TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC

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)

133 LUCKIE ST NW, ATLANTA, GA 30303-2005

In care of

% CHRISTINE S HUNG

Mailing address (990-N for 2020)

133 Luckie st, Atlanta GA 30303

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

RE TURNER, 133 LUCKIE ST NW, ATLANTA, GA 30303

Principal officer (990-N for 2020)

RE Turner, 133 Luckie St, Atlanta GA 30303

Signed the 990

DAVID K WITHERS, PRESIDENT

Phone

(404) 290-8544

Website

HTTPS://TURNERECOAGRICULTURE.ORG/

Return prepared by

AVALON FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC

Mission

INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO RESEARCH, DEVELOP, PRACTICE, AND DISSEMINATE SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONSERVING ECOSYSTEMS, AGRICULTURE, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. INSTITUTE WILL ACHIEVE THIS MISSION BY USING ITS LIVESTOCK, LAND, SCALE, AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY TO RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATE HOW RANCHING OPERATIONS CAN MEET ECONOMIC AND PRODUCTION OBJECTIVES WHILE PROTECTING AND ENHANCING NATURAL RESOURCE AND CONSERVATION VALUES OF LARGE LANDSCAPES. IN A BROAD SENSE THIS CONCEPT CAN BE REFERRED TO AS ECOAGRICULTURE, AN EMERGING AREA OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY REGARDING HOW SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING CAN BE CONDUCTED ACROSS DIVERSE LANDSCAPES WHILE MAINTAINING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND INTEGRITY, AND CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS SOLUTIONS FOR LOCAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES (E.G., CLIMATE CHANGE, NATIVE SPECIES AND HABITAT LOSS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION, WATER DEPLETION, FOOD PRODUCTION, AND RURAL ECONOMIES) RATHER THAN EXACERBATING THEM.

