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NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC
NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,516 to it, the largest being JOHN C BOCK FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $991k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $508k
What North American Invasive Species Management Association Inc does
Mission
Naismas mission is to empower invasive species management in north america
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
PlayCleanGo -PlayCleanGo is a patented and branded campaign to prevent invasive species from entering recreational or other pathways in nature: hiking, boating, hunting, fishing, biking, and worker pathways such as timber management, road maintenance and more. The campaigns goal is to protect valuable natural resources while encouraging recreationists to enjoy the great outdoors and to remind recreationists of their role to be stewards of the places they love. Key messaging is to (1) Play in the outdoors; (2) Clean your gear before you leave; then (3) Go to your next adventure. PlayCleanGo promotes awareness, understanding, and cooperation by providing a clear call to action to be informed, attentive and accountable for stopping the spread of all invasive species.
$324,856 spent$64,370 earned by the program54% of program spendingProfessional Development-Designed to provide the education needed for professionals and students who are managing or learning to manage invasive species. This program has two components: fee-based courses and free webinars. The fee-based courses provide the most current invasive species identification, control, and management techniques and comply with local and federal regulations. The free webinars are open to the public to register and attend and are recorded and available for paid members.
$48,494 spent$20,234 earned by the program8% of program spendingAnnual Conference-Provides an opportunity for invasive species professionals to learn the latest techniques and strategies for prevention, detection, and management. This program provides concurrent sessions, field trips, and workshops to connect terrestrial and aquatic invasive species management, research, policy, and outreach initiatives and opportunities across North America.
$160,856 spent$197,042 earned by the program27% of program spendingWeed Free Products-The NAISMA Certified Weed Free Products program is the only program in North America that provides land managers with assurance that noxious weeds will not be spread through the movement of forage, hay, mulch, or gravel brought into the property. Weed Free Products maintains a list of standards, provides guidelines, and ensures uniform training and participation. Many federal, state, and local lands require the use of certified weed free forage, gravel or mulch on their properties.
$24,250 spent4% of program spendingGovernment Affairs / National Invasive Species Awareness Week -NAISMAs Government Affairs work includes organizing Congressional briefings, organizing virtual webinars to educate the public on invasive species concerns, publishing policy papers, and sending letters to federal elected officials and agency leadership on timely actions and funding opportunities to increase support for invasive species prevention and management. Our government affairs work is non-partisan. Invasive species impacts all Americans throughout all ways of life.
$44,130 spent7% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $602,586.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $395k to $656k (+66%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 63% · 2021 67% · 2022 33% · 2023 53% · 2024 43% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Christie Trifone Millhouse
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16 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.
Against its field
NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 169 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 169 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$2.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 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 NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC?
- NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,516 to it, the largest being JOHN C BOCK FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,516 in grants to NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC?
- JOHN C BOCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH AMERICAN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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