THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BEAR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT

EIN 94-3102570 BOZEMAN, MT

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Revenue 2024: $607,984
Expenses 2024: $677,638

Program services were 89.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 1000
Street: PO BOX 10938

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Other organizations at this address

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CHILD CARE CONNECTIONS INC
EIN 36-3779018

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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

John HechtelJOHN HECHTEL

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

21
Stewart BreckSTEWART BRECK

VICE PRESIDENT AMERICAS

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Agnieszka SergielAGNIESZKA SERGIEL

VICE PRESIDENT EURASIA

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

6
Gordon StenhouseGORDON STENHOUSE

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

35
Emily PuckettEMILY PUCKETT

SECRETARY (INCOMING)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.2
Mark EdwardsMARK EDWARDS

COUNCILOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Anne HertelANNE HERTEL

COUNCILOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Santiago MolinaSANTIAGO MOLINA

COUNCILOR (INCOMING)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Colleen OlfenbuttelCOLLEEN OLFENBUTTEL

COUNCILOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
Lorraine ScotsonLORRAINE SCOTSON

COUNCILOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Jennapher Teunissen Van ManenJENNAPHER 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$607,984

Expenses

$677,638

Contributions

$461,359

Grants paid

$349,774
2023

Revenue

$398,707

Expenses

$240,140

Contributions

$224,257

Grants paid

$79,984
2023

Revenue

$100,852

Expenses

$132,039

Contributions

$73,778

Grants paid

$74,666
2022

Revenue

$285,562

Expenses

$271,689

Contributions

$246,829

Grants paid

$134,665

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$607,984	$677,638	$461,359	$349,774
2023	$398,707	$240,140	$224,257	$79,984
2023	$100,852	$132,039	$73,778	$74,666
2022	$285,562	$271,689	$246,829	$134,665

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$328,580

Expenses

$358,794

Assets (EOY)

$643,258
2020 · 990

Revenue

$350,292

Expenses

$382,242

Assets (EOY)

$635,537
2019 · 990

Revenue

$405,739

Expenses

$316,568

Assets (EOY)

$617,794
2018 · 990

Revenue

$294,695

Expenses

$256,587

Assets (EOY)

$502,332
2017 · 990

Revenue

$345,849

Expenses

$290,596

Assets (EOY)

$510,260
2016 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$194,282

Expenses

$137,303

Assets (EOY)

$455,007
2015 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$119,247

Expenses

$129,330

Assets (EOY)

$398,028
2014 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$176,654

Expenses

$129,605

Assets (EOY)

$408,111
2013 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$167,199

Expenses

$146,795

Assets (EOY)

$361,062
2012 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$140,766

Expenses

$117,716

Assets (EOY)

$340,658

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$328,580	$358,794	$643,258
2020	990	$350,292	$382,242	$635,537
2019	990	$405,739	$316,568	$617,794
2018	990	$294,695	$256,587	$502,332
2017	990	$345,849	$290,596	$510,260
2016	990-EZ	$194,282	$137,303	$455,007
2015	990-EZ	$119,247	$129,330	$398,028
2014	990-EZ	$176,654	$129,605	$408,111
2013	990-EZ	$167,199	$146,795	$361,062
2012	990-EZ	$140,766	$117,716	$340,658

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

$266,723

2024 SUB-AWARD
WSU BEAR CENTER

$47,500

2022 BEAR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION
CENTRE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES

$9,933

2024 RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION GRANT
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI

$8,850

2024 RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION GRANT
BEAR CARE GROUP

$750

2023 BEAR CARE GROUP SPONSORSHIP
BEAR CARE GROUP

$250

2024 BEAR CARE GROUP SPONSORSHIP

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

JOHN SHELDON BEVINS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

$21,143

2024
JOHN SHELDON BEVINS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

$18,396

2025
JOHN SHELDON BEVINS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

$18,192

2023
JOHN SHELDON BEVINS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

$11,909

2022

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

JOHN SHELDON BEVINS FOUNDATION

501(C)(3) · SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BEAR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT. · AK

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.