2012-08-22T07:03:55-05:00 2011-12-31 232896692 BBD LLP 1835 MARKET STREET 26TH FLOOR PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 990 2011-01-01 237206884 RODALE INSTITUTE RODA 6106831400 611 SIEGFRIEDALE ROAD KUTZTOWN PA 19530 MARK SMALLWOOD 6106831400 2012-08-22 1 MARIANNE MAK P00297744 2155677770 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z MARK SMALLWOOD 611 SIEGFRIEDALE ROAD KUTZTOWN PA 19530 6456800 0 X WWW.RODALEINSTITUTE.ORG X 1947 PA SEE PAGE 2, PART III, STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. 14 13 53 65 0 0 8385439 2916424 0 0 63972 386238 327366 414830 8776777 3717492 0 0 0 0 1504359 1898706 51687 0 251837 1267191 1250922 2823237 3149628 5953540 567864 19854375 20249150 238320 247685 19616055 20001465 X RODALE INSTITUTE IMPROVES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. ITS COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH IS THE BACKBONE OF ITS MISSION, AND ITS RESEARCH HAS HELPED SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT FOR NATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND FOOD. 0 0 979536 268961 FARM OPERATIONS - TO ASSESS AND TRIAL FARMING TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO PROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORGANIC GROWING PRACTICES AND SHOWCASE BEST PRACTICES IN ORGANIC FARMING. RELEVANT WORK INCLUDES DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON HERITAGE BREED LIVESTOCK, ORGANIC APPLE PRODUCTION, NO-TILL ORGANIC PRODUCTION FOR GRAIN CROPS AND VEGETABLES, ORGANIC WEED MANAGEMENT, MEASUREMENT OF SOIL CARBON ACCRUAL, PRODUCTION AND USE OF MYCORRHIZAL INOCULUM, INTEGRATION OF PASTURE INTO ORGANIC CROP ROTATIONS. 780875 RESEARCH PROGRAMS - UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. ELAINE INGHAM, THE RODALE INSTITUTE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PROMOTING SOIL HEALTH THROUGH HEALTHY ORGANIC GROWING METHODS BY STUDYING SOIL AND HOW IT IS AFFECTED, BOTH POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY THROUGH GROWING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, RODALE INSTITUTE HELPS FARMERS GROW MORE BOUNTIFUL, RESILIENT CROPS. THE RESEARCH PROGRAM AT RODALE INSTITUTE ALSO AIMS TO SUPPORT FARMER CONVERSION TO ORGANIC MANAGEMENT THROUGH TRIALS DEVELOPING IMPROVED ORGANIC MANAGEMENT METHODS, AND OTHER STUDIES COMPARING WEED MANAGEMENT, SOIL FERTILITY, WATER QUALITY, AND YIELDS IN CONVENTIONAL AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS. ADDITIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE STUDYING NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC NO-TILL SYSTEMS AS WELL AS STUDYING IMPROVED TECHNIQUES FOR COMPOST MANAGEMENT. IN ADDITION, OUR RESEARCH TEAM CONTINUALLY COMPARES THE ECONOMICS, ENERGY USE AND SOIL HEALTH OF ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FARMING TECHNIQUES IN OUR 30 YEAR FARMING SYSTEMS TRIAL. RESEARCHERS DELIVER ALL FINDINGS TO FARMERS, EXTENSION AGENTS, STUDENTS, POLICY MAKERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH HANDS ON FIELD DAYS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, SYMPOSIUMS AND INNOVATIVE ONLINE INTERACTIVE TOOLS. 545530 COMMUNICATIONS - TO SHARE OUR RESEARCH AND PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE TO FARMERS, RESEARCHERS, LEGISLATORS AND CONSUMERS. 2305941 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 53 1 0 1 SG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY LA MD MA ME MI MN MS NC NE ND NH NJ NM NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI X EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6106831400 611 SIEGFRIEDALE ROAD KUTZTOWN PA 19530 PAUL MCGINLEY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARIA RODALE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK KINTZEL 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTIANE BAKER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DREW BECHER 1.