Small Public Charity

THE BEACON INSTITUTE INC

THE BEACON INSTITUTE INC, of POTSDAM, NY, is a Small Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $1K in expenses, $804 in total assets. 3 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $26K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 141883215 POTSDAM, NY Marine Science & Oceanography NTEE: U21 Latest filing: 2025
Total Expenses$1K
Total Assets$804
Grant Records3
Funding Total$26K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

BEACON INSTITUTE, LOCATED IN BEACON (DUCHESS COUNTY), NEW YORK, IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A GLOBAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THAT ADVANCES RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY REGARDING RIVERS AND ESTUARIES. BEACON INSTITUTE IMPLEMENTS ITS MISSION THROUGH A MULTI-DICIPLINARY FOCUS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, AND POLICY.

Where $100 goes at The Beacon Institute Inc

How The Beacon Institute Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 7 years.

$100 Programs the work itself
<$1 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $100 for programs

$100
Clarkson's beacon institute coordinated ecology research on terrestrial plant species, and citizen science surveys reporting data for beach marine debris on denning's point
All program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE David Heacock
SECRETARY & TREASURER Jeffrey Ives
PRESIDENT Kelly Chezum
TRUSTEE Robert R Ziek Jr

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$15,500 2 grants
Animal Welfare
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 — $1K $804
2024 — — $4K
2023 — — $2K
2022 — — $3K
2021 — — $22K

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