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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VP DATA COMMONS.

Totals

Total revenue
$738,975
Total expenses
$671,165
Contributions and grants received
$738,009
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$966
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$633,251
Total liabilities, end of year
$492,265
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$140,986
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$533,074
Management and general expenses
$117,216
Fundraising expenses
$20,875
Program service expenses (Part III)
$533,074

Program services were 79.4% 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)

    $156,800

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $581,209

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $966 · excluded $966

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $289,264 · program services $181,979 · management and general $87,779 · fundraising $19,506

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,359 · program services $4,000 · management and general $1,930 · fundraising $429

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,020 · program services $5,624 · management and general $396

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,571 · management and general $2,571

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $343,654 · program services $332,654 · management and general $10,060 · fundraising $940

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $862 · program services $567 · management and general $295

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,126 · program services $2,549 · management and general $2,577

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,691 · program services $1,691

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,123 · program services $4,010 · management and general $2,113

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,495 · management and general $9,495

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $63,632

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $557,017

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $14,926 · end of year $74,600

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,614 · end of year $1,634

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,996 · end of year $92,265

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $400,000

  • 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 $73,176 · end of year $140,986

Mission and programs · 2024

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. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)(1) COLLABORATIVE OPEN SCIENCE - ENABLING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, CURATING OPEN DATA AND MODELS, AND DEVELOPING TOOLS TO INCREASE CLIMATE RESILIENCE. WITH SUPPORT FROM USDA, DEVELOPING CLIMATE SMART COMMODITIES WOOD TOOL, ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON USER NEEDS ASSESSMENT WORKSTREAM. WITH SUPPORT FROM CAL FIRE, WE PARTNERED WITH PYROLOGIX TO PRODUCE DATA ON WILDFIRE RISK FOR CALIFORNIA. WITH SUPPORT FROM CISCO FOUNDATION, WE CURATED DATASETS AROUND TOPICS INCLUDING WILDFIRE IGNITION PROBABILITY AND CUMULATIVE WILDFIRE COUNTS. (2) DATA STORYTELLING AND VISUALIZATION - TRANSLATING DATA PRODUCTS INTO VIVID, MEANINGFUL STORIES AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT SHAPE PUBLIC OPINION. WITH SUPPORT FROM CISCO FOUNDATION, WE PUBLISHED DATA STORIES ON WILDFIRE IGNITION PROBABILITY AND CUMULATIVE WILDFIRE COUNTS. (3) TRIBAL STEWARDSHIP - SERVING AS A FORCE-MULTIPLIER FOR THE APPLICATION AND EXPANSION OF INDIGENOUS STEWARDSHIP METHODS AND SYSTEMS ACROSS TRIBAL LANDS. WITH SUPPORT FROM CISCO FOUNDATION, WE CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON INDIGENOUS DATA SOVEREIGNTY AND DATA SHARING PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH 10 TRIBES AND A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW.

    Expenses $533,074

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Oktay Dogramaci

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $170,000
    From this org
    $170,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $170,000
  • Brent Davies

    PAST PRESIDENT (THRU 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $70,833
    From this org
    $70,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr William S Keeton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alex Pompe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yuko Yamazaki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bettina Von Hagen

    DIRECTOR (THRU 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryce Denton

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $48,431
    From this org
    $48,431
    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
2024
Filed
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543029349300929

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