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HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ENDOWMENT FUND INC

EIN 52-1052547 COLUMBUS, OH

Revenue 2024
$2,990,252
Expenses 2024
$1,107,080

Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C124
Classification
2800
Street
2130 STELLA CT

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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.

  • BEN ROUGH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY MORRIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BENNETT SAUNDERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENISE MULLINS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ED BEMIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ED TANKARD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM EASON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN RAUSCH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN JASINSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LLOYD TRAVEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA ZAMPINI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK YELANICH PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT SAWYER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE HILLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER MEZITT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN OVERDEVEST

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHANE BROCKSHUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIMON TRASKEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE TABER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEIGH GESCHWILL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN BERRY

    PRESIDENT- ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN DECKER

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN BATSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KENNETH FISHER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $458,561
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $406,749
    Other
    $51,812
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $366,749 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $40,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $31,026 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,786 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $458,561 related

  • KAREN LIMBERT

    VP, OPERATION & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $201,104
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $160,608
    Other
    $40,496
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $146,048 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $14,560 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,605 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,891 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $201,104 related

The first 25 listed. 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 — 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,990,252
    Expenses
    $1,107,080
    Contributions
    $1,792,445
    Grants paid
    $451,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,432,610
    Expenses
    $1,084,197
    Contributions
    $1,004,275
    Grants paid
    $431,848
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,163,330
    Expenses
    $991,606
    Contributions
    $823,098
    Grants paid
    $450,371

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.

Grants made

  • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

    $55,000

    2023 COORDINATING A NATIONAL RESPONSE TO LOW FERTILITY CULTIVARS OF INVASIVE NURSERY CROPS. "PULSE ELECTRICITY AS A FUMIGANT ALTERNATIVE. NONCHEMICAL PREEMERGENCE WEED CONTROL

  • AUBURN UNIVERSITY

    $40,519

    2022 IMPROVED IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY THROUGH MODELING AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS

  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $40,000

    2024 NATIONAL GREEN INDUSTRY SURVEY

  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $40,000

    2024 DISCOVER CERCIS VSD RESISTANCE FROM RELATIVE CERCIS SPP FOR C. CANADENSIS

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS

    $37,700

    2023 CLIMATE READY LANDSCAPE PLANTS FOR CALIFORNIA

  • MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - GRANT

    $37,050

    2024 IMPROVING RECEPTION: BETTER DETECTION OF RFID PLANT LABELS WITH DRONE MOUNTED AND HANDHELD READERS

  • UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM (UMLA)

    $35,945

    2022 MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR JUMPING WORMS IN PRIVATE & COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPES AND NATURAL AREAS

  • TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH

    $35,000

    2023 CREATING NEW GENETIC RESOURCES TOWARD PREVENTING ROSE ROSETTE VIRUS INFECTING ROSES.

  • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK

    $35,000

    2023 "USE OF DRONES IN NURSERY IPM PROGRAMS FOR AGRO CHEMICAL APPLICATION AND MONITORING

  • UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

    $35,000

    2023 ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MARKETING STRATEGIES OF NATIVE PLANTS

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

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Grants received

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

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.