SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC (EIN 80-0030060)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-11-04
IRS object ID: 201333089349301243
Schema version: 2012v2.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-11-04T15:28:19-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MARINI & ASSOCIATES LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	191 WOODPORT RD STE 205	AddressLine1
City	SPARTA	City
State	NJ	State
ZIP Code	07871	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	800030060	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	SUST	NameControl
Phone	2025963450	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	900 17TH STREET NW	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MONIQUE HANIS	Name
Title	COO	Title
Phone	2025963450	Phone
Date Signed	2013-05-02	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	NED MARINI	Name
Phone	9737291801	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-11-04	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	MONIQUE HANIS	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	900 17TH STREET NW	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	6257710	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	SFIPROGRAM.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2002	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	DC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	SFI Inc. works with conservation groups, local communities, resource professionals, landowners, and countless other organizations and individuals who share our passion for responsible forest management.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	17	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	17	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	10	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	5577490	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	5911708	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	3550	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	189	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	407924	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	345813	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	5988964	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	6257710	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	507682	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	449833	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	2057106	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	1995818	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	32965	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	3527512	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	3327339	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	6092300	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	5772990	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-103336	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	484720	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	1557241	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	2156938	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1139500	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	1254477	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	417741	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	902461	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	SFI Inc. works with conservation	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	4915377	Expense
Grants	449833	Grants
Revenue	6257710	Revenue
Description	SEE ATTACHED PDF EXHIBIT	Description
Total Program Service Expense	4915377	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	true	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	true	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	true	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	true	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	10	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	17	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	17	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	true	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	true	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SFI	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	2025963458	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	900 17TH STREET NW	AddressLine1
City	WASHINGTON	City
State	DC	State
ZIP Code	20006	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (6 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
RICK CANTRELL
VP & COO	40.00	X	X	224872	0	26106
DANNY KARCH
National Director of Market access (Canada)	40.00		X	154076	0	21295
JASON METNICK
Sr Director market access and product labeling	40.00		X	116740	0	35445
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
See Attached list	1.00			0	0	0	X
NADINE BLOCK
Senior Director	40.00		X	109672	0	34622
KATHY ABUSOW
President and CEO	40.00	X		350848	0	31494

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	956208	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	148962	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	5	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation

Name Of Contractor NameOfContractor

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PORTER NOVELLI	BusinessNameLine1

Address Of Contractor AddressOfContractor

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1838 SOLUTIONS CENTER	AddressLine1
City	CHICAGO	City
State	IL	State
ZIP Code	60677	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Of Services	consulting & expenses	DescriptionOfServices
Compensation	1174951	Compensation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	1	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	4912323	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	999385	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	5911708	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	189	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
meetings	900099	132965	132965
other	900099	870	870
PEFC	900099	211978	211978

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	345813	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	6257710	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	346002	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	449833	Total
Program Services	449833	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	617574	Total
Program Services	446583	ProgramServices
Management And General	170991	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1079224	Total
Program Services	1022227	ProgramServices
Management And General	56997	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	161231	Total
Program Services	139567	ProgramServices
Management And General	21664	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	137789	Total
Program Services	119275	ProgramServices
Management And General	18514	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	100047	Total
Program Services	77484	ProgramServices
Management And General	22563	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	63550	Total
Program Services	2400	ProgramServices
Management And General	61150	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1545571	Total
Program Services	1490772	ProgramServices
Management And General	54799	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	198135	Total
Program Services	198135	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17866	Total
Program Services	15465	ProgramServices
Management And General	2401	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	166199	Total
Program Services	143868	ProgramServices
Management And General	22331	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	231354	Total
Program Services	163083	ProgramServices
Management And General	68271	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	193126	Total
Program Services	152636	ProgramServices
Management And General	40490	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19704	Total
Program Services	18360	ProgramServices
Management And General	1344	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17910	Total
Program Services	15504	ProgramServices
Management And General	2406	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Printing	31195	27206	3989	0
State Registration	10697	0	0	10697
Training	15344	0	15344	0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	716641	Total
Program Services	432979	ProgramServices
Management And General	261394	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	22268	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5772990	Total
Program Services	4915377	ProgramServices
Management And General	824648	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	32965	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	488004	BOY
EOY	1134362	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	931813	BOY
EOY	869697	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	43131	BOY
EOY	64530	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	168098	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	96744	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	30724	BOY
EOY	71354	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	63569	BOY
EOY	16995	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1557241	BOY
EOY	2156938	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	193129	BOY
EOY	265768	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	946371	BOY
EOY	988709	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1139500	BOY
EOY	1254477	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	335831	BOY
EOY	793975	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	81910	BOY
EOY	108486	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	417741	BOY
EOY	902461	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1557241	BOY
EOY	2156938	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	484720	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2
Public Support Total170	0	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Pertcentage170	0	PublicSupportPertcentage170

