Ncasi Foundation

Organization Overview

Ncasi Foundation is located in Cary, NC. The organization was established in 2001. According to its NTEE Classification (D20) the organization is classified as: Animal Protection & Welfare, under the broad grouping of Animal-Related and related organizations. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. Ncasi Foundation is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.

For the year ending 03/2023, Ncasi Foundation generated $1.7m in total revenue. All expenses for the organization totaled $1.5m during the year ending 03/2023. While expenses have increased by 149.1% per year over the past 8 years. They've been increasing with an increasing level of total revenue. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.

Since 2020, Ncasi Foundation has awarded 19 individual grants totaling $3,169,311. If you would like to learn more about the grant giving history of this organization, scroll down to the grant profile section of this page.

Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990 Filing

TAX YEAR

2023

Describe the Organization's Mission:

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TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTIONS 501(C)(3) AND 170(C)(2) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (OR THE CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS) FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OR TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO CARRY OUT THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT, INC.

Describe the Organization's Program Activity:

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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.


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Board, Officers & Key Employees

Name (title)Compensation
Traylor Champion
Chairman
$0
Dirk Krouskop
President
$0
Tammerah Garren
Treasurer
$0
Ann Bartuska
Board Member
$0
Nina Butler
Board Member
$0
Tom Fox
Board Member
$0

Financial Statements

Statement of Revenue
Federated campaigns$0
Membership dues$0
Fundraising events$0
Related organizations$330,000
Government grants $997,484
All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above$401,333
Noncash contributions included in lines 1a–1f $0
Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar$1,728,817
Total Program Service Revenue$0
Investment income $519
Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Net Rental Income $0
Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales $0
Net Income from Fundraising Events $0
Net Income from Gaming Activities $0
Net Income from Sales of Inventory $0
Miscellaneous Revenue$0
Total Revenue $1,729,336

Grants Awarded

Over the last fiscal year, Ncasi Foundation has awarded $1,262,976 in support to 5 organizations.

Grant RecipientAmount

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT INC

PURPOSE: 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

$841,615

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

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

$153,635

TANGLED BANK CONSERVATION

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

$159,648

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

PURPOSE: SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS OF OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

$27,476

LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

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

$80,602
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Peer Organizations

Organization NameAssets
Lifeline Animal Project Inc
Atlanta, GA
$19,225,939
Atlanta Humane Society & Society Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
Atlanta, GA
$19,842,063
Richmond Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
Richmond, VA
$12,201,951
Charleston Animal Society
North Charleston, SC
$10,137,367
Anicira Veterinary Center
Harrisonburg, VA
$11,665,352
Young-Williams Animal Center Of East Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
$8,905,094
Old Friends Senior Dogs
Mount Juliet, TN
$3,811,356
Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Wake County Inc
Raleigh, NC
$12,721,178
Pawmettolifeline Inc
Columbia, SC
$6,187,446
South Carolina Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
Greenville, SC
$7,060,567
Humane Society Of Charlotte Inc
Charlotte, NC
$9,682,672
Albemarle Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
Charlottesville, VA
$5,169,795
Colbys Crew Rescue
Keswick, VA
$6,485,872
Virginia Beach Spca
Virginia Beach, VA
$5,402,127
Asheville Humane Society Inc
Asheville, NC
$4,745,409
Animal Welfare League Of Arlington Va Incorporated
Arlington, VA
$4,983,196
Spay Neuter Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
$4,872,256
St Peter Manor Llc
Cordova, TN
$6,787,059
Nashville Humane Association
Nashville, TN
$4,477,348
Furkids Inc
Cumming, GA
$5,712,911
Assisi Animal Clinics Of Virginia Inc
Roanoke, VA
$4,553,810
Animal Care Tr
Chattanooga, TN
$3,847,118
Animal Welfare League Of Alexandria Virginia Incorporated
Alexandria, VA
$4,453,900
Mutts With A Mission
Virginia Beach, VA
$3,809,971
Danny And Rons Rescue
Rembert, SC
$3,621,195

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