Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,729,336

Total expenses

$1,465,840

Contributions and grants received

$1,728,817

Grants paid

$1,293,333

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$519

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,469,945

Total liabilities, end of year

$641,747

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$828,198

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,412,443

Management and general expenses

$53,397

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,412,443

Program services were 96.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE NCASI FOUNDATION ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION THROUGH SPONSORED RESEARCH, INDEPENDENT STUDIES, AND OUTREACH. NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "INVESTIGATING PRECURSOR BIAS IN METHOD 202 AND THE FEASIBILITY OF OTM-037 AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR CONDENSABLE PM MEASUREMENT." THIS PROGRAM COMPARES CPM MEASUREMENT USING EPA METHOD 202 AND OTM-037. MEASUREMENT OF PM AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG EACH METHOD'S SAMPLING SETUP INFORMS WHETHER THE METHOD ITSELF IS AFFECTING CPM FORMATION, AND IF SO, TO WHAT DEGREE.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "WORKING FORESTS, FOREST SUSTAINABILITY, AND AT-RISK SPECIES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION." THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO QUANTIFY THE ROLE OF WORKING FOREST LANDSCAPES IN CONSERVING SPECIES-AT-RISK AND MAINTAINING AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES. SPECIFICALLY, WE SEEK TO EXAMINE SPECIES FROM MULTIPLE TAXONOMIC GROUPS OVER AN EXTENDED TIME HORIZON IN A LANDSCAPE DOMINATED BY CERTIFIED, PRIVATE FORESTS MANAGED PRIMARILY FOR TIMBER PRODUCTION.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED TECHNICAL WORK TO "IMPROVE THE SCIENCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESSES IN NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (NAAQS) REVIEWS." THIS WORK WILL IDENTIFY MORE MORE ROBUST METHODOLOGIES TO ENSURE THE SCIENCE USED TO INFORM FUTURE AMBIENT AIR RULEMAKINGS, AIMED TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE, IS OF HIGH QUALITY AND PROVIDES THE APPROPRIATE STRENGTH AND WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE NECESSARY TO BASE DECISIONS ON FUTURE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD LEVELS.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "POLLINATOR PATHWAYS ACROSS LANDSCAPES: FLORAL OCCURRENCE, POLLINATOR RICHNESS, AND PLANT/POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS IN THE OREGON COAST RANGE." THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONDUCT SURVEYS OF POLLINATORS AND PLANTS THEY UTILIZE IN THE OREGON COAST RANGE. DATA COLLECTED WILL AID IN DEVELOPMENT OF SEED MIXES USED IN POLLINATOR HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS ON THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST AND NEARBY PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE SAME WATERSHEDS.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "INTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT (IFM) AVIAN POINT COUNTS AND VEGETATION." THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON MANAGING FORESTED LANDSCAPES FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION WHILE SUSTAINING HIGH LEVELS OF TIMBER PRODUCTION. COOPERATORS ARE STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF IFM ON SONGBIRD AND ARTHROPOD ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY, AS WELL AS SONGBIRD POPULATIONS. MARTEN DETECTIONS ARE CLUSTERED AND EXTREMELY LIMITED IN DISTRIBUTION, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. THIS PROJECT WILL CONDUCT SURVEYS TO ADDRESS CONNECTIVITY, WHILE FURTHER DEFINING MARTEN RANGE AND ESTIMATE POPULATION SIZE IN SOUTH COASTAL OREGON. NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "FISHER CONSERVATION IN OREGON UNDER THE CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT WITH ASSURANCES (CCAA) PROGRAM." TEN LANDOWNERS IN OREGON HAVE ENTERED INTO CANDIDATE CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS WITH ASSURANCES (CCAA) WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PRIOR TO THE PROPOSED THREATENED LISTING OF THE FISHER IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. PART OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS WITH USFWS STIPULATES THAT EACH CCAA PERMIT HOLDER CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TOWARDS FISHER CONSERVATION TO BE USED FOR RESEARCH OR HABITAT ENHANCEMENT. PROJECTS WILL ADDRESS FISHER DISTRIBUTIONS, POPULATION TRENDS, HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT INFORM FISHER CONSERVATION.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "CENTER FOR ADVANCED FORESTRY SYSTEMS (CAFS) PROGRAM." FUNDING COMMITTED BY CAFS MEMBER UNIVERSITIES WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECTS CONSISTENT WITH CAFS TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP; DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF DECISION-SUPPORT TOOLS; AND SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE ON PRIORITY TOPICS SUCH AS FOREST HEALTH, CARBON, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES RELEVANT TO FOREST INDUSTRY.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "IDENTIFYING SCIENCE-BASED CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUMBODT MARTENS: FINE-SCALE HABITAT USE, MOVEMENT, AND DEMOGRAPHY IN LANDSCAPES THAT DIFFER IN FOREST COMPOSITION." THIS IS A MULTI-FACETED TELEMETRY STUDY PAIRED WITH NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES TO EVALUATE CRITICAL INFORMATION GAPS FOR HUMBOLDT MARTENS. THIS STUDY WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SCIENCE TO HELP WITH IDENTIFYING 4(D) RULE RELATED MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR FEDERAL PARTNERS.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "MARTEN AND FISHER SURVEYS." THE PURPOSE THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF FIRE ON POPULATIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND HABITAT REFUGIA OF THE MARTENS, FISHERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CARNIVORE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY FOLLOWING AN UNPRECEDENTED FIRE.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "BIODIVERSITY IN NATURAL AND MANAGED EARLY SERAL FORESTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON." THIS PROJECT IS TO DOCUMENT HOW PLANTATION FORESTRY ALTERS THE BIODIVERSITY AND TEMPO OF THE EARLY SERAL PERIOD FROM ITS PRIMARY NATURAL COUNTERPART, WILDFIRE. AT THE SAME TIME, INVESTIGATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH ACTIVE MANAGEMENT MAY SUPPORT SPECIES AND COMMUNITIES TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL DISTURBANCE.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "COMPARING WILDFIRE AND FOREST MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON WATER QUALITY AND FISH IN HEADWATER ECOSYSTEMS." THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MEASURE STREAM TEMPERATURE, TURBIDITY, AND FISH POPULATION RESPONSES IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS FOLLOWING THE 2020 STAND REPLACING WILDFIRE IN OR AND COMPARE THESE RESPONSES WITH PRE- AND POST-HARVEST RESPONSES.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "GROUND TRUTHING STREAMFLOW DURATION CLASSIFICATION." FORESTED STREAM DEFINITIONS ARE A PRIMARY DETERMINANT OF THE DEGREE OF PROTECTION SURFACE WATERS RECEIVE DURING FOREST MANAGEMENT BY DETERMINING ALLOCATION OF BUFFERS AND THEIR WIDTHS. THIS PROJECT WILL UTILIZE THE LATEST USGS MODELING DATA TO IDENTIFY PERENNIAL, INTERMITTENT, AND EPHEMERAL CLASSIFICATIONS WITHIN WATERSHEDS OF INTEREST ON PRIVATE FOREST LANDS, AND DURING THE LOW FLOW SEASON TO DOCUMENT WHETHER SURFACE WATER IS FLOWING FOLLOWING USGS PROTOCOLS. NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF POST-FIRE RIPARIAN FOREST MANAGEMENT ON VEGETATION STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY ACROSS FIRE SEVERITY AND LAND OWNERSHIP." WIDESPREAD FOREST FIRES BURNED AT DIFFERENT SEVERITIES, ACROSS MULTIPLE LANDOWNERS, AND ACROSS DIFFERENT FOREST TYPES INCLUDING RIPARIAN AREAS. WHILE VEGETATION RESPONSE AFTER FIRE HAS BEEN WELL STUDIED, THE RESPONSE OF UNDERSTORY VEGETATION IN RIPARIAN AREAS TO FIRE AND POST-FIRE MANAGEMENT IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. IN THE ABSENCE OF AN INTACT OVERSTORY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTRIBUTION OF RIPARIAN UNDERSTORY VEGETATION TO THE RECOVERY OF THE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM.NCASI FOUNDATION SPONSORED WORK ON "A UNIFIED APPROACH TO EVOLVING FIA'S ESTIMATION CAPACITY." THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AND EXECUTE A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ENHANCED INTEGRATION OF REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION INTO THE FIA PROGRAM WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SMALL AREA ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES. IT WILL PRECISELY DEFINE FIA INFORMATION USER NEEDS, CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO NEW ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES, AND DELIVER ESTIMATION CAPACITY TO USERS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $1,412,443 · Grants $1,293,333

