NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2012
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- Organization
- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (EIN 53-0193519)
- Tax period
- 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
- Filed
- 2013-11-15
- IRS object ID
- 201303199349300240
- Schema version
- 2012v2.1
- Source
- Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica
Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.
- Return header
- Form 990
- Schedule A
- Schedule B
- Schedule C
- Schedule D
- Schedule F
- Schedule G
- Schedule I
- Schedule J
- Schedule M
- Schedule O
- Schedule R
Return header ReturnHeader
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| Timestamp | 2013-11-15T07:11:58-06:00 | Timestamp |
| Tax Period End Date | 2012-12-31 | TaxPeriodEndDate |
Preparer Firm PreparerFirm
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| EIN | 135565207 | EIN |
Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
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| Business Name Line1 | KPMG LLP | BusinessNameLine1 |
Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress
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| Address Line1 | 1676 International Dr | AddressLine1 |
| City | McLean | City |
| State | VA | State |
| ZIP Code | 22102 | ZIPCode |
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| Return Type | 990 | ReturnType |
| Tax Period Begin Date | 2012-01-01 | TaxPeriodBeginDate |
Filer Filer
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| EIN | 530193519 | EIN |
Name Name
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| Business Name Line1 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | BusinessNameLine1 |
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| Name Control | NATI | NameControl |
| Phone | 2028577000 | Phone |
US Address USAddress
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
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| Address Line1 | 1145 17TH ST NW | AddressLine1 |
| City | WASHINGTON | City |
| State | DC | State |
| ZIP Code | 20036 | ZIPCode |
Officer Officer
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Tracie Winbigler | Name |
| Title | CFO | Title |
| Phone | 2028577000 | Phone |
| Date Signed | 2013-11-15 | DateSigned |
| Authorize Third Party | 1 | AuthorizeThirdParty |
Preparer Preparer
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Margaret A Bradshaw | Name |
| PTIN | P00501222 | PTIN |
| Phone | 7032868000 | Phone |
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|---|---|---|
| Tax Year | 2012 | TaxYear |
| Build TS | 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z | BuildTS |
Form 990 IRS990
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| Name Of Principal Officer Person | JOHN M FAHEY JR | NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson |
Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Address Line1 | 1145 17TH ST NW | AddressLine1 |
| City | WASHINGTON | City |
| State | DC | State |
| ZIP Code | 20036 | ZIPCode |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Gross Receipts | 604636740 | GrossReceipts |
| Group Return For Affiliates | 0 | GroupReturnForAffiliates |
| Organization501c3 | X | Organization501c3 |
| Web Site | N/A | WebSite |
| Type Of Organization Corporation | X | TypeOfOrganizationCorporation |
| Year Formation | 1888 | YearFormation |
| State Legal Domicile | DC | StateLegalDomicile |
| Activity Or Mission Description | The purpose of the Society shall be to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge in the broadest sense to inspire people to care about the planet. | ActivityOrMissionDescription |
| Nbr Voting Members Governing Body | 22 | NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody |
| Nbr Independent Voting Members | 18 | NbrIndependentVotingMembers |
| Total Nbr Employees | 1170 | TotalNbrEmployees |
| Total Nbr Volunteers | 50 | TotalNbrVolunteers |
| Total Gross UBI | 39882916 | TotalGrossUBI |
| Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income | -625877 | NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome |
| Contributions Grants Prior Year | 22789542 | ContributionsGrantsPriorYear |
| Contributions Grants Current Year | 17561840 | ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear |
| Program Service Revenue Prior Year | 369741780 | ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear |
| Program Service Revenue CY | 361792351 | ProgramServiceRevenueCY |
| Investment Income Prior Year | 22997931 | InvestmentIncomePriorYear |
| Investment Income Current Year | 30292843 | InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear |
| Other Revenue Prior Year | 39821775 | OtherRevenuePriorYear |
| Other Revenue Current Year | 46433193 | OtherRevenueCurrentYear |
| Total Revenue Prior Year | 455351028 | TotalRevenuePriorYear |
| Total Revenue Current Year | 456080227 | TotalRevenueCurrentYear |
| Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year | 15873203 | GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear |
| Grants And Similar Amnts CY | 16866815 | GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY |
| Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year | 0 | BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear |
| Benefits Paid To Members CY | 0 | BenefitsPaidToMembersCY |
| Salaries Etc Prior Year | 144283110 | SalariesEtcPriorYear |
| Salaries Etc Current Year | 143416581 | SalariesEtcCurrentYear |
| Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year | 138167 | TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear |
| Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY | 90000 | TotalProfFundrsngExpCY |
| Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year | 6448166 | TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear |
| Other Expense Prior Year | 291627064 | OtherExpensePriorYear |
| Other Expenses Current Year | 288608602 | OtherExpensesCurrentYear |
| Total Expenses Prior Year | 451921544 | TotalExpensesPriorYear |
| Total Expenses Current Year | 448981998 | TotalExpensesCurrentYear |
| Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year | 3429484 | RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear |
| Revenues Less Expenses CY | 7098229 | RevenuesLessExpensesCY |
| Total Assets BOY | 1250753645 | TotalAssetsBOY |
| Total Assets EOY | 1227203295 | TotalAssetsEOY |
| Total Liabilities BOY | 526242629 | TotalLiabilitiesBOY |
| Total Liabilities EOY | 482534627 | TotalLiabilitiesEOY |
| Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY | 724511016 | NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY |
| Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY | 744668668 | NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY |
| Info In Schedule O Part III | X | InfoInScheduleOPartIII |
| Mission Description | To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge in the broadest sense: the description of land, sea, and universe; the interrelationship of man with the flora and fauna of the earth; and the historical, cultural, scientific, governmental, and social background of people; to conduct and assist investigation, research, and exploration in any branch of geography; and to encourage and assist the experience and knowledge of other cultures and lands. The Society states that its mission is to inspire people to care about the planet. | MissionDescription |
| Significant New Program Services | 0 | SignificantNewProgramServices |
| Significant Change | 0 | SignificantChange |
| Expense | 172500675 | Expense |
| Revenue | 51480628 | Revenue |
| Description | National Geographic Magazine is distributed mainly to members of the Society as a benefit of membership. A limited number of magazines are made available to non-members as corporate and library subscriptions. As a promotion for membership, the magazine is also sold on newsstands.In 2012 National Geographic was circulated worldwide both in English and in 37 local-language editions. One in four readers now peruses the magazine in a language other than English.Each month National Geographic Magazine publishes from five to seven feature stories and multiple one-page shorts, all carefully reported and fact-checked, stunningly photographed, and graphically illustrated. All stories are designed to fulfill the Society's mission of disseminating geographic knowledge in its broadest sense. In addition to the print edition, National Geographic magazine is also available on tablets, other mobile devices, and on the Web, where the original print article is supplemented with extra photographs, videos, interactive graphics, audio, and more.In 2012, National Geographic published 73 features articles, some additional 200 pages of shorter journalistic pieces, two supplement map posters, and two tear-out posters. Subject areas include adventure, anthropology, archaeology, environment, exploration, health, history, human culture, natural history, paleontology, science, technology, wildlife, and world affairs. The senior editors regularly weigh the merits of story proposals and decide which to develop into full-length magazine articles that are relevant and insightful for the general public, articles that will educate and inform readers about the world as well as to inspire them to care about the planet and be active stewards of its resources. Our Research Division verifies all facts before publication to produce the most accurate and fairest reporting possible.In the realm of archaeology, in 2012 National Geographic presented major articles about the pre-Columbian culture in current-day Panama (January); an update on the excavation of China's terra-cotta warriors (June); unlocking the mysteries of how the indigenous people of Easter Island moved the massive maoi statues (July); excavating and tracing the walls throughout Europe that defined the Roman Empire (September); following a subtle trail of artifacts that link Vikings and Native American culture (November); and exploring the lost world at the bottom of the North Sea called Doggerland (December). Articles of a historical bent informed readers about the Civil War, with a stunning poster detailing the pivotal march to Gettysburg and back in 1863, as well as highlighting the course of events from the Civil War to civil rights today (May); 100 years after the tragic shipwreck, we reported on the latest findings from the site of the Titanic, tracing it's final hours (April); we looked at the secret societies in Brazil where slaves escaped from plantations and ruled their own destiny (April); followed the footsteps of the Apostles (March); and revisited the Arkansas Delta 40 years after a VISTA volunteer made unforgettable images of the region (November). The state of the political world and the multitude of diverse cultures that exist within it were a focus of the magazine throughout 2012. Feature articles on London, England (February), and Marseille, France (March), explored modern-day European cities and cultures; we surveyed post-Soviet cultures in Astana, Kazakhstan (February), Romanian Roma (Gypsy) societies, and summer dachas in modern-day Russia (July); in the Middle East, we took readers on a voyage along Egypt's Nile River (May) and into the tunnels that connect the Gaza Strip to Egypt and the outside world (December), and to Yemen to discover how that country is changing after the Arab Spring; in the Americas, we looked at how Cuba is changing and opening with recent reforms (November); we took readers inside the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to see how the Oglala Lakota people are faring 150 years after the Battle of Wounded Knee (August); and to Rio de Janeiro on the cusp of hosting the Summer Olympics and the World Cup. We also took our readers to diverse places in Asia, diving into Hong Kong (June), wild mushroom hunting in high-altitude Tibet (August), and to the cliffside caves in the former kingdom of Mustang in Nepal; as well as documenting how Cambodians are recovering from the scourge of land mines after their devastating civil war (January); and the vanishing cave people of Papua New Guinea. Africa was also a destination rich in culture, as we showed in the still vibrant art of mask making throughout Africa (April), and in the continent's geologically active Afar Depression (June). We also explored the less tangible but vital topics of vanishing languages around the world (July) and the spiritual revival of shamans in Mongolia, Central Asia, and Siberia (December).Research and advancements in science and technology were featured in articles on the epigenetics of twins (January), recent findings in canine DNA and how those help scientists understand human disease, and advancements in predicting tsunamis (February); the evolution of hands (May) and leaves (October); and exploring extreme weather (September) as well as weather events like solar super storms (June) and lightning (August). All of these articles explained recent scientific research in easily understood and graspable terms for the general reader; straightforward and beautifully produced info graphics and maps helped explain complex subjects. The magazine celebrated the beauty of the world and its diverse landscapes--and the need for all of us to protect and preserve our planet--from our own backyard in the Southwest's Vermilion Cliffs Monument to exploring the world's most extreme deserts, seen from the air (November), to the frigid colds of Antarctica's ice caves (July) and Iceland's resilient beauty (May), to the eerie skies of epic storms (July). We also trained our eye on the controversial practice of fracking for methane, looking not only at the environmental impacts but also at the positive effect added resources have contributed to once dying communities in North Dakota. In the realm of natural history, we documented and celebrated the wonders of the natural world around us. Two hard-hitting investigative articles on increased demand for elephant ivory (October) and rhino horn (March) and the pressures that trade is putting on those animals helped inform the world about the devastating consequences. The October issue, with the cover story on illegal worldwide elephant ivory trade, was distributed free to every member of the U.S. Congress as public service information. We also highlighted efforts in Australia to rescue koalas that face hazards and disease as urbanization encroaches on their historical range (May). Our December cover story took readers on a vertical journey 247 feet up the 3,200-year-old giant sequoia called the "President" in California's Sierra Nevada, with a special pullout poster. And in November, we raced along with the world's fastest runner, the cheetah, with another stunning pullout poster that showed a 7.19 second, 100-meter dash. Also in November, we explored emperor penguins and revealed how they achieve maximum speed underwater to launch themselves from sea to land. We celebrated the remarkable journey and success of two men who spent nine years and went on 18 expeditions to capture images of all 39 of the world's known species of birds of paradise (December). We also published feature articles on other avian species ranging from flamingos (April) to gannets (August) to owls in the Ural Mountains of Estonia (June). Exploring our watery world, we took readers to the depths of the oceans to seamounts in the Pacific, and partnered with the National Science Foundation to produce a special poster mapping the bottom of the oceans (September); we plumbed the depths of the Arabian Seas (March), and dived into Central America's Mesoamerican reef system (October). 2012 Average Worldwide Circulation: 6,510,104Expenses $172,500,675. including grants of $ 0. Revenue $51,480,628 | Description |
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| Expense | 92975592 | Expense |
| Revenue | 89441078 | Revenue |
| Description | Books & Other Related Products:The Society publishes books to inspire people to care about the planet and to educate readers about geography and related subjects. In 2012, the Society published the 7th edition of "National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States," the newest edition of the guide providing the most up-to-date information on the 58 scenic national parks, comprising, in many cases, the last protected wilderness areas in America. The Society also published the companion 4th edition of "National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States," beautifully showcasing 214 of the best state parks across the country with gorgeous color photographs capturing the splendor of the parks and invaluable insider tips from state parks staff. In the fall of 2012 in anticipation of National Geographic's milestone anniversary and celebrating the spirit of discovery, the Society published "National Geographic 125 Years." This book, chronicling a storied history and signaling an exciting future, is a celebration of achievements on the cutting edge of exploration and photography, and new reporting from the forefront of National Geographic research. Further examples of among the 60+ books published in 2012 include: "Space, An Illustrated Atlas," a one-stop reference guide to the planets in the solar system and the outer reaches of the known universe, using the most up-to-date information and the latest imagery and mapping technology; "National Geographic Compact Atlas of the World," the first-of-its-kind mini atlas complete with all-new award-winning cartography beautiful, accurate, and up-to-the-minute in an amazingly accessible, easy-to-use, and fun format; from best-selling author and accomplished Civil War historian Winston Groom, "Shiloh 1862," a thrilling narrative account of the first devastating battle of the war with vivid portraits of the key players and epic moments that changed the course of the war; "1001 Inventions, the Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization," a companion to the record-breaking exhibition that toured London, New York, Los Angeles, and the National Geographic Museum, this book is rich with vibrant images and little known facts that highlight revolutionizing discoveries made throughout Muslim history that effected world change and continue to shape our world today; "Eyewitness to World War II," a book with unforgettable, dramatic, first-person stories culled from soldiers, generals, and those on the homefront coupled with rare photographs and artifacts presenting a compelling account of the greatest challenge to face a generation of Americans; "Birds of Paradise," a book by renowned wild life photographer Tim Laman that captures the astonishing plumes, electric colors, dazzling displays, and courtship antics of the world's most exotic and rarely seen birds in the remote New Guinea wilderness, the only place on earth where this famous family of birds is found; and "Great Empires, An Illustrated Atlas," a sweeping chronicle that traces the path of power around the globe and across the centuries and captures the epic tales of the great empires and their legendary leaders whose shrewd drive to conquer defined the course of history.The Society has more than 75 international publishing partners and our books have been translated into more than 30 languages and are distributed throughout the world. The Society also sells magazine and map storage slipcases, a selection of calendars and diaries, globes, videos, geography-related toys for children, and other related products. Expenses $92,975,592. including grants of $ 0. Revenue $89,441,078 | Description |
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| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
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| Expense | 26009667 | Expense |
| Revenue | 28476745 | Revenue |
| Description | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS (NG KIDS) magazine is published ten times a year and distributed to individuals, schools, and public libraries. The magazine's mission is to excite kids about learning while educating them about the world around them. Prepared primarily for children ages 6 to 14 years old, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS offers an appealing mix of articles on wildlife, science, technology, pets, adventures, and geography. For its work in 2012, the magazine received a Parents' Choice Recommended award, and the app won an Honorable Mention for Best Educational App from the Cynopsis !magination Awards.Examples of NG KIDS activities in 2012 include a "Special Awesome Animals Issue" and a "Special Go On Safari Issue," which took kids on an around-the-world adventure to learn about endangered animals on all seven continents; a "Special Earth Day Section," which taught kids about protecting the environment through fun games and green tips; publication of two animal Collector's Card sets and one Alien Deep Collector's Card sets; feature stories on animals such as wolves, polar bears, and tigers; pullout posters with fun animal facts; departments such as "Cool Inventions," "Guinness World Records," "Weird But True," "Bet You Didn't Know," and "Amazing Animals;" and "Fun Stuff," a regular seven-page department filled with educational games and activities. The magazine supported a Nautilus Patch Contest to encourage kids to design a patch for Bob Ballard's 2012 expedition. To encourage kids to protect their health and the planet, in September, October, and November NG KIDS announced two new Guinness World Records attempts for the most number of people running 100 meters in a 24-hour period and the most shoes collected for recycling. The running record was set Oct. 26-27 by 30,914 participants from all over the world, while the shoe record (all shoes were given to Nike Reuse-A-Shoe to be recycled into athletic surfaces) was set Feb. 5, 2012, with 16,407 shoes. Our annual International Photography Contest for Kids invited U.S. readers to show us their world through photos, competing against international readers for a chance to win a trip to Washington, D.C. Through its Be a Star program, the magazine asked readers to help protect lions by sending in donations for NGS' Big Cats Initiative, raising more than $11,500.NG Kids continued to reach audiences in 2012 through its interactive iPad magazine app. The app contains the same educational content parents expect from the print edition, but with compelling interactivity to engage readers. Now they can watch videos of the animals and science they're reading about, and sound effects make stories and departments come to life. Photos are bolder and more engaging, text is broken into digestible bite-size pieces, and educational games are now touch-and-play. Other content--such as Collector's Cards information--has been turned into fun quizes and games.The print edition of NG Kids is also available in PDF form on the Nook.Additionally in 2012, there were 16 international editions of NG KIDS, published in 15 different foreign languages: Turkish, Spanish, Slovenian, Mongolian, Lithuanian, Italian, Hebrew, German, English, Dutch, Chinese, Bulgarian, Bahasa, Arabic, and Afrikaans.2012 Average Worldwide Circulation of NG KIDS: 1,652,395Expenses $ 26,009,667. including grants of $ 0. Revenue $ 28,476,745 | Description |
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| 20424067 | 19156827 | National Geographic Traveler (NG Traveler) is published eight times ayear to further geographic knowledge with articles that explore thegeography, history, and culture of selected locations. Every article'spurpose is to foster interest in the educational value of traveldestinations by encouraging readers to experience geography and theworld's cultures first-hand. A pioneer in promoting sustainabletourism, NG Traveler believes that enhancing an authentic sense ofplace benefits both travelers and the locations they visit. In supportof this sustainable-tourism ethic, the magazine published severallandmark articles in 2012, its 28th year.Traveler produced "Tours of a Lifetime," its seventh annual round-up of 50 top guided expeditions. Inclusion was based on a tour company's level of dedication to authenticity, immersion in local culture and geography, and sustainability, with a particular emphasis on outfitters who deepen and humanize the encounter for travelers. In the November issue, we launched our Travelers of the Year initiative. We scoured the world and found 10 travelers who have made a difference in the world, from a traveling grad student who connects cultures by setting up community bakeries, to a Colorado teacher and a Masaii guide who collaborated to bring the spirit and lessons of the African savannah to suburban high-school students. In December the magazine launched its second annual feature package, "Best of the World," with the editors' picks for 20 great places to experience in 2013; destinations were selected based on their efforts to preserve authenticity and embrace sustainability. Also featured in 2012: a series of essays by notable writers such as Pico Iyer on how travel can change the course of a life and the world.In 2012 NG Traveler began a regular column called "Tales from the Frontier," in which editor at large Costas Christ reports on sustainability and tourism issues.NG Traveler continues to increase its global network of travel andgeographical experts, who contribute insider accounts of the world'sgreatest destinations and introduce noteworthy off-the-radar placesthat reward the geographically and culturally curious traveler. All ofthis content is complemented by vibrant and distinctive photography.In 2012 NG Traveler continued to widen its digital reach, with themagazine available on digital platforms including Nook and Kindle. NG Traveler's popular blog, Intelligent Travel, continued to deliverauthentic travel news to an expanding online audience, buoyed by socialmedia efforts that reach millions of Facebook fans and Twitter followers and engage new audiences with the National Geographic Society's mission. NG Traveler's Digital Nomad, Andrew Evans, continued to build his audience to include more than 28,000 Twitter followers.His blog and Twitter posts, including photos and video as well asarticles, chronicled his travels to Scotland, Iceland, Tanzania, andCanada and attracted high-impact press coverage.In 2012 NG Traveler received 19 awards from the North American TravelJournalists Association in various categories, as well as eight Lowell Thomas awards from the Society of American Travel Writers in both Travel Magazine and Adventure Travel categories.In 2012 NG Traveler continued to increase its international readership,publishing 15 local language editions in the following languages: Spanish (Latin America and Iberia), Russian, Romanian, Polish, Mongolian, Italian, Hebrew, English, Dutch, Czech, Chinese, and Bahasa. 2012 Average Worldwide Circulation: 1,240,898 | |
| 5571079 | 6361031 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LITTLE KIDS (NG Little Kids) magazine is published six times a year and distributed to individuals, schools, and public libraries. The magazine's mission is to excite preschoolers about exploring their world. Prepared primarily for children ages 3 to 6 years old, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LITTLE KIDS offers an appealing mix of articles on wildlife, science, pets, nature, and geography, as well as skill-building educational games, mazes, and activities. For its work in 2012, NG LITTLE KIDS won a Parents' Choice Gold Award for the sixth year in a row. Examples of NG LITTLE KIDS activities in 2012 include publication of six collector's card sets about animals plus feature stories on animals such as coyotes, lambs, red pandas, tree frogs, jaguars, and penguins. NG LITTLE KIDS also introduces preschoolers to science and nature through stories about the moon, dinosaurs, and igloo building.NG LITTLE KIDS continued its PDF version of the print magazine on the Nook.Additionally in 2012, there were 3 international editions of NG LITTLE KIDS.2012 Average Worldwide Circulation of NG LITTLE KIDS: 382,062 | |
| 629431 | 593646 | Complete National Geographic DVD/Hard Drive set:You can browse 125 years of the National Geographic Magazine--every article, photograph, and map the Society has published exactly as they appeared in print. This definitive collection of every issue of National Geographic Magazine is digitally reproduced in high resolution. The visual interface can be used to explore a topic, find photographs, browse the globe, or wander on your own expedition. | |
| 18361932 | 17334445 | Children's Book Publishing ProgramThe Society's children's publishing program continued to enhance its family reference library with two strong titles in 2012 "National Geographic Kids United States Atlas," the most accurate, authoritative, beautiful, and up-to-date U.S. atlas for kids ages 8-12, includes the latest data, maps, and photos, as well as lively essays about each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories; and "National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia," from the leader in animal photography, exploration, and conservation, an all-new, one-of-a-kind, reference book for the entire family. In 2012, the Society also published the annual installment of "National Geographic Kids Almanac 2013" and is also available in distinct Canadian, UK, and International editions. These almanacs are packed with fun-to-browse features, useful reference material, homework help developed by educators, and the kind of quirky facts that kids adore. In 2012, linking a popular feature in the successful National Geographic Little Kids Magazine and directed at a new preschool audience, the Society published National Geographic Little Kids "First Big Book of Space," an age-appropriate introduction to the vast realm of outer space featuring stunning illustrations and interactivity that will tap into 4- to 8-years-olds' curiosity about everything under the sun and beyond. Other notable children's titles published in 2012 were "The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins" in which award-winning author Marc Aronson and renowned paleontologist Lee Berger teamed up to chronicle the riveting story of one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time and how it almost did not happen; "Alien Deep," appealing to children over age ten, this engaging reference book depicts adventurous and thrilling elements in oceanographic fieldwork; and "5,000 Cool Facts (About Everything)" a lively and information-packed book that is bursting with fascinating facts on super, sensational topics that kids love. Our children's publishing program continued to build presence in the school and public library markets by releasing several new titles in our very popular National Geographic Readers series, which is comprised of leveled-reading, easy-to-read formatted books, developed in concert with experts in the field of literacy education, which get kids reading by giving them lots of cool information about subjects that matter to them. And in 2012, these National Geographic Readers were also made available as ebooks and read-along ebooks to continue inspiring kids about the world around them in any format they wish to read. In 2012, the "National Geographic Kids Chapters" series was launched offering young animal lovers who are ready for short, lively chapters, true stories that are inviting and easy to read. "National Geographic Kids Everything" series, aimed at kids ages 8-12, breathes new life into the reference category with fresh, dynamic, and fun-filled presentations of the nonfiction subjects kids love most such as these titles - Dogs, Ancient Egypt, and Dolphins. "National Geographic Little Kids Look and Learn" series, published for kids ages 3-6, include board books developed in association with child education experts, sure to thrill preschoolers and parents alike as they encourage interactivity and self-discovery among all children with engaging visuals and fun themes. | |
