INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

4950 SW HOUT ST, CORVALLIS, OR 97333-9598

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

KEITH NORRIS, 4950 SW HOUT STREET, CORVALLIS, OR 973339598

Signed the 990

KEITH NORRIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(541) 753-3099

Website

HTTPS://APPLIEDECO.ORG/

Return prepared by

MCDONALD JACOBS PC

Mission

THE INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY CONSERVES NATIVE SPECIES AND HABITATS THROUGH RESTORATIONS, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION

Program accomplishments

• CONSERVATION RESEARCH: OUR EFFORTS TO RESEARCH, MONITOR AND REINTRODUCE ENDANGERED SPECIES INTO RESTORED HABITATS IN WESTERN OREGON HAS MANY SUCCESSES. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED NEW POPULATIONS OF GOLDEN PAINTBRUSH, KINCAID'S LUPINE, NELSON'S CHECKERMALLOW, BRADSHAW'S LOMATIUM, COOK'S DESERT PARSLEY, COLUMBIA YELLOWCRESS AND WILLAMETTE DAISY. ALL OF THESE SPECIES WERE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION, BUT DUE TO OUR EFFORTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, ARE NOW BECOMING MORE COMMON ON THE LANDSCAPE. THEY ALSO NOW GROW IN PLACES WHERE LOCAL PEOPLE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN SEE AND INTERACT WITH THEM REGULARLY, A SEA CHANGE FOR CONSERVATION! (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT NUMBERS: FOR THE NINTH YEAR, COORDINATED RANGE-WIDE MONITORING FOR FENDER'S BLUE BUTTERFLY, WITH SURVEYS AT 71 SITES, TRACKING IMPORTANT TRENDS IN THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES POPULATION. THIRTY-FOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS AT OVER 123 SITES WITH 18 FEDERALLY AND STATE LISTED ENDANGERED/THREATENED/SPECIES OF CONCERN SPECIES IN THE NW. IN THE SW 12 RARE PLANT SPECIES WERE MONITORED IN 115 PLOTS AND POLLINATOR COMMUNTIES WERE MONITORED ACROSS 5 SITES PRE- AND POST-RESTORATION. SEEDS WERE COLLECTED FROM 4 RARE PLANT SPECIES IN NEW MEXICO FOR LONG-TERM SEED BANKING AND 246 CUTTINGS WERE COLLECTED FROM A RARE WILLOW SPECIES IN THE SW. CONTINUED ESTUARY MAPPING WORK AND PROVIDED TECHNICAL INPUTS ON BLUE CARBON PROJECTS, WITH ESTUARY RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERWAY.
  Expenses $638,817
• HABITAT RESTORATION: FOR OVER 20 YEARS, IAE'S MISSION HAS INCLUDED RESTORING RESILIENT ECOSYSTEMS. WE'VE LEARNED THAT TO INCREASE HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA, AN INCREASE IN THE AVAILABILITY OF NATIVE SEEDS AND PLANTS IS NEEDED. WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH BY SUPPORTING FOUR REGIONAL SEED PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOPING A NATIVE PLANT FARM. THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY NATIVE PLANT PARTNERSHIP (WVNPP), STAFFED BY IAE AND FUNDED IN PART BY THE OREGON WATERSHED ENHANCEMENT BOARD, HAS OVER 30 PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS MEMBERS, INCLUDING WATERSHED COUNCILS, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATIONS DISTRICTS, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, PRIVATE LAND TRUSTS, COMMERCIAL GROWERS, AND STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT NUMBERS:73 SITES IN RESTORATION IN OREGON, 1481 ACRES IN RESTORED OR IN ACTIVE RESTORATION2.7 ACRES IN SEED PRODUCTION AT IAE FARM, WITH 46 SPECIES IN PRODUCTION AT THE IAE FARM; 33 FIELDS WITH 23 SPECIES YIELDING 4,259 POUNDS OF SEED IN THE SW365 POUNDS OF SEED PRODUCED AT IAE FARMWILD SEED COLLECTED FROM 53 SPECIES IN OREGON, 104 SPECIES AND 276 SEED COLLECTIONS IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO1913 POUNDS OF NATIVE SEED SOWN85000 NATIVE PLANT PLUGS AND BULBS OUT-PLANTED8 TYPES OF OREGON HABITATS WHERE RESTORATION ACTIONS OCCURRED: COASTAL PRAIRIE, DOUGLAS-FIR/WESTERN HEMLOCK/SITKA SPRUCE FOREST, COASTAL DUNES, OAK SAVANNAH/WOODLAND, RIPARIAN, UPLAND PRAIRIE, WET PRAIRIE, WETLAND. IN NM & AZ 3 HABITATS WITH RESTORATION, MONTANE WETLAND, SUBALPINE AND PONDEROSA PINE.9,471 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY HOURS LOGGEDHOSTED VIRTUAL NATIONAL NATIVE SEED CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY OVER 900 NATIVE PLANT ENTHUSIASTS
  Expenses $1,115,526 · revenue $124,633
• ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION: THE DECLINE IN HUMAN CONNECTION WITH NATURE IS FOUND ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR REGION, INCLUDING INCARCERATED PEOPLE WHO NUMBER OVER 15,000 IN OREGON AND 2.3 MILLION NATIONWIDE. THIS NATURE DEFICIT LEADS TO LOWER HUMAN HEALTH, HIGHER INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE, AND REDUCED SENSE OF WELL-BEING. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS OFTEN A DISCONNECT BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE IN THE REGION WHERE RESTORATIONS TAKE PLACE. THIS ISOLATION EXCLUDES VALUABLE INSIGHTS FROM PROJECTS AND REDUCES OWNERSHIP OF HABITAT RESTORATIONS BY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF DIVERSITY ARE PARTICULARLY DEPRIVED OF OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERACT WITH ECOSYSTEMS AS WELL AS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)ONE PROJECT OF OUR ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, SAGEBRUSH IN PRISONS, DEEPLY ENGAGES PRISON INMATES IN HABITAT CONSERVATION BY GIVING THEM VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN NATIVE PLANT NURSERY MANAGEMENT AND A LECTURE SERIES IN CONSERVATION SCIENCE. THESE INCARCERATED ADULTS ARE HEALING THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEMSELVES.PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT NUMBERS:OVER 300,000 SAGEBRUSH AND OTHER NATIVE PLANTS GROWN BY ADULTS IN CUSTODY IN 11 PRISONS IN FIVE STATES TO RESTORE GREATER SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT IMPACTED BY FIRE OR OTHER NATIVE HABITATS. ADULTS IN CUSTODY CONTRIBUTED OVER 33,000 HOURS TOWARDS CONSERVATION OF SAGEBRUSH AND OTHER NATIVE HABITATS.PROVIDED PLACE-BASED SUMMER EDUCATION AND FOREST IMMERSION PROGRAMS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.OVER 1000 ADULTS IN CUSTODY ENGAGED IN ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION WITH 117 LESSONS.405 YOUTH IN JUVENILE DETENTION ATTENDED 56 LESSONS PROVIDED IN 2 FACILITIES.
  Expenses $657,282
• THE INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY (IAE) IS A NON-PROFIT 501 (C) (3) ORGANIZATION WHOSE VISION IS A WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE AND WILDLANDS ARE HEALTHY AND INTERACT POSITIVELY, BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSITY FLOURISHES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ARE MET WITH A SOCIAL COMMITMENT TO SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH SCIENCE. OUR MISSION IS CONSERVING NATIVE SPECIES AND HABITATS THROUGH RESTORATION, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. WE PARTNER WITH AND SERVE A DIVERSITY OF GROUPS ACROSS OREGON AND THE WESTERN US, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS, PRISONS, JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES, K-12 SCHOOLS, ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, TRIBES, AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS. OUR PROJECTS WORK ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, WITH OUR MAIN OFFICE IN OREGON AND AN OFFICE IN NEW MEXICO. OUR STRATEGIC PLAN LAYS OUT THREE PROGRAMMING GOALS: RESTORING RESILIENT ECOSYSTEMS, CONSERVING SPECIES, AND CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE. WE PRESENT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM EACH IN THE SECTIONS ABOVE.
  Expenses $2,859,664

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

93-1283716

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2001

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Environment (C053)

Assets (IRS master file)

$4,469,913

Income (IRS master file)

$6,541,625

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 93-1283716).

Questions about INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY

What is the EIN of INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY?

The employer identification number (EIN) of INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY is 93-1283716.

Is INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2001.

Are donations to INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names KEITH NORRIS.

Who are the officers and directors of INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 14 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $107,951 (JENNIFER BUTLER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $6,367,319, expenses of $6,662,277 and total assets of $4,469,913 at year end.

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