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE BIRD 1.00 X 0 0 0 ETHNE CLARK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 1.00 X 0 0 0 LORNA DONALDSON 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIM LARSON 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHEL NISCHAN 1.00 X 0 0 0 HELEN PISZEK NELSON 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOUISE SCHORN SMITH CPA 1.00 X 0 0 0 ARRAN STEPHENS 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK SMALLWOOD 40.00 X X 125000 0 7374 125000 0 7374 1 0 0 0 0 715438 2200986 44088 2916424 118022 118022 2929687 2661471 268216 268216 268216 346798 77837 268961 268961 OTHER REVENUE 900099 73726 73726 INT - DISQ PERSON 900099 72143 72143 145869 3717492 268961 0 532107 132374 68834 47655 15885 1347203 984204 264712 98287 43518 29913 10104 3501 269010 184908 62459 21643 106601 73273 24751 8577 413276 362473 40669 10134 295098 225427 42341 27330 104540 80775 18050 5715 61898 51863 10035 44145 29540 13129 1476 EQUIP RENTAL/MAINT 172899 116608 31026 25265 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 19874 9733 2653 7488 139192 88390 34301 16501 3149628 2305941 591850 251837 180448 165244 8208434 2315077 6243386 6381791 49167 118720 1030580 1030580 9422 12669 45770 73523 3883872 1027349 2765451 2856523 1303299 7277727 18418 17296 19854375 20249150 234675 226628 3645 21057 238320 247685 X 8200473 8774539 10790263 10584150 625319 642776 19616055 20001465 19854375 20249150 X 567864 -182454 X 0 1 1 X 1 1 X 2873033 3430194 2777814 2235439 2916424 14232904 2873033 3430194 2777814 2235439 2916424 14232904 4163106 10069798 178849 113403 81478 50977 118022 542729 155178 102987 145157 98343 145869 647534 15423167 1293841 0.65290 0.61470 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 345027 0 0 345027 517541 36432 0 0 36432 86257 0 0 86257 129386 0 0 0 1734015 5000522 59055 1388040 5405552 1528509 500 205006 1734015 1370203 5018 153288 1528509 1924494 1000 -555291 1370203 0.00000 0.88110 0.11890 0 0 2589147 2589147 1294725 1027349 267376 0 2856523 3717492 3149628 567864 -182454 -182454 385410 3662197 -182454 49322 77837 -55295 3717492 0 3717492 3276787 49322 77837 127159 3149628 0 3149628 DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS: PART V, LINE 4: INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS THE INCOME FROM THE ENDOWMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS. DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X: UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48 THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT IT HAD NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48, AND AS A RESULT, THE ADOPTION OF FIN 48 HAS HAD NO IMPACT ON THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COGS - STORE, ORGANIC GRAIN AND ORGANIC VEGETABLES 77,837. PART XIII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COGS - STORE, ORGANIC GRAIN AND ORGANIC VEGETABLES 77,837. RODALE INC TO AID RODALE INSTITUTE WITH ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE. X 1030580 1030580 0 1 1 1030580 X SUPPLIES 20 44088 FMV ON DATE OF DONATION 0 1 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 GOVERNING BODY REVIEW OF FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS, AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR REVIEW. ONCE REVIEWED, MANAGEMENT WILL SIGN AND FILE THE RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BOARD IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH DEFINES ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING OFFICER COMPENSATION IS HANDLED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND INCLUDES COMPARISON WITH PEER ORGANIZATIONS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, REVIEW OF SALARY SURVEYS, ESTABLISHMENT AND EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE GOALS, AND BOARD OF DIRECTOR APPROVAL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF OTHER DOCUMENTS COPIES OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES: FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5: NET UNREALIZED LOSSES ON INVESTMENTS: -182,454.