SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC (EIN 80-0030060)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-04-23
IRS object ID: 201211149349300311
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-04-23T10:26:20-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	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	2011-01-01	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	RICK CANTRELL	Name
Title	COO	Title
Phone	2025963450	Phone
Date Signed	2011-03-11	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	NED MARINI	Name
Phone	9737291801	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-04-23	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	RICK CANTRELL	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	5988964	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	18	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	18	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	8	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	5770857	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	5577490	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	3154	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	3550	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	512332	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	407924	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	6286343	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	5988964	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	298000	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	507682	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	1681181	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	2057106	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	34704	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	4150381	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	3527512	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	6129562	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	6092300	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	156781	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-103336	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	1697142	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1557241	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1176065	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	1139500	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	521077	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	417741	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	SFI Inc. works with conservation	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	5208784	Expense
Grants	417700	Grants
Revenue	5988964	Revenue
Description	SEE ATTACHED PDF EXHIBIT	Description
Total Program Service Expense	5208784	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
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	true	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	8	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	18	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	18	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 (7 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	199380	0	21983
KAREN BRANDT
VP Marketing	40.00		X	162033	0	17824
DANNY KARCH
National Director of Market access (Canada)	40.00		X	138125	0	15194
JASON METNICK
Sr Director market access and product labeling	40.00		X	105000	0	5250
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
See Attached list	1.00			0	0	0	X
NADINE BLOCK
Senior Director	40.00		X	105000	0	5250
KATHY ABSOW
President and CEO	40.00	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	709538	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	65501	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 (3 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation	Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressForeign/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressForeign/City	CountryAddressOfContractor/AddressForeign/Country
MAYER BROWN LLP
2027 COLLECTION CENTER DR	CHICAGO	IL	22039	consulting & expenses	180979
ABUSOW INTERNATIONAL
				consulting & expenses	432464	206 CARLETON AVE	OTTAWA CA	FK
PORTER NOVELLI
1838 SOLUTIONS CENTER	CHICAGO	IL	60677	consulting & expenses	1527928

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	3	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	4346920	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	1230570	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	5577490	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	3550	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$3,550	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
meetings	900099	121004	121004
other	900099	4290	4290
PEFC	900099	239030	239030

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	43600	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	43600	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	407924	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	5988964	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	407924	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$3,550	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	293682	Total
Program Services	293682	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	214000	Total
Program Services	214000	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	504139	Total
Program Services	396484	ProgramServices
Management And General	107655	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1332075	Total
Program Services	1276242	ProgramServices
Management And General	55833	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	108094	Total
Program Services	96673	ProgramServices
Management And General	11421	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	112798	Total
Program Services	100291	ProgramServices
Management And General	12507	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13330	Total
Program Services	10505	ProgramServices
Management And General	2825	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	187626	Total
Program Services	96313	ProgramServices
Management And General	91313	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	67741	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	67741	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1622930	Total
Program Services	1583082	ProgramServices
Management And General	39848	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	206800	Total
Program Services	206800	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16966	Total
Program Services	13370	ProgramServices
Management And General	3596	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	126963	Total
Program Services	100052	ProgramServices
Management And General	26911	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	243362	Total
Program Services	243362	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	165075	Total
Program Services	6650	ProgramServices
Management And General	158425	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Interest Interest