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT INC

  $841,615

  RETAINED STRUCTURES FORESTRY EXPERIMENT (MANIPULATING RETAINED STRUCTURES TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE VALUE),TECHNICAL WORK TO IMPROVE THE SCIENCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESSES IN NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (NAAQS) REVIEWS,BIODIVERSITY IN NATURAL AND MANAGED EARLY SERAL FORESTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON,DEVELOP A CARBON AND WATER CALCULATOR FOR SFI LANDS,DEVELOPING A PACIFIC MARTEN HABITAT CONNECTIVITY MODEL FOR LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST (CA)FOREST CARNIVORE DISPERSAL AND PREY (MARTENS & FISHERS) (INFLUENCE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ON BIODIVERSITY)(SLASH PILE SMALL MAMMAL SAMPLING)POLLINATOR RESEARCHBLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER DEMOGRAPHIC RATES IN AN UNDERSTUDIED HABITAT: UNBURNED CONIFER FORESTINTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE

• TANGLED BANK CONSERVATION

  $159,648

  COLLABORATIVE AT-RISK SPECIES PROJECTS WITH THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

  $153,635

  COLLABORATIVE AT-RISK SPECIES PROJECTS WITH THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

• LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

  $80,602

  COLLABORATIVE AT-RISK SPECIES PROJECTS WITH THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

• OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

  $27,476

  SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS OF OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT INC

  501(C)(6) · PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH · DE

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202420469349302097

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