Bpraptorcenter FY2023 filing

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Blackland Prairie Raptor Center is dedicated to environmental preservation through public education and the conservation of birds of prey and wildlife in their natural habitat.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-1305421) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$42K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $74K a year · 25% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
65% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$42K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
12.9 mo
of spending, in cash
12.9 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $41K
4 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$13K
3% of total assets
Liabilities are 3% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
4 of 4 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$201K
-38% vs prior year
Spent
$329K
To programs
65%
Net assets
$485K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$201K
FY2023▼ -38%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$285K
FY2021$250K
FY2022$322K
FY2023$201K
FY2024$300K
FY2025$445K
Expenses
$329K
FY2023▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$237K
FY2021$259K
FY2022$350K
FY2023$329K
FY2024$490K
FY2025$583K
Net assets
$485K
FY2023▼ -21%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$688K
FY2021$684K
FY2022$615K
FY2023$485K
FY2024$296K
FY2025$162K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $214K Management & general 32% · $106K Fundraising 4% · $12K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $42K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$41,667Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Laura Johnson’s $55K as Executive Director is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1220 $100K–1M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Laura Johnson$55,000————
Annamarie Saavedra—$41,667———
Erich Neupert-Thru 102021——$37,522——
Erich Neupert———$35,214$32,854

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates the public and conserves birds of prey and wildlife for environmental preservation.

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1 program · $214K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Education

Outreach and onsite education programming with live birds of prey. Conservation - Restoration of endangered blackland prairie

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2022. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-1305421) · Dispute this line
$214Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$201K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$182K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$18K
Other incomeLn 4–11$600
Money outPt IX
$329K
Ln 25
Programscol B$214K
Managementcol C$106K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$485K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$353K
Total assetsLn 16$498K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$182K
Government grantsLn 1e$4K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$44K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$18K
Investment incomeLn 3$455
Other incomeLn 4–11$600
Total revenueLn 12$201K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$344K
SavingsLn 2$10K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$353K
Accounts receivableLn 4$110
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$144K
Total assetsLn 16$498K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K
Net assetsLn 32$485K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 6160
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY22FY21FY20FY19
End of yearLn 1g$2K$2K$2K$2K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$439K$353K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$179K$144K
Total assetsLn 16$618K$498K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$13K
Net assetsLn 32$615K$485K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$96K$50K$46K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$4K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$1K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$23K$17K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$40K$40K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$901$15K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$11K$13K$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$95K$89K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$329K$214K$106K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 16, 2026 $445K$583K−$138K$162K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 $300K$490K−$190K$296K 990 PDF
FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 23, 2024 $201K$329K−$128K$485K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 $322K$350K−$27K$615K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 31, 2022 $250K$259K−$9K$684K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 10, 2021 $285K$237K$48K$688K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments I · Grants O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $201,436 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $264,383$182,276
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $51,104$18,105
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4$455
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,871$600
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $322,362$201,436
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $80,599$103,659
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $269,072$225,304
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $349,671$328,963
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$27,309−$127,527
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $201,436 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$43,577
VIII-1e Government grants$3,660
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$135,039
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$182,276
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $18,105$18,105
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $455$455
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $600$600
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $18,705 · Excluded from tax $455$201,436
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $328,963 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $50,000 · Management $46,389$96,389
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,879 · Management $3,391$7,270
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,365$8,365
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,620 · Management $2,167$3,787
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,266 · Management $1,559$2,825
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,662 · Management $6,658$23,320
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $39,977$39,977
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $901 · Management $15,220$16,121
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,709 · Management $13,013 · Fundraising $12,285$36,007
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $89,000 · Management $8,902$94,902
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $214,014 · Management $105,664 · Fundraising $12,285$328,963
Part X · Balance sheet $497,760 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $429,151$343,558
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9,727$9,727
X-4 Accounts receivable$110
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $179,313$144,365
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $618,191$497,760
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,588$12,615
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,588$12,615
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $609,956$478,289
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $4,647$6,856
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $614,603$485,145
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $618,191$497,760
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $485,145 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$201,436
XI-2 Total expenses$328,963
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$127,527
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$614,603
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$1,931
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$485,145

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