New Mexico · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $89 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($89). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $89
- Net assets
- $0
What National Cave & Karst Research Institute Inc does
Mission
An independently and locally governed non-profit organization; national cave and karst research institute ("nckri", or the organization") was incorporated as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the state of new mexico in 2005 and is primarily and directly responsible for its own operations. Nckri's enabling legislation is the national cave and karst research institute act of 1998, 16 u.s.c. S4310. Federal and state funding for nckri programs is administered by the new mexico institute of mining and technology (nmt). Funding not produced by agreements with nmt is accepted directly by nckri.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization's mission is to: further the science of speleology; centralize and standardize speleological information; foster interdisciplinary cooperation in cave and karst research programs; promote public education; promote national and international cooperation in protecting the environment for the benefit of cave and karst landforms; and promote and develop environmentally sound and sustainable resource management practices.this mission was interrupted by covid. Organization became dormant during covid, which impacted its activities, though its purpose remained the same as in prior years
$4,444 spentof which $4,444 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,444.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $22k to $4k (−80%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Valerie Davis
Executive director/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $18 → $25.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $89 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC?
- NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (New Mexico) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $89 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($89). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $89 in grants to NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $89 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CAVE & KARST RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing