National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131085344
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cary, NC, USA
Phone
9199416400
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,676,345
Expenses
$15,006,455
Assets
$27,152,501
Liabilities
$2,525,926

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VIPIN VARMA (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • KIRSTEN VICE (VICE PRESIDENT, SUSTAINABL)
  • DARREN MILLER (VICE PRESIDENT, FORESTRY P)

Highest reported compensation

  • VIPIN VARMA (PRESIDENT/CEO): $585,914 total reported compensation
  • TAMMERAH GARREN (EXECUTIVE VP/CORPORATE SECRETARY/TREASURER): $377,651 total reported compensation
  • DARREN MILLER (VICE PRESIDENT, FORESTRY P): $301,814 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide technical information and scientific research to the forest products industry needed to achieve environmental goals and principles.

What it reported doing in 2024

Forestry program: recent products of the forestry program include marbled murrelet (brachyramphus marmoratus) population trends and the California current (wp-24-04) (april 1, 2024), soil carbon and forest management in the northeastern us (fs-24-02) (april 25, 2024), species status assessment information request golden-winged warbler (may 3, 2024), footprint estimator for forest products (may 10, 2024), aquatic biodiversity responses to wildfire in Oregon (fs-24-04) (may 13, 2024), chapter 6 (lulucf) of the draft u.s. Greenhouse gas inventory report: 1990-2022 (may 15, 2024), fia stakeholder letter on forest inventory and analysis program blue ribbon panel (may 23, 2024), species status assessment review request coastal marten (may 31, 2024), winter diet of bats in working forests of the southeastern u.s. Coastal plain (june 4, 2024), gopher tortoise (gopherus polyphemus) vertebrate burrow commensals within a private, working forest landscape (june 7, 2024), assessing the sustainability of forest biomass harvesting practices in the southeastern us to meet european renewable energy goals (july 2, 2024), forest products industry combined heat and power (fs-24-05) (september 9, 2024), habplan (november 11, 2024), marbled murrelet (brachyramphus marmoratus) population trends and the California current (fs-24-07) (november 14, 2024), forest management is key for conserving biodiversity and providing ecosystem services in the united states (november 26, 2024), disentangling winter relationships: bat responses to forest stand structure, environmental conditions, and prey composition (january 6, 2025), carbon accounting for forest products: carbon debt and the time dimension (february 5, 2025), ncasi & nafo herbicide database webinar (march 5, 2025), webinar series: fire ecology and forest resilience in the pacific nw, forest sustainability program activity update webinar (june 11, 2024), ncasi climate change and forests webinar (october 16, 2024), and ncasi forestry program spotlight webinar (march 4, 2025).

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 87.2%; rating input score 87; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $586K · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $409K reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 36 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 27 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.