Illinois · Nonprofit
NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION
NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being James and Alvina Bartos Balog Foundation Inc ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $47k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $2k
What North American Nature Photography Association does
Mission
This organization provides education, fosters professionalism and ethical conduct, gathers and disseminates information, and develops standards for all persons interested in the field of nature photography.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
On its FY2022 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In November of 2022, after evaluating our short- and mid-term financial condition vis-a-vis upcoming obligations, especially with regard to event and venue contracts for 2023, NANPA formed a partnership with one of our sister photography associations, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). The agreement requires that ASMP operates all of NANPAs programming and events, very much like an external Association Management Company does, and also required that ASMP assumed responsibility for and paid in full all of NANPAs existing and future contractual obligations. To facilitate this, NANPA transferred its operating funds to ASMP; the agreement however maintained the majority of NANPAs reserve (non-operating) funds in a separate account at ASMP, only usable with the consent of the NANPA Board and a group of other key NANPA stakeholders. As a part of this partnership, both organizations get to cross-market and attend each others events at member rates, and have access to each others resources and benefits. During the period of partnership, NANPA maintains its own members, its own elected Board of Directors and Committees, and most importantly the right to claw back funds and end the partnership should ASMP fail to meet any of its obligations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Miscellaneous general benefits provided and costs incurred to benefit members, newsletter, directory, committee expenses, website costs, etc.
Road shows, regional events & photography celebration same general purpose as the annual meeting except on a smaller scale.
Nanpa conducts a meeting held every year that allows amateurs as well as professional photographers to share knowledge and new techniques. Workshops and round table discussions are held to further new skills as well as encourage ethical conduct. The meeting provides opportunities to network with other photographers and be a voice with public, private and government agencies for the benefit of nature photography. The attendance has grown to over 2500 members since it's first meeting in february of 1995.
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
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 $410k to $13k (−97%).
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. 1 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION’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
NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION: 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 NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION?
- NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being James and Alvina Bartos Balog Foundation Inc ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION?
- James and Alvina Bartos Balog Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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