| 7455454 | 2617283 | National Geographic LiveThe Society provides speakers, performances and film screenings through its own National Geographic Live series around North America, and by arranging for speakers to appear at museums, universities, corporations and other organizations through the National Geographic Speakers Bureau. National Geographic Live also offers two programs focused on delivering unique experiences to students across North America: 1) The Giant Traveling Maps program features gymnasium-sized floor maps of the continents designed to combat geographic illiteracy by igniting young peoples' interest in geography. These giant maps teach map reading skills, place names, capital cities, population centers, and physical features, as well as important vital, wildlife and cultural phenomena. 2) The National Geographic Live Student Matinees program features National Geographic explorers (NG explorers) in live presentations around North America. As leaders in their fields, these explorers offer students fresh and exciting knowledge from the front lines of discovery. And as passionate individuals focused on expanding the boundaries of knowledge, NG explorers offer powerful role models for students. Through National Geographic Live, the National Geographic Speakers Bureau, Giant Traveling Maps and National Geographic Live Student Matinees, the Society reached 399,307 individuals through 487 public speaker events, student matinee events, concerts, film screenings, and map visits that took place both at the Society's headquarters in Washington, D.C., and in locations across North America and internationally.NG LIVE! ALL ROADS FILM PROJECTThe All Roads Film Project provided a global platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture filmmakers, photographers, and artists from around the world. The project included the All Roads Film Festival, the All Roads Photography Program, the All Roads Seed Grant and Fellowship Program, and International Film Nights. The Film Festival presented works by and about indigenous and minority cultures from around the globe. In addition to shorts, features, documentaries, and animation, the festival also presented panel discussions with filmmakers, performances of live music, and a photography exhibition. The All Roads Film Festival was held annually at the National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. Affiliated film and photography events were held at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah; the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles Film Festival in Los Angeles, California and AFI (American Film Institute) Fest also in Los Angeles, California; Chobi Mela, Bangladesh; Kristiansund, Norway; New York City, New York; Pingyao in Shanxi Province, China; FotoWeek DC, Washington, D.C.; and Qatar. The All Roads Photography Program recognized and supported talented storytellers from around the world who are documenting their changing cultures and communities through photography. The program provided a forum for photographers to showcase their work to global audiences through exhibitions, panel discussions, a website, and workshops. The program awarded eligible photographers a seed grant, cameras, and other photographic equipment to assist them with their fieldwork. The All Roads Seed Grant and Fellowship Program provided up to 10 grants annually to help indigenous and under-represented minority-culture filmmakers produce a film or video project. These films were considered for inclusion in the All Roads Film Festival and for possible broadcast via other National Geographic distribution channels. The All Roads Film Project also collaborated with film festivals, partner organizations, and members of the diplomatic community to provide additional venues for filmmakers through periodic screenings of films that showcased productions from a variety of countries, and collaborated with similar entities in the photography field for the All Roads Photography touring exhibition. | 87296 |
| 7556026 | 12454651 | TRAVEL--EXPEDITIONSThe Society's travel program, National Geographic Expeditions, enables members to visit, experience, and learn first-hand about the history, archaeology, geography, and culture of destinations around the world. Members and other participants travel with Society experts such as explorers, writers, and researchers on carefully planned journeys emphasizing enrichment and experiential learning. The expeditions include lectures by experts and suggested pre-tour reading materials, and are designed to encourage further study of the geographic areas visited.The National Geographic Student Expeditions Scholarship Program provides financial support for students seeking educational summer experiences who could not otherwise afford them. The program provides educational travel opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds and enhances the group dynamic and the learning opportunities for everyone involved. In 2012, National Geographic awarded full scholarships to 17 students from all around the country to participate in a National Geographic Student Expedition - the Society's high school student travel program. These scholarship students traveled to different countries on trips focusing on Photography, Wildlife & Conservation, Community Service, Archaeology & Ancient Cultures, and Creative Writing. They reported back that the experience had a significant positive effect on their lives and transformed their outlook on the world. | 28351 |
| 5358539 | 5835195 | IMAGE SALESPhotographs shot principally by National Geographic photographers are made available to the general public, through the Image Sales division. | |
| 1595957 | 1045028 | The GEOGRAPHY COMPETITIONS department is in charge of both the National Geographic Bee and the National Geographic World Championship. The National Geographic Bee is a nationwide contest for students in the United States in grades four through eight. With a first-place prize of a $25,000 college scholarship-- and other prizes in additional scholarships and travel -- the Bee is designed to encourage the teaching and study of geography. Nearly 12,000 schools and nearly four million students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Department of Defense Dependents Schools take part in the Bee annually. State Bees are held in the spring, usually on college campuses and with up to the top 100 students in each state competing. In attendance are teachers, family members and media. The national finals bring the state winners together to compete in Washington, DC, at Society headquarters.Geography Competitions' Bee Challenge website, a geography quiz game that uses questions from the National Geographic Bee, continued to be a popular destination online, serving up millions of page views to students and the general public testing their knowledge of the world around them.The National Geographic World Championship is held every two years. The next National Geographic World Championship will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia in July 2013. | 105005 |
| 6154798 | 140821 | PUBLIC SERVICE ADMIN & OTHER MISC. PUBLIC SERVICE GRANTSIncluded in this program service category are Enduring Voices Project, the Big Cats Initiative, the Freshwater project, photo camp, and the Oceans Initiative. ENDURING VOICESNearly 80 percent of the world's population speaks only one percent of its languages. When the last speaker of a language dies, the world loses the knowledge that was contained in that language. The goal of the Enduring Voices Project is to document endangered languages and prevent language extinction by identifying the most crucial areas where languages are endangered and embarking on expeditions to:--Understand the geographic dimensions of language distribution --Determine how linguistic diversity is linked to biodiversity--Bring wide attention to the issue of language lossWhen invited, the Enduring Voices Project assists indigenous communities in their efforts to revitalize and maintain their threatened languages.In 2012, the Enduring Voices team, comprised of Dr. K. David Harrison, Dr. Gregory Anderson and Chris Rainier, traveled to India and Russia (Siberia and Kalmykia) in preparation for the 2013 Folklife Festival, which is planning a focus on endangered languages. This exhibit is to be co-curated by K. David Harrison. In February 2012, the Enduring Voices team announced the creation of several "Talking Dictionaries," a living record of endangered languages maintained and expanded by leaders and language advocates from the respective cultures, which garnered national and international press. In July 2012, the National Geographic Magazine ran a feature entitled "Vanishing Voices," highlighting several communities with whom the Enduring Voices team has worked over the past few years. BIG CATS INITIATIVENational Geographic's Big Cats Initiative (BCI) is a comprehensive, action-oriented program that supports on-the-ground big cat conservation projects, education, and economic incentive efforts and a global public-awareness campaign. This initiative supports the protection of lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, jaguars, snow leopards, and other top felines who are quickly disappearing, all victims of habitat loss and degradation as well as conflicts with humans. In 2012 BCI's grant program provided 16 grants supporting assessment and conservation projects, community education initiatives, and scientific research. The BCI grants program has made important strides in helping communities understand and protect big cats in their midst. The "Cause an Uproar" campaign raises awareness and funds for the Big Cats Initiative. In 2012 BCI offered several ways for the public to get involved and spread awareness including free educator lesson plans, a "Trick-or-Treat for Big Cats" program, a kids-focused "Letters To Lions" effort, a "Little Kitties For Big Cats" photo-sharing platform, and a BCI Sister Schools Program. FRESHWATERIn 2012, National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative, led by Freshwater Fellow and water expert Sandra Postel, launched a new blog on NationalGeographic.com called "Water Currents." The popular blog received more than 770,000 page views and 525,000 visits in its inaugural year. Postel continued to engage with the public in a variety of lectures, keynotes and media interviews. National Geographic, with partners Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) and Participant Media, built the framework for a public engagement and water restoration campaign called "Change the Course," to be launched in early 2013. BEF secured the first corporate sponsor, Silk, to underwrite the water restoration pledges for the campaign and a Walton Family Foundation grant allowed the team to tell the first water restoration story about the Yampa River in Colorado. NG's widely acclaimed Water Footprint Calculator continued to drive public awareness about water issues and garnered 2.2 million page views and thousands of pledges to conserve in 2012.NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO CAMPNational Geographic's Photo Camp program uses the tools of photojournalism to foster a spirit of exploration in youth from the U.S. and abroad. The program brings participants together with National Geographic photographers and magazine staff to tell the stories of their communities through their own eyes. In January 2012, Photo Camp partnered with the Qatar Foundation to teach digital storytelling to a group of Brazilian and Qatari youth in Doha during a 10-day program to foster intercultural communication. The US Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas, sponsored a Photo Camp in November to foster the development of young leaders in the Bahamas. For the second year in a row, Photo Camp partnered with Internews, this time to hold a workshop in Pakistan to enhance the skills of young photographers and journalists. A Photo Camp held near Baltimore encouraged refugees who had settled in the area to tell their stories of adjusting to a new life in the US, while remembering the countries they left behind. And, a partnership with Mercy Corps took Photo Camp to Haiti to work with youth still recovering from the earthquake in 2010. National Geographic Photo Camp exhibited works from three camps (Chad, Haiti and Baltimore) in the National Geographic courtyard as part of the All Roads Festival in the fall of 2012.OCEAN INITIATIVE National Geographic's Ocean Initiative supports efforts to restore the health and productivity of the ocean through science and exploration, partnership with innovators and leaders, and public awareness efforts. In particular, the Ocean Initiative is focused on three objectives: 1) magnifying the application of marine reserves; 2) restoring fisheries to achieve long-term economic, social and environmental benefits; and 3) raising awareness of key audiences worldwide to the benefits of creating marine reserves and restoring fisheries. Following the designation of Chile's Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park in October 2010, protecting 150,000 km2 of ocean area, National Geographic conducted a major expedition to the island of Sala y Gomez in Chile, which included the first marine surveys of the area. The Ocean Initiative also led two workshops, one focused on innovation in fisheries and the other on management and enforcement of very large marine protected areas. These workshops brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, including family foundations, corporations, government representatives, and non-governmental organizations, whose efforts promote collaboration on high-level strategy as well as on-the-ground projects.GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT The Genographic Project seeks to chart new knowledge about the migratory history of the human species and answer age-old questions surrounding the genetic diversity of humanity. Launched in 2005, the first phase of the Genographic Project enlisted a consortium of 11 global regional scientific teams who completed sample collection and DNA analysis in their respective regions. Members of the general public also participated in this real-time scientific research effort through a confidential kit that allowed them to send in their DNA to trace their own migratory history. Building on seven years of data collection, Genographic continues to shine new light on humanity's collective past with the 2012 launch of Geno 2.0. The next generation of the Genographic Project Participation Kit--Geno 2.0--examines a unique collection of nearly 150,000 DNA identifiers that offers rich, ancestry-relevant information from across the entire human genome. By the end of 2012, over 495,119 members of the general public had joined the Genographic Project by purchasing a kit. As a non-profit endeavor, a portion of the proceeds from the sales of Geno 2.0 Kits go directly to the Genographic Legacy Fund, which supports community-led efforts of indigenous peoples to revitalize their languages and cultures. Now as the project seeks to understand more unanswered questions, targeted research grants seek to further our knowledge about our ancient ancestry. Project results have led to the publication of 36 scientific papers. The project's DNA results and analysis are stored in a database that is the largest collection of human anthropological genetic information ever assembled. | 2054776 |
| 11802035 | 172914 | The Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE) has awarded more than 9,300 grants since 1890, totaling more than $133 million. The Committee supported extraordinary research in 2012, awarding 186 grants totaling over $3 million, representing fieldwork in the disciplines of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, geography, geology, paleontology, and oceanography. Physical Geographer Amy Hessl was awarded a grant in 2012 to support her research into the paleoclimate of the Mongolian Steppe, looking at how changes in temperature and rainfall led to the rise of Genghis Khan. Her work was featured in Science, Scientific American, The Economist, and other print media. Marine biologist Graham Edgar received a grant to conduct a visual census of the reef biota off the Kermadec Islands (New Zealand), one of the largest Marine Protected Areas in the Pacific. His work will be published in Nature later in 2013. Archaeologist Geoff Emberling was awarded a grant to return to Sudan in order to conduct excavations at the important "Black Pharaohs" site of El Kurru. Finally, primatologist Susan Perry received a grant to observe coalitions and alliances in wild capuchin monkeys. Her intriguing observations were featured in National Geographic Magazine and online at NG News.The Expeditions Council (EC) is a grant program dedicated to funding the exploration of largely unrecorded or little-known areas of Earth, as well as regions of the planet undergoing significant environmental or cultural change. Since its inception in 1998, the Expeditions Council has awarded 538 grants totaling $17,487,700, and has funded projects that span the entire spectrum of exploration and adventure. The Council awarded 62 grants in 2012 totaling almost $2 million. Among the Expeditions Council projects funded in 2012, Conrad Anker and a team of mountaineers and scientists were supported with two grants to climb Mount Everest. Although Anker planned to summit via the West Ridge, conditions on the mountain prevented this attempt, and he instead summited without supplemental oxygen on May 26, 2012 via the Southeast Ridge. Beyond climbing, the expedition focused on scientific discovery, partnering with the Mayo Clinic and Montana State University to carry out studies on high altitude human physiology and the geology of Everest. The project was featured in National Geographic Magazine, on National Geographic Magazine's website and on NPR's Science Friday, among other news sources. Photographer Steve Winter received support to document cougars around the United States and the growing problems for this species as urban wildlife interface increases. Winter's work will be featured in National Geographic Magazine. Professor Massimo Ricci partnered with local masons in Florence to build a model of Brunelleschi's cathedral dome to better understood the methods used the build a self-supporting structure at an unprecedented scale. The project will bring new and surprising insight into how the largest masonry dome on earth still stands, and will also provide material for a National Geographic Magazine article.National Geographic Young Explorer grants (YEG) support the next generation of researchers, explorers and conservationists. Young Explorer Grants provide individuals age 18 to 25 with some of their first experiences carrying out fieldwork and exploration. A total of almost $300,000 was awarded in 2012, supporting 60 field projects spanning the globe. Vanessa Bezy received a conservation grant to test treatments to increase the nesting success of the olive ridley sea turtle population in Costa Rica. Through her efforts, the team was also able to identify potential threats to the hatching success and develop strategies for long-term population sustainability. Researcher Matthew Piscitelli performed extensive excavations at the site of Huaricanga in the Fortaleza Valley on the Pacific Coast of Peru. Using modern technology, he is reconstructing ancient ritual practices to explore the role that religion played as a base of power for early leaders 5,000 years ago. Catherine Jaffee received a grant to hike and horseback ride ancient Silk Road routes through Northeastern Turkey to document historic beekeeping practices. She used photo, video, multimedia and social media to bring attention to the threatened Caucasian bee species and its importance to both habitat health and honey quality.The Conservation Trust (CT) is a grant program that supports innovative solutions to issues of global concern. The Trust encourages model projects that engage and inform their areas' local population. The Conservation Trust has awarded 251 grants since its inception in 2001, totaling $7.7 million dollars. The Trust awarded 22 grants in 2012 at a total of over $300,000. These projects included: James MacGregor's health assessments of wild platypus populations in Tasmania; Peter Rand's innovative initiative to conserve Koppi River taimen (giant salmon) in Russia, while simultaneously laying the groundwork for establishing a sustainable recreational fishery that will benefit the local community and economy; and Immo Trinks's digital documentation of the endangered archaeological site of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini/Thera for the safeguard and preservation of this unique monument for future generations.The NGS/Waitt Grants Program is an initiative of the National Geographic Society and the Waitt Foundation that provides the essential funding for cutting-edge exploratory research. Grants are made for exploratory fieldwork that holds promise for new breakthroughs in the natural and social sciences. A total of 288 projects have been funded since the inception of the grant program in 2008, totaling $3,715,789. 59 grants were awarded in 2012 at a total of over $800,000. These projects included Ryan Carney's "autopsy" of a dinosaur "mummy" called Dakota; David Coulson's study of the ancient rock art of Chad; Francisco Estrada-Belli's discovery of a Mayan frieze at Holmul, Guatemala; and David Gruber's study of bio-luminescence of deep coral reefs. Grantees come from all disciplines and conduct research around the world.Great Energy Challenge (GEC)Like food, air, and water, energy is essential to human existence. The hopes of billions for a better life depend on plentiful and accessible sources of energy. But with the world's population fast approaching seven billion, how do we meet the growing demand for energy in a responsible, equitable, and sustainable way? It's a question we must ask ourselves as a society and as individuals. That's why National Geographic, with support from Shell, has launched The Great Energy Challenge.The Great Energy Challenge is an important National Geographic initiative designed to help all of us better understand the breadth and depth of our current energy situation. National Geographic has assembled some of the world's foremost researchers and scientists to help tackle the challenge. Led by Thomas Lovejoy, a National Geographic conservation fellow and renowned biologist, the team of advisers will work together to identify and provide support for projects focused on innovative energy solutions.By joining The Great Energy Challenge (GEC), we can all make a positive difference in this crucial decade and change how we think about and consume energy. The GEC website is a one-stop resource where you can participate actively, find incisive, expertly reported energy news, follow the latest issues and join the discussion on the blog, and test your knowledge with our quizzes. Learn about energy projects and National Geographic-funded energy initiatives around the world, and become an advocate by making a donation, volunteering, or just spreading the word.Use the cutting-edge online tools such as the Personal Energy Meter to measure your energy consumption and share your score with your friends, and the World Electricity Mix Interactive, which shows you where the world gets its power. Achieve your ideal "energy weight" by joining others around the world in following a 360-degree Energy Diet. Decisions we make now will profoundly affect the natural world and the quality and sustainability of our lives.Six new solutions-based global energy projects were funded through GEC in 2012 for more than $500,000, bringing the total of projects funded to 14 by end of 2012. New projects in 2012 included: Frontier Markets: Microfranchising Solar Initiatives--India; EGG Energy: Portable Grid--Tanzania; Legacy Foundation: Eco-Fuelwood--Guatemala; Ghonsla Social Enterprise: Pakistan; Green Empowerment: Borneo; and Impact Energies: Ghana.LEX/NG GrantsThe LEX/NG Fund grant program supports, research, conservation and education programs around the world, with special focus on the destinations that Lindblad Expeditions serves. During the 2012 calendar year, the fund awarded $265,411. | 7259636 |
| 1467056 | REMOTE IMAGING (RI)National Geographic's Remote Imaging Program is dedicated to developing and deploying novel imaging tools for research, exploration and conservation. In 2012, Remote Imaging's CRITTERCAM field projects included endangered Hawaiian monk seals, marlin and other billfish in multiple locations, urban monkeys in Gibraltar, cheetahs in Botswana, fur seals and sea lions in Australia, humpback whales off Massachusetts and Asian brown bears in Turkey. The Deep Ocean Drop-Cams continue to shed light on the deep ocean depths with projects near infamous Pitcairn Island and the North Tonga Trench. Custom imaging and lighting technology helped document a new underwater archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Sub-surface detecting gear was deployed to search for and survey the possible remains of a palace of Tamerlane in Kyrgyzstan and historic shipwrecks in Peru and Maine. A new 360-degree high-resolution photo tool was employed to document Il Duomo di Firenze cathedral in Florence and ancient Roman sites in Libya. The technology can provide an immersive, visual tour (and documentation) of important archaeological and cultural sites, allowing people to 'visit' these sites from anywhere in the world. Remote Imaging projects feed scientific discovery, publishing in top journals, as well as providing unique images that help capture the public's imagination and generate interest in science, exploration and conservation. RI-produced images and video have contributed to several stories for the National Geographic Magazine. The 6,000 square foot exhibition "CRITTERCAM" museum exhibit continues to travel around the U.S., educating enthusiastic audiences about "the world through animal eyes". Remote Imaging staff participated in many presentations on science, technology and exploration at universities, conferences and events across the country. | ||
| 3681957 | Arts/Missions MediaArts/Missions Media is dedicated to broadcast, online, radio, mobile and other arts or media projects and partnerships that showcase the various mission-related educational and scientific objectives of the National Geographic Society.One Missions Media program in 2012 was National Geographic Weekend, a two hour weekly radio talk show featuring compelling interviews about our planet, and the activities of the National Geographic Society. It featured dozens of the most exciting adventurers, explorers, scientists, conservationists, photographers and filmmakers in the world--many of whom are funded by the Society. | 40000 | |
| 12019243 | 42019 | EDUCATION FOUNDATION (NGEF)The National Geographic Society Education Foundation (NGEF) was established to commemorate the Society's centennial in 1988. With a mission "to support, promote and advance geographic education in the United States, Canada and elsewhere," the Foundation promotes improved teacher quality and classroom learning. Proposals are solicited from universities and other nonprofits for innovative projects. Since its inception, the Education Foundation has worked in programmatic partnership with other private donors and state governments to support university-hosted Geography Alliances--statewide partnerships between academic professors and K-12 teachers to provide professional development, networking and more. In many cases, the Education Foundation supports individual Alliances through dedicated, state-specific endowments, called Geography Education Funds. While the Foundation emphasizes improvement of geographic literacy in the United States, select work is also supported in Canada and Puerto Rico. The Foundation's staff works with external evaluators and encourages grantees to assess programs and projects to determine the value of geographic education to student achievement on state and national standards, and to demonstrate the essential role of geography as an educational priority and a core component of K-12 academic curricula.In 2012, the Foundation made 62 grants totaling more than $2.9 million. Examples of work funded by these grants are as follows: Geographic Alliance of IowaWith the assistance of 2012 grant support from NGEF, the Geographic Alliance of Iowa (GAI) provided widespread professional development opportunities for K-12 educators across the state. GAI has devoted resources toward establishing international curricular development opportunities for members of the Alliance, such as intensive curriculum development projects abroad. This has allowed teachers the opportunity to learn ways of promoting global citizenship to their students by enhancing their knowledge of global issues. GAI has made geographic technology such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and remote sensing a priority by offering annual teacher workshops. Additionally, the Alliance plans to lead a partnership with other Iowa organizations to support a pending statewide license that would provide free GIS software for all Iowa school districts. GAI has also sought partnerships that go beyond geography to incorporate related disciplines, in order to make connections valuable to geography education in Iowa on a larger scale. ($57,759 grant award) North Carolina Geographic AllianceIn 2012, the North Carolina Geographic Alliance (NCGA) used NGEF grant funds to maintain and support its membership base by offering numerous programs such as quality professional development activities, efforts for public engagement, and further transformation of state education through public policy. Meanwhile, the Alliance maintained a focus on strategic planning toward a long-term vision for North Carolina's K-12 students. NCGA's professional development efforts have included multiple, well-attended workshops which introduce new standards in curriculum design for geography and other social studies education. Additionally, strategies for paperless teaching and the use of web tools have been provided for educators to enhance students' capabilities for changing technologies in learning. In the arena of public engagement, NCGA has contributed to smaller-scale efforts to promote geo-literacy by distributing maps and other educational materials to students and teachers at conferences and schools. Alliance officials have also been involved in implementing the state's Essential Standards for Social Studies, as well as in efforts to make geography a main component in the new standards. ($34,000 grant award) NatureBridgeThe mission of NatureBridge, a nonprofit organization based in California, is to engage students from all ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic circumstances in a range of transformative science education programs. A 2012 grant from NGEF allowed NatureBridge to provide essential tuition assistance to underserved, low-income schools, allowing their students to participate in hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences in nature's classroom. These experiences transform the way they see the world around them and their role as citizens of the planet. NatureBridge's educational activities are built on a proven, evidence-based Core Educational Framework (CEF) developed by representatives from the National Science Foundation and Stanford University, among others and customized to meet state and national science standards. The CEF consists of three themes: (1) Sense of Place: orienting students in their natural surroundings; (2) Interconnections: developing students' ability to connect to the natural world and understand the complex connections between all living things; and (3) Stewardship: teaching students how to contribute to the environmental health of the planet and live by sustainable principles. ($75,557 grant award) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION PROGRAMSThe mission of the National Geographic Education Programs group (NGEP) is to maximize the impact of the National Geographic Society's diverse research and communications programs on education as well as to promote geographic literacy through formal and informal settings. The NGEP staff works with the Society's other divisions to design learning experiences for school groups and the community that draw on National Geographic's rich and diverse media products, scientific exploration, and grantees and creates curricular materials and educational guides for exhibits, live events, media, and other initiatives. NGEP also provides professional development opportunities for teachers and offers opportunities for teachers to travel on National Geographic expeditions. National Geographic Education OnlineIn 2012, NG Education Programs (NGEP) continued to maintain and enhance the new Education website launched in 2011. Major enhancements included improving site infrastructure, adding new content types, and significantly increasing the digital library of content. NGEP creates free instructional materials aligned with national education standards, designs and conducts professional development, and works with other national organizations to increase the quality and availability of geographic learning opportunities. The National Geographic Education website is the primary method of dissemination for NGEP's products and programs, showcasing National Geographic's rich media and research assets in learning contexts for diverse audiences, from formal and informal educators to students and families. In addition, the site provides connections to the websites in the Thinkfinity Consortium. In 2012, the National Geographic Education website logged more than 5 million visits and more than 16 million page views to its free educational resources. Chesapeake Bay Fieldscope ProjectThe Chesapeake Bay FieldScope Project is a project-based educational initiative that engages students in 21st century investigations of place using real-time geospatial technology. FieldScope is a free and intuitive, web-based application that allows students to combine their own data with data collected by scientists and other students in order to analyze trends over months and years. This online GIS resource is a model for field-based geoscience learning supported by technology; a project has been created to take advantage of the particularlyrich natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay, the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System, and a public-private partnership that includes the National Geographic Society, Verizon, and NOAA.The goal of the Chesapeake Bay FieldScope Project is to provide students with a dynamic experience that combines classroom learning with outdoor field experiences and technology-supported inquiry. Students throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed collect, compare, and analyze water quality data (including quantitative measurements, field notes, photos, and video) in order to understand and protect the resources in and around the Bay. They then use National Geographic FieldScope to share and analyze their data. The overall design is intended to help students understand the impact of humans on the Bay ecosystem and our dependence upon the health of the Bay. For teachers, this project gives them cutting-edge resources to reinvigorate their classrooms and the opportunity to conduct meaningful programs that build year after year. | 4376222 |
| NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS, cont.In July 2012, NGEP was awarded a grant from NOAA to expand this program within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In the first six months of the grant, partnerships were established between state based Geography Alliances, state department of education content specialists in science and social studies, and local environmental organizations in each state to develop watershed education programs for each state. Each state group began the work of identifying and aligning curriculum materials that incorporate classroom watershed lessons (addressing science, social studies, geography, and other relevant standards), outdoor experiences, and use of GIS technology. Each state planned professional development for 50 educators, who will implement curriculum and field work elements with students by the end of the 2012-2013 school year. BioBlitz Educational OutreachNational Geographic and the National Park Service (NPS) are partners on a ten-year "BioBlitz" program-a 24-hour species inventory event in a different national park each year. In a BioBlitz event, members of the public of all ages along with scientists explore the biodiversity of their national parks while gaining awareness of the natural environment and participating in scientific study. For youth, a BioBlitz experience has the potential to inspire the next generation of naturalists, conservation biologists, and biogeographers. More than 2000 students and teachers and an additional 3000 members of the surrounding community joined with more than 200 scientists to explore Rocky Mountain National Park's alpine tundra, subalpine, montane, and riparian zones August 24-25, 2012. 500 of those students and their teachers engaged in an additional species inventory project studying the macroinvertebrates in several of the park's streams and lakes. Students used the data on the "water bugs" present to calculate stream health indexes. Back in class they compared stream health across the inventory sites using FieldScope. Using the Project Noah mobile application, participants uploaded species photos and could request scientists' help in identification. Photographs were displayed through the FieldScope project and through the Project NOAH BioBlitz 2012 mission. Through live chats with BioBlitz participants, students who couldn't attend in person were able to participate. National Geographic Fellow Corey Jaskolski introduced underwater remote imaging, 360 degree camera technology, and more with student groups.Ocean Education InitiativeNGEP has developed a variety of learning programs and events to increase ocean literacy for teachers, students, and the general public. One program is a two-year National Teacher Leadership Academy: Ocean (NTLA) program to prepare teachers to be ambassadors for ocean education in their own states. Teachers who were trained by this program in 2010-2011 spent time in 2012 doing outreach to additional teachers in their states. Collectively, they have reached approximately 700 additional educators and prepared them to teach ocean ecology and conservation to students across the country. The ocean education portal at natgeoed.org/ocean has continued to grow, and hundreds of educational resources for classroom teachers, informal educators, students and families were added in 2012. The portal now features 553 unique assets related to ocean education, including instructional activities, lesson plans, curriculum units, articles, multimedia materials, image galleries, videos, audio podcasts, encyclopedic entries, maps, and MapMaker Kits. Between January 2012 and March 2013 there were 336,536 pageviews of the ocean education pages and 263,250 unique visitors to these pages.In addition, NGEP participated in national conferences to reach many thousands of people with information about ocean ecology and conservation. The 2012 National Science Teachers Association National Conference in Indianapolis, IN, was attended by approximately 10,000 educators from around the country and the National Geographic exhibit provided an opportunity to introduce these teachers to our ocean education resources. We also distributed thousands of maps, bookmarks, and magnets. Contact information from over 1,200 badge scans was collected, and according to the conference organizers, this was the highest number of scans collected by any exhibitor. An additional 4,700 educators were reached at the conferences of the National Marine Educators Association (in Anchorage, AK), the National Association for Environmental Educators (in Oakland, CA), and the National Association of Biology Teachers (in Dallas, TX) through presentations, exhibits, and participation in interactive sessions. Geography Awareness Week (GAWeek)First established by Presidential proclamation in 1987, Geography Awareness Week (GAWeek) celebrated its 25th year in 2012. GAWeek is a public awareness program that encourages citizens young and old to think and learn about the interconnectedness of our world. Each third week of November, students, families, and community members focus on the importance of geography through events, lessons, games, and challenges, and often meet with policymakers and business leaders. The 2012 Geography Awareness Week theme "Declare Your Interdependence!" explored the idea that we are all are connected to--and dependent on--the rest of the world through the decisions we make on a daily basis, including what foods we eat and the things we buy. GAWeek 2012 was sponsored by the Geo-Literacy Coalition. The Coalition is an alliance of organizations that are working to improve the preparation of Americans for 21st century decision-making. Members of the Geo-Literacy Coalition in 2012 were CH2M Hill, ESRI, Google, and the National Geographic Society.This year we focused on creating broadly accessible materials for various audiences including a two-sided poster, an expanded suite of Mission:Explore materials with resources to engage families and support teachers in engaging in real-world explorations, and new "How-To" guides for planning local events, promotion, and community outreach. Our most ambitious project was creating the Global Closet Calculator online interactive game, which let people inventory the contents of their own closets in order to generate a personal map of their own world interdependence. The interactive tool then engages individuals in exploring global issues and interconnections at a deeper level by choosing to manufacture either a pair of jeans (for younger players), or an MP3 player (for older players), and make decisions about raw materials, economics, transportation, growing, manufacturing and social justice along the way.Over 110,000 two-sided educational posters were printed and distributed to teachers nationwide, and 12 newly created educational activities and resources were made available for free through the GeographyAwarenessWeek.org web site. The site received over 150,000 page views during the third week of November (GAWeek). As part of the communications outreach around the program, the week-long "Blog-a-Thon" featured 13 guest bloggers, we gained 300% more Facebook followers during GAWeek, and we hosted a Google+ Hangout that received over 1,400 views. Overall traffic to the website from Facebook increased 122% during the week. Held around the country, and organized by over 100 grassroots volunteers, GAWeek events included classroom and school-based festivals, visits to state policymakers, statewide Instagram photo competitions, Alliance community events featuring real world geographers, and more. At NGS headquarters, a new emphasis was made on cross-Society participation with six different departments promoting the week, including an NG Live! hosted lecture by Emerging Explorer and Guerilla Geographer Daniel Raven-Ellison. | |||
| NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS, cont.Educational Outreach on behalf of National Geographic:National Geographic Education partners with other units of the Society to create materials that take advantage of media resources from National Geographic to teach important subjects. These "media extensions" often take the form of activities or lesson plans that are built around an article, video, or collection of photos. Below are three examples of media extensions that National Geographic Education created in 2012. Bones of TurkanaBones of Turkana is a PBS National Geographic Television special that follows the story of famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey and his wife Meave, daughter Louise, and their colleagues as they work in the arid northern regions of Kenya's Turkana Basin to unravel the mysteries of human evolution. For the film outreach, NGEP developed a variety of educational materials to help educators explore the past, present, and future of this place in Africa where human life began. The collection includes case studies, articles on the chemistry and geography of Lake Turkana, biographies, a geologic stratigraphy of Lake Turkana, a lesson about making informed strategic environmental decisions for grades 9-12, and four custom educational videos which address the discovery of fossil hominids in the Turkana Basin. These videos received the CINE Golden Eagle, Special Jury Award, and the Master's Series [http://www.cine.org/2013-cine-masters-series-award-recipients]award in the Original Digital TM Division category. The Turkana Education collection can be viewed at www.natgeoed.org/turkana. DEEPSEA CHALLENGEOn March 26, 2012, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron succeeded in tackling his biggest challenge ever--a solo journey to Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the ocean. Challenger Deep is 10.99 kilometers (6.83 miles) deep and is found at the southern end of the Mariana Trench near Guam. For the event and upcoming film's education outreach, NGEP developed STEM-related educational materials for Grades 6-12 to help educators bring content about the engineering process, the importance and relevance of ocean exploration, technology in the field, teamwork, and media as a storytelling and exploration tool. The collection includes: hands-on multimedia activities; lessons in which students work through the engineering process to design solutions to real-life problems; articles on the importance of teamwork and failure in engineering; career profiles on real-life scientists; reference material on the ocean and exploration to lend context to this historic feat. The DEEPSEA CHALLENGE Education collection can be viewed online at www.natgeoed.org/deepsea-challenge/.MeerkatsNational Geographic Cinema Ventures' film, Meerkats 3D, was created for digital 3D theaters and planetariums. The film takes viewers into the family lives of meerkats as they struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert. For the film's education outreach, NGEP developed hands-on activities to help educators bring content about meerkat adaptations and behavior to life. The collection includes: video clips from the film, hands on activities; student-friendly encyclopedic entries about biology; and a profile of a scientist who studies meerkats. The Meerkats Education collection can be viewed online at www.natgeoed.org/meerkats/. | |||
| 5318225 | 1229742 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONSNational Geographic creates exhibitions that allow visitors to experience the mission of National Geographic in a unique and highly educational setting. Each year, the museum presents exhibitions and programs that expand on National Geographic content and extend the life of the stories that we tell not only in Washington, but in Museums around the country and around the world.The National Geographic Museum welcomed 165,000 visitors in 2012 including 30,000 students and school groups, an approximate 30% increase in attendance over 2011. The Museum also launched new programmatic activities in 2012 that provided for extended experiences including the showing of National Geographic 3D films on the weekends and additional programs featuring curators and content specialists. The audience for the museum includes local residents, national and international tourists, military personnel, congressional members and staff, the diplomatic community, school groups and students from around the region and beyond. Many of the exhibitions that originate at the National Geographic Museum are then offered to other museums around the U.S. and internationally so the audiences continue to grow for these projects even after they close in Washington. Highlights from the 2012 year are listed below.SAMURAI: THE WARRIOR TRANSFORMED March 7 July 8, 2012In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Japan's gift of cherry trees to Washington, D.C., the museum mounted an exhibition that offered a new look at samurai military tradition and their role as diplomats and cultural ambassadors during Japan's modernization. The exhibition traced the history of the Samurai, their role in U.S.-Japanese relations, and their enduring legacy. Artifacts featured included swords presented to Ulysses S. Grant and elaborate suits of armor given to Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt. Illustrations and photographs showed the role Samurai played in relations between the United States and Japan, from the first delegation to visit in 1860. A gallery of photographs by Eliza Scidmore included 27 hand-colored published and unpublished photographs from the National Geographic archives of Scidmore's travels to Japan in the early 1900s. These photographs reflected Scidmore's fascination with Japanese people and culture. The first woman to serve on the board of the National Geographic Society, Scidmore played a vital role in the original gift of the cherry trees in 1912.TITANIC: 100 YEAR OBSESSION March 28 September 9, 2012 As a part of a Society-wide effort to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the museum mounted this highly popular and engaging exhibition which featured information on the legendary ship, its dramatic sinking, and the extensive research and exploration done on this important wreck over the past century. The exhibition featured the role of National Geographic in documenting much of this research, including the work of Dr. Robert Ballard, who was on the team that discovered the wreck site in 1985, as well as James Cameron, who has devoted many years to researching the site and producing fascinating media that has made the science of exploring the wreck accessible to millions. The exhibition was visited by almost 100,000 people and served as a wonderful platform for events and public programs associated with this major Society initiative. 1001 INVENTIONS: DISCOVER THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUSLIM CIVILIZATION. August 3, 2012 February 3, 2013 Named "Best Touring Exhibition of the Year" at the Museums and Heritage Excellence Awards, this traveling exhibition featured over a thousand years of advances in science and technology that have had a huge but little known impact on the modern world. - From the 7th to 17th centuries, Muslim Civilization stretched from southern Spain to China. Scholars of many faiths built on the ancient knowledge of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Persians and others, making breakthroughs that paved the way for the Renaissance. Through interactive displays, this exhibition presented basic science principles in such fields as optics, time-keeping, hydraulics, navigation, architecture, and math. Many wonderful public programs and special events were developed with this exhibition including a family day on September 8 that received over 4,000 visitors. The exhibition in Washington was supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, GEICO, The Sultan Quaboos Cultural Center and the D.C. Arts and Humanities Collaborative. BIRDS OF PARADISE: AMAZING AVIAN EVOLUTION November 1, 2012 May 12, 2013 This highly interactive and beautiful traveling exhibition was designed and created by the NG Museum and premiered on November 1. The exhibition features the results of 8 years of research and exploration by NG wildlife photographer Tim Laman and Ornithologist Ed Scholes. Together, they mounted over 18 expeditions to New Guinea, becoming the first to document all 39 Bird of Paradise species. This fascinating project, funded by National Geographic and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, was covered across the Society, including the Magazine and Books. The exhibition featured stunning photography, film footage, and a series of interactive experiences that convey the scientific content in creative and engaging ways. The exhibition attracted over 75,000 people and will travel throughout the U.S. for the next 4 years. DESERT AIR: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF GEORGE STEINMETZ. August 30, 2012 January 19, 2013 This exhibition featured an impressive body of work by the prolific and award winning National Geographic photographer, George Steinmetz. Inspired by a 1997 assignment covering the Central Sahara, Steinmetz devoted the next 15 years to documenting the world's most remote and inhospitable desert landscapes. This work was collected in a book released in fall of 2012 and 40 of these photographs appeared in this exhibition along with an interesting selection of video and interactives. The motorized paraglider used by Steinmetz to capture many of the aerial images was a popular feature. This exhibition traveled to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in 2013.TRAVELING EXHIBITIONSNational Geographic traveling exhibitions were hosted by venues around the world in 2012. Photography shows included, among others, Ocean Soul: Photographs by Brian Skerry which was exhibited at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Mystic Aquarium and the Aquarium of the Pacific. International exhibitions of NG Photography were organized in Italy, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Mexico and Mongolia. Larger traveling exhibition collaboration included Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology, which was exhibited at the Valencia Science Museum in Spain; Crittercam: The World Through Animal Eyes, which was exhibited at the Discovery Science Center in Charlotte N.C., Real Pirates at the Minnesota Science Center and the Milwaukee Public Museum, and Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the Melbourne Museum in Australia. | |
| 8513491 | EXPLORER PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVESEXPLORERS SYMPOSIUMThe Explorers Symposium is an annual event that convenes National Geographic's explorers (Emerging Explorers, Explorers-in-Residence, National Geographic Fellows, and Grantees) from around the globe to participate in a week full of events, including a two-day symposium, that brings the excitement of the field to audiences at the National Geographic Society Headquarters. In 2012, the two days of panel discussions covered topics ranging from cultural geography to nature's resilience to new technology for exploration. The 2012 Explorers Symposium and related events took place the week of June 11 - 15. National Geographic introduced its new class of Emerging Explorers at the Symposium; these 15 individuals were recognized for their significant contributions to world knowledge through exploration at an early stage in their careers.EXPLORER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMThe Exp1orers-in-Residence Program was created to enhance National Geographic's long-standing relationship with some of the world's preeminent explorers and scientists. With the support of the National Geographic Society, explorers-in-residence develop programs and carry out fieldwork in their respective areas of study. National Geographic explorers' groundbreaking discoveries fuel the kind of critical information, conservation initiatives, and compelling stories that are the hallmark of the National Geographic Society. 2012 Explorers-in-Residence:Robert Ballard, Ocean ExplorerRobert Ballard is best known for his historic discovery of the sunken R.M.S. Titanic and hydrothermal vents in the Galapagos Rift. He has conducted more than 125 deep-sea expeditions using the latest in exploration technology. He pioneered distance learning with the JASON Project, an award-winning educational program that has reached millions of students and teachers. He has received prestigious awards from the Explorers Club and the National Geographic Society -- the Explorers Medal and the Hubbard Medal, respectively -- as well as the Lindbergh Award. In 2003 President George W. Bush presented him with the National Endowment for the Humanities Medal. Ballard is president of the Institute for Exploration, Scientist Emeritus of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, president of the Ocean Exploration Trust, and director for the Center for Ocean Exploration at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. James Cameron, Filmmaker/InventorJames Cameron made history by completing the first-ever, single-pilot dive to the Challenger Deep, the deepest place on the planet. The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible, which was designed and engineered by Cameron and his team, achieved 35,756 feet (6.77 miles/10.89 km) during the first manned scientific exploration of the deepest point in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. Cameron has written, produced, and directed a number of award-winning films that have blazed new trails in visual effects and set numerous box office records, including "Avatar" and "Titanic," the two highest-grossing films in history. Two of Cameron's passions -- filmmaking and diving -- blended in his work on the movies "The Abyss" and "Titanic." The latter required him to make 12 dives to the wreck itself, two-and-a-half miles down in the North Atlantic. Cameron has led eight marine expeditions, including a forensic study of the Bismarck wreck site and 3-D imaging of deep hydrothermal vent sites along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the East Pacific Rise, and the Sea of Cortez. He has made more than 80 deep submersible dives, 51 of them in Russian Mir submersibles, to depths of up to 16,000 feet, including 33 to the Titanic. The DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition was the result of a more-than-seven-year engineering effort by Cameron and his team. Wade Davis, Anthropologist/EthnobotanistWade Davis holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. He is the author of 17 bestselling books, including "The Serpent and the Rainbow" (1986), "One River" (1996), "The Wayfinders" (2009) and "Into the Silence" (2011). In 2009 he received the Gold Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for his contributions to anthropology and conservation, and he was the 2011 recipient of the Explorers Medal, the highest award of the Explorers Club. In 2012 he received the David Fairchild Medal, the most prestigious award for botanical exploration.Jared Diamond, GeographerJared Diamond is professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" and the widely acclaimed "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies," which won him a Pulitzer Prize as well as Britain's 1998 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize. Diamond is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (Genius Award); research prizes and grants from the American Physiological Society, National Geographic Society and Zoological Society of San Diego; and many teaching awards and endowed public lectureships. In addition, he has been elected a member of all three of the leading national scientific/academic honorary societies -- National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Philosophical Society. Diamond's field experience includes 24 expeditions to New Guinea and neighboring islands to study the ecology and evolution of birds, and other field projects in North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. As a conservationist, he devised a comprehensive plan, almost all of which was implemented, for Indonesian New Guinea's national park system. He is a founding member of the board of the Society of Conservation Biology and a member of the board of directors of World Wildlife Fund U.S. and Conservation International.Sylvia Earle, OceanographerSylvia Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with more than 40 years of underwater field research. Earle is the former chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She founded three marine technology companies and served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, commissions and panels. Presently, she serves as one of the founders of Mission Blue and the Sylvia Earle Alliance and is Council Chair for the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. She has authored more than 175 publications and received more than 100 national and international honors, including 21 honorary doctorates, the 2011 Patrons Medal from the Royal Geographic Society and the 2009 TED Prize aimed at developing networks of "Hope Spots" to protect and restore health to the "blue heart of the planet."J. Michael Fay, ConservationistMike Fay has spent his life as a naturalist and conservationist -- from the Sierra Nevadas and the Maine woods as a boy, in Alaska and Central America during college, then three decades in Africa and back to the rain forests of North America. After college Fay headed to Tunisia and the savannas of the Central African Republic to do botanical studies, but was drawn into a battle to save elephants. He joined the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1984 to do his Ph.D. on the western lowland gorilla and ended up creating and managing 2 million acres of forest parks in the Central African Republic and Congo. In 1997 Fay walked the Megatransect, a 2,000-mile trek through the wildest forests remaining in central Africa. This work led to a historic initiative by the Gabonese government to create a system of 13 national parks in Gabon, covering 11,000 square miles. In 2004 Fay completed the Megaflyover, an eight-month aerial survey of the entire African continent. This work led to the discovery in Sudan of over a million antelope. In 2008 Fay spent 333 days walking the entire range of the redwood tree. In 2010 Fay returned to Gabon to help implement Gabon Green, a development strategy to fight poaching, illegal logging and fishing. His latest project is to fly northern Canada in a floatplane to look at what he is calling Gigadevelopment. Fay has worked for the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Bronx since 1991. | 2114577 | |
| EXPLORER PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, cont.Dereck and Beverly Joubert, Filmmakers/ConservationistsDereck and Beverly Joubert are award-winning filmmakers from Botswana, whose mission is to conserve and understand the big cats of Africa. They are the founders of the Big Cats Initiative (BCI) with National Geographic. BCI has over 20 projects in seven countries and has become a major force in conservation of big cats, as well as placing the plight of these cats in the spotlight. This last year they added a sixth Emmy and a Lifetime Achievement award in Japan to their list that includes a Peabody, Pandas for best films, and just about every award in the documentary film business. They have been filming, researching and exploring in Africa for over 30 years. They have made 25 films for National Geographic in that time, 11 books, half a dozen scientific papers and many articles for National Geographic magazine. They have been awarded the World Ecology Award and been inducted into the American Academy of Achievement. They were recently given the Presidential Order of Meritorious Service by the president of Botswana. In 2011, "The Last Lions," distributed by National Geographic Entertainment, won best theatrical film at the Jackson Hole film festival and is considered to have reached 350 million people. Additionally, they have had photographic exhibitions around the world to raise awareness for big cats. Filmmaking for the Jouberts has always been a way to bring the message of conservation to audiences, but they are also very hands on. They have been active in anti-poaching work, reintroducing rhinos and big cats into the wild. More recently, Dereck became CEO of Great Plains Conservation, a company formed to bring together conservation, communities and conservation tourism and to fund large tracts of land that today total about 1.8 million acres in Africa. Their efforts, as filmakers, with BCI and with Great Plains, coincide with one aim: to save the wild places of Africa and to protect the wild creatures that depend on them.Meave and Louise Leakey, PaleontologistsPaleontologists and mother-daughter team Meave and Louise Leakey have made significant contributions to our understanding of human origins, continuing a family legacy of ancient fossil discoveries in East Africa. Meave and Louise are currently developing a field-based interdisciplinary research institute with stations to the east and west of Lake Turkana. This will facilitate field research, provide training and research opportunities, and bring employment and also development benefits to local communities. Their ongoing National Geographic-sponsored annual expeditions to this area continue to recover important hominid and faunal remains. In 1994 field work at Kanapoi to the southwest of Lake Turkana yielded some of the earliest hominids known, dated at more than 4 million years. In 1999 Meave and Louise uncovered a 3.5-million-year-old skull believed to belong to a new branch of early human named Kenyanthropus platyops. This remarkable discovery, announced in the journal Nature, has profound implications in understanding the origins of mankind. More recently, discoveries have shown that Homo habilis and Homo erectus co-existed in the Turkana Basin for close to half a million years, making it unlikely that habilis gave rise to erectus as was previously thought.Johan Reinhard, AnthropologistJohan Reinhard began his archaeological research during the 1960s, participating in underwater archaeology projects in Italy. His cultural anthropological field research began in the late 1960s in Nepal, where his studies over 10 years included shamanism, sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism and culture change among one of the world's last nomadic hunting and gathering tribes. His work in the Andes has focused on sacred landscape beliefs among mountain peoples, including investigations of Inca ceremonial sites on mountain summits, the Nazca Lines and the ancient ceremonial centers of Machu Picchu, Chavin and Tiahuanaco. He has participated in underwater archaeological investigations in Mexico, Austria, Kyrgyzstan and several Andean countries, including directing the first underwater archaeological project in Lake Titicaca in 1987-92. In later research he recovered Inca frozen mummies on mountains in Peru and Argentina, discoveries chosen by Time magazine as among the world's 10 most important scientific discoveries of 1995 and 1999. Museums have been built in three Andean countries to conserve and exhibit the archaeological finds made during his expeditions to over 100 Andean peaks. Reinhard has authored more than 70 publications, including six books, and his research has been featured in a number of TV documentaries. His work has been distinguished with several awards, including the Rolex Award for Enterprise, the Puma de Oro (Bolivia's highest award in the field of archaeology) and the Explorers Medal of the Explorers Club. Outside magazine selected him as one of today's 25 most extraordinary explorers, and the Ford Motor Company named him as one of the "Heroes for the Planet."Enric Sala, Marine EcologistEnric Sala leads National Geographic's Pristine Seas, an exploration, research and conservation project to find, survey and help protect the last healthy, undisturbed places in the ocean. The project's biggest accomplishment in 2011 was working with Oceana-Chile and the Chilean government to declare the 150,000-square-kilometer Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park. In the spring of 2012 Sala led a Pristine Seas expedition to the Pitcairn Islands. Armed with new scientific data, he hopes to not only raise awareness of the global importance of the archipelago but also inspire the Pitcairn islanders and U.K. government to create the largest no-take marine reserve of the world. His numerous scientific publications are widely recognized and used for conservation efforts such as the creation of marine reserves. Sala is a 2005 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, a 2006 Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, a 2007 National Geographic Emerging Explorer and a 2008 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum in Davos.Paul Sereno, Paleontologist Paul Sereno, a professor at the University of Chicago, works with students, technicians and artists in his Fossil Lab, bringing to life fossils unearthed from sites around the world. Sereno's field work began in the foothills of the Andes in Argentina, where he discovered the first dinosaurs to roam the Earth some 230 million years ago. Other expeditions have explored Africa's Sahara, Asia's Gobi Desert, India's Thar Desert and remote valleys in Tibet. With a menagerie of spectacular dinosaurs to his credit, he has also resurrected the 40-foot-long dinosaur-eater SuperCroc. Sereno's latest discovery, a human burial site in the Sahara predating the Egyptian pyramids, provides a snapshot of life in a once "green" Sahara. Featured in National Geographic magazine and many documentaries, Sereno was named Teacher of the Year (1993) by the Chicago Tribune and was awarded the University Medal for Excellence from Columbia University (1999). With wife Gabrielle Lyon, he co-founded Project Exploration, a novel science organization that recruits future scientists among urban youth. That effort earned him the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring from the White House (2009).Spencer Wells, GeneticistSpencer Wells is a geneticist, anthropologist and author who has dedicated much of his career to studying humankind's family tree and closing the gaps in our knowledge of human migration. He leads the Genographic Project at National Geographic, which is collecting and analyzing hundreds of thousands of DNA samples from people around the world in order to decipher how our ancestors populated the planet. Wells received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and conducted postdoctoral work at Stanford and Oxford. He has appeared in numerous documentary films and is the author of three books, "The Journey of Man," "Deep Ancestry" and "Pandora's Seed." He is the recipient of numerous scientific awards, grants and fellowships, including the 2007 Kistler Prize for accomplishment in the field of genetics, and was recently appointed Frank H.T. Rhodes Visiting Professor at Cornell University. | |||
| EXPLORER PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, cont.FELLOWS PROGRAMThe Fellows Program was created to encourage the flow of ideas between National Geographic and field experts. Fellows provide expert consultation on National Geographic projects, education and outreach, and environmental and public policy. They represent a variety of professions and work with the program for a limited amount of time.2012 Fellows:Gregory Anderson, LinguistGregory D. S. Anderson directs the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the documentation, revitalization, and maintenance of endangered languages. He has published widely in the fields of historical linguistics, descriptive grammar, morphology, verb typology, and the linguistics of Munda, Chile, Turkic, Burushaski, Salishan, Tibeto-Burman, and Ogonoid languages. Anderson leads the scientific research for the Enduring Voices Project at National Geographic.Dan Buettner, AuthorDan Buettner is an internationally recognized researcher, explorer and New York Times bestselling author. His National Geographic cover story on longevity, "The Secrets of Living Longer," was one of the magazine's top-selling issues ever and made him a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Buettner's books, "The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest" (2008) and "Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way" (2010), appeared on many bestseller lists. Buettner founded Blue Zones, a company that puts the world's best practices in longevity and well-being to work in people's lives. Its community well-being strategy focuses on optimizing the health environment instead of individual behavior change. Buettner also holds three world records in distance cycling and has won an Emmy Award for television production.Jason Clay, Food and Agriculture FellowJason Clay is the World Wildlife Fund U.S.'s senior vice president for Market Transformation. Manager of WWF's private sector advisory board, Clay is the architect of the WWF's private sector engagement strategy for commodities and supply chain management issues. He is a thought leader in the NGO community about global trends, supply chain management issues, partnering and convening multi-stakeholder groups to work together on pre-competitive issues. He is a globally recognized expert on certification and food production. He created one of the world's first ecolabels and helped develop standards for more than a dozen commodities through multi-stakeholder processes that reduce the impacts of production. Over the course of his career, Clay has run a family farm, taught at Harvard and Yale, worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, helped create hundreds of products such as Rainforest Crunch with Ben & Jerry's and spent more than 30 years working with environmental and human rights organizations. Clay studied at Harvard and London School of Economics and received his Ph.D. in anthropology at Cornell University. He founded the award-winning Cultural Survival Quarterly and is the author of more than 300 articles and 15 books.John Francis, ConservationistJohn H. Francis was in his 20s when the effects of a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay inspired him to make a deeper, more personal commitment to the environment. As an affirmation of his responsibility to our planet, he chose to stop using motorized vehicles and began walking wherever he went. A few months later he took a vow of silence that would last 17 years. In 2008 National Geographic published Francis's memoir "Planetwalker: 22 Years of Walking; 17 Years of Silence." He walked across the Pacific Northwest, crossed the Sierra and Rocky Mountains and traversed America from coast to coast. Along the way -- and without a word -- he earned undergraduate and master's degrees in science and environmental studies and a Ph.D. in land resources. In an effort to share his insights with others, Francis founded Planetwalk, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to raising environmental consciousness and promoting Earth stewardship. In 2011 National Geographic published his most recent book, "The Ragged Edge of Silence: Finding Peace in a Noisy World." He is currently a visiting professor at the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Sean Gerrity, ConservationistSean Gerrity is president of American Prairie Reserve (APR), an organization he has led since its founding in 2002. APR's bold vision is to create the largest wildlife complex ever assembled in the continental United States, a vast grassland landscape spanning 5,000 square miles in northeastern Montana. Featured in the National Geographic film "American Serengeti," APR is growing through a unique model that uses private land to leverage public land, resulting in a new national treasure that is both open to the public and privately funded. Gerrity hopes to inspire others around the globe to use similarly creative 21st-century solutions for our world's conservation challenges. Prior to joining APR, Sean co-founded Catalyst Consulting, a Santa Cruz, Calif.-based firm specializing in organizational alignment, strategy development and implementation for the business world.K. David Harrison, LinguistK. David Harrison is associate professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College and co-leads the Enduring Voices Project at National Geographic. He received his doctorate from Yale University. As a linguist and specialist in Siberian Turkic languages, he has spent extended periods in Siberia and Mongolia working with nomadic herders and studying their languages and cultural traditions. He has also worked in India, the Philippines, Lithuania, Paraguay and the United States with speakers of endangered languages. Harrison's work includes not only scientific descriptions of languages but also storybooks, translations and digital archives for use by the native speaker communities. Harrison is widely recognized and consulted as a leading spokesman for endangered languages, making frequent appearances before public audiences and in media such as NPR, BBC, "Good Morning America" and "The Colbert Report." He co-stars in the Sundance documentary film "The Linguists" (www.thelinguists.com), which documents him and fellow linguist Greg Anderson traveling around the world to interview last speakers of nearly extinct tongues. His latest book, "The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages," was published in 2010 by National Geographic.Fredrik Hiebert, ArchaeologistFredrik Hiebert, archaeologist and explorer, investigates regions across the world to shed light on archaeological hotspot zones -- places where ancient cultures are quickly disappearing. To this end, he has excavated 4,000-year-old Silk Road cities from Turkey to Uzbekistan. He has conducted underwater archaeology projects in highland Asia and in South America's highest lakes and has partnered with Robert Ballard in the Black Sea search for submerged settlements. His work with National Geographic traveling exhibitions has allowed millions to learn about these regions. These exhibitions include "Hidden Treasures of Afghanistan," "Ancient Seafaring" and "Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology" currently touring in Europe. Hiebert was educated at University of Michigan and Harvard University, and among other honors, he received the Chairman's Award from the National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration in 1998. Hiebert held the Robert H. Dyson Chair of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania before joining National Geographic in 2003.Zeb Hogan, Ecologist/PhotographerZeb Hogan is an assistant research professor at the University of Nevada-Reno and the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species Scientific Councilor for Fish. Hogan also hosts the National Geographic Television series "Monster Fish." His research focuses on migratory fish ecology, multi-species fisheries management, the status and conservation of giant freshwater fish, endangered species issues, and conservation genetics. Hogan leads the Megafishes Project, a multi-year effort to document the 20-some species of freshwater fish at least 6.5 feet (2 meters) in length or 220 pounds (100 kilograms) in weight. In addition to his work on Mekong River fish species, Hogan has been involved with conservation projects on the Colorado River and in Mongolia. | |||
| EXPLORER PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, cont.2012 National Geographic Fellows, cont.Corey Jaskolski, Engineer and InventorCorey Jaskolski grew up fascinated with imaging and how technology can help take it to new frontiers. He has degrees in mathematics, physics and electrical/computer engineering. While attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jaskolski was the DuPont Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Fellow as well as the Shell Ocean Engineering Fellow. Jaskolski is currently working on technologies such as color night vision imaging, underwater spherical gigapixel imaging (recently capturing the world's highest-resolution underwater image in Hoyo Negro) and 3-D scanning camera traps. Jaskolski also runs Hydro Technologies, a company focused on developing technologies to help prevent subsea oil leaks. When not working on new technologies, Jaskolski spends his time backpacking, climbing 14ers (Colorado's highest mountains), competing in triathlons at the national level or working on a robotic telescope system in his backyard. He is excited to use his technical capabilities to see the world in a unique way, help tell the stories that really matter and encourage people to care about our planet.Mattias Klum, Photographer/FilmmakerMattias Klum, photographer and filmmaker, specializes in portraying and interpreting threatened environments, species, and cultures. Among other awards, his advocacy on behalf of biodiversity earned him a medal from the King of Sweden and designation as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2010 he was named Senior Fellow of the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Today, Klum is increasingly involved in establishing multidisciplinary platforms and awareness campaigns with globally recognized network organizations to support key environmental, sustainability, and humanitarian initiatives. He also released two films in 2011: "The Testament of Tebaran," a Penan elder's plea to end deforestation in Borneo, and "The Coral Eden," which highlights the importance of a functional marine ecosystem from one of Earth's last untouched coral reef havens. Other ongoing projects include the Baltic Sea Media Project, a 10-year initiative to help restore the Baltic Sea; and Expedition Sweden, a long-term program designed to inspire and motivate more businesses, youth, and communities throughout Sweden to take an active interest in our environment. Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey, Filmmaker/Anthropologist Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey is the first Polynesian in the National Geographic Society's Explorers Program. An award-winning filmmaker and anthropologist, Lindsey is the co-executive producer and creator of a television project for PBS. She currently works with United Nations Ambassadors on behalf of environmental refugees. She is Founder and CEO of Mapping the Human Story. Thomas E. Lovejoy, Tropical and Conservation BiologistDr. Thomas E. Lovejoy directed the World Wildlife Fund-US program from 1973 to 1987 and was responsible for its scientific, Western Hemisphere, and tropical forest orientation. He is generally credited with having brought the tropical forest problem to the fore as a public issue, and is one of the main protagonists for the science and conservation of biological diversity. Lovejoy is the founder of the public television series Nature, and for many years he served as principal advisor to the series. A tropical biologist and conservation biologist, he has worked in the Amazon of Brazil since 1965. In 1998, Brazil awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of Scientific Merit. In April 2001, he received the John & Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. He serves on numerous scientific and conservation boards and advisory groups, including: the New York Botanical Garden, Committee for the National Institute for the Environment, Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Wildlife Preservation Trust, Resources for the Future, and Woods Hole Research Center. He is chairman of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Linnaean Society of London, and the American Ornithologists' Union.Sandra Postel, Freshwater ConservationistSandra Postel directs the independent Global Water Policy Project and lectures, writes and consults on international water issues. She also serves as lead water expert for National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative. Postel is the author of several acclaimed books, including "Last Oasis," which appears in eight languages and was the basis for a 1997 PBS documentary, and is co-author with Brian Richter of "Rivers for Life." Her essay "Troubled Waters" was selected for Best American Science and Nature Writing. From 2000 to 2008 Postel served as visiting senior lecturer at Mount Holyoke College, and later in that term, as director of the college's Center for the Environment. Postel is a Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment, and in 2002 was named one of the "Scientific American 50" for her contributions to water policy.Chris Rainier, PhotographerChris Rainier has spent his career documenting endangered cultures and traditional language loss. He received the Lowell Thomas Award from the Explorers Club for his efforts on cultural preservation in 2002 and has recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society of Great Britain. He has led documentation projects of indigenous groups, which include extensive expeditions in Australia, Africa, Asia and South America. Furthermore, he has travelled to all seven continents, and the North and South Pole. He documented the remaining tribes of New Guinea for 10 years in the 1990s. During his tenure for the National Geographic Society, he co-founded and is co-director of the Enduring Voices Language Preservation Project. He also co-founded the All Roads Photography Program, which gives support to indigenous groups desiring to use the power of photography to tell stories. He is currently director of the Last Mile Technology Project that brings solar power, internet, media training and technology to under-represented cultures wanting to come online and use the power of the internet to help preserve their way of life.Reza, Photographer/HumanitarianReza, one of the best-known photojournalists today, has captured the beauty and turmoil of most places in the world for magazines such as National Geographic, Newsweek, Time and GEO. From 1989 to 1990 he was a consultant to the United Nations humanitarian program in Afghanistan. By organizing training in the universal language of images, Reza aims to empower individuals, with a specific focus on women and children. Since 1991 he has been a photographer for National Geographic Magazine. He also founded AINA, a nonprofit NGO for the development of independent media and cultural expression in Afghanistan. Reza is the author of 22 books, and his work has been shown all over the world. He has been honored with the Chevalier de l'Ordre du Merite, the Lucie Award for Achievement in Documentary, the Infinity Award for Journalism at the International Center of Photography, an honorary doctorate from the American University of Paris, and the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism's Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism "in recognition of his lifelong contributions, through brilliant photojournalism, to justice, and dignity for the world's citizens."Paul Salopek, WriterPaul Salopek has lived and worked in the developing world for most of his life. For the past 18 years he has been a foreign correspondent in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Central Asia, where he writes frequently about war. His work has won most of the major print journalism awards in the United States, including two Pulitzer Prizes, the George Polk Award, the National Press Club Award, the Overseas Press Club Award and the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage in Journalism, as well as fellowships at Harvard and Princeton universities. His articles have appeared in National Geographic, the Chicago Tribune, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The American Scholar and Conservation Magazine, among other publications. The Best American Travel Writing series has twice anthologized his stories. He is currently at work on his first book, "The Mule Diaries," about a yearlong saddle trip through Mexico. Salopek earned a B.A. in environmental biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is married to the visual artist Linda Lynch. | |||
| EXPLORER PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, cont.2012 National Geographic Fellows, cont.Joel Sartore, Photographer and ConservationistJoel Sartore is a conservationist, National Geographic contributing photographer, author and speaker. In more than two decades on assignment for National Geographic magazine, he has focused on endangered species and environmental issues. His most recent story, on koala rescue efforts, is featured in the May 2012 issue. Sartore is currently working on a multi-year personal effort to document life on Earth in studio portraits, called The Biodiversity Project. He has photographed more than 2,000 species to date, with the eventual goal of photographing all 6,000 species represented in American zoos. Sartore serves on the board of Defenders of Wildlife, is a co-founder of the Grassland Foundation and is a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers. He has received multiple awards for his photography from the North American Nature Photography Association, the Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, Pictures of the Year International competition and Communication Arts. Barton Seaver, Chef and ConservationistBarton Seaver, chef and author, hopes to restore our relationships with the ocean, the land, and with each other -- through dinner. He believes food is a crucial way for us to connect with the ecosystems, people, and cultures of our world. Seaver explores these themes through healthful, planet-friendly recipes in "For Cod and Country," and as host of both the National Geographic Web series "Cook-Wise" and the three-part Ovation TV series "In Search of Food." A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and executive chef at some of Washington, D.C.'s most celebrated restaurants, Seaver is known for his devotion to quality, culinary innovation, and sustainability. In 2008 he was honored as a "Seafood Champion" by Seafood Choices Alliance and as "Rising Culinary Star of the Year" by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. In 2009 Esquire magazine named him "Chef of the Year." Maurizio Seracini, Cultural Heritage EngineerMaurizio Seracini is Director of Calit2's Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3) and an adjunct professor in structural engineering at UCSD. Seracini is a pioneer in the use of multispectral imaging and analytical diagnostics as applied to works of art and structures. He is leading the project to locate the "Battle of Anghiari", a mural by Leonardo da Vinci in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio which disappeared 450 years ago when the building's Great Hall was renovated. Seracini joined Calit2 at UC San Diego in 2006, more than 30 years after receiving his undergraduate degree in bioengineering from the same university. He holds a Laurea in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padua and in 2009 he received a Doctor of Letters Honorary Degree from McMaster University.Jon Waterhouse, Environmental StewardJon Waterhouse is the creator and leader of the Healing Journey, a global canoe expedition he began in 2007 when asked by tribal leaders concerned over the health of their watershed to "go out and take the pulse of our river," the Yukon. Now paddling the rivers of the world, Waterhouse inspires cultural connections through environmental stewardship while gathering a clearer understanding of rivers through the help of the indigenous people who live and rely on them. Collecting modern environmental science data while hearing the oral histories of these rivers as told by generations of river residents is key to Waterhouse's success. He and friend Planetwalker John Francis are developing a global adventure curriculum for K-12 and university to engage future generations in these journeys. In 2010 Waterhouse was appointed by President Obama to the 15-member Joint Public Advisory Committee as an adviser to leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States on environmental challenges. He serves on the board of the Alaska Sudan Medical Project and acts as community development director, building primary medical care facilities and creating access to clean water in the most remote areas of South Sudan. EMERGING EXPLORERS PROGRAMLike the kindred Explorer-in-Residence Program, the Emerging Explorers Program spotlights uniquely gifted, inspiring, visionary individuals, who are on the early side of their careers, before their names and work are known worldwide. As a leading scientific and research nonprofit organization, the Society is uniquely positioned to provide grant support and field opportunities for the next generation of explorers in the tradition of Jacques Cousteau, Dian Fossey and the Leakey family.2012 Emerging Explorers:Amber Case, Cyborg AnthropologistCyborg anthropology is a framework for understanding the effects of objects and technology on culture. Cyborg anthropologist Amber Case studies the interaction between humans and computers and how our relationship with information is changing the way we think, act and understand our world. She believes that how we interact with machines and technology in many ways defines who we are. She has observed an increasingly symbiotic relationship between people and technology, and she feels that today's technologies amplify our humanness. Her research in mobile software and data visualization has helped influence business strategy and productivity for people online. Her insights are shaping new products, the way tech insiders think, and ideas that will make technology a more empowering, rather than frustrating, part of daily life. She is the founder of Geoloqi, a company building cutting-edge, location-based technologies for mobile phones. Lucy Cooke, Digital Storyteller and ZoologistDigital storyteller and zoologist Lucy Cooke is on a one-woman crusade to champion ugly, unappreciated and unloved creatures and show why they deserve our attention, study and protection. Through her popular and quirky blogs, online videos, films and TV programs, she reaches a wide audience, spreading her conservation message that if we only care for "cute" and best-loved species, other enormously crucial parts of the web of life could vanish forever. Frogs top her underdog list. Over a third of all amphibians are heading for oblivion. It's the worst extinction crisis since the dinosaurs were wiped out and one that will reverberate through the entire food chain, but they don't grab headlines like pandas or polar bears. Cooke hopes to inspire people to share her sense of wonder, amazement and love of nature's freaks. "Once you understand why they're ugly or odd, I hope you'll appreciate and want to save them as much as I do," she says.Iain Couzin, Behavioral EcologistBehavioral ecologist Iain Couzin (Ph.D.) is assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton. His work aims to reveal the fundamental principles that underlie collective behavior. His research, which includes the study of a wide range of biological systems, from schools of fish to human crowds, explores how large-scale biological patterns result from interactions of the individual components of a system. Through his work on insect swarm behavior, he is improving understanding of how people, animals and even diseases manage to accomplish things in groups that they never could as individuals. He blends fieldwork, lab experiments, computer simulations and complex mathematical models to test theories of why cells, animals and humans organize and work together. "Scientists are realizing how important it is to gain knowledge about group dynamics. Sometimes nature surprises us with solutions more elegant than anything we could imagine," he says.Guillermo de Anda, Underwater ArchaeologistUnderwater archaeologist Guillermo de Anda (Ph.D.), a professor and researcher at the Autonomous University of Yucatan, specializes in skeletal anthropology. He dives into remote, flooded caves and cenotes (sinkholes) in Mexico, searching for ancient Maya settlements. He spent five years combing the 450-year-old records of Spanish Inquisition trials, uncovering testimony that a series of caves he has explored may be where the Maya tried to depict their legendary pathway into the underworld. Archaeologists have long known the Maya regarded caves as sacred and that they built structures in some of them. But de Anda's team used the Inquisition trial records to locate and connect a series of sacred caves and link them to the concept of the Maya road to the underworld and a millenary ritual tradition. In the caves he has found human bones, elaborate construction projects, altars, murals, submerged temples and pyramids -- and a massive, perfectly paved road stretching more than 100 meters into a watery abyss. | |||
