Nonprofit · EIN 33-0773524
NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL
Tax-exempt · DEL MAR, CA 92014
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $8,847,336 | $8,253,741 | $593,595 | $20,506,091 | $5,188,041 | $15,318,050 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $13,534,962 | $8,015,917 | $5,519,045 | $19,165,616 | $4,441,161 | $14,724,455 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $7,674,122 | $7,889,838 | -$215,716 | $12,264,677 | $3,059,267 | $9,205,410 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $8,384,540
- Program service revenue
- $143,159
- Investment income
- $281,615
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $23,989
- Other revenue
- $38,022
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $735,207
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $614,925
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,712,937
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,730,375
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $52,541
- Accounting fees
- $18,100
- Occupancy
- $97,714
- Travel
- $1,020,216
- Depreciation
- $93,425
- Program services (functional)
- $7,102,654
- Management and general (functional)
- $454,678
- Fundraising (functional)
- $696,409
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $19,165,616
- Total assets, end of year
- $20,506,091
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,188,041
- Net assets, end of year
- $15,318,050
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $4,071,727
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $13,625,209
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,692,841
- Gross receipts
- $8,849,347
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 10
- Year formed
- 1997
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW CLARK | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $165,945 | $34,585 |
| KERYN LEGER | CFO Officer | 40 | $142,465 | $15,223 |
| KARINA COPEN | CHIEF DEV. OFF Officer | 40 | $123,656 | $30,543 |
| Laura Meagher | Dir of Ind Giving | 40 | $128,635 | $11,381 |
| KRISTEN HEARD | DIR OF MARKETING | 40 | $129,406 | $3,882 |
| RENZO PALADINES | Chief Cons. Off Officer | 40 | $86,283 | $16,225 |
| DIANA RICHEY | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| IVAN GAYLER | Founder & Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES SMITH | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| STEWART WINKLER | Board member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCIA ANGLE | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| AIMEE CHRISTENSEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID NEILL | HONORARY BOARD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW CURRIE | Board member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB KEEFE | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN EVEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| DANIELA URIBE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| BYRON SWIFT | HONORARY BOARD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Clark | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $178,455 | $16,143 |
| KERYN LEGER | CFO Officer | 40 | $138,580 | $13,773 |
| KARINA COPEN | CHIEF DEV. OFF Officer | 40 | $122,231 | $27,483 |
| Laura Meagher | Dir of Ind Giving | 40 | $125,246 | $10,621 |
| KRISTEN HEARD | DIR OF MARKETING | 40 | $124,207 | $3,569 |
| Renzo Paladines | Chief Cons. Off Officer | 40 | $80,218 | $0 |
| DIANA RICHEY | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Ivan Gayler | Founder & Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Charles Smith | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Sue Hart through 62224 | Board member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Marcia Angle | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Adriana Casas thru 121724 | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Currie as of 11924 | Board member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB KEEFE | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jane Goodall | Honorary Board Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN EVEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIELA URIBE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID NEILL | HONORARY BOARD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BYRON SWIFT | HONORARY BOARD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Clark | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $137,248 | $13,269 |
| KERYN LEGER | CFO Officer | 40 | $133,250 | $12,701 |
| Laura Meagher | Dir of Ind Giving | 40 | $120,661 | $9,544 |
| KARINA COPEN | CHIEF DEV. OFF Officer | 40 | $117,588 | $10,547 |
| KRISTEN HEARD | DIR OF MARKETING | 40 | $105,368 | $2,571 |
| DIANA RICHEY | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Ivan Gayler | Founder & Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Charles Smith | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Sue Hart | Board member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Marcia Angle | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Adriana Casas | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Sheldon Engelhorn | Board member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB KEEFE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jane Goodall | Honorary Board Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN EVEY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIELA URIBE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID NEILL | HONORARY BOARD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BYRON SWIFT | HONORARY BOARD Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Renzo Paladines | Chief Cons. Off Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1400 MAIDEN LN, DEL MAR, CA 92014-2500
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- KARINA COPEN, 1400 MAIDEN LANE, DEL MAR, CA 92014
- Signed the 990
- KARINA COPEN, INTERIM PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (858) 259-0374
- Website
- WWW.NATUREANDCULTURE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Leaf & Cole LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 33-0773524 or by the name NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL CONSERVES BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE LANDSCAPES IN LATIN AMERICA, IN CONCERT WITH LOCAL CULTURES, FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE PLANET.
Program accomplishments
- Management 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.Expenses $3,647,534 · grants $228,774 · revenue $36,800
- Latin 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.Expenses $3,341,790 · grants $463,743 · revenue $5,270
- Science and Monitoring: NCI facilitates scientific research and carries out ecosystem monitoring that support our mission to conserve lands and ecosystems in concert with local peoples. We also operate the San Francisco Scientific Field Station in Ecuador, that serves international and Ecuadorian universities that conduct basic and applied science research projects in tropical mountain ecology.Expenses $113,330 · grants $42,690 · revenue $101,089
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 33-0773524
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $20,506,091
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,849,347
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $8,847,336 | $8,253,741 | $20,506,091 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $13,534,962 | $8,015,917 | $19,165,616 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $7,674,122 | $7,889,838 | $12,264,677 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $9,035,812 | $7,086,847 | $12,347,581 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 33-0773524).
Questions about NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL
- What is the EIN of NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL is 33-0773524.
- Is NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names KARINA COPEN.
- Who are the officers and directors of NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $165,945 (MATTHEW CLARK, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $8,847,336, expenses of $8,253,741 and total assets of $20,506,091 at year end.
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