Totals
- Total revenue
- $32,904,805
- Total expenses
- $42,466,297
- Contributions and grants received
- $31,017,971
- Grants paid
- $23,048,675
- Program service revenue
- $216,888
- Investment income
- $2,868,655
- Other revenue
- -$1,198,709
- Total assets, end of year
- $80,555,234
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,597,700
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $74,957,534
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $36,533,184
- Management and general expenses
- $4,863,141
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,069,972
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $36,533,184
Program services were 86.0% 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.
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$31,017,971
-
2a · Program service revenue: LICENSE AND SCREENING FEES
total $196,962 · related or exempt $196,962
-
2b · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION SERVICE FEES
total $19,926 · related or exempt $19,926
-
3 · Investment income
total $2,512,959 · excluded $2,512,959
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $56,694,466
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $56,338,770
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $355,696
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $355,696 · excluded $355,696
-
11a · Other revenue: LOSS ON FOR. CURR. EX.
total -$1,522 · excluded -$1,522
-
11b · Other revenue: IMPAIRMENT OF CAPITALIZED FILM CO
total -$1,197,187 · excluded -$1,197,187
-
11e · Other revenue, total
-$1,198,709
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $3,965,304 · program services $3,965,304
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $40,000 · program services $40,000
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $19,043,371 · program services $19,043,371
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,939,116 · program services $837,731 · management and general $1,101,385
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $5,277,271 · program services $3,091,760 · management and general $1,557,938 · fundraising $627,573
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $259,443 · program services $147,175 · management and general $83,225 · fundraising $29,043
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $513,514 · program services $276,761 · management and general $180,836 · fundraising $55,917
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $470,065 · program services $256,140 · management and general $172,002 · fundraising $41,923
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11b · Fees: legal
total $297,257 · program services $136,611 · management and general $160,646
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $43,126 · management and general $43,126
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $133,323 · management and general $133,323
-
11g · Fees: other
total $5,946,525 · program services $5,391,954 · management and general $456,163 · fundraising $98,408
-
13 · Office expenses
total $91,905 · program services $55,971 · management and general $35,195 · fundraising $739
-
14 · Information technology
total $161,663 · management and general $161,663
-
16 · Occupancy
total $387,444 · program services $154,449 · management and general $193,006 · fundraising $39,989
-
17 · Travel
total $1,197,921 · program services $992,772 · management and general $149,254 · fundraising $55,895
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,536,374 · program services $1,330,295 · management and general $130,645 · fundraising $75,434
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $424,886 · program services $345,027 · management and general $59,894 · fundraising $19,965
-
23 · Insurance
total $135,071 · program services $105,669 · management and general $20,389 · fundraising $9,013
-
24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE
total $475,060 · program services $248,221 · management and general $212,077 · fundraising $14,762
-
24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS & PUBLICA
total $59,312 · program services $53,806 · management and general $4,823 · fundraising $683
-
24c · Other expenses: LICENSES, FEES & TAXES
total $38,909 · program services $38,026 · management and general $839 · fundraising $44
-
24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $27,883 · program services $22,141 · management and general $5,158 · fundraising $584
-
24e · All other expenses
total $1,554 · management and general $1,554
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,045,278 · end of year $1,838,253
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $9,082,746 · end of year $5,703,976
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $7,426,545 · end of year $11,655,656
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $30,772 · end of year $49,583
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $247,192 · end of year $277,290
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$968,183
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$434,543
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $519,362 · end of year $533,640
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $70,361,098 · end of year $59,563,704
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,474,641 · end of year $933,132
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,755,599 · end of year $1,458,401
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $4,674,695 · end of year $3,371,365
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $948,915 · end of year $767,934
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $66,768,039 · end of year $58,532,974
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $17,040,386 · end of year $16,424,560
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
NIA TERO WORKS ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO SECURE THEIR GUARDIANSHIP OF VITAL ECOSYSTEMS. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE GUARDIANS OF EARTH.(SEE SCHEDULE O)
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO SECURE INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP OF VITAL ECOSYSTEMS.
-
UPHOLD: PLACE-ANCHORED PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:NIA TERO IS COMMITTED TO WORKING ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN GEOGRAPHIES CENTRAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL HUMANITY. OUR INITIAL REGIONS INCLUDE THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, AMAZONIA, AND NORTH AMERICA, WHERE WE WORK WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO SHARE A COLLECTIVE TERRITORY AND HAVE STRONG GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THEIR HOMELANDS AND WATERS. IN ADDITION TO OUR GROWING NETWORK OF PARTNERS IN REGIONS, WE ALSO ARE PARTNERING ON AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE WAYFINDERS CIRCLE, A FELLOWSHIP OF 12 INITIAL MEMBERS FROM ACROSS SEVEN SOCIO-CULTURAL REGIONS WITH A WILLINGNESS AND CAPACITY TO SHARE THEIR VISION AND EXPERIENCES TO INSPIRE ALL PEOPLE TO RE-IMAGINE DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION, AND THE WAY WE RELATE TO EACH (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) OTHER AND EARTH. IN TOTAL, OUR PLACE-ANCHORED PARTNERSHIPS SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO ARE GUARDIANS OF OVER 100 MILLION HECTARES OF TERRITORY.
