Utah · Nonprofit
PROJECT APIS M INC
PROJECT APIS M INC (Utah) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,300 to it, the largest being THE SHILLING FAMILY FOUNDATION ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Project Apis M Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to fund and direct research and efforts to improve honey bee health and vitality.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research funding project apis m., inc. Is the go-to organization at the interface of honey bees and pollinated crops. Since 2006, the organization has infused over 13 million into honey bee research to provide healthier bees, resulting in better pollination and increased crop yields for the grower, and lower losses and better honey production for the beekeeper. Project apis m. Works closely with commercial beekeepers, growers, and top bee scientists in the usa and canada to direct strategic research efforts focused on practical solutions. (continued on schedule o.)
$920,601 spentof which $920,601 as grants$115,825 earned by the program48% of program spendingPam research varroa mites occur in all u.s. Honey bee colonies and typically kill or damage bees if not controlled. The mites are managed with in-hive chemical treatments, but there are problems associated with this approach. A desirable alternative is to use bees that have genetically based mite resistance. The organizations project, managed by a public-private partnership, is breeding and improving a population of hilo bees that has significant resistance to varroa. As the population stabilizes, we are carefully testing initial introductions to the commercial bee keeping industry.
$315,724 spentof which $15,084 as grants17% of program spendingSeeds for bees seeds for bees encourages the use of cover crops to increase the density, diversity, and duration of bee forage in california orchards, farms, and vineyards, while improving soil health. The seed mixes available through seeds for bees are designed to bloom at critical times of the year when natural forage is scarce but managed and native bees are active. Seeds for bees serves the needs of bees, beekeepers, and growers, increasing sustainability of pollination and agriculture. In fy25, the seeds for bees program worked with 414 california growers to plant over 26,000 acres of cover crop.
$675,592 spentof which $450,944 as grants35% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,911,917.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.1M to $3.1M (+50%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 7% · 2018 6% · 2019 17% · 2020 7% · 2021 1% · 2022 4% · 2023 12% · 2024 20% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of PROJECT APIS M INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Zac Browning
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of PROJECT APIS M INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
PROJECT APIS M INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 57% · 2022 83% · 2023 97% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
PROJECT APIS M INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PROJECT APIS M INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PROJECT APIS M INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $430k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$430k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PROJECT APIS M INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 11 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Bee Health Collective · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PROJECT APIS M INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PROJECT APIS M INC?
- PROJECT APIS M INC (Utah) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,300 to it, the largest being THE SHILLING FAMILY FOUNDATION ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROJECT APIS M INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $55,300 in grants to PROJECT APIS M INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT APIS M INC?
- THE SHILLING FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT APIS M INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing