Nonprofit · EIN 45-3345338
ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION
Tax-exempt (reinstated) · BOZEMAN, MT 59771
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | 990 | $1,993,301 | $2,179,254 | -$185,953 | $1,962,901 | $213,585 | $1,749,316 |
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,550,988 | $2,725,335 | -$1,174,347 | $2,179,679 | $244,410 | $1,935,269 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $2,758,385 | $2,497,904 | $260,481 | $3,410,060 | $300,855 | $3,109,205 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,709,659
- Program service revenue
- $262,270
- Investment income
- $21,372
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $190,460
- Other salaries and wages
- $861,977
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,230,449
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $21,546
- Accounting fees
- $20,000
- Occupancy
- $33,449
- Travel
- $89,509
- Depreciation
- $70,685
- Program services (functional)
- $1,596,275
- Management and general (functional)
- $446,281
- Fundraising (functional)
- $136,698
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,179,679
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,962,901
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $213,585
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,749,316
- Publicly traded securities
- $380,677
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $762,501
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $986,815
- Gross receipts
- $1,993,301
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 680
- Year formed
- 2014
- State of legal domicile
- MT
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 March 31, 2026, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREGG TREINISH | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $154,516 | $32,958 |
| Nathan Trappe | HEAD OF PROGRAMS | 40 | $110,724 | $0 |
| KATHERINE MAHER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER MOLNAR | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SALEEM ALI | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE HERRING | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN CURRY | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2025: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREGG TREINISH | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $148,356 | $14,713 |
| LUIS PABON ZAMORA | HEAD OF STRATEGIC | 40 | $130,577 | $14,458 |
| LYDIA FREEMAN | CHIEF OF STAFF | 40 | $119,275 | $13,474 |
| JOSEPHINE ROBERTS | head of develop. | 40 | $102,341 | $5,626 |
| CATHERINE WORKMAN | HEAD OF PROGRAMS | 40 | $104,070 | $0 |
| KATHERINE MAHER | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER MOLNAR | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SALEEM ALI | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE HERRING | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN CURRY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT AMARO | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREGG TREINISH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $151,966 | $9,278 |
| LUIS PABON ZAMORA | HEAD OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $125,285 | $4,385 |
| KATHERINE MAHER | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN CURRY | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER MOLNAR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE HERRING | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT AMERO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SALEEM ALI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1834, BOZEMAN, MT 59771-1834
- In care of
- % GREGG TREINISH
- Mailing address (990-N for 2014)
- PO BOX 1834, BOZEMAN MT 59771
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- GREGG TREINISH, PO BOX 1834, BOZEMAN, MT 59771
- Principal officer (990-N for 2014)
- GREGG TRIENISH, PO BOX 1834, BOZEMAN MT 59714
- Signed the 990
- GREGG TREINISH, Executive Director
- Phone
- (406) 624-3320
- Website
- ADVENTURESCIENCE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Rudd & Company PLLC
Mission
we ensure the availability of critical field data that accelerates conservation and climate solutions. we achieve our mission by mobilizing and training outdoor enthusiasts and local communities to collect high-quality scientific data that are difficult to access, require too large a scale, or are too costly to obtain with traditional methods.
Program accomplishments
- gathering difficult-to-obtain data to address the world's most pressing environment and human health challenges in which access to physical data is crucial to resolving them.Data collection is often expensive, time-consuming, and physically demanding, limiting the availability of critical scientific information. Adventure Scientists addresses this by designing and delivering field data efforts that train and mobilize outdoor enthusiasts and local communities to collect rigorous, decision-grade data in places that would otherwise remain unmeasured, advancing conservation goals.Expenses $1,596,275 · revenue $262,270
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 March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-3345338
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,962,901
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,993,301
Revocation and reinstatement
- Exemption revoked
- May 15, 2014
- Posted by the IRS
- January 5, 2015
- Reinstated
- Effective May 15, 2014
From the IRS automatic revocation list: organizations that did not file a required return or e-Postcard for three consecutive years.
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2026 | $1,993,301 | $2,179,254 | $1,962,901 | XML |
| 990 | March 2025 | $1,550,988 | $2,725,335 | $2,179,679 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $2,758,385 | $2,497,904 | $3,410,060 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $765,502 | $502,388 | $2,974,288 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,176,085 | $1,917,896 | $2,715,169 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2014 Officer: GREGG TRIENISH | December 31, 2014 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 45-3345338).
Questions about ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION
- What is the EIN of ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION is 45-3345338.
- Is ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS revoked its exemption on May 15, 2014 and reinstated it effective May 15, 2014.
- Are donations to ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION 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 ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending March 31, 2027) is due August 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2026.
- Who is the principal officer of ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 names GREGG TREINISH.
- Who are the officers and directors of ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 lists 7 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $154,516 (GREGG TREINISH, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $1,993,301, expenses of $2,179,254 and total assets of $1,962,901 at year end.
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