Program accomplishments

• 1. EVALUATION OF COUGAR PREDATION AND BEAR KLEPTOPARASITISM ON VERMEJO, NEW MEXICO. OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, IN RESPONSE TO DROUGHT, DECLINING RANGE AND RIPARIAN CONDITIONS, AND PROJECTED DRY CONDITIONS IN THE FUTURE, VERMEJO HAS WORKED TO DETERMINE THE CARRYING CAPACITY FOR LARGE UNGULATES (E.G., ELK AND AMERICAN BISON) ON THE RANCH DURING AN AVERAGE DRY YEAR. WHILE ECOLOGICAL BALANCE WITH FORAGE RESOURCES IS THE DRIVING FACTOR IN SETTING ELK POPULATION OBJECTIVES AT VERMEJO, A SUSTAINABLE ELK HUNTING PROGRAM, WILDLIFE VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES, AND OVERALL ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION, INCLUDING HEALTHY POPULATIONS OF PREDATORS, ARE ALSO IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS. UNDERSTANDING LARGE PREDATOR POPULATIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN REGULATING ELK (AND OTHER UNGULATE) POPULATIONS IS AN IMPORTANT, BUT RELATIVELY UNEXPLORED QUESTION AT VERMEJO. BLACK BEAR PREDATION CAN BE A MAJOR SOURCE OF MORTALITY ON ELK CALVES. SIMILARLY, COUGARS, ESPECIALLY MALES, SELECT FOR ELK CALVES DURING SUMMER MONTHS. BLACK BEARS MAY BENEFIT FROM COUGAR KILLS THROUGH KLEPTOPARASITISM, THEREBY NEGATIVELY AFFECTING COUGARS. THE INSTITUTE IS UNDERTAKING THIS STUDY TO DOCUMENT COUGAR PREY SELECTION ON VERMEJO AND THE INFLUENCE OF BEAR KLEPTOPARASITISM ON FREQUENCY AND VOLUME OF COUGAR PREY. THIS INFORMATION WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS ON THE MAGNITUDE OF ELK AND MULE DEER KILLED BY COUGARS ANNUALLY AND INFORM FUTURE WILDLIFE AND RANGE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS STUDY IS TO DOCUMENT COUGAR PREY SELECTION ON VERMEJO AND THE INFLUENCE OF BEAR KELPTOPARASITISM ON FREQUENCY AND VOLUME OF COUGAR PREY. WE ANTICIPATE THIS INFORMATION WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS ON THE MAGNITUDE OF ELK AND MULE DEER KILLED BY COUGARS ANNUALLY AND INFORM FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS OF PREDATOR MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF VERMEJO PARK RANCH. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES ARE TO:A. USE CLUSTERING DATA FROM GPS-COLLARED COUGARS TO LOCATE COUGAR KILL SITES AND DESCRIBE COUGAR FOOD HABITATS.B. USE CAMERA TRAPS AT COUGAR KILL SITES TO ESTIMATE RATES AND PATTERN OF BLACK BEAR KLEPTOPARASITISM.C. ESTIMATE ANNUAL ELK MORTALITY DUE TO COUGAR PREDATION.
  Expenses $112,063
• 2. INFLUENCE OF FINISHING SYSTEM AND FINISHING LOCATION ON THE CARCASS TRAITS, SENSORY ATTRIBUTES, AND PHYTOCHEMICAL RICHNESS OF BISON MEAT. RECENT WORK BY THE INSTITUTE DEMONSTRATED THAT PASTURE-FINISHED BISON CONCENTRATED HIGHER LEVELS OF COMPOUNDS CONSIDERED FAVORABLE FOR HUMAN HEALTH IN THEIR MEAT WHEN COMPARED TO PEN-FINISHED ANIMALS. PASTURE-FINISHED BISON ALSO APPEARED TO HAVE BETTER METABOLIC HEALTH THAN PEN-FINISHED BISON. ADAPTIVE GRAZING OF BISON ON RANGELANDS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE REGENERATIVE AND PRODUCE POSITIVE ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS. THIS OUTCOME, COUPLED WITH GROWING CONSUMER DEMAND FOR SUSTAINABLY RAISED, HEALTHIER MEAT PRODUCTS HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS IMPLEMENTING AGRO-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING ROTATIONAL GRAZING AND PASTURE-FINISHING OF ANIMALS, TO IMPROVE ECOLOGICAL, ANIMAL, AND HUMAN HEALTH. THIS STUDY AIMS TO COMPARE THE EFFECT OF FORAGE DIVERSITY (ON PASTURE), FINISHING SYSTEM (PASTURE VERSUS PEN), FINISHING LOCATION (GEOGRAPHIC), AND FEED TYPE (FREE CHOICE VERSUS TOTAL MIXED RATION) ON ANIMAL METABOLIC HEALTH AND MEAT NUTRIENT DENSITY. ANALYSIS WILL BE COMPLETED ON THE FOLLOWING: CRUDE FAT, METABOLOMICS, FATTY ACID COMPOSITION AND CHOLESTEROL CONTENT, CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS, MEASURES OF MEAT QUALITY, SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS, AND PHYTOCHEMICAL RICHNESS OF MEAT.
  Expenses $182,369 · grants $100,000 · revenue $1,751,343
• 3. MOVEMENT AND HABITAT USE OF REINTRODUCED BOLSON TORTOISES IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE BOLSON TORTOISE IS THE LARGEST AND RAREST OF THE SIX GOPHERUS SPECIES NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA. TODAY, HOWEVER, FEWER THAN 2,500 INDIVIDUALS REMAIN IN THE WILD, ALL OF WHICH ARE RESTRICTED TO DISCONTINUOUS BASINS IN THE MAPIM SUB-PROVINCE OF NORTH-CENTRAL MEXICO, REPRESENTING >90% EXTIRPATION FROM THEIR PLEISTOCENE RANGE. THE TURNER CONSERVATION TRUST OPERATES THE ONLY LARGE-SCALE EX SITU BREEDING PROGRAM AIMED AT CONSERVING BOLSON TORTOISES AND ESTABLISHING ASSURANCE POPULATIONS WITHIN THEIR PLEISTOCENE RANGE IN THE UNITED STATES. B THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF OUR RESEARCH INCLUDES:A. COMPARE VITAL RATES AND SURVIVORSHIP BETWEEN RELEASED AND CAPTIVE JUVENILE TORTOISES AS A FUNCTION OF SIZE, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, AND HABITAT CHARACTERISTICSB. EVALUATE HABITAT USE AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS AS A FUNCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND HABITAT FEATURESC. PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOLSON TORTOISE RECOVERY PROJECT AND THE USFWS FOR FUTURE TORTOISE REINTRODUCTIONS.4. POPULATION DYNAMICS AND LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS OF RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT TROUT (RGCT) IN THE UPPER RIO COSTILLA WATERSHED, NEW MEXICO. RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT TROUT CURRENTLY OCCUPY ABOUT 12% OF THEIR HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION. TO RESTORE RGCT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES HAVE INSTITUTED VARIOUS CONSERVATION EFFORTS INCLUDING HABITAT RESTORATIONS, SPECIES REINTRODUCTIONS, AND REMOVAL OF NONNATIVE FISH. UNFORTUNATELY, BASELINE POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS AND DYNAMICS DATA FOR LENTIC POPULATIONS ARE LARGELY LACKING. THESE DATA ARE NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW LENTIC POPULATIONS FUNCTION AND FOR GUIDING MANAGEMENT ACTIONS. FURTHERMORE, POPULATION-LEVEL DATA CAN HELP TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL THREATS (E.G., UNSUITABLE HABITAT, OVEREXPLOITATION) TO THE PERSISTENCE OF THESE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT POPULATIONS. THE OVERALL GOAL OF OUR RESEARCH IS TO AID THE CONSERVATION OF RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT TROUT THROUGH AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE ECOLOGY OF LENTIC POPULATIONS. