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US nonprofit · EIN 731628231 · San Francisco, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 731628231) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code SOUNK), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Fred M Van ECK Forest Foundation for Purdue University

Donations deductible
Revenue
$4.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$4.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$21.6m
$622k liabilities
Net assets
$21m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
4.8 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥1 yr
Cynthia van Eck
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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Fred M Van ECK Forest Foundation for Purdue University's network

3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Cynthia van Eck ChairTrustee/Chair2023
3 yrs
Laurie A WayburnTrustee2018
8 yrs
Zhao MaTrustee2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Jon ReedChairmansince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Laurie A WayburnTrustee1$0$240k$35k
Zhao MaTrustee1$0$232k
Cynthia van EckTrustee/Chair1$0

About

Legal name
Fred M van Eck Forest Foundation for Purdue University
EIN
731628231
Address
1001 A Oreilly Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94129-1356
State
California
Mission
To hold and protect the California and Oregon van Eck forests to the benefit of future generations, and that their management as commercial forests for the benefit of Purdue University's hardwood tree improvement research, should reflect due regard to environmental and wildlife considerations. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
C36 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2001
Principal officer
Laurie A Wayburn (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2002
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
SOUNK (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedForest ConservationPacific Forest Trust IncRelatedScientific ResearchPurdue University Dept of Forestry

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsLaurie A Wayburn
≥3years on the filingsCynthia van Eck
≥2years on the filingsZhao Ma

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$21.6m
Total liabilities
$622k
Net assets or fund balances
$21m
Contributions and grants received
$80k
Program service revenue
$3.9m
Grants and similar paid out
$142k
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$4.1m$4.3mDeficit $223k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Purdue U Dept of ForestryScientific Research$142k