Nonprofit · EIN 39-1647554
SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20003
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,454,453 | $2,914,154 | $540,299 | $2,451,366 | $649,796 | $1,801,570 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,915,939 | $2,760,164 | $155,775 | $1,952,505 | $680,236 | $1,272,269 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,181,599
- Membership dues
- $376,602
- Program service revenue
- $733,816
- Investment income
- $44,626
- Royalties
- $650
- Other revenue
- $494,412
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $878,791
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $120,290
- Other salaries and wages
- $541,500
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $745,718
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $2,783
- Accounting fees
- $179,477
- Occupancy
- $14,974
- Travel
- $47,310
- Depreciation
- $1,762
- Program services (functional)
- $2,791,894
- Management and general (functional)
- $116,341
- Fundraising (functional)
- $5,919
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,941,224
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,451,366
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $649,796
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,801,570
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,303,444
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $900,852
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $900,718
- Gross receipts
- $3,454,453
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 90
- Year formed
- 1988
- State of legal domicile
- DC
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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethanie Walder | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $117,383 |
| DIRECTORS | DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Excellence Akeredolu | Director at Large (07/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Cristina Eisenberg | Director at Large (07/2022-12/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Emanuela Weidlich | Student/Emerging Professional Rep 07/2022-06/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Enzo Martelli | Student Rep July-December 2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Emanuela Weidlich | Director at Large (07/2024-12/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jeanne Chambers | Director at Large (07/2020-12/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Stephanie Mansourian | Director at Large (07/2020-6/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| OFFICERS | OFFICERS Officer | 0 | $0 |
| Kingsley Dixson | Chair (07/2022-06/24) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Karma Bouazza | Chair (07/2024-12/24) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Karma Bouazza | Vice Chair (01/2024-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Kingsley Dixson | Vice Chair (07/2024-12/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Laura Graham | Secretary (07/2022-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
11 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luiz Moraes | Secretary (07/2024-12/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Ramesh Venkataraman | Treasurer (07/2022-12/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Luiz Moraes | At Large (07/2023-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| REGIONAL Representatives | REGIONAL Representatives Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Peter Alele | Regional Rep - Africa (07/2022-12/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Bruce Clarkson | Regional Rep -Australasia (07/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Luiz Moraes | Regional Rep - South America Rep(7/2022-12/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Thomas Kaye | Regional Rep - North America (07/2022-12/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jordi Cortina | Regional Rep - Europe (07/2022-12/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Laura Graham | Regional Rep - Asia (07/2022-12/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Valerie Hagger | Australasia Rep July-December 2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethanie Walder | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $117,885 |
| Jim Hallett | Vice Chair (07/2022-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $12,547 |
| Stephanie Mansourian | Director at Large (07/2020-6/2024 Officer | 2 | $10,993 |
| DIRECTORS | DIRECTORS Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Excellence Akeredolu | Director at Large (07/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Christina Eisenberg | Director at Large (07/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Emanuela Weidlich | Student/Emerging Professional Rep 07/2022-06/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jeanne Chambers | Director at Large (07/2020-6/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Stephanie Mansourian | Director at Large (07/2020-6/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| OFFICERS | OFFICERS Officer | 0 | $0 |
| Kingsley Dixson | Chair (07/2022-06/24) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Jim Hallett | Vice Chair (07/2022-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Laura Graham | Secretary (07/2022-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Ramesh Venkataraman | Treasurer (07/2022-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Karma Bouazza | At Large (07/2022-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Luiz Moraes | At Large (07/2023-06/2024) Officer | 8 | $0 |
| REGIONAL Representatives | REGIONAL Representatives Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Peter Alele | Regional Rep - Africa (07/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Bruce Clarkson | Regional Rep -Australasia (07/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Luiz Moraes | Regional Rep - Latin America & Caribbean (7/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Thomas Kaye | Regional Rep - North America (07/2022-06/2023) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jordi Cortina | Regional Rep - Europe (07/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Laura Graham | Regional Rep - Asia (07/2022-06/2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1235 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE 35, WASHINGTON, DC 20003-2227
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Kingsley Dixson, 1630 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
- Signed the 990
- Bethanie L Walder, Executive Director
- Phone
- (202) 299-9518
- Website
- www.ser.org
- Return prepared by
- MHR CONSULTING LLC
Mission
SER advances the science, practice and policy of ecological restoration to sustain biodiversity, improve resilience in a changing climate, and re-establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture.
