NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization
NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL (EIN 33-0773524)
Tax period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed
2026-07-22
IRS object ID
202602039349300225
Schema version
2025v4.1
Source
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DescManagement Plans, Governance and Financing Mechanisms and Community Development to Support Conservation:NCI creates and promotes conditions and tools such as governance structures, conservation financing mechanisms, and protected areas management plans that support land and resource conservation. Examples include our work to create livelihoods for people in and around protected areas based on sustainable use of resources, and the creation of water funds that create ecosystem service payments systems and link them to effective watershed conservation programs.Desc

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DescLatin American Conservation Programs in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru:NCI conserves lands and ecosystems in Latin America through the creation of natural reserves and programs to conserve rainforests and other threatened ecosystems. We do this in a grass-roots fashion, hiring local staff who work with regional and local governments, Indigenous Nationalities and Pueblos, and local communities to create conservation programs and designate new protected areas. We also build local capacity to manage and sustain the protected areas we help create. While emphasizing the conservation of forests and ecosystems, NCI's programs also promote sustainable community development.Desc

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KERYN LEGER
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KARINA COPEN
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Laura Meagher
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KRISTEN HEARD
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RENZO PALADINES
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IVAN GAYLER
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MARCIA ANGLE
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AIMEE CHRISTENSEN
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$12,905,690BOYAmt
EOY$13,625,209EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,818,765BOYAmt
EOY$1,692,841EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$14,724,455BOYAmt
EOY$15,318,050EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$19,165,616BOYAmt
EOY$20,506,091EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$593,595ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,083,054CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$8,821,493CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,322,375CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$13,106,017CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$8,384,540CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$44,717,479TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$7,083,054CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$8,821,493CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,322,375CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$13,106,017CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$8,384,540CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$44,717,479TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$9,116,559SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$35,600,920PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$214CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$31,852CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$171,027CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$309,520CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$257,626CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$770,239TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$29,216CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$38,022CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$67,238TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$45,554,956TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$770,438GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.78150PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.77370PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$3,665,616OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$3,665,616BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$302,316OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$127,159DepreciationAmt
Book Value$175,157BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$677,506OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$446,552DepreciationAmt
Book Value$230,954BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$27,519OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$27,519DepreciationAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$4,071,727TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmt
LAND HELD FOR SALE$5,115,090
OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE-ASSET$68,775
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$5,183,865TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescOPERATING LEASE LIABILITYDesc
Amt$69,931Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$69,931TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$8,898,799TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$51,463DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$51,463RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$8,847,336RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$8,847,336TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$8,305,204TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$51,463DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$51,463ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$8,253,741ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$8,253,741TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Organization believes that it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements.ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (6 entries)

RegionRegionTxtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCntType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
SOUTH AMERICA10197GRANTS$721,207
NORTH AMERICA00PROGRAM SERVICES$260,715Conserv/Mgt of Area
SOUTH AMERICA00PROGRAM SERVICES$2,425,213Conserv/Mgt of Area
SOUTH AMERICA00Program Services$3,418,760MANAGEMENT PLANS, GOV & FIN
SOUTH AMERICA00Program Services$70,640SCIENCE
NORTH AMERICA110GRANTS$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices11SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees207SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office11TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee207TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$6,896,535SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$6,896,535TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtCash GrantCashGrantAmtManner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
SOUTH AMERICAConservation/Mgmt$358,357BNK TRANSFER
SOUTH AMERICAConservation/Mgmt$362,850WIRE
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Other Org2TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside USNATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL REQUIRES ALL GRANT RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT COMPLETE NARRATIVE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL FUNDS GRANTED.
Part I, Line 3f - Method of AccountingNATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL USES THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Part I, Line 3f - Investments and ExpendituresNATURE AND CULTURE USES THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING FOR EXPENDITURES IN ALL REGIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SAVING NATUREBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1586 ARROWHEAD TRAILAddressLine1Txt
CityKNOXVILLECityNm
State AbbreviationTNStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP37919ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN842412702RecipientEIN
IRC Section501(C)(3)IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$14,000CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance$0NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of GrantPROGRAM SUPPORTPurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationNATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL REQUIRES ALL GRANT RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT COMPLETE NARRATIVE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL FUNDS GRANTEDExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
KARINA COPEN
CHIEF DEV. OFF$123,656$3,710$26,833$154,199
KERYN LEGER
CFO$142,465$15,223$157,688
MATTHEW CLARK
President & CEO$165,945$4,978$29,607$200,530

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution4ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$79,164NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescLAND & BUILDINGDesc
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$300,000NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesAPPRAISALMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsYes (true)ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bReviewed by Board before filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cTHE BOARD IS ASKED REGULARLY TO DISCUSS THEIR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL INTERESTS TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND ALL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE REVIEWED FOR ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15aTHE COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES IS DETERMINED BY NON-PROFIT PAY RATE DATA THAT IS COMPILED FROM WEBSITES AND BY NON-PROFIT COORDINATING AGENCIES. THE PAY RANGE IS SET BY COMPENSATION RATES FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IS THE REGION OF HIRE. OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED INCLUDE: TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, PAST PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15bTHE COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES IS DETERMINED BY NON-PROFIT PAY RATE DATA THAT IS COMPILED FROM WEBSITES AND BY NON-PROFIT COORDINATING AGENCIES. THE PAY RANGE IS SET BY COMPENSATION RATES FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IS THE REGION OF HIRE. OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED INCLUDE: TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, PAST PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL REPORT, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990'S ARE PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE. IN ADDITION, OUR 990'S ARE AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC SITES SUCH AS GUIDESTAR.ORG. OTHER GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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