Expenses $23,816,044 · Grants $20,575,141
-
EXPAND: AMPLIFICATION AND SCALING:IN ORDER TO EXPAND RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP WORLDWIDE, NIA TERO IS PURSUING THREE ONGOING BODIES OF WORK THAT INTEGRATE BOTH OUR PLACE-ANCHORED PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AS WELL AS ALIGNED ORGANIZATIONS, NETWORKS AND INITIATIVES, OUTSIDE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. FIRST, THROUGH GRANTMAKING, CONVENING AND DIRECT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THEIR CHOSEN ALLIES, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN POLICY FRAMEWORKS, SECURITY AND SELF-GOVERNANCE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. SECOND, THROUGH STRATEGIC CONVENING AND FACILITATION, AS WELL AS TARGETED GRANTMAKING AND FUNDRAISING, WE ARE WORKING TO INCREASE DIRECT FINANCING FOR INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP. AND LASTLY, THROUGH COMPELLING (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) STORYTELLING AND COMMUNICATIONS, WE SUPPORT THE ELEVATION OF VOICE, WAYS AND MEANS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP AND INSPIRE CHANGE.
Expenses $8,642,126 · Grants $2,473,533 · Revenue $216,888
-
OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: ALL OF NIA TERO'S WORK IS DONE THROUGH AND WITH OTHERS, FROM THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO INSPIRE AND LEAD US, TO OUR FOUNDING PARTNERS AND LIKE-MINDED INSTITUTIONS. NIA TERO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ADVISORS, PLACE-ANCHORED PARTNERS, AND LIKE-MINDED INSTITUTIONS TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP US ACHIEVE OUR MISSION.
Expenses $2,896,293
-
SCIENCE AND LEARNING:NIA TERO IS COMMITTED TO GATHERING KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN ENABLE MEASUREMENT OF THE IMPACT OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH BOTH STANDARD SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS AS WELL AS INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING DEFINED BY OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS THEMSELVES. THIS INCLUDES DEVELOPING SYSTEMS THAT COMBINE TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL METRICS WITH BIOCULTURAL METRICS THAT ARE DEFINED AND MEASURED BY OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS.
Expenses $1,178,721
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Peter SeligmannPETER SELIGMANN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $795,577
- From this org
- $740,282
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $55,295
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $618,279
- Bonus
- $122,003
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $20,700
- Nontaxable benefits
- $34,595
- Filer's total
- $795,577
-
Joseph WilliamsJOSEPH WILLIAMS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Myrna Cunningham KainMYRNA CUNNINGHAM KAIN
VICE-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jupta ItoewakiJUPTA ITOEWAKI
DIRECTOR (FROM 10/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Victoria Tauli CorpuzVICTORIA TAULI CORPUZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anne Marie BurgoyneANNE MARIE BURGOYNE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael CrowMICHAEL CROW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Yo-Yo MaYO-YO MA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nemonte NenquimoNEMONTE NENQUIMO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brenda PipestemBRENDA PIPESTEM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kevin StarrKEVIN STARR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nainoa ThomsonNAINOA THOMSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Liam KokauaLIAM KOKAUA
DIRECTOR (UNTIL 10/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tina-Marie WilhelmTINA-MARIE WILHELM
CHIEF STRATEGY & EXT. AFFAIRS OFF.
- Total calculated
- $426,551
- From this org
- $385,723
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $40,828
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $328,353
- Bonus
- $57,370
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,571
- Nontaxable benefits
- $31,257
- Filer's total
- $426,551
-
Christopher FilardiCHRISTOPHER FILARDI
CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $411,180
- From this org
- $356,858
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $54,322
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $325,623
- Bonus
- $31,235
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $20,700
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,622
- Filer's total
- $411,180
-
Jessica SchroederJESSICA SCHROEDER
SR MD, DIR., OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $305,808
- From this org
- $276,591
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,217
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $252,220
- Bonus
- $24,371
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $15,232
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,985
- Filer's total
- $305,808
-
Margarita Mora TeranMARGARITA MORA TERAN
SR MD, PARTNERSHIPS
- Total calculated
- $315,084
- From this org
- $279,078
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,006
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $254,403
- Bonus
- $24,675
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $16,539
- Nontaxable benefits
- $19,467
- Filer's total
- $315,084
-
David RothschildDAVID ROTHSCHILD
SR DIRECTOR, PARTNERSHIPS
- Total calculated
- $270,800
- From this org
- $231,722
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $39,078
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $214,418
- Bonus
- $17,304
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,217
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,861
- Filer's total
- $270,800
-
David CookDAVID COOK
SR DIR., STRATEGY & PLANNING
- Total calculated
- $270,559
- From this org
- $224,559
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,000
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $209,816
- Bonus
- $14,743
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,514
- Nontaxable benefits
- $32,486
- Filer's total
- $270,559
-
Lauren GuzauskasLAUREN GUZAUSKAS
MD DIR., DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $255,838
- From this org
- $241,313
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,525
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $223,065
- Bonus
- $18,248
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,805
- Nontaxable benefits
- $720
- Filer's total
- $255,838
-
Jonathan DavisJONATHAN DAVIS
SR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $252,265
- From this org
- $227,078
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,187
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $210,012
- Bonus
- $17,066
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,816
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,371
- Filer's total
- $252,265
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
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 1A
- IN REMOTE LOCATIONS WHERE COMMERICIAL SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE, NIA TERO WILL CHARTER PLANES/HELICOPTERS. OUR TEAM HAS THE OPTION OF FLYING BUSINESS/FIRST CLASS FOR FLIGHTS.
- PART I, LINE 7
- BONUS COMPENSATION BASED UPON PERFORMANCE IS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN II
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
-
$644,000
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP IN THE AMAZON
-
$500,000
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS LED CONSERVATION EFFORTS
-
$410,000
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PRACTICE AND WISDOM
-
$380,000
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS LED SECURITY
-
ONE REEF WORLDWIDE STEWARDSHIP
$350,000
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP PACIFIC ISLANDS
-
$253,590
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PRACTICE AND WISDOM
-
$240,125
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION AT GLOBAL EVENTS
-
OFFICE OF THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$223,089
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS LED GLOBAL POLICY & ADVOCACY
-
$200,000
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
-
$150,000
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS LED CONSERVATION EFFORTS
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513089349302416
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