Nature Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882650769
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5126282767
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24
- Assets
- $1,070
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL D AGARWAL (PRESIDENT)
- PAUL COUTURE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JONATHAN SANDSTROM HILL (SECRETARY)
- PAUL D AGARWAL (PRESIDENT)
- PAUL COUTURE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Nature foundation is nonprofit corporation and shall be operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501 ( c )(3) of the internal revenue code. The purposes of nature foundation shall be the promotion of sustainable investments based on environmental, social, and governance criteria.
What it reported doing in 2025
Redwoods & plains preservation (northern, ca & Colorado) $2,000,000 / 50 acresthis activity will be conducted by nature foundation under the leadership of paul couture. The activity will be run out our headquarters in austin, Texas. Fundraising for this activity will take place nationwide.this activity will involve the purchase, lease, and forest management of existing redwoods and plains, ensuring growth/fire protection. This activity will include drone surveying, green carbon credit validation/certification, green carbon credits acquisition, corporate carbon offsets, undergrowth harvesting, redwoods mulch chips, trail creation and camp ground rental, and river/stream clean up via bubble barrier system.this activity is funded by donations. The goal is to raise $2,000,000 to purchase 50 acres of land for conservation purposes. We anticipate allocating 80 percent of our time to this activity. This activity is funded by donations to nature foundation. We have budgeted 80 percent of our post-expense revenue to this activity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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: 100
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -48.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 46.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.