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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by VP DATA COMMONS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,972,989
Total expenses
$2,008,235
Contributions and grants received
$1,972,589
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$33
Other revenue
$367
Total assets, end of year
$364,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$258,425
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$105,740
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,736,098
Management and general expenses
$177,579
Fundraising expenses
$94,558
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,736,098

Program services were 86.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,191,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $781,589

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33 · excluded $33

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $367 · related or exempt $367

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $367

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $342,542 · program services $192,887 · management and general $93,908 · fundraising $55,747

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,604 · management and general $3,604

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,678 · management and general $2,678

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,630,957 · program services $1,533,225 · management and general $61,220 · fundraising $36,512

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $900 · management and general $900

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,281 · program services $2,911 · management and general $2,973 · fundraising $397

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,068 · program services $4,625 · management and general $2,541 · fundraising $1,902

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,450 · program services $2,450

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,755 · management and general $9,755

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $557,017 · end of year $232,185

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $74,600 · end of year $127,403

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,634 · end of year $4,577

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $92,265 · end of year $62,746

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $400,000 · end of year $195,679

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $140,986 · end of year $105,740

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATION BY CREATING AN ACCESSIBLE HOME FOR FREE, RELIABLE DATA RELATED TO ECOSYSTEM AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND DATA THAT HELPS ECOSYSTEMS THRIVE.

  • A HEALTHY, THRIVING WORLD NOT ONLY IMPACTS THE RESILIENCE OF OUR ECOSYSTEMS, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES. WE ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND DATA THAT HELPS ECOSYSTEMS THRIVE, WHETHER THROUGH COMMUNICATING THE CHANGING BEHAVIOR OF WILDFIRE, OR BY BRINGING DIVERSE PARTNERS TOGETHER TO FORGE CONSENSUS ABOUT A LONG-TERM VISION FOR FORESTS. WE ENGAGE IN THIS WORK THROUGH THREE MAIN PILLARS. OPEN SCIENCE AND DATA: WE MAKE CUTTING-EDGE DATA, MODELS, AND TOOLS OPENLY AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS, AGENCIES, AND TRIBAL NATIONS WORKING TO INCREASE CLIMATE RESILIENCE. OUR COMMITMENT TO OPEN SCIENCE ACCELERATES INNOVATION AND EXPANDS PARTICIPATION BEYOND HISTORICALLY INCLUDED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,585,898 · Revenue $367

  • DATA STORYTELLING AND VISUALIZATION: WE TRANSLATE COMPLEX DATA INTO VIVID, MEANINGFUL STORIES THAT SHAPE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND OFFER POLICY GUIDANCE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF FORESTS. OUR DATA STORIES MAKE SCIENCE ACCESSIBLE AND ACTIONABLE, HELPING BUILD SUPPORT FOR LANDSCAPE-SCALE RESTORATION WORK.

    Expenses $99,877

  • EXPANDING TRIBAL STEWARDSHIP: WITH TARGETED EFFORTS TO SUPPORT TRIBAL NATIONS, WE ARE A FORCE-MULTIPLIER FOR THE APPLICATION AND EXPANSION OF INDIGENOUS STEWARDSHIP METHODS AND SYSTEMS ACROSS LANDS MANAGED DIRECTLY BY TRIBES AND LANDSCAPES WHERE TRIBES ARE INCREASINGLY ENGAGED IN CO-STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENTS.

    Expenses $50,323

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Oktay Dogramaci

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $246,477
    From this org
    $246,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,477
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $246,477
  • Alex Pompe

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Davies

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr William S Keeton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Andrew Schroeder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryce Denton

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $96,065
    From this org
    $96,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
17 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601119349300630

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