| EXPLORER PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, cont.2012 Emerging Explorers, cont.Yu-Guo Guo, ChemistChemist Yu-Guo Guo (Ph.D.) has invented advanced nanostructures that could transform electric-car batteries, allowing them to deliver more power at less cost. Currently battery packs account for much of the cost of electric cars. For Guo, a professor of chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, the crucial innovation was a better way to use lithium iron phosphate, a material favored by automakers because its stable chemistry makes it safe for use in large electric-vehicle battery packs. The nanostructures he has invented let electrons reach every lithium storage particle, enabling a more efficient flow of electric current and a far more powerful result. This new high-power technology means batteries can be fully charged in just a few minutes, as quickly and as easily as filling up with gas. These advanced batteries recover more energy when cars stop, deliver more power when cars start and allow vehicles to run longer.Osvel Hinojosa Huerta, ConservationistConservationist Osvel Hinojosa Huerta (Ph.D.) has been leading efforts to restore the Colorado River Delta in Mexico, including the implementation of strategies to restore river flows and re-create crucial wetland areas so that wildlife and local economies can flourish again. A century ago, this million-acre delta teemed with dense willow, cottonwood and mesquite forests, green lagoons and marshes, and thousands of water birds. Just one generation of damming brought the river to a halt, and today 80 percent of the wetland areas have been lost, replaced with bare soil and hypersaline mudflats. Invasive species choke out native plants, migratory bird populations have declined and the river no longer reaches the sea most of the year. Hinojosa Huerta works with local communities and environmental groups to reclaim and restore delta wetlands and reconnect the river with the Gulf of California, by allocating water for nature and planting native vegetation, resulting in the recovery of environmental services and the return of wildlife.Barrington Irving, Pilot and EducatorJamaican-born pilot and educator Barrington Irving's mission is to inspire young people to identify and pursue their dreams through dynamic educational programs designed to build math, science, reading and problem-solving skills through the world of aviation. Raised in Miami's inner city, surrounded by crime and poverty, he beat the odds to become the youngest person and first black pilot to fly solo around the world -- in a plane built from individual components that he asked manufacturers to donate. He made his historic 97-day flight -- and founded an educational nonprofit -- before the age of 23. He then graduated magna cum laude from an aeronautics science program. His nonprofit, Experience Aviation, aims to boost the number of youth in aviation and other science- and math-related careers. His next endeavor will transform a jet into the world's first flying classroom that will circle the globe sharing science, technology, engineering, math, geography, culture and history: education from 45,000 feet. Krithi Karanth, Conservation BiologistConservation biologist Krithi Karanth (Ph.D.) is a Ramanujan Fellow and executive director at the Centre for Wildlife Studies (India) and adjunct faculty at Duke University (U.S.), with an interest in human dimensions of conservation, species extinctions, impacts of wildlife tourism and resettlement of people in one of the world's most populous countries: India. She studies human-environment interactions, focusing on protected areas and their relationship to people living around them. Her current research examines human-wildlife conflicts, land use change and species occurrence outside several Indian protected areas. Endangered wildlife is being ousted from its habitat and, in turn, is decimating crops of impoverished villagers. Karanth is involved in surveys and mapping of landscapes and populations that will be crucial to protection for parks, encouraging cultural tolerance for wildlife and compensating people suffering from conflict with animals. She involves "citizen scientists" to interview villagers and collect data, which gives them an appreciation for the challenges of conservation.Patrick Meier, Crisis MapperPatrick Meier (Ph.D.) pioneers the lifesaving new field of crisis mapping and makes it available, accessible and free to humanitarian organizations and volunteers across the globe. As director of crisis mapping at the nonprofit technology company Ushahidi and co-founder of the Standby Volunteer Task Force (SBTF), he is helping revolutionize the effectiveness of relief efforts worldwide. He is bringing the worlds of technology and humanitarian response together for the first time, connecting social media and satellite imagery with the U.N., U.S. Marines and Coast Guard, World Health Organization, Amnesty International and other groups that can mobilize help when the worst crises hit. When crises occur, the SBTF gathers messages, photos, video, and high-resolution satellite imagery and integrates them on a live Ushahidi map, reflecting what is happening, what is most urgently needed and precisely where. The global network has mobilized aid response in Haiti, Japan, Libya and many other countries.Sarah Parcak, ArchaeologistArchaeologist and Egyptologist Sarah Parcak (Ph.D.) is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She pioneers the young field of satellite archaeology, using futuristic tools to unlock secrets from the past and transform how discoveries are made. She is the first Egyptologist to use infra-red satellite imaging to identify previously unknown archaeological sites. With satellite imagery, she's found 17 potential new pyramids, more than 1,000 tombs and over 3,000 ancient settlements. She looks forward to using data gleaned from the new technology to answer some of archaeology's biggest questions, such as "why did Egypt's great pyramid age end?" By revealing thousands of new sites, satellite maps show trends and population shifts that scientists can relate to other important facts such as global climate events. Parcak feels her most important contribution is writing the first methodology book on satellite archaeology, which will allow the next generation of students to advance the new field.Jake Porway, Data ScientistData scientist Jake Porway (Ph.D.) is a matchmaker. He sees social change organizations working to make the world a better place, collecting mountains of data, but lacking skills and resources to use that information to advance their mission. He sees data scientists with amazing skills and cutting-edge tools, eager to use their talent to accomplish something meaningful, yet cut off from channels that allow them to do so. He sees governments ready to make data open and available, but disconnected from people who need it. For Porway, it's a match waiting to happen and the reason he founded DataKind (formerly Data Without Borders). It connects nonprofits, NGOs and other data-rich social change organizations with data scientists willing to donate time and knowledge to solve social, environmental and community problems. Ultimately, he wants to build a globally connected network of dedicated experts who can be deployed at a moment's notice to tackle any big data science task worldwide.Daniel Raven-Ellison, Guerilla GeographerGuerrilla geographer Daniel Raven-Ellison brings the spirit of adventure to geographic education, allowing people to see the world -- and the field of geography -- in new and surprising ways. Guerrilla geography challenges people, especially children, to explore the world around them, engaging in creative play, making new discoveries and forming community connections. Through technologies that allow users to share their experiences digitally, guerrilla geography not only educates but also inspires young people to explore their world in ways that stretch their minds and bodies, and motivates them to educate others and take action in their own communities. His Urban Earth films demonstrate guerrilla geography in action. He has walked across 13 cities, taking photographs every eights steps and editing them to create films to reveal new perspectives on how to experience cities. His program/website, Mission:Explore, and a series of award-winning kids' books of the same name encourage youth to go on adventures to learn about the world. | |||
| EXPLORER PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, cont.2012 Emerging Explorers, cont.Jeffrey Rose, ArchaeologistArchaeologist Jeffrey Rose (Ph.D.) is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham, U.K., where he specializes in stone tool technology and Arabian prehistory. He stresses an inter-disciplinary approach to solving puzzles in prehistory, weaving together different fields of study and encouraging dialogue between disciplines. To that end, he dabbles in an eclectic mix of related subjects such as genetics, palaeoanthropology, rock art, geoarchaeology, underwater archaeology and even a bit of mythology. He resides in Muscat, Oman, where he runs the Dhofar Archaeological Project, an investigation of human dispersals into the Arabian Peninsula. His unusual and unexpected discoveries in southern Oman challenge the currently accepted theories about when early humans may have left Africa, who those pioneers were and what route they took on that first stage of their journey to every corner of the Earth.Ibrahim Togola, EngineerEngineer and renewable energy advocate Dr. Ibrahim Togola is bringing power to the forgotten corners of western Africa. Electric power. Economic power. Community power. He is the founder of the Mali-Folkecenter Nyetaa (MFC), an NGO that is Mali's leading energy-environment organization. Its work also includes policy and advocacy work; microfinance and agribusiness development; and myriad projects that inspire sustainability and entrepreneurship in remote communities. Today, MFC's renewable energy programs power 23 areas and emphasize technical training at the village level to keep systems maintained and operated locally. Solar and biofuel energy have transformed homes, schools, health centers, drinking water supply, public squares and farming throughout the country. Partnerships with companies and banks, along with MFC microfinance programs, have generated jobs, funding and hands-on business development training and created more than 20 new companies in Mali's renewable energy and agroforestry sectors.Daniel Torres Etayo, ArchaeologistArchaeologist Daniel Torres Etayo is a Ph.D. student at the University of Havana. His fieldwork spans thick jungles, hidden caves, dune-swept beaches and ocean depths -- all within the archaeologically rich, yet largely unexplored, borders of Cuba. The societies he investigates are as diverse as his sites, ranging from 13th-century aboriginal Tainos to 19th-century New Yorkers. His passion for exploring, communicating discoveries and training new talent have been responsible for putting Cuban archaeology on the map. He hopes his discoveries will inspire a new generation of young Cubans to explore and protect their heritage. One key project transports him to the tribal life of 13th-century Cuba as he explores massive ceremonial centers to gain new understanding of local history, customs and world views, and learn how native Taino societies were changed by European contact. Another exploration takes him into a spectacular 19th-century shipwreck more than 30 feet below the sea, one of many wrecks off Cuba's coast. | |||
| 1719606 | Other Misc. Geography/Environmental Education ProgramsOther misc. programs include: The National Geographic Air and Water Conservation Fund was established in 2012, building on the National Geographic Society's legacy of supporting groundbreaking research and vital conservation worldwide for more than a century. The grant program supports the field research of Chinese scientists and conservationists who are exploring innovative solutions to water and air quality issues in China.The Fund's Advisory Board is comprised of five renowned Chinese scientists and conservationists from a broad spectrum of disciplines, including Prof. Qu Jiuhui (Academician, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Prof. An Zhisheng (Academician, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Mr. Ma Jun (Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs), Mr. Zhang Shuang (The Nature Conservancy) and Prof. Lu Zhi (Peking University). In 2012, grant applications were received from a wide range of sectors, including universities, scientific research centers, environmental NGOs, social enterprises and an environmental film studio. The projects cover grassroots conservation efforts and scientific research ranging from local river protection to air quality monitoring. In its inaugural year, the Fund's Advisory Board convened twice, in July and November in Beijing, and cumulatively awarded 15 grants.It is recognized that the National Geographic Air and Water Conservation Fund requires substantive outreach to individuals and organizations in order to attract potential applicants. A variety of outreach activities were carried out by the China team throughout the year 2012. We significantly expanded the local awareness of the grant program by promoting the Fund to organizations, individual applicants and at regional conferences. The launch of the NG Air and Water Conservation Fund was reported broadly online and in the print media outlets. Additional positive coverage was generated after the first grant meeting on over twenty news and business websites. NGM China also featured an interview. Our participation in Alifest, Alibaba Group's annual e-commerce and "netrepreneur" summit in Hangzhou, also received positive coverage on several online sources. Other points of media coverage included grantee bios on NGM China's website, in addition to general Fund promotion in NGM China and the International Rivers Newsletter. | 800952 |
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The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf
Name Business NameBusiness
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Business Name Line1 | MICHAEL J COLE | BusinessNameLine1 |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Telephone Number | 2027756150 | TelephoneNumber |
Address US AddressUS
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Address Line1 | 1145 17TH ST NW | AddressLine1 |
| City | WASHINGTON | City |
| State | DC | State |
| ZIP Code | 20036 | ZIPCode |
Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (49 entries)
| TitleTitle | Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek | Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector | OfficerOfficer | Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization | Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs | Other CompensationOtherCompensation | Key EmployeeKeyEmployee | Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee | FormerFormer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN M FAHEY JR | |||||||||
| CEO | 45.00 | X | X | 1547519 | 0 | 34054 | |||
| TIM KELLY | |||||||||
| PRESIDENT | 45.00 | X | X | 2952273 | 0 | 36529 | |||
| GILBERT M GROSVENOR | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE/K FOR SERVICES | 12.00 | X | 167000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| JOHN R MURPHY | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE/FORMER OFFICER | 4.00 | X | 57845 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| JOAN ABRAHAMSON | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DANIEL S GOLDIN | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| GEORGE MUNOZ | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| WILLIAM K REILLY | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| JEAN CASE | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| JAMES R SASSER | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| ALEXANDRA GROSVENOR ELLER | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| GERD SCHULTE-HILLEN | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| ROGER ENRICO | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| MICHAEL BONSIGNORE | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| MARIA LAGOMASINO | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| EDWARD ROSKI JR | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DR PETER RAVEN | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| TRACY WOLSTENCROFT | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| THEODORE WAITT | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| B FRANCIS SAUL II | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PATRICK F NOONAN | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DR SUSAN HOCKFIELD | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE | 4.00 | X | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| TERRENCE B ADAMSON | |||||||||
| EXECUTIVE VP & SECRETARY | 45.00 | X | 763116 | 0 | 31924 | ||||
| CHRISTOPHER A LIEDEL | |||||||||
| EXECUTIVE VP & CFO | 45.00 | X | 413369 | 0 | 9101 | ||||
| MICHAEL COLE | |||||||||
| VP & CONTROLLER | 45.00 | X | 249376 | 0 | 36552 | ||||
| BARBARA J CONSTANTZ | |||||||||
| VP & TREASURER | 45.00 | X | 255565 | 0 | 35178 | ||||
| ANGELO M GRIMA | |||||||||
| ASSISTANT SECRETARY | 45.00 | X | 267664 | 0 | 32811 | ||||
| TRACIE WINBIGLER | |||||||||
| EXEC. VP & CFO | 45.00 | X | 168218 | 0 | 3048 | ||||
| CHRISTOPHER JOHNS | |||||||||
| EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | 45.00 | 678122 | 0 | 31508 | X | ||||
| TERRY GARCIA | |||||||||
| EXEC. VP, MISSION PROG. | 45.00 | 663917 | 0 | 31797 | X | ||||
| ELIZABETH HUDSON | |||||||||
| SENIOR VP, COMMUNICATIONS | 45.00 | 441818 | 0 | 31966 | X | ||||
| THOMAS SABLO | |||||||||
| SENIOR VP, HUMAN RESOURCES | 45.00 | 366081 | 0 | 27300 | X | ||||
| LINDA E BERKELEY | |||||||||
| EXEC. VP, ENTERPRISES | 45.00 | 533218 | 0 | 26393 | X | ||||
| DECLAN MOORE | |||||||||
| EVP-NGS & PRES. PUBLISHING | 45.00 | 815071 | 0 | 28338 | X | ||||
| CLAUDIA E MALLEY | |||||||||
| SVP & GROUP PUBLISHER | 45.00 | 594229 | 0 | 21334 | X | ||||
| MELINA BELLOWS | |||||||||
| EVP & COO, BOOKS, KIDS & F | 45.00 | 537570 | 0 | 22085 | X | ||||
| AMY MANIATIS | |||||||||
| EVP CHIEF MKTG OFFICER | 45.00 | 457684 | 0 | 15703 | X | ||||
| AMBER MULHOLM | |||||||||
| SVP CATALOG & ONLINE | 45.00 | 227284 | 0 | 13199 | X | ||||
| MICHAEL ULICA | |||||||||
| CFO, DEPUTY | 45.00 | 164537 | 344175 | 14100 | X | ||||
| TERRENCE DAY | |||||||||
| VP, CIRC. | 45.00 | 480672 | 0 | 31676 | X | ||||
| MARY CUTTER | |||||||||
| EVP, TRAVEL | 45.00 | 426198 | 0 | 31059 | X | ||||
| KEITH BELLOWS | |||||||||
| SVP, EDITOR TRAVELER MAG. | 45.00 | 386029 | 0 | 28216 | X | ||||
| JAQUELINE HOLLISTER | |||||||||
| SVP DEVELOPMENT | 45.00 | 370686 | 0 | 19897 | X | ||||
| CHARLES BRODNAX | |||||||||
| EVP DIGITAL | 45.00 | 412415 | 0 | 22707 | X | ||||
| JOE ALBRITTON | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 1.00 | 13000 | 0 | 0 | X | ||||
| FRANK BORMAN | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 1.00 | 13000 | 0 | 0 | X | ||||
| ROBERT BREEDEN | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 1.00 | 13000 | 0 | 14868 | X | ||||
| LLOYD ELLIOTT | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 1.00 | 13000 | 0 | 0 | X | ||||
| GEORGE ELSEY | |||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 1.00 | 13000 | 0 | 0 | X | ||||
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Reportable Comp From Org | 14462476 | TotalReportableCompFromOrg |
| Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs | 344175 | TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs |
| Total Other Compensation | 631343 | TotalOtherCompensation |
| Number Individuals GT100 K | 286 | NumberIndividualsGT100K |
| Formers Listed | 1 | FormersListed |
| Total Comp GT150 K | 1 | TotalCompGT150K |
| Compensation From Other Sources | 0 | CompensationFromOtherSources |
Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)
| Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1 | CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City | StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State | ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode | Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices | CompensationCompensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVINGTON & BURLING | |||||
| 1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20004 | LEGAL SERVICES | 1940560 |
| HOGAN LOVELL US LLP | |||||
| 555 13TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20004 | LEGAL SERVICES | 1419790 |
| KPMG LLP | |||||
| 1660 International Drive | McLean | VA | 22102 | AUDIT/TAX SERVICES | 772128 |
| WEISS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS | |||||
| 200 HUDSON ST | NEW YORK | NY | 10013 | CONSULTING SERVICES | 754511 |
| JAGUAR CONSULTING INC | |||||
| 117 E COLORADO BLVD | PASADENA | CA | 91105 | CONSULTING SERVICES | 311250 |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Number Of Contractors GT100 K | 51 | NumberOfContractorsGT100K |
| Government Grants | 2594082 | GovernmentGrants |
| All Other Contributions | 14967758 | AllOtherContributions |
| Noncash Contributions | 172701 | NoncashContributions |
| Total Contributions | 17561840 | TotalContributions |
Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)
| DescriptionDescription | Business CodeBusinessCode | Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn | Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome | Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membership Dues | 900004 | 125410298 | 125410298 | |
| Books and Other Related Products | 900004 | 89441078 | 89441078 | |
| PERIODICAL ADVERTISING | 511120 | 39811130 | 39811130 | |
| National Geographic Kids Magazine | 900004 | 26183563 | 26183563 | |
| National Geographic Magazine (non | 900004 | 23228522 | 23228522 |
Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue Column | 57717760 | TotalRevenueColumn |
| Related Or Exempt Function Income | 57717760 | RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Program Service Revenue | 361792351 | TotalProgramServiceRevenue |
Investment Income InvestmentIncome
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue Column | 10735084 | TotalRevenueColumn |
| Unrelated Business Revenue | 188047 | UnrelatedBusinessRevenue |
| Exclusion | $10,547,037 | ExclusionAmount |
Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue Column | 40463638 | TotalRevenueColumn |
| Exclusion | $40,463,638 | ExclusionAmount |
Gross Rents GrossRents
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Real | 7470736 | Real |
Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Real | 4390392 | Real |
Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Real | 3080344 | Real |
Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue Column | 3080344 | TotalRevenueColumn |
| Exclusion | $3,080,344 | ExclusionAmount |
Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Securities | 163419000 | Securities |
Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Securities | 143861241 | Securities |
Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Securities | 19557759 | Securities |
Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue Column | 19557759 | TotalRevenueColumn |
| Exclusion | $19,557,759 | ExclusionAmount |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Gross Income Fundraising Events | 3132700 | GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents |
| Fundraising Direct Expenses | 304880 | FundraisingDirectExpenses |
Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue Column | 2827820 | TotalRevenueColumn |
| Exclusion | $2,827,820 | ExclusionAmount |
Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)
| DescriptionDescription | Business CodeBusinessCode | Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn | ExclusionExclusionAmount | Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity gain on investment | 900004 | 177652 | $177,652 | |
| Debt-financed Investment Income | 900000 | -116261 | -116261 |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Other Revenue | 61391 | TotalOtherRevenue |
Total Revenue TotalRevenue
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue Column | 456080227 | TotalRevenueColumn |
| Related Or Exempt Function Income | 321981221 | RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome |
| Unrelated Business Revenue | 39882916 | UnrelatedBusinessRevenue |
| Exclusion | $76,654,250 | ExclusionAmount |
Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 6264768 | Total |
| Program Services | 6264768 | ProgramServices |
Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 6568428 | Total |
| Program Services | 6568428 | ProgramServices |
Foreign Grants ForeignGrants
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 4033619 | Total |
| Program Services | 4033619 | ProgramServices |
Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 12788083 | Total |
| Program Services | 10600327 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 1851084 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 336672 | Fundraising |
Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 60000 | Total |
| Management And General | 60000 | ManagementAndGeneral |
Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 81765115 | Total |
| Program Services | 67871891 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 11755217 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 2138007 | Fundraising |
Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 26980343 | Total |
| Program Services | 21963812 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 4269384 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 747147 | Fundraising |
Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 15820498 | Total |
| Program Services | 12788564 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 2580367 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 451567 | Fundraising |
Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 6002542 | Total |
| Program Services | 4886473 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 949845 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 166224 | Fundraising |
Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 2527265 | Total |
| Program Services | 1985891 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 519475 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 21899 | Fundraising |
Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 461035 | Total |
| Program Services | 143247 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 317788 | ManagementAndGeneral |
Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 196497 | Total |
| Management And General | 196497 | ManagementAndGeneral |
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 90000 | Total |
| Fundraising | 90000 | Fundraising |
Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 2665552 | Total |
| Program Services | 828210 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 1837342 | ManagementAndGeneral |
Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 8876271 | Total |
| Program Services | 7622974 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 1173625 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 79672 | Fundraising |
Advertising Advertising
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 63688624 | Total |
| Program Services | 63089193 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 1720 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 597711 | Fundraising |
Office Expenses OfficeExpenses
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 4981062 | Total |
| Program Services | 4644893 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 250545 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 85624 | Fundraising |
Information Technology InformationTechnology
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 2388355 | Total |
| Program Services | 1776161 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 560659 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 51535 | Fundraising |
Royalties Royalties
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1893404 | Total |
| Program Services | 1893404 | ProgramServices |
Occupancy Occupancy
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 7392377 | Total |
| Program Services | 6582327 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 571996 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 238054 | Fundraising |
Travel Travel
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 9478185 | Total |
| Program Services | 9013620 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 179988 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 284577 | Fundraising |
Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 269089 | Total |
| Program Services | 250930 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 12879 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 5280 | Fundraising |
Interest Interest
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1284308 | Total |
| Program Services | 399045 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 885263 | ManagementAndGeneral |
Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 6656671 | Total |
| Program Services | 3168279 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 3470866 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 17526 | Fundraising |
Insurance Insurance
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1050763 | Total |
| Program Services | 742382 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 308381 | ManagementAndGeneral |
Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)
| DescriptionDescription | TotalTotal | Program ServicesProgramServices | FundraisingFundraising | Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRINTING & PRODUCTION | 65125326 | 64946762 | 178564 | |
| POSTAGE & SHIPPING | 38340627 | 38239412 | 60772 | 40443 |
| COST OF SALES | 33846563 | 33846563 | ||
| COMMISSIONS EXPENSE | 23842515 | 23842515 |
All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 13644113 | Total |
| Program Services | 11121140 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 1625638 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 897335 | Fundraising |
Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 448981998 | Total |
| Program Services | 409114830 | ProgramServices |
| Management And General | 33419002 | ManagementAndGeneral |
| Fundraising | 6448166 | Fundraising |
Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 9806104 | BOY |
| EOY | 12844575 | EOY |
Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 12758286 | BOY |
| EOY | 12016055 | EOY |
Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 44067444 | BOY |
| EOY | 46263185 | EOY |
Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 261398908 | BOY |
| EOY | 219879472 | EOY |
Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 21861554 | BOY |
| EOY | 18680564 | EOY |
Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 22232563 | BOY |
| EOY | 20703160 | EOY |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Land Buildings Equipment Basis | 158228011 | LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis |
| Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec | 96680439 | LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec |
Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 58069034 | BOY |
| EOY | 61547572 | EOY |
Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 236880048 | BOY |
| EOY | 238336521 | EOY |
Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 583255651 | BOY |
| EOY | 596496075 | EOY |
Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 424053 | BOY |
| EOY | 436116 | EOY |
Total Assets TotalAssets
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 1250753645 | BOY |
| EOY | 1227203295 | EOY |
Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 62340399 | BOY |
| EOY | 50201216 | EOY |
Grants Payable GrantsPayable
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 4034484 | BOY |
| EOY | 4340706 | EOY |
Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 159555155 | BOY |
| EOY | 152280187 | EOY |
Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 24270000 | BOY |
| EOY | 0 | EOY |
Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 46000000 | BOY |
| EOY | 24270000 | EOY |
Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 230042591 | BOY |
| EOY | 251442518 | EOY |
Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 526242629 | BOY |
| EOY | 482534627 | EOY |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Follow SFAS117 | X | FollowSFAS117 |
Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 614688000 | BOY |
| EOY | 622542676 | EOY |
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 36020160 | BOY |
| EOY | 45507227 | EOY |
Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 73802856 | BOY |
| EOY | 76618765 | EOY |
Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 724511016 | BOY |
| EOY | 744668668 | EOY |
Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| BOY | 1250753645 | BOY |
| EOY | 1227203295 | EOY |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Info In Schedule O Part XI | X | InfoInScheduleOPartXI |
| Reconcilation Revenue Expenses | 7098229 | ReconcilationRevenueExpenses |
| Reconciliation Unrealized Invest | 39366135 | ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest |
| Reconcilation Donated Services | 67748 | ReconcilationDonatedServices |
| Reconcilation Other Changes | -26374460 | ReconcilationOtherChanges |
| Method Of Accounting Accrual | X | MethodOfAccountingAccrual |
| Accountant Compile Or Review | 0 | AccountantCompileOrReview |
| FS Audited | 1 | FSAudited |
FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Statement Consolidated | X | FinancialStatementConsolidated |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Audit Committee | 1 | AuditCommittee |
| Federal Grant Audit Required | 1 | FederalGrantAuditRequired |
| Federal Grant Audit Performed | 1 | FederalGrantAuditPerformed |
Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Publicly Supported Org509a2 | X | PubliclySupportedOrg509a2 |
Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 14430234 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 23663170 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 16452378 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 22789542 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 17561840 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 94897164 | Total |
Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 336780901 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 314315211 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 305532886 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 318386746 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 321981221 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 1596996965 | Total |
Total509 Total509
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 351211135 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 337978381 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 321985264 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 341176288 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 339543061 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 1691894129 | Total |
Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | Total |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Public Support Total509 | 1691894129 | PublicSupportTotal509 |
Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 68274501 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 34299944 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 50900616 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 53051332 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 54340457 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 260866850 | Total |
Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 68274501 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 34299944 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 50900616 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 53051332 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 54340457 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 260866850 | Total |
Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Current Tax Year Minus4 Years | 419485636 | CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus3 Years | 372278325 | CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus2 Years | 372885880 | CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years |
| Current Tax Year Minus1 Year | 394227620 | CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year |
| Current Tax Year | 393883518 | CurrentTaxYear |
| Total | 1952760979 | Total |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Public Support Percentage509 | 0.86640 | PublicSupportPercentage509 |
| Prior Year Support Percentage | 0.85200 | PriorYearSupportPercentage |
| Investment Income Percentage | 0.13360 | InvestmentIncomePercentage |
| Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage | 0.14800 | PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage |
| Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509 | X | ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509 |
Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB
Contributor Info ContributorInfo
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Contributor Number | RESTRICTED | ContributorNumber |
Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Business Name Line1 | RESTRICTED | BusinessNameLine1 |
Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Address Line1 | RESTRICTED | AddressLine1 |
| Address Line2 | RESTRICTED | AddressLine2 |
| City | RESTRICTED | City |
| State | RESTRICTED | State |
| ZIP Code | RESTRICTED | ZIPCode |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Aggregate Contributions | RESTRICTED | AggregateContributions |
Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteers | 1 | Volunteers |
| Paid Staff Or Management | 1 | PaidStaffOrManagement |
| Media Advertisements | 0 | MediaAdvertisements |
| Mailings Members | 0 | MailingsMembers |
| Publications Or Broadcast | 0 | PublicationsOrBroadcast |
| Grants Other Organizations | 0 | GrantsOtherOrganizations |
| Direct Contact Legislators | 1 | DirectContactLegislators |
| Direct Contact Legislators | $174,107 | DirectContactLegislatorsAmount |
| Rallies Demonstrations | 0 | RalliesDemonstrations |
| Other Activities | 1 | OtherActivities |
| Other Activities | $22,390 | OtherActivitiesAmount |
| Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB | 196497 | TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB |
| Not Described In501c3 | 0 | NotDescribedIn501c3 |
Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Identifier | Explanation of Lobbying Activities: | Identifier |
| Return Reference | Part II-B, Line 1: | ReturnReference |
| Explanation | The $196,497 spent on lobbying activity during 2012 related to promoting geography education at both the national & state levels. It consisted of direct contact with legislators, their staffs, legal consultants, government officials, or legislative bodies, as well as some limited contact with state geography coordinators to facilitate them getting local members involved in advocating geography education as a federal and state priority through a web campaign, "Speak-up for Geography". | Explanation |
Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Collect Used For Public Exhibition | X | CollectUsedForPublicExhibition |
| Collect Used For Preservation | X | CollectUsedForPreservation |
| Solicited Assets For Sale | 0 | SolicitedAssetsForSale |
Current Year CurrentYear
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning Of Year Balance | 215933912 | BeginningOfYearBalance |
| Contributions | 2811271 | Contributions |
| Investment Earnings Or Losses | 35972157 | InvestmentEarningsOrLosses |
| Grants Or Scholarships | 13301813 | GrantsOrScholarships |
| Other Expenditures | 1527653 | OtherExpenditures |
| Administrative Expenses | 1019660 | AdministrativeExpenses |
| End Of Year Balance | 238868214 | EndOfYearBalance |
Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning Of Year Balance | 214371279 | BeginningOfYearBalance |
| Contributions | 3110754 | Contributions |
| Investment Earnings Or Losses | 6336694 | InvestmentEarningsOrLosses |
| Grants Or Scholarships | 6831066 | GrantsOrScholarships |
| Other Expenditures | 8020 | OtherExpenditures |
| Administrative Expenses | 1045729 | AdministrativeExpenses |
| End Of Year Balance | 215933912 | EndOfYearBalance |
Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning Of Year Balance | 187267125 | BeginningOfYearBalance |
| Contributions | 7691779 | Contributions |
| Investment Earnings Or Losses | 26332984 | InvestmentEarningsOrLosses |
| Grants Or Scholarships | 5854769 | GrantsOrScholarships |
| Other Expenditures | 94026 | OtherExpenditures |
| Administrative Expenses | 971814 | AdministrativeExpenses |
| End Of Year Balance | 214371279 | EndOfYearBalance |
Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning Of Year Balance | 159304024 | BeginningOfYearBalance |
| Contributions | 6165573 | Contributions |
| Investment Earnings Or Losses | 28573704 | InvestmentEarningsOrLosses |
| Grants Or Scholarships | 5627623 | GrantsOrScholarships |
| Other Expenditures | 92730 | OtherExpenditures |
| Administrative Expenses | 1055823 | AdministrativeExpenses |
| End Of Year Balance | 187267125 | EndOfYearBalance |
Current Year Minus4 Years CurrentYearMinus4Years
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning Of Year Balance | 198115000 | BeginningOfYearBalance |
| Contributions | 2538000 | Contributions |
| Investment Earnings Or Losses | -33555407 | InvestmentEarningsOrLosses |
| Grants Or Scholarships | 6331537 | GrantsOrScholarships |
| Other Expenditures | 107278 | OtherExpenditures |
| Administrative Expenses | 1354754 | AdministrativeExpenses |
| End Of Year Balance | 159304024 | EndOfYearBalance |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Board Designated EOY Balance | 0.56610 | BoardDesignatedEOYBalance |
| Permanent Endowment EOY Balance | 0.32080 | PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance |
| Term Endowment EOY Balance | 0.11310 | TermEndowmentEOYBalance |
| Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs | 0 | EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs |
| Endowments Held By Related Orgs | 0 | EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs |
Land Land
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Cost Or Other Basis | 2906296 | OtherCostOrOtherBasis |
| Book Value | 2906296 | BookValue |
Buildings Buildings
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Cost Or Other Basis | 108667510 | OtherCostOrOtherBasis |
| Depreciation | 67491662 | Depreciation |
| Book Value | 41175848 | BookValue |
Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Cost Or Other Basis | 4354581 | OtherCostOrOtherBasis |
| Depreciation | 1684516 | Depreciation |
| Book Value | 2670065 | BookValue |
Equipment Equipment
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Cost Or Other Basis | 10724638 | OtherCostOrOtherBasis |
| Depreciation | 7784903 | Depreciation |
| Book Value | 2939735 | BookValue |
Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Other Cost Or Other Basis | 31574986 | OtherCostOrOtherBasis |
| Depreciation | 19719358 | Depreciation |
| Book Value | 11855628 | BookValue |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Of Book Value Land Buildings | 61547572 | TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings |
Closely Held Equity Interests CloselyHeldEquityInterests
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Book Value | 30507268 | BookValue |
| Method Of Valuation | F | MethodOfValuation |
Other Securities OtherSecurities (10 entries)
| DescriptionDescription | Book ValueBookValue | Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation |
|---|---|---|
| HEDGED MARKET NEUTRAL EQUITY FUNDS | 49931514 | F |
| REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS | 34063666 | F |
| MONEY MARKET FUNDS | 38374603 | F |
| NIKKEI - NGS | 1450495 | C |
| GIFT ANNUITIES | 10708616 | F |
| INVESTMENT - NOVICA | 866560 | C |
| INVESTMENT IN NGSP, INC., 100% SUB | 350774853 | C |
| INVESTMENT - DEFERRED COMPENSATION | 1533975 | F |
| MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES | 4845538 | F |
| FIXED-INCOME OBLIGATIONS | 73438987 | C |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Of Book Value Securities | 596496075 | TotalOfBookValueSecurities |
Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (6 entries)
| DescriptionDescription | AmountAmount |
|---|---|
| PENSION/POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS | $243,186,114 |
| CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES | $5,435,325 |
| DEFERRED COMPENSATION | $1,533,975 |
| CAPITAL LEASES | $791,647 |
| SCHOLARSHIPS | $320,271 |
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS PAYABLE | $175,186 |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Of Amounts | 251442518 | TotalOfAmounts |
| Footnote In Part XIII | X | FootnoteInPartXIII |
Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (3 entries)
| Return ReferenceReturnReference | ExplanationExplanation | IdentifierIdentifier |
|---|---|---|
| Part III, Line 4: | The Society's image collection contains illustrations, photographic negatives and digital files taken over the past 124 years by photographers on assignment for the Society. The museum also maintains artifacts donated to or collected by the Society over its 124 year history. A rare book collection of approximately 1,300 volumes covering topics such as natural history, polar history and climate, and the history of early travel and exploration is maintained within the Society's research and reference library. This collection is made available to scholars and researchers. | |
| Part V, Line 4: | Fund for Exploration--to be used to support research, exploration and conservation. Buffet Funds--to be used to support conservation in Africa and Latin America, as well as cheetah conservation. Foundation Funds--to be used to support geography education. | Description of Intended Use of Endowment Funds: |
| Part X, Line 2: | FIN 48 Audited Footnote Disclosure: The Society is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia and is recognized as exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, except for income derived from unrelated business activities. The Society recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Recognized uncertain income tax positions (none at December 31, 2012 and 2011) are measured at the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgement occurred. | Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48: |
Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Grant Records Maintained | 1 | GrantRecordsMaintained |
Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (22 entries)
| RegionRegion | Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted | Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvided | Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures | Number Of EmployeesNumberOfEmployees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | PROGRAM SERVICES | ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 222207 | |
| EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC | PROGRAM SERVICES | ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 7937069 | |
| EUROPE | PROGRAM SERVICES | BRAND LICENSING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 18664334 | 2 |
| MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | PROGRAM SERVICES | ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 374277 | |
| NORTH AMERICA | PROGRAM SERVICES | ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 9058116 | |
| RUSSIA AND THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES | PROGRAM SERVICES | ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 143096 | |
| SOUTH AMERICA | PROGRAM SERVICES | ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 1282982 | |
| SOUTH ASIA | PROGRAM SERVICES | ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 331028 | |
| SUB-SAHARA AFRICA | PROGRAM SERVICES | ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION | 1192041 | |
| Central America and the Caribbean | GRANTS | 138449 | ||
| EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC | GRANTS | 873952 | ||
| EUROPE | GRANTS | 768043 | ||
| Middle East and North Africa | GRANTS | 44789 | ||
| NORTH AMERICA | GRANTS | 645533 | ||
| RUSSIA AND THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES | GRANTS | 95000 | ||
| SOUTH AMERICA | GRANTS | 453670 | ||
| SOUTH ASIA | GRANTS | 384389 | ||
| SUB-SAHARA AFRICA | GRANTS | 629794 | ||
| EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC | INVESTMENTS | 34009962 | ||
| EUROPE | INVESTMENTS | 93812349 | ||
| NORTH AMERICA | INVESTMENTS | 2022695 | ||
| SOUTH AMERICA | INVESTMENTS | 806152 |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Subtotal Number Of Offices | 0 | SubtotalNumberOfOffices |
| Subtotal Number Of Employees | 2 | SubtotalNumberOfEmployees |
| Cont Number Of Offices | 0 | ContNumberOfOffices |
| Cont Number Of Employees | 0 | ContNumberOfEmployees |
| Total Number Of Offices | 0 | TotalNumberOfOffices |
| Total Number Of Employees | 2 | TotalNumberOfEmployees |
| Subtotal Amount Spent | 38013109 | SubtotalAmountSpent |
| Cont Amount Spent | 135876818 | ContAmountSpent |
| Total Amount Spent | 173889927 | TotalAmountSpent |
Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (34 entries)
| RegionRegion | Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant | Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant | Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement | Description Of Non Cash AssistanceDescriptionOfNonCashAssistance | Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | ALL ROADS SEED GRANTS | 17491 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | PUBLIC SERVICE GRANTS | 20000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| North America | WAITT GRANT | 14275 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | WAITT GRANTS | 39325 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| North America | EDUCATION GRANTS | 94158 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| North America | SPONSORSHIP | 85000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| South America | LEX/NG GRANTS | 100000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| North America | LEX/NG GRANTS | 99861 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS | 146212 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | GREAT ENERGY CHALLENGE GRANTS | 106650 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| South Asia | GREAT ENERGY CHALLENGE GRANTS | 150000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | GREAT ENERGY CHALLENGE GRANTS | 90000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| North America | CONTRIBUTIONS | 25000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Europe | CONTRIBUTIONS | 30000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | CONTRIBUTION | 10000 | N/A | ||
| Central America and the Caribbean | CONTRIBUTION | 15100 | N/A | ||
| East Asia and the Pacific | WAITT GRANTS | 29960 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | WAITT GRANT | 15000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | 39955 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANTS | 108294 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Russia & the Newly Independent States | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | 25000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| South Asia | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | 25000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| South America | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 106667 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Russia & the Newly Independent States | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 50000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| North America | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 64296 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Central America and the Caribbean | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 6699 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Middle East and North Africa | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 24870 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| East Asia and the Pacific | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 15000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| South Asia | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 117707 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| East Asia and the Pacific | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS | 151398 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| South Asia | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS | 60562 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS | 55149 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Middle East and North Africa | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS | 19919 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| North America | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS | 55000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number Of501c3 Orgs | 61 | TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs |
| Total Number Of Other Orgs | 8 | TotalNumberOfOtherOrgs |
Grants To Ind Outside US GrantsToIndOutsideUS (31 entries)
| Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistance | RegionRegion | Number Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipients | Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant | Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement | Description Of Non Cash AssistanceDescriptionOfNonCashAssistance | Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMERGING EXPLORER AWARD | East Asia and the Pacific | 1 | 10000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| EMERGING EXPLORER AWARDS | North America | 2 | 20000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| EMERGING EXPLORER AWARD | Central America and the Caribbean | 1 | 10000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| EMERGING EXPLORERS AWARD | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 | 10000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| EMERGING EXPLORERS AWARD | Europe | 1 | 10000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| ALL ROADS FILM PROJECT SEED GRANT | North America | 1 | 9500 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| ALL ROADS FILM PROJECT SEED GRANT | South Asia | 1 | 9900 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FELLOW | Europe | 1 | 50000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | East Asia and the Pacific | 6 | 104480 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Europe | 13 | 304270 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | North America | 5 | 85843 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Russia and the Newly Independent States | 1 | 20000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | South America | 2 | 24600 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 | 20600 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| YOUNG EXPLORERS GRANTS | North America | 3 | 15000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| YOUNG EXPLORERS GRANTS | Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland) | 2 | 10000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| WAITT GRANT | East Asia and the Pacific | 1 | 15000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| WAITT GRANTS | Europe | 2 | 29786 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| WAITT GRANT | North America | 1 | 11000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| WAITT GRANTS | South America | 2 | 21000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| WAITT GRANT | North America | 1 | 12000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| WAITT GRANT | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 | 14896 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| BUFFETT AWARD | North America | 1 | 25000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| BUFFETT AWARD | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 | 25000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| EXPLORER IN RESIDENCE AWARDS | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2 | 175000 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| EXPLORER IN RESIDENCE GRANT | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 | 126740 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 | 27454 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANTS | Europe | 2 | 22665 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| AIR & WATER CONSERVATION FUND GRANTS | East Asia and the Pacific | 14 | 548114 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| GENOGRAPHIC LEGACY FUND GRANTS | South Asia | 1 | 21220 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| GENOGRAPHIC LEGACY FUND GRANTS | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 | 24995 | WIRE | N/A | N/A |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer To Foreign Corp | 1 | TransferToForeignCorp |
| Interest In Foreign Trust | 0 | InterestInForeignTrust |
| Own Foreign Corp | 1 | OwnForeignCorp |
| Passive Foreign Invest Co | 1 | PassiveForeignInvestCo |
| Foreign Partnership | 0 | ForeignPartnership |
| Boycott Countries | 0 | BoycottCountries |
Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Identifier | Procedure for Monitoring Grants Outside the U.S.: | Identifier |
| Explanation | Schedule F, Part I, Line 2: The National Geographic Society (NGS) maintains numerous grant-making programs. Each major grant program has an oversight committee to review and approve the grants and procedures over the grant agreements are in place to ensure that the grant funds are properly used and accounted for. Following is a detailed description: when a National Geographic Society (NGS) Research, Conservation, & Exploration (RCE) grant application has been approved by the Committee, payment is issued once NGS has received the following completed, signed documents from the grantee: 1) Appropriate tax form. All grantees who are not US citizens are required to sign and submit the appropriate tax form (Form W-8) for work conducted wholly outside the US. 2) Scientific Research Grant Agreement. All grantees must complete and sign a Scientific Research Grant Agreement, which includes due dates for research reports and financial reports (generally due within eight months of completion of the field work.) By signing the Grant Agreement, the grantee agrees to submit a final narrative report and a financial accounting of the grant monies spent before the indicated submission deadline. Grantees also certify to Paragraphs 17 & 18 (copied below) that they will not promote terrorism and will comply with foreign trade controls: 17. CERTIFICATION. By countersigning this agreement, you certify that your organization does not and will not promote or engage in violence or terrorism, nor will your organization make subgrants or other payments to any entity that engages in such activities. 18. U.S. FOREIGN TRADE CONTROLS. By countersigning this agreement, you acknowledge that you are aware of, and agree to comply fully with, U.S. foreign trade controls that govern travel to, and transactions with, countries such as Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, and other U.S.-sanctioned countries, including any such controls that may be imposed in the future during the period of your grant. Specifically, you acknowledge that you are aware of and agree to comply with the regulations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury governing travel to and trade with countries subject to U.S. economic sanctions (31 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 500-598) and also with the Export Administration Regulations of the U.S. Department of Commerce (15 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 730-774). You also agree that, before any funds are disbursed under this grant, you will provide the Society with copies of any authorizations from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") necessary to carry out your grant, or copies of correspondence from OFAC confirming that no specific authorizations are necessary. You also represent and warrant to the Society that in seeking authorizations from OFAC and/or confirmation that no such authorizations are necessary, you fully disclosed the nature of your grant and its participants and identified the Society as a source of funding. You also agree that you will keep all necessary records to show that you have complied with U.S. foreign trade controls. Finally, you acknowledge that you have been advised by the Society to consult with your own legal counsel in connection with your obligations under U.S. foreign trade controls. 3) Proper permits. If field work is conducted in countries where the US has imposed economic sanctions (including Cuba, Iran, and Sudan), a license must be obtained from the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Controls in advance of the grant payment and a copy of this license or letter of exception is required for our records. During the application process, grantees are required to submit a certification of ethical issues, where they certify that they have the proper permits to undertake the proposed field research in the country in which it will be conducted. Once all documents are received, grantee name, institution, and payee name (bank, university, etc.) are checked against US and international terrorism watch lists using LexisNexis' Bridger Insight. The Society's financial accounts payable system also reviews for compliance with financial sanctions upon new vendor set-up and prior to each payment. A copy of this report is kept in the grant file. Once payment is issued, if grantees would like to alter their proposed budget in any way they must submit their request to the RCE Program Officer. The request is approved or denied and a record of the change is added to the grant file. The grantee must submit their final report and financial accounting before the deadline indicated in their grant agreement unless an extension has been requested in writing and approved by RCE staff. The financial accounting provides a breakdown of the actual costs of the project and is expected to parallel the costs projected in the original grant application budget; all discrepancies must be explained. If there are unexpended grant monies they must be returned to NGS. The Reports Manager reviews the final report and financial accounting and then circulates both reports to the Program Officers and Committee Members for final review and approval. Once the reports are approved, the grant is closed. An electronic copy of the grant file is retained by the RCE and the hardcopy is sent to NGS Records Library for archiving. | Explanation |
Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Mail Solicitations | X | MailSolicitations |
| Email Solicitations | X | EmailSolicitations |
| In Person Solicitations | X | InPersonSolicitations |
| Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants | X | SolicitationOfNonGovtGrants |
| Solicitation Of Govt Grants | X | SolicitationOfGovtGrants |
| Special Fundraising Events | X | SpecialFundraisingEvents |
| Agreement Ref Fundraising | 1 | AgreementRefFundraising |
Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation
Name Of Organization NameOfOrganization
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Business Name Line1 | BREAKTHROUGH STRATG | BusinessNameLine1 |
Address US AddressUS
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Address Line1 | 1615 KENYON ST NW | AddressLine1 |
| City | WASHINGTON | City |
| State | DC | State |
| ZIP Code | 20010 | ZIPCode |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT | Activity |
| Fundraiser Control Of Funds | 0 | FundraiserControlOfFunds |
| Gross Receipts | 0 | GrossReceipts |
| Amount Retained By Contractor | 90000 | AmountRetainedByContractor |
| Net To Organization | 0 | NetToOrganization |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Retained By Contractors | 90000 | TotalRetainedByContractors |
| Licensed States | AL | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | AK | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | AR | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | AZ | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | CA | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | CO | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | CT | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | FL | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | GA | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | HI | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | IL | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | IN | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | KS | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | KY | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | LA | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | MA | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | MD | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | ME | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | MI | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | MN | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | MS | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | NC | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | ND | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | NH | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | NJ | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | NM | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | NY | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | OH | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | OK | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | OR | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | PA | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | RI | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | SC | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | TN | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | UT | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | VA | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | WA | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | WI | LicensedStates |
| Licensed States | WV | LicensedStates |
Events Information EventsInformation
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Name Of Event1 | CHRISTIE'S AUCTION | NameOfEvent1 |
| Gross Receipts Event1 | 3132700 | GrossReceiptsEvent1 |
| Gross Revenue Event1 | 3132700 | GrossRevenueEvent1 |
| Food And Beverage Event1 | 11856 | FoodAndBeverageEvent1 |
| Other Direct Expenses Event1 | 293024 | OtherDirectExpensesEvent1 |
| Gross Receipts Total | 3132700 | GrossReceiptsTotal |
| Gross Revenue Total Events | 3132700 | GrossRevenueTotalEvents |
| Food And Beverage Total Events | 11856 | FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents |
| Other Direct Expenses Total Events | 293024 | OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents |
| Direct Expense Summary Events | 304880 | DirectExpenseSummaryEvents |
| Net Income Summary | 2827820 | NetIncomeSummary |
Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Records Maintained | 1 | RecordsMaintained |
Recipient Table RecipientTable (114 entries)
| Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1 | CityAddressUS/City | StateAddressUS/State | ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode | EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient | IRC SectionIRCSection | Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant | Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant | Address Line2AddressUS/AddressLine2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Alaska | ||||||||
| PO Box 755840 | Fairbanks | AK | 99775 | 926000147 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Kennesaw State Unversity Research And Service Foundation Inc | ||||||||
| 1000 Chastain Road | Kennesaw | GA | 30144 | 580965786 | 501(c)(3) | 15000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Idaho Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| PO Box 443080 | Moscow | ID | 83844 | 237098404 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY | ||||||||
| 310 Hovey Hall | Normal | IL | 61790 | 376025713 | 501(c)(3) | 58880 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Geography Educators' Network of Indiana Inc | ||||||||
| 425 University Boulevard | Indianapoli | IN | 46202 | 351739016 | 501(c)(3) | 44849 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Alabama Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 1 Harrison Plaza | Florence | AL | 356320001 | 636000893 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Arizona Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| PO Box 875302 | Tempe | AZ | 852875302 | 860196696 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Arkansas Geographic Alliance Inc | ||||||||
| 301 Irby Hall | Conway | AR | 72035 | 710671791 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| California Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| Humboldt State University | Arcata | CA | 95521 | 946050071 | 501(c)(3) | 160000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | ||||||||
| 6 HERNDON AVENUE | ANNAPOLIS | MD | 214034503 | 526065757 | 501(c)(3) | 59461 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Colorado Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway | Colorado Springs | CO | 809337150 | 846000555 | 501(c)(3) | 90572 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Connecticut Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| University of Connecticut | Storrs | CT | 062694148 | 060772160 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| District of Columbia Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 1145 17th Street M 2nd floor | Washington | DC | 20036 | 501(c)(3) | 83264 | EDUCATION GRANTS | ||
| Geographic Alliance In Nevada | ||||||||
| 1664 N Virginia St | Reno | NV | 895770154 | 886000024 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Geographic Alliance of Iowa | ||||||||
| University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls | IA | 506140406 | 426004333 | 501(c)(3) | 57759 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Geographic Educators of Nebraska | ||||||||
| 1111 Main Street | Wayne | NE | 68787 | 470491233 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Hawaii Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 2530 DOLE ST SAKAMAKI D200 | HONOLULU | HI | 96822 | 996000354 | 501(c)(3) | 44405 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Kentucky Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 1906 College Heights Blvd | Bowling Green | KY | 42101 | 616055628 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Maine Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 270 Main Street | Farmington | ME | 04938 | 016000769 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Maryland Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 1000 Hilltop Circle --Social | Baltimore | MD | 21250 | 521125663 | 501(c)(3) | 80363 | EDUCATION GRANTS | Science Room 211 |
| Massachusetts Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| c/o Clark Univ | Worcester | MA | 01610 | 042111203 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Michigan Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 294 Dow Science | Mt Pleasant | MI | 48859 | 386000447 | 501(c)(3) | 62435 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Minot State University | ||||||||
| 500 University Avenue West | Minot | ND | 58707 | 456002481 | 501(c)(3) | 50461 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Missouri Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 8 Stewart Hall | Columbia | MO | 65211 | 440552049 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Montana Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 32 Campus Drive | Missoula | MT | 598125040 | 816001713 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| NatureBridge | ||||||||
| 28 Geary Street - Suite 650 | San Francisco | CA | 94108 | 942145930 | 501(c)(3) | 75557 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| New Mexico Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| PO BOX 30001 | LAS CRUCES | NM | 88003 | 850275408 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| New York Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 1000 E Henrietta Road | Rochester | NY | 14623 | 161204210 | 501(c)(3) | 45900 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| North Carolina Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| Appalachian State University | Boone | NC | 28608 | 561176030 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education | ||||||||
| 100 East Boyd SEC 410 B | Norman | OK | 73019 | 731310147 | 501(c)(3) | 65867 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Oregon Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| C/O PORTLAND STATE UNIV FOUND | Portland | OR | 97201 | 481278529 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Pennsylvania Alliance for Geographic Education | ||||||||
| SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY | SHIPPENSBURG | PA | 17257 | 251830984 | 501(c)(3) | 40387 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Tennessee Geographic Alliance Inc | ||||||||
| 304 Geography Bldg | Knoxville | TN | 379960925 | 621291403 | 501(c)(3) | 120589 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Texas Alliance for Geographic Education | ||||||||
| 601 University Drive | San Marcos | TX | 78666 | 746002248 | 501(c)(3) | 60000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Texas State University - San Marcos | ||||||||
| 601 University Drive | San Marcos | TX | 78666 | 746002248 | 501(c)(3) | 127125 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Utah Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 618 W Valley Drive | Centerville | UT | 84014 | 205803307 | 501(c)(3) | 45450 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Vermont Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| CASTLETON STATE COLLEGE | CASTLETON | VT | 05735 | 030179403 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Virginia Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 238 Cox Landing Road | Topping | VA | 23168 | 542017618 | 501(c)(3) | 61330 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| West Virginia Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| Concord University Box 68 | Athens | WV | 247121000 | 550769622 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Wisconsin Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 100 Grant Street | De Pere | WI | 54115 | 391399196 | 501(c)(3) | 62851 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Wyoming Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| Box 3371 207 AS Building | Laramie | WY | 820713371 | 836000331 | 501(c)(3) | 49287 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Kansas State University | ||||||||
| P O BOX 2100 | Manhattan | AR | 72467 | 480667209 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| University of Maine Farmington | ||||||||
| 270 Main Street | Farmington | ME | 04938 | 016011501 | 501(c)(3) | 16542 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Macalester College | ||||||||
| 1600 Grand Avenue | St Paul | MN | 55105 | 410693962 | 501(c)(3) | 60755 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| University of Mississippi | ||||||||
| 105 Odom HALL | UNIVERSITY | MS | 38677 | 646001159 | 501(c)(3) | 145348 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| New Hampshire Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| c/o Keene State College | Keene | NH | 03435 | 026009681 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| New Jersey Alliance for Geographic Education | ||||||||
| ROWAN UNIVERSITY | GLASSBORO | NJ | 08028 | 222482802 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Ohio Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| The Ohio State University 1501 Neil | Columbus | OH | 43210 | 311145986 | 501(c)(3) | 46330 | EDUCATION GRANTS | Avenue |
| South Carolina Research Foundation | ||||||||
| 709 Bull Street | Columbia | SC | 29208 | 570967350 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| South Dakota Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| South Dakota State University | Brookings | SD | 57007 | 460273801 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| Washington Alliance for Geographic Literacy | ||||||||
| 1100 NE 45th Street | Seattle | WA | 98105 | 943079432 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | ||||||||
| 2615 E CLINTON AVENUE | FRESNO | CA | 73703 | 946036494 | 501(c)(3) | 20000 | PUBLIC SERVICE GRANTS | |
| SWARTHMORE COLLEGE | ||||||||
| 500 COLLEGE AVENUE | SWARTHMORE | PA | 190811309 | 231352683 | 501(c)(3) | 387200 | ENDURING VOICES GRANT | |
| Solar Electric Light Fund | ||||||||
| 1612 K STREET NW SUITE 402 | WASHINGTON | DC | 20006 | 521701564 | 501(c)(3) | 50000 | GREAT ENERGY CHALLENGE GRANTS | |
| ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS | ||||||||
| 1710 16TH STREET NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20009 | 530207414 | 501(c)(3) | 260235 | NSF SUBAWARDS | |
| ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS | ||||||||
| 8403 COLESVILLE ROAD SUITE 710 | SILVER SPRING | MD | 20910 | 550526930 | 501(c)(3) | 144908 | NSF SUBAWARDS | |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CURRICULUM STUDY | ||||||||
| 5415 MARK DABLING BOULEVARD | COLORADO SPRINGS | CO | 80918 | 840622557 | 501(c)(3) | 23531 | NSF SUBAWARDS | |
| NAT'L COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION | ||||||||
| 1145 17TH STREET NW ROOM 7620 | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 046050994 | 501(c)(3) | 193271 | NSF SUBAWARDS | |
| NEW MEDIA CENTERS | ||||||||
| 6101 W COURTYARD DRIVE | AUSTIN | TX | 78730 | 943208855 | 55566 | NSF SUBAWARDS | ||
| THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NY | ||||||||
| 32 COURT STREET SUITE 201 | BROOKLYN | NY | 11201 | 131623890 | 501(c)(3) | 90558 | NSF SUBAWARDS | |
| PEER ASSOCIATES INC | ||||||||
| 836 SNIPE IRELAND ROAD | RICHMOND | VT | 05477 | 201248265 | 97050 | NSF SUBAWARDS | ||
| ACEER FOUNDATION | ||||||||
| P O BOX 2549 | WEST CHESTER | PA | 19383 | 631045786 | 501(c)(3) | 25000 | SPONSORSHIP | |
| AFRICAN PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE FUND | ||||||||
| P O BOX 624 | BERNARDSVILLE | NJ | 07924 | 203153855 | 501(c)(3) | 113400 | LEX/NG/BIG CATS GRANT | |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | ||||||||
| 3705 ERWIN ROAD | DURHAM | NC | 27705 | 560532129 | 501(c)(3) | 38909 | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | |
| NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION INC | ||||||||
| 8601 GEORGIA AVENUE STE 501 | SILVER SPRING | MD | 20910 | 943370994 | 7500 | SPONSORSHIP | ||
| PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY | ||||||||
| 48380 HIGHWAY 52 NORTH | MISENHEIMER | NC | 281090960 | 560582999 | 501(c)(3) | 25000 | SPONSORSHIP | |
| POP TECH INSTITUTE | ||||||||
| P O BOX 1405 | CAMDEN | ME | 04843 | 010518900 | 501(c)(3) | 100000 | SPONSORSHIP | |
| PROJECT EXPLORATION INC | ||||||||
| 950 EAST 61ST STREET | CHICAGO | IL | 60637 | 364305660 | 25000 | SPONSORSHIP | ||
| WOMEN IN FILM | ||||||||
| 6100 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 710 | LOS ANGELES | CA | 90048 | 237322834 | 501(c)(3) | 5000 | ALL ROADS SEED GRANT | |
| IMAGE BEARER PICTURES LLC | ||||||||
| 4100 13TH ST NE | WASHINGTON | DC | 20017 | 262357564 | 7500 | ALL ROADS SEED GRANT | ||
| ISSUE TELEVISION INC | ||||||||
| 941 MERCER ST | SANTA FE | NM | 87505 | 271517441 | 7650 | ALL ROADS SEED GRANT | ||
| REDFITZ PRODUCTIONS LLC | ||||||||
| 467 FLORIDA AVE NW | Washington | DC | 20001 | 451164978 | 6640 | ALL ROADS SEED GRANT | ||
| GREEN EMPOWERMENT | ||||||||
| 140 SW YAMHILL ST | PORTLAND | OR | 97205 | 931230409 | 501(c)(3) | 100000 | GREAT ENERGY CHALLENGE GRANT | |
| IMPACT ENERGIES | ||||||||
| 324 N GENEVA ST | ITHACA | NY | 14850 | 364692104 | 69000 | GREAT ENERGY CHALLENGE GRANT | ||
| THE ASIA FOUNDATION | ||||||||
| PO BOX 193223 | San Francisco | CA | 94119 | 941191246 | 501(c)(3) | 110000 | AFGHAN GIRLS FUND GRANT | |
| DELAWARE GEOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE | ||||||||
| C/O UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | NEWARK | DE | 19716 | 516000297 | 501(c)(3) | 34000 | EDUCATION GRANTS | |
| GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF CHICAGO | ||||||||
| PO BOX 350 | KENILWORTH | IL | 60043 | 362182027 | 501(c)(3) | 36700 | Geography Education | |
| Mississippi Geographic Alliance | ||||||||
| 105 Odom HALL | UNIVERSITY | MS | 38677 | 646001159 | 501(c)(3) | 49373 | Geography Education | |
| BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION | ||||||||
| 610 W 112TH ST | New York | NY | 10025 | 135562167 | 501(c)(3) | 24965 | GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION | |
| TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY | ||||||||
| 3008 18TH ST | LUBBOCK | TX | 79409 | 756002622 | 501(c)(3) | 15752 | GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION | |
| APERTURE FOUNDATION | ||||||||
| 547 W 27TH ST FL 4 | NEW YORK | NY | 10001 | 133120824 | 501(c)(3) | 25000 | CONTRIBUTION | |
| THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE | ||||||||
| 1101 WILSON BLVD STE 1100 | ARLINGTON | VA | 22209 | 520972043 | 501(c)(3) | 25000 | CONTRIBUTION | |
| THE EXPLORERS CLUB | ||||||||
| 46 EAST 70TH ST | NEW YORK | NY | 10021 | 131866795 | 501(c)(3) | 30000 | CONTRIBUTION | |
| WILDAID INC | ||||||||
| 744 MONTGOMERY ST STE 300 | San Francisco | CA | 94111 | 203644441 | 501(c)(3) | 10000 | CONTRIBUTION | |
| RARE | ||||||||
| 1310 N COURTHOUSE RD STE 110 | ARLINGTON | VA | 22201 | 237380563 | 501(c)(3) | 10000 | CONTRIBUTION | |
| BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL INC | ||||||||
| 100 SOUTHEAST 2ND ST STE 2200 | MIAMI | FL | 33131 | 521614576 | 501(c)(3) | 10000 | CONTRIBUTION | |
| CREATING HOPE INT'L | ||||||||
| PO BOX 1058 | DEARBORN | MI | 48121 | 383288402 | 501(c)(3) | 10000 | CONTRIBUTION | |
| PENN STATE UNIVERSITY | ||||||||
| c/o PENN STATE UNIV | STATE COLLEGE | PA | 168014819 | 246000376 | 501(c)(3) | 65023 | RESEARCH GRANT | |
| University of South Carolina | ||||||||
| Byrnes Building Suite 430 A 901 | COLUMBIA | SC | 29208 | 576001153 | 501(c)(3) | 38627 | RESEARCH GRANT | Sumter Street |
| University of Nevada Reno | ||||||||
| 1664 N Virginia St | Reno | NV | 89557 | 886000024 | 501(c)(3) | 60000 | EXPLORERS PROGRAM GRANTS | |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | ||||||||
| 1530 3rd Ave South Ab-1230 | BIRMINGHAM | AL | 35294 | 636005396 | 501(c)(3) | 50000 | EXPLORERS PROGRAM GRANTS | |
| SAN DIEGO COASTKEEPER | ||||||||
| 2825 DEWEY RD STE 200 | SAN DIEGO | CA | 92106 | 330647946 | 501(c)(3) | 10000 | CONTRIBUTION | |
| VISION WORKSHOPS | ||||||||
| 312 Quarter Creek Dr | QUEENSTOWN | MD | 21658 | 311784157 | 501(c)(3) | 50000 | PHOTO WORKSHOP GRANT | |
| Southeast Alaska Conservation Council | ||||||||
| 224 Gold Street | JUNEAU | AK | 99801 | 920062992 | 501(c)(3) | 27775 | LEX/NG GRANTS | |
| Bonneville Environmental Foundation | ||||||||
| 240 SW 1st Avenue | Portland | OR | 97204 | 931248274 | 501(c)(3) | 65969 | FRESHWATER PROJECT GRANT | |
| Anne K Taylor Fund | ||||||||
| 2724 Arvin Road Billings MT 59102 | BILLINGS | MT | 59102 | 204693436 | 501(c)(3) | 50000 | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | |
| PANTHERA CORPORATION | ||||||||
| 8 West 40th Street | NEW YORK | NY | 10018 | 204668756 | 501(c)(3) | 19500 | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | |
| Snow Leopard Conservancy | ||||||||
| 18030 Comstock Avenue | SONOMA | CA | 95476 | 611614981 | 501(c)(3) | 18640 | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | ||||||||
| 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx | BRONX | NY | 10460 | 131740011 | 501(c)(3) | 137533 | BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | |
| Ag Innovations NetworkSustainable Food Lab | ||||||||
| 3 Linden Road | HARTLAND | VT | 05048 | 680462304 | 501(c)(3) | 30000 | OCEANS INITIATIVE GRANT | |
| World Wildlife Fund | ||||||||
| 1250 24th Street NW | Washington | DC | 20037 | 521693387 | 501(c)(3) | 19500 | OCEANS INITIATIVE | |
| Smithsonian Institution | ||||||||
| PO Box 37012 MRC 1205 | Washington | DC | 20013 | 530206027 | 501(c)(3) | 28000 | OCEANS INITIATIVE GRANT | |
| Sramani Institute Incorporated | ||||||||
| 724 S Saint Asaph St Alexandria VA | ALEXANDRIA | VA | 22314 | 452512093 | 501(c)(3) | 25000 | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 22314 |
| Eyak Preservation Council | ||||||||
| PO Box 460 | CORDOVA | AK | 99574 | 680424723 | 501(c)(3) | 24689 | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | |
| International Development Exchange | ||||||||
| 333 Valencia Street | San Francisco | CA | 94103 | 770071852 | 501(c)(3) | 12000 | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | |
| Johns Hopkins University | ||||||||
| 1101 E 33rd St NO C020 Baltimore MD | Baltimore | MD | 21218 | 520595110 | 501(c)(3) | 117641 | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | 21218 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||||
| 3451 Walnut StreetSuite 305 | Philadelphia | PA | 19104 | 231352685 | 501(c)(3) | 50000 | GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT | |
| SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY | ||||||||
| c/o SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY | SHIPPENSBURG | PA | 17257 | 232500361 | 501(c)(3) | 18956 | FEDERAL GRANT SUB-AWARD | |
| SULTANA PROJECTS | ||||||||
| 105 S Cross St PO Box 524 | Chestertown | MD | 21620 | 522021091 | 501(c)(3) | 29399 | FEDERAL GRANT SUB-AWARD | |
| NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY | ||||||||
| 1685 38TH St Ste 100 | Boulder | CO | 80301 | 204510571 | 501(c)(3) | 212560 | FEDERAL GRANT SUB-AWARD | |
| LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY | ||||||||
| 201 High St | FARMVILLE | VA | 23909 | 546001788 | 501(c)(3) | 32763 | FEDERAL GRANT SUB-AWARD | |
| EVALUATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTE | ||||||||
| 11500 W Olympic Blvd | Los Angeles | CA | 90064 | 237396648 | 501(c)(3) | 125783 | FEDERAL GRANT SUB-AWARD | |
| CONCORD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | ||||||||
| PO Box 1000 | Athens | WV | 24712 | 550769622 | 501(c)(3) | 6725 | FEDERAL GRANT SUB-AWARD | |
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | ||||||||
| 413 Acadeny St | Newark | DE | 19716 | 516000297 | 501(c)(3) | 20154 | FEDERAL GRANT SUB-AWARD | |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants | 106 | TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants |
| Total Nbr Of Other Organizations | 8 | TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations |
Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (12 entries)
| Type Of GrantTypeOfGrant | Number Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipients | Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant |
|---|---|---|
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | 152 | 4098932 |
| YOUNG EXPLORERS GRANTS | 46 | 239464 |
| EMERGING EXPLORERS AWARDS | 8 | 80000 |
| GEOGRAPHIC BEE WINNER AWARDS | 3 | 39982 |
| ALL ROADS FILM PROJECT SEED GRANTS | 3 | 23615 |
| NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FELLOWS | 12 | 584432 |
| EXPLORER IN RESIDENCE AWARDS | 3 | 315000 |
| PUBLIC SERVICE GRANTS | 5 | 99242 |
| WAITT GRANTS | 44 | 619162 |
| LEX/NG GRANT | 1 | 10000 |
| BIG CATS INITIATIVE GRANT | 1 | 24010 |
| STUDENT EXPEDITIONS GRANTS | 17 | 109589 |
Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Identifier | Procedure for Monitoring Grants in the U.S.: | Identifier |
| Return Reference | Part I, Line 2: | ReturnReference |
| Explanation | Schedule I, Part I, Line 2: The National Geographic Society (NGS) maintains numerous grant-making programs. Each major grant program has an oversight committee to review and approve the grants and procedures over the grant agreements are in place to ensure that the grant funds are properly used and accounted for. Following is a detailed description: when a National Geographic Society (NGS) Research, Conservation, & Exploration (RCE) grant application has been approved by the Committee, payment is issued once NGS has received the following completed, signed documents from the grantee: 1) Appropriate tax form. All grantees who are US citizens or residents are required to sign and submit the appropriate tax form (Form W-9). 2) Scientific Research Grant Agreement. All grantees must complete and sign a Scientific Research Grant Agreement, which includes due dates for research reports and financial reports (generally due within eight months of completion of the field work.) By signing the Grant Agreement, the grantee agrees to submit a final narrative report and a financial accounting of the grant monies spent before the indicated submission deadline. Grantees also certify to Paragraph 17 (copied below) that they will not promote terrorism. 17. CERTIFICATION. By countersigning this agreement, you certify that your organization does not and will not promote or engage in violence or terrorism, nor will your organization make subgrants or other payments to any entity that engages in such activities. Once all documents are received, grantee name, institution, and payee name (bank, university, etc.) are checked against US and international terrorism watch lists using LexisNexis' Bridger Insight. The Society's financial accounts payable system also reviews for compliance with financial sanctions upon new vendor set-up and prior to each payment. A copy of this report is kept in the grant file. Once payment is issued, if grantees would like to alter their proposed budget in any way they must submit their request to the RCE Program Officer. The request is approved or denied and a record of the change is added to the grant file. The grantee must submit their final report and financial accounting before the deadline indicated in their grant agreement unless an extension has been requested in writing and approved by RCE staff. The financial accounting offers a breakdown of the actual costs of the project and is expected to parallel the costs projected in the original grant application budget; all discrepancies must be explained. If there are unexpended grant monies they must be returned to NGS. The Reports Manager reviews the final report and financial accounting and then circulates both reports to the Program Officers and Committee Members for final review and approval. Once the reports are approved, the grant is closed. An electronic copy of the grant file is retained by the RCE and the hardcopy is sent to NGS Records Library for archiving. If grants are awarded to US institutions/individuals these grants are listed only on Form 990 Schedule I since it is impractical to determine what portion, if any, of each grant may be spent overseas. | Explanation |
Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Travel For Companions | X | TravelForCompanions |
| Written Policy Re T And E Expenses | 1 | WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses |
| Substantiation Required | 1 | SubstantiationRequired |
| Compensation Committee | X | CompensationCommittee |
| Independent Consultant | X | IndependentConsultant |
| Form990 Of Other Organizations | X | Form990OfOtherOrganizations |
| Written Employment Contract | X | WrittenEmploymentContract |
| Compensation Survey | X | CompensationSurvey |
| Board Or Committee Approval | X | BoardOrCommitteeApproval |
| Severance Payment | 1 | SeverancePayment |
| Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan | 1 | SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan |
| Equity Based Comp Arrangement | 0 | EquityBasedCompArrangement |
| Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org | 0 | CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg |
| Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs | 0 | CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs |
| Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org | 0 | CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg |
| Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs | 0 | CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs |
| Any Non Fixed Payments | 0 | AnyNonFixedPayments |
| Initial Contract Exception | 0 | InitialContractException |
Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (30 entries)
| TitleTitle | Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg | Comp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgs | Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg | Bonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgs | Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg | Other Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgs | Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg | Deferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgs | Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg | Nontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs | Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg | Total Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgs | Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg | Comp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN M FAHEY JR | ||||||||||||||
| CEO | 892465 | 0 | 636570 | 0 | 18484 | 0 | 12815 | 0 | 21239 | 0 | 1581573 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TIM KELLY | ||||||||||||||
| PRESIDENT | 704344 | 0 | 855827 | 0 | 1392102 | 0 | 20132 | 0 | 16397 | 0 | 2988802 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GILBERT M GROSVENOR | ||||||||||||||
| TRUSTEE/K FOR SERVICES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TERRENCE B ADAMSON | ||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE VP & SECRETARY | 459175 | 0 | 290425 | 0 | 13516 | 0 | 11808 | 0 | 20116 | 0 | 795040 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHRISTOPHER A LIEDEL | ||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE VP & CFO | 125399 | 0 | 287356 | 0 | 614 | 0 | 2907 | 0 | 6194 | 0 | 422470 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MICHAEL COLE | ||||||||||||||
| VP & CONTROLLER | 204375 | 0 | 43962 | 0 | 1039 | 0 | 17181 | 0 | 19371 | 0 | 285928 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BARBARA J CONSTANTZ | ||||||||||||||
| VP & TREASURER | 197566 | 0 | 56129 | 0 | 1870 | 0 | 15831 | 0 | 19347 | 0 | 290743 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANGELO M GRIMA | ||||||||||||||
| ASSISTANT SECRETARY | 210864 | 0 | 54584 | 0 | 2216 | 0 | 15563 | 0 | 17248 | 0 | 300475 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TRACIE WINBIGLER | ||||||||||||||
| EXEC. VP & CFO | 167607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3048 | 0 | 171266 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHRISTOPHER JOHNS | ||||||||||||||
| EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | 424284 | 0 | 247388 | 0 | 6450 | 0 | 12874 | 0 | 18634 | 0 | 709630 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TERRY GARCIA | ||||||||||||||
| EXEC. VP, MISSION PROG. | 398730 | 0 | 250741 | 0 | 14446 | 0 | 12394 | 0 | 19403 | 0 | 695714 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELIZABETH HUDSON | ||||||||||||||
| SENIOR VP, COMMUNICATIONS | 286632 | 0 | 150897 | 0 | 4289 | 0 | 12406 | 0 | 19560 | 0 | 473784 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| THOMAS SABLO | ||||||||||||||
| SENIOR VP, HUMAN RESOURCES | 235268 | 0 | 128581 | 0 | 2232 | 0 | 12807 | 0 | 14493 | 0 | 393381 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LINDA E BERKELEY | ||||||||||||||
| EXEC. VP, ENTERPRISES | 284433 | 0 | 244541 | 0 | 4244 | 0 | 9181 | 0 | 17212 | 0 | 559611 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DECLAN MOORE | ||||||||||||||
| EVP-NGS & PRES. PUBLISHING | 563591 | 0 | 249977 | 0 | 1503 | 0 | 8169 | 0 | 20169 | 0 | 843409 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CLAUDIA E MALLEY | ||||||||||||||
| SVP & GROUP PUBLISHER | 345391 | 0 | 239865 | 0 | 8973 | 0 | 5544 | 0 | 15790 | 0 | 615563 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MELINA BELLOWS | ||||||||||||||
| EVP & COO, BOOKS, KIDS & F | 386777 | 0 | 149472 | 0 | 1321 | 0 | 11983 | 0 | 10102 | 0 | 559655 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AMY MANIATIS | ||||||||||||||
| EVP CHIEF MKTG OFFICER | 365631 | 0 | 91224 | 0 | 829 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15703 | 0 | 473387 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AMBER MULHOLM | ||||||||||||||
| SVP CATALOG & ONLINE | 157533 | 0 | 69460 | 0 | 291 | 0 | 7014 | 0 | 6185 | 0 | 240483 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MICHAEL ULICA | ||||||||||||||
| CFO, DEPUTY | 163651 | 344175 | 0 | 0 | 886 | 0 | 6183 | 0 | 7917 | 0 | 178637 | 344175 | 0 | 0 |
| TERRENCE DAY | ||||||||||||||
| VP, CIRC. | 336675 | 0 | 140686 | 0 | 3311 | 0 | 11843 | 0 | 19833 | 0 | 512348 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MARY CUTTER | ||||||||||||||
| EVP, TRAVEL | 312529 | 0 | 110609 | 0 | 3060 | 0 | 12383 | 0 | 18676 | 0 | 457257 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KEITH BELLOWS | ||||||||||||||
| SVP, EDITOR TRAVELER MAG. | 303390 | 0 | 64221 | 0 | 18418 | 0 | 12658 | 0 | 15558 | 0 | 414245 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JAQUELINE HOLLISTER | ||||||||||||||
| SVP DEVELOPMENT | 255154 | 0 | 101333 | 0 | 14199 | 0 | 12059 | 0 | 7838 | 0 | 390583 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHARLES BRODNAX | ||||||||||||||
| EVP DIGITAL | 303715 | 0 | 107656 | 0 | 1044 | 0 | 481 | 0 | 22226 | 0 | 435122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JOE ALBRITTON | ||||||||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FRANK BORMAN | ||||||||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ROBERT BREEDEN | ||||||||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14868 | 0 | 27868 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LLOYD ELLIOTT | ||||||||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GEORGE ELSEY | ||||||||||||||
| TRUSTEE EMERITUS | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII (3 entries)
| Return ReferenceReturnReference | ExplanationExplanation | IdentifierIdentifier |
|---|---|---|
| Part I, Line 1a | In 2012, the Society allowed a companion to accompany one key employee and one highest compensated employee on a mission-related trip to visit the research site of a Society-funded grantee. The companions were responsible for paying their own airfare. The incremental cost of this companion travel was paid by the Society, but taxed as compensation to each employee and included in their Form W-2 for 2012. | |
| Part I, Lines 4a-b | THE FOLLOWING FORMER OFFICERS/KEY EMPLOYEES RECEIVED SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN PAYMENTS IN 2012: JOHN R. MURPHY--$57,845 THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEE WERE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN IN 2012, BUT RECEIVED NO PAYMENTS: JOHN M. FAHEY, JR. TERRENCE B. ADAMSON TIMOTHY T. KELLY THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE LISTED IN PART VIII, SECTION A. RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN 2012: TIMOTHY T. KELLY--$1,385,208 | |
| Part III | Form 990, Schedule J, Part II, Nontaxable Benefits Components of benefits and deferred compensation provided to executives: life insurance, parking, 401(k), dental & medical insurance, long-term disability, travel/Accident insurance, and annual accrued earned pension. Below is a summary of all officers or key employees who had a severance clause in their respective employment contracts in 2012. These severance amounts are solely contingent upon an employee's involuntary termination without cause from the Society. As such, these amounts have not been accrued or funded in any way and are considered unlikely to occur. None of these amounts have been included in Column D. John M. Fahey, Jr. - 2 times base salary Terrence B. Adamson - 1.25 times base salary Christopher A. Liedel - 1 times base salary Tony Sablo - 1 times base salary Terry Garcia - 1 times base salary Elizabeth Hudson - 1 times base salary Declan Moore - 1 times base salary Jacqueline Hollister--1 times base salary | Supplemental Information |
Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM
Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Non Cash Checkbox | X | NonCashCheckbox |
| Number Of Contributions | 5 | NumberOfContributions |
| Noncash Contribs Rptd F990 | 172701 | NoncashContribsRptdF990 |
| Method Of Determining Revenues | FMV | MethodOfDeterminingRevenues |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Any Property That Must Be Held | 0 | AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld |
| Review Process Unusual NC Gifts | 1 | ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts |
| Third Parties Used | 0 | ThirdPartiesUsed |
Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO
General Explanation GeneralExplanation (11 entries)
| IdentifierIdentifier | Return ReferenceReturnReference | ExplanationExplanation |
|---|---|---|
| National Geographic Magazine 2012 Activity, cont. | Form 990, Part III, line 4a, National Geographic Magazine | In June 2012, for the fifth year in a row, the National Geographic and Aspen Institute joined forces to organize and present the Aspen Environment Forum, which gathered a broad spectrum of key thought leaders for four days of rich and engaging dialogue on the challenges of "living in the new normal" and adapting to changes in our climate. The hope behind the meetings was to expand and enhance views on key environmental issues and further understanding of the magnitude and complexities of the challenges we face by means of an extraordinarily rich exchange across a wide array of important environmental topics and ideas. Provocative and lively discussions focused on the themes of how the planet is changing, how humans are adapting and coping with those planetary changes, and how adapting does not mean accepting, highlighting ideas and innovations to keep climate from warming beyond what we can adapt to. Throughout the year, staff members gave lectures, led workshops, participated in professional programs, reviewed graphic and photographic portfolios, and judged photography and writing contests domestically and internationally. Organizations for which our staff members presented programs included FotoVisura in Puerto Rico, the Missouri Photo Workshop, Adventure Photo Workshop in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Banff Mountain Film Festival, the Italy Photo Contest in Tyrol, a photo camp in Doha Qatar, and the American Copy Editors Association. Universities benefiting from such activities by magazine staff include George Washington University, New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Humboldt State University, and Johns Hopkins University. Staff also gave presentations at local high schools and elementary schools, as well as numerous tours of our headquarters in D.C. to visiting students. Staff members serve on the boards of professional organizations such as the American Society of Magazine Editors and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Each year several of the photographic staff contribute to programs at Visa Pour l'Image in Perpignan, France. NGM was published in 2012 in 37 different languages: Turkish, Thai, Spanish (Latin America and Iberia), Slovenian, Serbian, Russian, Romanian, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Polish, Norwegian, Mongolian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Greek, German, Georgian, French, Finnish, Farsi, Estonian, English, Dutch, Danish, Czech, Croatian, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Bulgarian, Bahasa, and Arabic. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 | Trustee Alexandra Grosvenor Eller, MD, is the daughter of trustee, Gilbert M. Grosvenor. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | The Society's Form 990 was prepared by tax and financial staff at the Society, and was reviewed by senior management, including the CFO and Chief Legal Officer. It was also reviewed by the Society's outside tax advisors. A draft of this Form 990 was provided to the full Board of Trustees for review, and a conference call was held in which all Board members had an opportunity to participate in reviewing and addressing any questions or issues about the draft 990. The Form 990, including any revisions resulting from the call, was then provided to each of the Trustees for any additional questions, comments or input before it was filed with the IRS. | |
| General Conflict of Interest Policy | Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c: | As a nonprofit organization, employer, and responsible citizen, the National Geographic Society performs a variety of important educational and business functions. The Society wishes to meet its obligations in all of these areas in a manner that earns the respect of its members, charitable donors, employees, business associates, and the general public. Two basic principles apply: The Society will conduct every aspect of its business in a fair, lawful, and ethical manner. The Society will maintain a climate that encourages all employees, officers, directors and trustees to be honest and fair in the conduct of their duties. The responsibility for ethical conduct rests with the trustees, directors, officers, and employees who act in its name. All individuals must comply with the law, both when acting on behalf of the Society and in their personal conduct. In areas not covered by laws or regulations, the Society expects its representatives to conduct themselves in an ethical and fair manner. Managers should lead by personal example and ensure that employees under their supervision meet the high standards set by the Society. Policies spelled out in this statement may also apply to members of your immediate family; their actions could involve a conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, in violation of your responsibilities under this policy. If you have any doubts about the propriety of any action or decision, you should seek guidance from your manager or from Human Resources, or from the Society President or Secretary as appropriate. The following applies to all employees, officers, directors and trustees of the National Geographic Society relating to their activities on the Society's behalf: I. Gifts and Gratuities 1. Individuals may not solicit, directly or indirectly, any gift, favor, loan, entertainment, or other remuneration, or accept any excessive gift, favor, loan, entertainment, or other remuneration, from any person or organization that engages in business with, or is a competitor of, the Society (or any of its divisions), for himself, herself, or for any other person. ("Excessive" value is any item or group of items over $50 in value. That means that any item or group of items that exceeds $50 is considered of "substantial value" and should be refused). 2. Individuals shall neither give nor pay, directly or indirectly, to any person or organization that engages in business with the Society, any gift, favor, loan, or entertainment, except within reasonable limits adopted from time to time by the Society. 3. All invitations to accept bribery or graft (kickbacks, etc.) or any proposal or suggestion of a similar nature must be reported immediately to the employee's division manager, who in turn must report the matter to the Human Resources Division. Reports should be made to the Secretary or President of the Society in the case of a director or trustee. Nondisclosure of even a rejected proposal of bribery or graft or suggestion of a similar nature shall be reason for severe disciplinary action. 4. Employees involved in purchasing decisions must take extra care to avoid gifts or gratuities that may affect or may reasonably be construed to affect the purchase of equipment, supplies, and services. Further, the decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of a gift or gratuity in connection with the Society shall be made by the division manager of the employee involved, or by the Society's President or Secretary in the case of an officer, director or trustee. Division managers shall maintain records of employee reports to them of all offerings of substantial gifts and gratuities. As noted above, non-"excessive," modest gifts and favors, which will not reasonably be regarded by others as improper, may be accepted or given on an occasional basis. Entertainment which satisfies these requirements and conforms to generally accepted business practice is also permissible. However, even a nominal gift should not be accepted if, to a reasonable observer, it might appear that the gift would influence business decisions. Non-"excessive" food, refreshments, and entertainment of a modest value may be accepted by an employee, director or trustee on infrequent occasions in the ordinary course of Society business, such as a luncheon or dinner meeting or occasional outing. However, an accumulation of luncheons, dinners, and outings from the same source during a year would be considered unacceptable. Any item or accumulations of items by employees (e.g., gift, favor, loan, entertainment, outing, etc.) that exceeds $50.00 must be approved by the Human Resources or Legal Departments, or by the President or Secretary in the case of officers, directors or trustees. II. Financial Interests, Including Investments 1. Employees, officers, directors or trustees shall not have, directly or indirectly, an interest in any firm, business, or organization that engages in business with the Society, unless such interest is disclosed to and approved by the Society. 2. Employees, officers, directors or trustees shall not have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest in any competitor of the Society. 3. Employees, officers, directors or trustees may not act on behalf of the Society in connection with any transaction in which the employee, officer, director or trustee has a personal interest. Minor outside business interests (for example, stock ownership in publicly traded corporations) may be permitted. Any employee involved in purchasing decisions must take care that no member of his or her immediate family has, directly or indirectly, an interest in or is employed by a firm that engages in purchasing-related business with the Society, unless such interest is disclosed to and approved by the Society. III. Additional Employment and Other Outside Activity All outside activity, such as employment (including self-employment) or professional, business or community activity, must be undertaken within the fundamental premise that the employee's primary responsibility is to the Society and that the activity will not interfere with his or her ability to discharge this responsibility. Each employee must ensure that any outside activity: is compatible with the full and proper discharge of the responsibilities of his or her Society employment; will not be construed by the public as the official action of the Society; will not adversely affect the Society; will not draw upon any of the Society's resources without advance approval; will not create or give the appearance of a conflict of interest. If an activity does not interfere with the performance of one's duties or the employees' responsibility to the Society under this policy and is performed on the employee's own time, without the support services of the Society, then compensation, fees, and honoraria, may be retained by the employee. However, if an endeavor is carried on during normal working hours or with the use of Society resources, or is related to the employee's work at the Society, or otherwise implicates this policy, the employee and his or her division manager, with the concurrence of the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, must agree in advance on the appropriateness of the activity and an equitable arrangement concerning time, remuneration, etc. Employees are prohibited from doing writing, editing, photography, artwork, filmmaking, etc., for other publishers or producers unless approved by the President, the Editor, or an Executive Vice President. Contracts between the Society and employees or members of their immediate family may give rise to conflicts of interest or give the appearance of favoritism, and may be entered into only after review and approval by the President, or designee. If any employee has, or is considering, an undertaking which might conflict or appear to conflict with Society's policy, the employee should bring this matter to the attention of appropriate Society management to ensure that no conflict will result. IV. Personal Use of the Society's Facilities or Other Resources by Employees The Society's property and facilities are to be used to conduct the Society's business, in accordance with Society policies. An employee who desires to use the Society's staff or resources for a non-Society endeavor must obtain permission in advance from his or her division manager and arrangements must be made to adequately reimburse the Society. |
| General Conflict of Interest Policy, cont. | V. Confidential Information Employees have a responsibility to comply with the Society's policy concerning confidential information and trade secrets. Among other duties employees have, the following should be observed: 1. In the conduct of Society business, employees of the Society shall limit requests for and use of information to our business needs; limit use and discussion of information obtained on the job to normal business activities; and restrict access of records to those with proper authorization and legitimate business needs. 2. No employee shall disclose confidential information (editorial, publishing, personnel, etc.) unless specifically authorized to do so. 3. No employee shall disclose directly or indirectly to any news organization any sensitive information concerning the Society, its employees or its members. Failure to comply with these standards may lead to serious disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal. Procedures For the protection of the Society and its employees, it is essential that employees make prompt and full disclosure to the Society prior to becoming involved in any situation that may be, or may result in, a conflict of interest. All employees will be required to complete a Confidential Report Letter at the time of hire. A Report Letter shall also be submitted by any employee promptly after he or she becomes involved in any conflict of interest situation or potential conflict of interest that has not previously been reported. All information disclosed shall be treated on a confidential basis except to the extent disclosure is considered necessary by the Society in its discretion for the protection of the Society's interest. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | In accordance with the Society's Conflict of Interest Policy, officers, directors or trustees and all employees are obligated to disclose activities that give rise to conflicts of interest and to recuse themselves from any participation in decisions about matters as to which they have a conflict. Such disclosures are required not only on an annual questionnaire but also at the point in time a conflict arises, not merely on an annual basis. Disclosures should be made to appropriate Society management. A VP and Associate General Counsel is the Society's designated Ethics Officer and provides advice and consultation in these matters. See Sch. O for a copy of the general conflict of interest policy. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The Board of Trustees of the National Geographic Society has delegated authority to the Compensation Committee to oversee the compensation and benefits of senior executives of the Society. The Committee, which is composed exclusively of independent members of the Board of Trustees, is responsible for establishing an executive compensation program for the Society's senior executives. The Committee follows the procedures set forth in the IRS regulations under Section 4958 in making compensation decisions. In particular, the Committee engages an independent compensation consultant to prepare and present comparable market data with respect to the Society's cash compensation and benefits programs, and is also advised by outside counsel. The Committee reviews the performance of senior executives and evaluates their compensation and benefits in light of the comparable market data provided by the independent compensation consultant. The Committee relies on such market data in awarding cash compensation and establishing benefit programs for the Society's senior executives, and receives an opinion from the independent compensation consultant that the Society's executive compensation and benefits programs are reasonable and comparable to that provided for similar services by similar organizations under similar circumstances. The Committee documents its decisions regarding executive compensation decisions in its minutes. The Chair of the Committee promptly reports all actions taken by the Committee to the full Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee followed the process described above at meetings held in February, October, and December, with respect to compensation decisions for the following senior executive positions: President and CEO; all Executive Vice Presidents; the Senior Vice President and Group Publisher; the Senior Vice President, Development; the Senior Vice President, Human Resources; the Vice President, Audit & Advisory Services; and the Editor in Chief. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The Society's conflict of interest policy is disclosed in the 990 on Schedule O; the corporate charter is available to the public through the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Corporations Division. The Society's other governing documents are available upon request. The financial statements of the tax-exempt parent, the National Geographic Society, are made available in this Form 990. The Society does not currently make its audited financial statements available to the public because they are issued on a consolidated basis, which include financial details of the activities of Society's taxable subsidiaries which are not disclosed for competitive reasons. The Society's Forms 990 and 990T are available upon request, as well as on-line at Guidestar.org. | |
| Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances: | Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | PENSION/POSTRETIREMENT OTHER THAN NET PERIODIC COST -26,673,000. DONATED FACILITIES USE EXPENSES -67,748. GRANTS CANCELED/RETURNED 365,636. MISC. 652. |
| Other Society Accomplishments--Library and Information Services | National Geographic Library & Archives The Library's Reading Room is open to the public by appointment Monday through Friday, 1:30pm-5pm, and our staff also respond to phone calls, letters and emails. About 200 questions, or 7% of our reference questions, originate with the public or serve scholars wishing to use our collections for research. The Library's free website for National Geographic Collectors (Collector's Corner) has grown to 3,281 members and last year received 183,000 page views. The Library also participates in regional inter-library loans of our physical collections. Our materials were lent to libraries including Smithsonian, George Washington University and the Executive Office of the President. During 2012, the Library hosted events on-site for federal and school librarians and our librarians were invited to speak at University classes and regional professional events. Also during 2012, the Library coordinated with Gale Cengage to launch the National Geographic Virtual Library (NGVL), an online research portal of National Geographic published content for public, school and academic libraries. Through NGVL, libraries and their users can, for the first time, search National Geographic Magazine 1988-current, along with Traveler magazine (2010-present), 175 National Geographic ebooks, 655 maps, 325 videos and 600 downloadable images. For libraries without NGVL access, our free-to-use index to National Geographic publications index had 148,000 outside page views in 2012. | |
| Other Society Accomplishments--Sustainability Initiatives | The National Geographic Society has undertaken a serious commitment to operate more sustainably on its campus and in its expectations of its suppliers. The Society has developed the following four strategic core values as part of its company-wide sustainability goals: - To become a carbon neutral company - To send zero (0) waste to the landfill - To have an engaged and healthy workforce - To practice wise resource stewardship. Becoming a carbon neutral company The Society performs an annual carbon assessment of all of the carbon emissions it is responsible for, including those emitted on its behalf by its suppliers. The goal is to quantify what is emitted, find ways to lower those that can be reduced, and to offset those that cannot. Since 2007, the Society has switched its source for electrical usage its buildings and all leased space in the US to wind REC's (Renewable Energy Certificates) and offsets are purchased (Reforestation and methane capture from Landfills) to offset any natural gas used. Reforestation offsets are also purchased to cover business travel. The Society's buildings have been retrofitted to achieve maximum energy efficiency and over the past ten years, electrical usage has been reduced by 17%, water usage by 36% and natural gas usage by 23%. As a result of these ongoing efforts, the Society's buildings have earned a LEED EB Gold certification since 2009. Energy reduction strategies are identified with our suppliers as well as renewable energy options or methane recovery offsets where needed. Sending zero (0) waste to landfill The Society has a concerted recycling effort for all waste generated on-site which began about ten years ago. This includes all recyclable paper, metals, glass, plastics and building waste materials. Four years ago the Society began composting all organic waste, including all non-recyclable paper items and all food waste from the cafeteria and the general buildings. Employees are also actively encouraged in segregating all waste as it is disposed of with the goal of having none end up in a landfill. In 2012, the Society reached a landfill diversion rate of 63% for all building waste and a new target has been set to improve by 25% over the next two years. Engaged and healthy employees All employees are encouraged to become actively engaged in the varied sustainability initiatives. The Society offers a public transportation subsidy to its employees, encourages carpooling and biking to work, has been designated a bike friendly workplace and is an active participant in "bike to work" days including becoming an official stop for those wishing to stop for refreshments or a snack. An exercise fitness room is available to all staff members along with lockers and shower facilities. Locally produced organic food is served in the cafeteria and a weekly farmers market is available to employees and the general public. Staff are encouraged to recycle their "difficult to recycle" waste (electronics, batteries) in designated collection areas. A "swap meet" is held four times a year in which employees can bring in items they no longer want and take home items donated by others. All employees are encouraged to participate on one of the "Green" Committees that are designed to make the Society ever more sustainable in its operation. Practicing the wise use of Resources In 2012, the Society continued its focus on measuring the social and environmental impact of its operations and adopted a new comprehensive Sustainability Policy which includes expectations of its suppliers. The Society is committed to increasing its use of 100% certified fiber paper and to help certify 10 million new acres of privately held forest land in the US by the end of 2017. Paper suppliers are required to document that they abide by all Clean Water and Air Act, and local environmental guidelines in the manufacture of our paper. All suppliers are required to abide by basic human rights principles in the way they deal with their employees. The Society's buildings are operated without the use of pesticides and herbicides, and only Green-E certified cleaning products and non VOC paints are used in the complex. In addition, many of the building materials used are made from recycled material. |
Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR
Form990 Schedule R Part I Form990ScheduleRPartI
Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Business Name Line1 | NG URL HOLDING LLC | BusinessNameLine1 |
Address US AddressUS
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Address Line1 | 1145 17TH ST NW | AddressLine1 |
| City | WASHINGTON | City |
| State | DC | State |
| ZIP Code | 20036 | ZIPCode |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Activities | HOLDING COMPANY | PrimaryActivities |
| Legal Domicile State | DC | LegalDomicileState |
| Total Income | 0 | TotalIncome |
| EOY Assets | 0 | EOYAssets |
Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Business Name Line1 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | BusinessNameLine1 |
Form990 Schedule R Part IV Form990ScheduleRPartIV (14 entries)
| Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1 | CityAddressUS/City | StateAddressUS/State | ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode | EINEIN | Primary ActivityPrimaryActivity | Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileState | Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1 | Type Of EntityTypeOfEntity | Share Of Total IncomeShareOfTotalIncome | Share Of EOY AssetsShareOfEOYAssets | Percentage OwnershipPercentageOwnership | Controlled OrgControlledOrg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGSP INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 161750687 | CABLE TV, VIDEO, MAP CO. | DC | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | C | 190504744 | 1587520957 | 1.00000 | 1 |
| NGD INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 522059709 | BOOK DISTRIBUTION | DC | NGHB INC | C | 21438186 | 10701868 | 1.00000 | 1 |
| NGHB INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 942731426 | HOLDING CO. | DC | NGSP INC | C | 87870120 | 1.00000 | 1 | |
| NG TOPO INC | ||||||||||||
| 210 BEAVER BROOK CANYON RD | EVERGREEN | CO | 80439 | 522236109 | MAPS | CO | NGSP INC | C | 209031 | 1.00000 | 1 | |
| NGMT INC | ||||||||||||
| 210 BEAVER BROOK CANYON RD | EVERGREEN | CO | 80439 | 522330725 | MAPS | CO | NG TOPO INC | C | 1.00000 | 1 | ||
| COTN INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 800066694 | DORMANT | DC | NGE INC | C | 1 | 1.00000 | 1 | |
| NGE INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 202874158 | HOLDING CO. | DC | NGSP INC | C | 9932 | 7300000 | 1.00000 | 1 |
| NGAF INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 260115081 | DORMANT | DC | NGE INC | C | 1.00000 | 1 | ||
| LIONS PRIDE INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 261875857 | FILM PRODUCTION | DC | NGE INC | C | 95441 | 183758 | 1.00000 | 1 |
| SND PRODUCTIONS INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 260300349 | DORMANT | DC | NGE INC | C | 1.00000 | 1 | ||
| GALAPAGOS INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 521946473 | FILM PRODUCTION | DC | NGSP INC | C | 41741 | 39912 | 1.00000 | 1 |
| OTW PRODUCTIONS INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 264457162 | DORMANT | DC | NGE INC | C | 1.00000 | 1 | ||
| NAT GEO MUSIC INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 264457111 | DORMANT | DC | NGE INC | C | 1.00000 | 1 | ||
| HIDDEN WORLDS INC | ||||||||||||
| 1145 17TH ST NW | WASHINGTON | DC | 20036 | 273069761 | FILM PRODUCTION | DC | NGE INC | C | 421675 | 10125246 | 1.00000 | 1 |
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties | 1 | ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties |
| Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org | 1 | GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg |
| Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org | 0 | GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg |
| Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org | 1 | LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg |
| Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org | 0 | LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg |
| Dividends Related Organization | 0 | DividendsRelatedOrganization |
| Sale Of Assets To Other Org | 1 | SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg |
| Purchase Of Assets From Other Org | 1 | PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg |
| Exchange Of Assets | 0 | ExchangeOfAssets |
| Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs | 1 | RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs |
| Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs | 0 | RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs |
| Perform Of Services For Other Orgs | 1 | PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs |
| Perform Of Services By Other Orgs | 1 | PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs |
| Sharing Of Facilities | 0 | SharingOfFacilities |
| Sharing Of Paid Employees | 0 | SharingOfPaidEmployees |
| Reimbursement Paid To Other Org | 1 | ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg |
| Reimbursement Paid By Other Org | 1 | ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg |
| Other Transfer To Other Org | 0 | OtherTransferToOtherOrg |
| Other Transfer From Other Org | 1 | OtherTransferFromOtherOrg |
Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (16 entries)
| Transaction TypeTransactionType | Amount InvolvedAmountInvolved | Method Of Amt DeterminationMethodOfAmtDetermination |
|---|---|---|
| NGSP INC | ||
| A | 10740157 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGD INC | ||
| A | 34528 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGSP INC | ||
| B | 15471000 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGSP INC | ||
| D | -10766919 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGD INC | ||
| D | 2790600 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGHB INC | ||
| D | -28064545 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGD INC | ||
| G | 21570140 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGD INC | ||
| H | 448624 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGSP INC | ||
| H | 522221 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGD INC | ||
| L | 216420 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGSP INC | ||
| L | 9209443 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGSP INC | ||
| M | 10348447 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGSP INC | ||
| S | 29066667 | AUDITED FINANCIAL STMTS. |
| NGSP INC | ||
| P | 724574 | FINANCIAL ACCTG. SYSTEM |
| NGD INC | ||
| Q | 574962 | FINANCIAL ACCTG. SYSTEM |
| NGSP INC | ||
| Q | 27122425 | fINANCIAL ACCTG. SYSTEM |
Form990 Schedule R Part VII Form990ScheduleRPartVII
| Field | Value | IRS element (for citing) |
|---|---|---|
| Identifier | REIMBURSEMENTS PAID BY RELATED ORGANIZATIONS | Identifier |
| Return Reference | PART V, 2(16) | ReturnReference |
| Explanation | Reimbursements from subsidiaries for payroll withholdings and other direct third-party expenses. | Explanation |