International Biochar Initiative

The International Biochar Institute is a nonprofit organization that advocates for Biochar, an in-development solid material designed to combat climate change and its associated symptoms.

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Location: Victor, NY View on map
Tax ID: 56-2675394
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $252,471 Revenue: $673,913 Expenses: $606,339

The International Biochar Institute is a nonprofit organization that advocates for Biochar, an in-development solid material designed to combat climate change and its associated symptoms.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $252,471 $673,913 $606,339 View
2024 $185,678 $766,249 $884,772 View
2023 $306,905 $794,087 $632,621 View
2022 $141,516 $148,700 $422,755 View
2021 $419,767 $410,468 $62,356 View
2020 $67,460 $125,676 $85,805 View

Prior year filings: 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Wendy Lu Maxwell-BarExecutive Dir.$59,342
Luisa MarinExecutive Dir.$45,500
Lucia BruseganChairman$28,027

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $2,380,204
  • Number of Grants: 22
  • Number of Funders: 8

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$4,0002022 Harris and Eliza Kempner FundASSIST 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION
$1002023 William Penn FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$512022 Amazonsmile FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT