537
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,248
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,479
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,058
    Filer's total
    $197,785

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
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 5
THE ORGANIZATION HAS A LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN IN PLACE WITH THE PRESIDENT AND CEO. THE PLAN INCLUDES A VARIETY OF MULTI-YEAR GOALS THAT ARE GROUPED IN 3 YEAR CYCLES AND ARE PAID BASED ON A SLIDING SCALE. THE DEFINED REVENUE TARGETS MUST BE AT LEAST 80% ACHIEVED TO QUALIFY FOR AN INCENTIVE PAYMENT.
PART I, LINE 7
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL BONUS UP TO 30% OF BASE COMPENSATION. THE CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE ANNUAL BONUS ELIGIBILITY IS BASED ON THE PRESIDENT AND CEO'S PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR BASED ON SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE ATTAINMENT OF ANNUAL GOALS. RECOMENDATIONS FOR AWARDING THE PRESIDENT AND CEO THE ANNUAL BONUS IS MADE BY THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, IN COORDINATION WITH THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, BASED ON THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND CEO. THE RECOMENDATIONS ARE THEN PRESENTED AND DETERMINED BY THE FULL BOARD.

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

  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $235,793

    RESEARCH GRANT-PFAS DISPOSAL IN SPECIAL WASTES

  • UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

    $135,000

    RESEARCH GRANT-COAL AND INCINERATOR ASH

  • RESEARCH GRANT-DIURNAL VARIATIONS IN ME

  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $129,528

    RESEARCH GRANT-HEAT GENERATION FROM ALTERNATIVE LF DISPOSAL STRATEGIES

  • RESEARCH GRANT-LF EMISIONS MEASUREMENT AND ESTIMATION PGM

  • RESEARCH GRANT-PACKAGING AND FOOD WASTE INTERSECTIONS

  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $39,000

    RESEARCH GRANT-REPAIR STRATEGIES CONCRETE

  • RESEARCH GRANT-SOCIAL NORMS ON RECYCLING

  • BRIDGER PHOTONICS INC

    $16,329

    RESEARCH GRANT-LF METHAN EMISSIONS

  • GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

    $15,000

    RESEARCH GRANT-COAL FIRED POWER PLANT WASTES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF CANADA

    501(C)(3) · FUND/DIRECT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT · CA

    Directly controlled by ENRIVRONMENTAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349312866

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