Two Frontiers Project INC
Exploring, understanding, and harnessing microbial life from sea to space. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $538K in revenue, $256K in expenses, and $282K in net assets.Pt I
- Type
- Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Science & Technology
- Location
- Fort Collins, CO
- Website
- www.twofrontiers.org
- Filings
- 1 on file (2024–2024)
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Where the work happens
In 2024, the two frontiers project advanced its carbon initiative, focused on discovering and characterizing novel microorganisms that naturally capture and recycle carbon. The team conducted fieldwork in japan and papua new guinea, isolating and analyzing cyanobacteria such as the newly identified chonkus lineage capable of enhanced…
Through its crops initiative, the two frontiers project began building a research platform to identify and culture microorganisms that enhance agricultural productivity, water retention, and plant resilience under drought and nutrient stress.
The coral initiative focused on the development of open-source bioinformatic software and workflows for analyzing coral-associated microbial communities. The organization advanced two flagship tools magus (HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/TWO-FRONTIERS-PROJECT/2FP_MAGUS, for metagenomic assembly and binning) and xtree…
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Officers, Directors & Key Employees
Krista Ryon’s $4K as Treasurer and Director of Operations is at the 4th percentile of top reported officer pay among 310 $100K–1M science & technology 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.
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| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 91% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 8% | — | — |
| Fundraising cost ratio | 0.3% | — | — |
| Legal fee ratio | 0.2% | — | — |
| Accounting fee ratio | 3% | — | — |
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