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21553	Total
Program Services	21553	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17469	Total
Program Services	13766	ProgramServices
Management And General	3703	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Printing	73175	57665	15510	0
State Registration	11085	0	0	11085
Training	22015	0	22015	0
Bad Debt	10663	10663	0	0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	720759	Total
Program Services	467631	ProgramServices
Management And General	229509	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	23619	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6092300	Total
Program Services	5208784	ProgramServices
Management And General	848812	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	34704	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	781671	BOY
EOY	488004	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	834389	BOY
EOY	931813	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	37435	BOY
EOY	43131	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	107764	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	77040	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	43647	BOY
EOY	30724	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	63569	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1697142	BOY
EOY	1557241	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	465537	BOY
EOY	193129	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	710528	BOY
EOY	946371	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1176065	BOY
EOY	1139500	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	291049	BOY
EOY	335831	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	230028	BOY
EOY	81910	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	521077	BOY
EOY	417741	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1697142	BOY
EOY	1557241	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-103336	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
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
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	5394788	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	6345283	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	5709647	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	5770857	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5577490	CurrentTaxYear
Total	28798065	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	106070	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	143329	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	262958	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	512332	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	407924	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1432613	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	5500858	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	6488612	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	5972605	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	6283189	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	5985414	CurrentTaxYear
Total	30230678	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	30230678	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2128	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3154	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3550	CurrentTaxYear
Total	8832	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2128	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3154	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3550	CurrentTaxYear
Total	8832	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30239510	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.99970	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.99980	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00030	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.00020	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
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	$3,000	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	3000	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3

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 two 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)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	107764	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	77040	Depreciation
Book Value	30724	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	30724	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Other Receivables	Description
Book Value	63569	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	63569	TotalBookValueOtherAssets
Total Revenue	5988964	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	6092300	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-103336	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-103336	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	5988964	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	5988964	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	5988964	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	6092300	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	6092300	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	6092300	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	North America	Region
Number Of Offices	1	NumberOfOffices
Number Of Employees	6	NumberOfEmployees
Type Of Activities Conducted	promote program initiatives	TypeOfActivitiesConducted
Specific Services Provided	forestry	SpecificServicesProvided
Total Expenditures	2194548	TotalExpenditures

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	2194548	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	2194548	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	30000	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 only promotes program initiatives in Canada & does not have a grant program in Canada.	Explanation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (10 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	15000	Conservation
AUDUBON NEW YORK
200 TRILLIUM LANE	ALBANY	NY	12203	131085344	8000	Conservation
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
1133 FIFTEENTH ST NW SUITE 1100	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	521384139	24500	Conservation
AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION
469 MAIN STREET	BENNINGTON	VT	05201	411483019	30000	Conservation
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE
ELSIE VELEZ WHITED GRANTS DIR 10 G	WASHINGTON	DC	20002	521257057	30000	Conservation
RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY
451 MCCORMICK RD	CARAPOLIS	PA	15108	540846925	10000	Conservation
THE LAND TRUST FOR TENNESSEE
PO BOX 23473	NASHVILL	TN	37202	621770549	20000	ConservationFo
FOREST TRENDS ASSOCIATION
1050 POTOMAC ST	NW WASHINGTON	DC	20007	522135531	10000	Conservation
NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST
131 RACINE DRIVE SUITE 101	WILMINGTON	NC	28403	561791849	15000	Conservation
WINDANDS NETWORK
PO BOX 5284	TITUSVILLE	FL	32783	161402497	6000	Conservation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	6	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	0	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
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	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg
RICK CANTRELL
199380	21983	221363	238973
KAREN BRANDT
90141	17824	179857	207283	12350	59542
DANNY KARCH
134764	15194	153319	170581	3361
JASON METNICK
105000	5250	110250	140800
NADINE BLOCK
105000	5250	110250

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	432464	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	consulting and expenses	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (9 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11a	Draft 990 forms are provided to the Board of Directors
Pt VI, Line 12c	disclosure by the employees and inquiry
Pt VI, Line 15	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
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	TELEPHONE 56915. 44851. 12064. POSTAGE & FREIGHT 49692. 39159. 10533. AGENCY FEES 16582. 0. 16582. SUPPLIES 17454. 13754. 3700. EMPLOYEE RELOCATION 79440. 0. 79440. PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION FEES 84045. 0. 84045. DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 5970. 126. 5844. 401K PENSION FEES 6189. 0. 6189. BANK FEES 9971. 0. 9971. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 23619. 0. 0. 23619. MISCELLANEOUS 5389. 4248. 1141. MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT 26654. 26654. PEFC ENDORSEMENTS 338839. 338839.