The Bee Cause Project INC

Tax-deductible

Savannah, GA501(c)(3)Since 2013EducationEIN 46-3175971Revenue $704K in FY2025

On file with the IRSthebeecause.org211 Johnny Mercer Blvd, 31410-2119 · Savannah, GATax-exempt since May 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To ensure future generations are stewards of the natural environment who understand, engage, and are inspired by the wonder of honey bees while being empowered to take action through careers in stem.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $6K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$200K
to officers and key staff · 33% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 92% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 33% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $14K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$82K
50% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 50% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$704K
+43% vs prior year
Spent
$599K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$84K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$704K
FY2025▲ +43%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$458K
FY2021$464K
FY2022$537K
FY2023$538K
FY2024$494K
FY2025$704K
Expenses
$599K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$467K
FY2021$436K
FY2022$566K
FY2023$551K
FY2024$538K
FY2025$599K
Net assets
$84K
FY2025▲ +498%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$42K
FY2021$69K
FY2022$40K
FY2023$27K
FY2024−$21K
FY2025$84K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2014.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $481K Management & general 12% · $74K Fundraising 7% · $44K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $200K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$127,500Pt VII · Sec A
Director of
$72,500Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tamara Enright’s $128K as Executive Di is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tamara Enright$127,500$95,000$105,000$105,000$95,000$98,933
Emilee Elingburg$72,500$75,000$66,000$66,000$58,331$55,000
Amora Mayo——$66,000$66,000——
Amora Mayo-Perez—$26,769————

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Inspires environmental stewards and protects pollinators through observational hives and educational resources.

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1 program · $184K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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The bee cause project has been servicing the community since 2013 connecting youth and adults across the united states and byond with the secret life of bees. The bee cause project has accomplished this by installing observation hives inside of schools as well as traditional hives in their gardens.

$184Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$14K
Grants paid · 8 grants · $335K · 2024–2025
Individual RecipientFY2025$150,000
Individual RecipientFY2025$21,500
Individual RecipientFY2025$19,500
Individual RecipientFY2025$5,500
Whole Kids FoundationTX · FY2024$58,500
Whole Kids FoundationTX · FY2024$17,500
Whole Kids FoundationTX · FY2024$15,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$704K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$693K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Money outPt IX
$599K
Ln 25
Programscol B$481K
Managementcol C$74K
Fundraisingcol D$44K
Owns and owesPt X
$84K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$162K
Total assetsLn 16$166K
LiabilitiesLn 26$82K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$693K
Government grantsLn 1e$13K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Total revenueLn 12$704K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$162K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$162K
Total assetsLn 16$166K
LiabilitiesLn 26$82K
Net assetsLn 32$84K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$30K$162K
Total assetsLn 16$30K$166K
LiabilitiesLn 26$51K$82K
Net assetsLn 32−$21K$84K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$196K$196K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$200K$150K$40K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$11K$3K$765
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$2K$607$152
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$18K$5K$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$37K$7K$2K$28K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$27K$20K$5K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$5K$1K$317
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$712$178
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K$423$106
TravelLn 17$7K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$512$384$102$26
InterestLn 20$100$70$25$5
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$62K$46K$14K$845
All other expensesLn 24e$15K$12K$2K$533
Total functional expensesLn 25$599K$481K$74K$44K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $704K$599K$105K$84K 990 PDF
FY2024 $494K$538K−$44K−$21K 990 PDF
FY2023 $538K$551K−$12K$27K 990 PDF
FY2022 $537K$566K−$29K$40K 990 PDF
FY2021 $464K$436K$27K$69K 990 PDF
FY2020 $458K$467K−$9K$42K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $704,153 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $482,850$693,479
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,860$10,674
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $493,710$704,153
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $138,850$196,500
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $211,822$215,300
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $186,922$187,666
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $537,594$599,466
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$43,884$104,687
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $704,153 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$13,230
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$680,249
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$693,479
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,674$10,674
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,674$704,153
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $599,466 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $196,500$196,500
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $150,000 · Management $40,000 · Fundraising $10,000$200,000
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,475 · Management $3,060 · Fundraising $765$15,300
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,277 · Management $607 · Fundraising $152$3,036
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $18,254 · Management $4,868 · Fundraising $1,217$24,339
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $7,385 · Management $1,500 · Fundraising $28,145$37,030
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $19,986 · Management $5,330 · Fundraising $1,332$26,648
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,754 · Management $1,268 · Fundraising $317$6,339
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,668 · Management $712 · Fundraising $178$3,558
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,586 · Management $423 · Fundraising $106$2,115
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,490$7,490
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $384 · Management $102 · Fundraising $26$512
IX-20 InterestPrograms $70 · Management $25 · Fundraising $5$100
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $46,251 · Management $14,406 · Fundraising $845$61,502
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $12,329 · Management $2,135 · Fundraising $533$14,997
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $481,409 · Management $74,436 · Fundraising $43,621$599,466
Part X · Balance sheet $165,792 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $29,666$161,742
X-4 Accounts receivable$4,050
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $29,666$165,792
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$26,622
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $6,500$5,500
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $44,183$50,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $50,683$82,122
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$21,017$83,670
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $29,666$165,792
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $83,670 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$704,153
XI-2 Total expenses$599,466
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$104,687
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$21,017
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$83,670

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