2024-11-14T10:44:39-08:00 2023-12-31 274748700 NICOLE S SACHSE CPA 10666 DOGWOOD RD TRUCKEE CA 96161 990 2023-01-01 272379984 TAHOE INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL SCIENCE TAHO 7752980060 948 Incline Way Incline Village NV 89451 Will Richardson Executive Director 2024-11-14 true true Nicole S Sachse P01209756 5305501536 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Will Richardson 948 Incline Way Incline Village NV 89451 321596 false X www.tinsweb.org X 2010 NV To advance the natural history, conservation and ecosystem knowledge of the Tahoe region through science, education and outreach. 9 8 4 224 0 210415 173272 61785 115201 173 1708 4599 11719 276972 301900 450 450 0 171239 162406 0 8344 46944 92019 218633 254875 58339 47025 227548 278137 6721 8372 220827 269765 To advance the natural history, conservation and ecosystem knowledge of the Tahoe region through science, education and outreach. false false 101228 450 38897 EDUCATION: In 2023, we had a total of 3459 student contacts from over 21 different schools and homeschool groups. We provided in-school and field trip programs covering topics from insects, bats, birds, frogs, mammals, and geology. We presented 127 field trip programs, and 40 in-school programs, and gave 38 Nature Day Camps, and 8 camps/outings for other organizations (e.g. Courage Project, Boys and Girls Club of South Lake Tahoe). We hosted 632 children across nature camps 82826 68156 RESEARCH:TINS continued with our usual suite of Citizen Science coordination, including the Lake Tahoe Mid-winter Bald Eagle Survey, South Lake Tahoe Christmas Bird Count, Mid-winter Raptor Surveys in both Sierra and Carson valleys, North American Butterfly Association Butterfly Counts, U.S. Nightjar Surveys, and the annual Odonates Mini-blitz. We continued to participate in joint monitoring efforts of Peregrine Falcon nesting sites around the Tahoe/Truckee region. We had 191 volunteers participate in Citizen Science programs. We continued snowshoe hare monitoring in California State Parks around the Lake Tahoe region, and assisted USFWS and NDOW with surveys for Federally Endangered Carson Wandering Skipper (Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus). 31771 8148 OUTREACH:In 2023, we returned to a more typical slate of in-person Outreach events and festivals. We hosted 51 outings with 720 participants, and hosted 13 talks, with at least 482 participants. We took a more active role in promoting and coordinating the Sagehen Bio-blitz with 6 guides and 40 participants. We also attended several Earth Day festivals, the Mono Basin Bird Chautaqua, and the Truckee River Day festival, as well as hosting our own Lake Tahoe Bird Festival and Native Species Day, resulting in solid education engagement with approximately 880 people. 215825 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 10 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 9 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA NV X Will Richardson 7752980060 948 Incline Way Incline Village NV 89451 Will Richardson Executive Dir. 60.00 0.00 X X 66751 0 12677 Ron Hemig Chair 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kristine Mitchell Vice-Chair 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Markham Gross Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jason Brothers Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tim Kosier Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Martin Swinehart Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joy Barney Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brain Wright Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 66751 12677 0 false false false None threshhold 0 6500 5000 161772 173272 Education 611600 23227 23227 Fees & Contracts Gov Agencies 541900 83976 83976 Outreach 541900 7998 7998 115201 1479 1479 0 0 0 229 229 31105 6500 19578 11527 11527 0 204 118 86 86 Misc Revenue/Refunds 106 106 106 301900 115393 13235 X 0 450 450 0 0 79427 69101 7943 2383 0 70839 62872 4557 3410 1848 1640 119 89 0 10292 9040 854 398 0 0 2887 2887 0 0 0 51198 51198 6000 6000 0 2124 556 1400 168 0 5652 5114 367 171 8703 7534 863 306 0 0 0 0 0 6662 3727 2916 19 Telephone & Website 2003 2003 Transaction Fees 1654 485 120 1049 auto expense 1054 1054 Equipment & Computers 1031 891 75 65 3051 2163 602 286 254875 215825 30706 8344 95483 72983 84364 106495 0 10297 57928 0 0 0 1880 1652 0 15589 15589 0 35524 39079 0 0 0 0 227548 278137 6721 8372 6721 8372 X 217818 253125 3009 16640 220827 269765 227548 278137 47025 1913 X false false false X 103197 161163 214590 210415 173272 862637 0 0 103197 161163 214590 210415 173272 862637 64229 798408 538 772 709 832 1479 4330 0 0 866967 363972 0.92090 0.94950 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 500 1 501 500 500 500 500 500 500 1.00000 true false false 15589 15589 Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. The Fund is intended to provide operating support to TINS in perpetuity. The use of distributions is limited to benefitting TINS and furthering it's mission, but there are no further limitations specified within the TINS Endowment Fund Policy. A min balance of $100k must be reached and maintained before any distributions can be made. At the last quarterly Board meeting of each year, the Finance Committee will present a recommendation for annual distributions towards the following year's annual budget. These annual distributions must be approved by a majority Board vote. false PIRANGA 37605 6500 31105 500 500 13471 3000 2107 37605 6500 31105 500 500 13471 3000 2107 19578 11527 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 is distributed to the board of directors via email to review and ask questions prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board Members are required to review and sign the conflict of interest policy annually. Board members are also expected to self-monitor and disclose if conflicts arise. If a conflict exists, board members are expected to leave the room for discussions and recuse themselves from voting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The full board independently discusses the executive directors performance each year prior to giving the Executive Director's review. Data from other non-profits is considered when discussing and setting compensation. Salaries for all staff members are discussed as a group and when deemed necessary, independently as well. Salaries are formally adopted as part of the budget approval process. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Other board members are not compensated and there are no key employees. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are available in pdf and can be emailed or printed and sent via us mail per the preference of the requester. Requests can be made via phone, email, or us mail.