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	6345283	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	5709647	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	5770857	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	5577490	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5911708	CurrentTaxYear
Total	29314985	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	143329	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	262958	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	512332	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	407924	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	345813	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1672356	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	6488612	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	5972605	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	6283189	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	5985414	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	6257521	CurrentTaxYear
Total	30987341	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	30987341	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2128	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3154	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3550	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	189	CurrentTaxYear
Total	9021	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2128	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3154	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3550	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	189	CurrentTaxYear
Total	9021	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30996362	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99970	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99970	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00030	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.00030	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	true	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	true	DirectContactLegislators
Direct Contact Legislators	$2,845	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	2845	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt II-B Line 1i	See below explanation of outreach program
Pt II-B Line 1g	SFI'S GOVERNMENT OUTREACH WORK IS HANDLED IN-HOUSE BY A SINGLE STAFF PERSON WHO IS NOT A REGISTERED LOBBYIST. SFI'S OVERALL OBJECTIVE FOR GOVERNMENT OUTREACH IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE SFI PROGRAM AMONG THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. SPECIFIC SFI LOBBYING ACTIVITY IS OUTREACH THROUGH LETTERS AND EMAIL TO STATE LEGISLATORS ON GREEN BUILDING-RELATED LEGISLATION. THOSE LETTERS HAVE EITHER SUPPORTED LEGISLATION OR HAVE URGED REFINEMENTS TO L
Pt II-B Line 1g	is twelve hours. No expenses beyond staff time have been incurred related to this activity. SFI has not engaged in political campaign activity. SFI does not have any contracts for outside lobbying support.

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	168098	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	96744	Depreciation
Book Value	71354	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	71354	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	6257710	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	6257710	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	6257710	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	5772990	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	5772990	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	5772990	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	true	GrantRecordsMaintained

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (2 entries)

RegionRegion	Number Of OfficesNumberOfOffices	Number Of EmployeesNumberOfEmployees	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvided	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
North America	1	6	promote program initiatives	forestry	1670911
Europe	0	0	promote program initiatives	forestry	325716

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Number Of Offices	1	SubtotalNumberOfOffices
Subtotal Number Of Employees	6	SubtotalNumberOfEmployees
Total Number Of Offices	1	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	6	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Subtotal Amount Spent	1996627	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	1996627	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (5 entries)

RegionRegion	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement
North America	Conservation	80000	check
North America	Conservation	25000	check
North America	Conservation	60000	check
North America	Conservation	15500	check
North America	Conservation	15000	check

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	5	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	false	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountries

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Pt I Line 2	Identifier
Explanation	SFI promotes program initiatives in Canada & has a grant program in Canada.	Explanation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (7 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
C/O ROBERTA ELROD ASB SILAS PEARMAN	CLEMSON	SC	29634	576000254	45000	Conservation
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY
PO BOX 249	WASHINGTON	DC	20198	521501259	50000	Conservation
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE
10 G ST NE SUITE 800	WASHINGTON	DC	20002	521257027	50000	Conservation
RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY
451 MCCORMICK RD	CARAPOLIS	PA	15108	540846925	10000	Conservation
THE LAND TRUST OF TENNESSEE
PO BOX 23473	NASHVILLE	TN	37202	621770549	20000	Conservation
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE FORESTERS
444 NORTH CAPITOL STREET NW SUITE 5	WASHINGTIN	DC	20001	510141374	20000	Conservation
SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY FOUNDATION
PO BOX 21303	COLUMBIA	SC	29221	570702583	8000	Conservation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	0	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	7	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (5 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
RICK CANTRELL
204934	19938	25032	2706	252610
DANNY KARCH
150701	3375	14850	7909	176835
JASON METNICK
109390	7350	13528	22229	152497
KATHY ABUSOW
350848		24801	8650	384299
NADINE BLOCK
102322	7350	12727	22519	144918

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ABUSOW INTERNATIONAL	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	Key Consultant	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	35258	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	consulting and expenses	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (10 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11b	Draft 990 forms are provided to the Board of Directors
Pt VI, Line 12c	disclosure by the employees and inquiry
Pt VI, Line 15a	executive management salaries are reviewed by an compensation committee based on reasonableness
Pt XII, Line 2c	Officers manage the audit process and report to the CEO and Board on results
Pt VI, Line 8a	Each meeting of the governing body is documented by minutes
Pt VI, Line 19	Bylaws and transparency policy are available for viewing on the organizations website
Pt VI, Line 10b	Governance document that controls and monitors the affiliates which are involved in the same relational industries
Pt VI, Line 8b	Each meeting of the committees is documented by minutes
Pt VI, Line 15b	executive management salaries are reviewed by an compensation committee based on reasonableness
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	TELEPHONE 53971. 46721. 7250. POSTAGE & FREIGHT 36730. 31795. 4935. AGENCY FEES 6156. 0. 6156. SUPPLIES 13453. 11645. 1808. EMPLOYEE RELOCATION 51711. 0. 51711. PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION FEES 101091. 0. 101091. DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 10904. 0. 10904. 401K PENSION FEES 5097. 0. 5097. BANK FEES 10490. 0. 10490. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 22268. 22268. MISCELLANEOUS 6923. 5993. 930. MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT 25610. 18033. 7577. PEFC ENDORSEMENTS 318792. 318792. STAFF RECRUITING 53445. 0. 53445.