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF OUR RESEARCH ARE TO:A. EVALUATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION STRUCTURE AND HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS IN LAKES AND STREAMS OF THE UPPER RIO COSTILLA WATERSHED.B. EVALUATE THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS ON THE TIMING AND EXTENT OF ADFLUVIAL BEHAVIOR OF RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT TROUT IN COSTILLA RESEVOIR.C. EVALUATE POTENTIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING POPULATION PERSISTENCE OF RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT TROUT USING A STAGE-STRUCTURED POPULATION MODEL.D. PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT TROUT IN LAKE OF THE RIO COSTILLA WATERSHED.5. MAMMALIAN AND HERPTOFAUNA INVENTORY OF THE Z BAR RANCH. THE GYPSUM HILLS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS REPRESENT A RUGGED LANDSCAPE OF MESAS AND BLUFFS, WITH ERODED CANYONS AND RED SOILS. THIS PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE CONTAINS A NUMBER OF SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT TRANSECT THE REGION PROMOTING ADDITIONAL HABITATS, INCLUDING WETLANDS, FORESTED PATCHES, AND AREAS OF SANDY ALLUVIAL SOILS. THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF OUR RESEARCH IS TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF MAMMALS AND HERPETOFAUNA ON THE RANCH. THIS WILL PROVIDE A BENCHMARK FOR UNDERSTANDING WHICH SPECIES RESIDE ON THE RANCH, SEASONALITY IN WHICH THEY OCCUR AND REPRODUCE, AND HABITATS USED BY THEM. OUR OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:A. DETECT PRESENCE OF AND DESCRIBE HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF RARE, IMPERILED, OR UNKNOWN MAMMALIAN, AMPHIBIAN, AND REPTILIAN SPECIES TO INFORM MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS AT THE RANCH.B. INVENTORY AND PROVIDE RELATIVE ABUNDANCES AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF SMALL MAMMALS AND HERPETOFAUNA COMMUNITIES AT THE RANCH.C. PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY AND EXPERIENCE CONCERNING NATURAL HISTORY AND HABITAT USE PATTERNS OF SMALL MAMMAL AND HERPETOFAUNA OCCURRENCES AT THE RANCH.6. NUCLEAR SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM (SNP) ANALYSIS OF YELLOWSTONE NP SATELLITE HERD. IN ADDITION TO HER INVOLVEMENT IN BISON MTDNA STUDIES, ELISE STARTED A SECOND PROJECT IN THE FALL OF 2023 THAT ALSO PERTAINS TO BISON CONSERVATION GENETICS. THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BISON HERD IS GENETICALLY VALUABLE TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BISON DUE TO ITS SIGNIFICANT GENETIC DIVERSITY AND A CONTINUAL HISTORY OF BISON PRESENCE IN ITS RANGE SINCE PREHISTORIC TIMES. HOWEVER, A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER EXISTS THAT PREVENTS THESE GENETICALLY VALUABLE INDIVIDUALS FROM BEING USED IN STARTING ADDITIONAL BISON CONSERVATION HERDS AND SUPPLEMENTING GENETIC DIVERSITY IN OTHER BISON POPULATIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS BISON SNP RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO IS TO DETERMINE GENETIC INDICES IN THIS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-DERIVED SATELLITE HERD MANAGED BY TEI AND COMPARE THE HERD'S GENETIC DIVERSITY TO THAT OF THE ORIGINAL POPULATION. THIS WILL DETERMINE HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS DERIVED HERD IS IN CAPTURING THE DIVERSITY OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK HERD AND THE DERIVED HERD'S GENETIC IMPLICATIONS FOR WIDER BISON SPECIES' CONSERVATION. THIS WILL BE DONE BY UTILIZING A NOVEL SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM (SNP) PANEL DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN BISON AND INTENDED FOR USE IN THE POPULATION MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF BISON (STROUPE AND DERR, 2024). THIS PROJECT WILL HOPEFULLY FURTHER VALIDATE THE NOVEL SNP PANEL AS A VALUABLE TOOL TO DETERMINE BISON POPULATION GENETIC HEALTH AND DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE HERD MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.
  Expenses $55,000
• Expenses $1,301,898

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

85-1700153

Tax-exempt status

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

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2020

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Science and technology (U50)

Assets (IRS master file)

$75,602,000

Income (IRS master file)

$2,855,436

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 85-1700153).

Questions about TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC

What is the EIN of TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC is 85-1700153.

Is TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2020.

Are donations to TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC tax-deductible?

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

Which annual return does TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE 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 TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE 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 TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE 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 TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names RE TURNER.

Who are the officers and directors of TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $99,373 (CARTER KRUSE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does TURNER INSTITUTE OF ECOAGRICULTURE INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $2,850,833, expenses of $2,162,084 and total assets of $75,602,000 at year end.

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