Program accomplishments
- Practice - (Community-based Restoration, NPS, MS-CES, BLM, UNCCD, Certification) SER collaborates with the Microsoft Corporation to support their efforts to implement standards-based ecological restoration. Through this collaboration, Microsoft identifies priority locales, and then SER works with existing or new member organizations in those locales to develop and deliver standards-based restoration projects with funding from Microsoft. SER provides training, technical support, and project oversight for the local partners. SER also collects all required reporting and data from the local partners to deliver to Microsoft. As of 2024, SER has managed more than 20 projects in 10 countries in collaboration with Microsoft and local partners.Expenses $1,456,674 · grants $784,960 · revenue $1,603,000
- Organizational Development-(Membership, Chapters, Sections, Open Doors) With more than 5,000 members in more than 120 countries, SERs global network represents the worlds foremost source of scientific and practical expertise on the repair of degraded ecosystems. SER members include scientists, engineers, planners, program managers, policy makers, landscape architects, artists, economists, volunteers, community advocates, and others. SER members work in all terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and represent governmental and nongovernmental organizations, private industry, consultancies, indigenous communities, students and more. Through this collective expertise, SER works to advance the field of ecological restoration by facilitating knowledge development and sharing among practitioners, researchers, and decision-makers. SER helps members and non- members alike share knowledge through trainings and workshops, conferences, publications, on-the-ground demonstration projects, virtual and in-person networking events, an online restoration resource center, and the worlds only Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) program.Expenses $457,745 · grants $93,830 · revenue $469,563
- Networking-Outreach (World Conferences, NAC, RRC, MadWeek) SER hosts a biennial world conference on ecological restoration, bringing together the worlds leading researchers, practitioners, land managers, and other restoration experts to discuss new and emerging science, practice, and policy issues in restoration. SER2025 will be held in Denver, Colorado.Expenses $414,991 · revenue $139,830
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) program: SERs Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) program credentials restoration practitioners and practitioners-in- training who meet core knowledge and practice requirements and maintain those through continuing education. While actual projects are not audited on the ground, applicants are required to submit three sample projects which are reviewed for consistency with SERs International Principles and Standards, and which help certification reviewers0
- assess if the applicants are likely to uphold and implement best restoration practices in their projects. To date SER has certified more than 700 practitioners.Expenses $462,484 · revenue $1,136,895
- Publications: Since 1993 SER has published Restoration Ecology, the premier global journal for publishing research in this growing and important field. Restoration Ecology includes a bi-annual thematic series on restoration in arid lands. SER also publishes key guidance documents, such as its International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration which are considered the global guide for designing, implementing, and monitoring ecological restoration projects.0
- POLICY: SER contributes significantly to national and international policy actions through collaborations with such bodies as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration, and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The SER/IUCN biennial global fora on restoration, for example, are helping define and guide high quality restoration across the world. SER members and board0
- members serve on a variety of international advisory committees that also support the implementation and monitoring of ecological restoration. Through SERs Science and Policy Committee, SER chapters and global conferences, SER continues to bring increased attention to the importance of ecological restoration as a tool for addressing some of the worlds most pressing challenges and continues to guide these bodies in incorporating restoration0
- as a specific component within their activities and strategic plans. ALL Remaining: The Society for Ecological Restoration co-sponsors conferences, workshops, and other knowledge-sharing and knowledge-development events with its chapters and other like-minded NPOs that provide restorationists with cutting-edge0
- research, information, and tools to improve ecological restoration practices0
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.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 39-1647554
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1993
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C00C)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,451,366
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,454,453
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,454,453 | $2,914,154 | $2,451,366 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,915,939 | $2,760,164 | $1,952,505 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,870,830 | $1,560,713 | $1,243,911 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 39-1647554).
Questions about SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC
- What is the EIN of SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC is 39-1647554.
- Is SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.
- Are donations to SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC 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 SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC 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 SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC 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 SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Kingsley Dixson.
- Who are the officers and directors of SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 26 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $117,383 (Bethanie Walder, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,454,453, expenses of $2,914,154 and total assets of $2,451,366 at year end.
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