National Audubon Society Inc

New York, New York - EIN 13-1624102 - Latest filing: fiscal 2025 (Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025)

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

How to read this page: every figure below is from the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026. People named below are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026 - the filing is a snapshot of that fiscal year, not a list of current officeholders.

THE FILING IN ONE PARAGRAPH

National Audubon Society Inc reported $197,300,511 in revenue and $199,493,473 in expenses in fiscal 2025, a deficit of $2,192,962 for the year. Program services took $159,093,147 of expenses, or 79.8%. The organization closed the year with $590,316,385 in net assets - about 35.5 months of expenses at the fiscal-2025 spending level.

At a Glance - Fiscal 2025

All values are fiscal 2025 unless a tile says otherwise.

TOTAL REVENUE - FISCAL 2025
$197,300,511

Up 31.6% from $149,874,174 in fiscal 2024.

TOTAL EXPENSES - FISCAL 2025
$199,493,473

Revenue minus expenses: -$2,192,962 in fiscal 2025.

PROGRAM EXPENSE SHARE - FISCAL 2025
79.8%

$159,093,147 of $199,493,473 went to program services.

NET ASSETS - END OF FISCAL 2025
$590,316,385

Total assets $641,314,557 minus total liabilities $50,998,172.

TOP EXECUTIVE PAY - FISCAL 2025
$1,034,324

Elizabeth M Gray, Chief Executive Officer, as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026. Total across all compensation columns.

PEOPLE REPORTED - FISCAL 2025
1,185 Employees

Plus 7,500 volunteers reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.

Money In, Money Out - Fiscal 2025

Revenue and expenses as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026. Donated goods are separated from cash so food and supply donations do not read as cash income.

Where the Money Went - Fiscal 2025

Program Services$159,093,147 (79.7%)
Fundraising$29,774,744 (14.9%)
Management and General$10,625,582 (5.3%)

Management and general is the figure reported on the filing (Part IX total); where a filing does not carry it, it is computed as the residual of total expenses minus program and fundraising expenses. Cost to raise a dollar in fiscal 2025: $0.18 - $29,774,744 in fundraising expenses divided by $166,738,699 in total contributions. On cash contributions only: $0.19.

Where the Money Came From - Fiscal 2025

SourceFiscal 2025
Total Contributions$166,738,699
Of Which Cash Contributions$155,283,167
Of Which Donated Goods (Noncash)$11,455,532
Fundraising Events$1,049,753
Government Grants$23,717,677
All Other Contributions$141,971,269
Program Service Revenue$11,927,126
Investment Income$14,728,994
Other Revenue$3,905,692
Total Revenue (All Sources)$197,300,511

Reserves and Balance Sheet - Fiscal 2025

Reserves and Runway

35.5 Months

of reserves - $590,316,385 in net assets at the end of fiscal 2025, divided by average monthly expenses of about $16,624,456 in fiscal 2025.

Net assets can include donor-restricted funds, buildings and other assets that cannot be spent like cash. Treat months of reserves as a scale measure, not as cash in the bank.

Balance Sheet - End of Fiscal 2025

Total Assets$641,314,557
Total Liabilities$50,998,172
Liabilities as Share of Assets8.0%
Net Assets$590,316,385

Leadership Pay - Fiscal 2025

Pay is the summed total across all compensation columns on the Form 990 - pay from the organization, pay from related organizations, and other compensation. People are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026.

Name and Title, as ReportedTotal Pay - Fiscal 2025Share of Expenses
Elizabeth M Gray - Chief Executive Officer$1,034,3240.52%
Maxine G Somerville - Chief People And Culture Officer$452,2960.23%
Charlotte D Young - VP & General Counsel$448,7830.22%
Marshall Johnson - Chief Conservation Officer$438,9420.22%
Lisette M Peacock Chief - Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Officer$422,5470.21%
Ingrid M Milne - Chief Financial Officer$414,0590.21%
Sarah M Rose - VP, Climate Action, North America$375,8250.19%
Justin E Stokes - Deputy Chief Conservation Officer$358,9190.18%
Allison E Vogt - Chief Strategy Integration Officer$357,6360.18%
Neeta D Hatley - VP, Controller, Treasury & Fin Ops$275,5400.14%

The full Part VII table lists every officer, director, trustee and key employee named on the filing, with hours and the same summed total. Compensation is reported for the calendar year ending within the fiscal year, per the Form 990.

Board and Governance - Fiscal 2025

Board and policy answers as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026.

Board Roster - as Reported on the Fiscal-2025 Form 990

20 voting members, 19 independent - independence count as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.

Name, as ReportedRole, as Reported
Elizabeth M GrayChief Executive Officer
Maxine G SomervilleChief People And Culture Officer
Charlotte D YoungVP & General Counsel
Marshall JohnsonChief Conservation Officer
Lisette M Peacock ChiefEquity, Diversity, Inclusion Officer
Ingrid M MilneChief Financial Officer
Sarah M RoseVP, Climate Action, North America
Justin E StokesDeputy Chief Conservation Officer
Allison E VogtChief Strategy Integration Officer
Neeta D HatleyVP, Controller, Treasury & Fin Ops
Susan BellChair (Thru 09/24)
George S GolumbeskiVice Chair/chair (As Of 09/24)
Kathy SullivanVice Chair
Susan OrrSecretary, Vice Chair (As Of 02/25)
Victor L HymesTreasurer (Thru 03/25)
Rodney BrownTreasurer (As Of 06/25)
Anne BeckettDirector
Shelly CihanDirector
Johanna FuentesDirector
Kevin HarrisDirector
Jessica HellmannDirector
Pamela Hurtado BergerDirector (As Of 03/25)
Richard H LawrenceDirector (Thru 09/24)
Steffanie MunguiaDirector
Angel OrtizDirector
Mamie ParkerDirector (As Of 03/25)
Theresa PellaDirector
R Cynthia PruettDirector
Diane Ross-LeechDirector
Phil SwanDirector (Thru 02/25)
Lili TaylorDirector
Bernardo Vargas-GibsoneDirector
Joseph WattsDirector (Thru 02/25)
Anna Warwick RiggsDirector

Governance Policy Flags - Fiscal 2025

Conflict of Interest PolicyYes - Reported
Whistleblower PolicyYes - Reported
Document Retention PolicyYes - Reported
Audited Financial StatementsYes - Reported
Audit CommitteeYes - Reported
Board Size and Independence20 voting / 19 independent

Flags report what the organization answered on the Form 990. A Yes means the policy was reported on the filing; it is not an outside review of how the policy works in practice.

Grants - Fiscal 2025

Grants Made - Fiscal 2025

This organization reported $12,167,696 in grants paid in fiscal 2025.

Recipient, as ReportedAmount
Ducks Unlimited Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$999,421
Department Of Environmental Protection
GENERAL SUPPORT
$420,000
Montana Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$344,175
Alabama Audubon
GENERAL SUPPORT
$292,567
Audubon Of Kansas
GENERAL SUPPORT
$286,955
San Diego Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$269,835
Buena Vista Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$236,306
US Fish And Wildlife Service
GENERAL SUPPORT
$218,378
Widgeon Land Company
GENERAL SUPPORT
$199,590
Treasurer Va Tech
GENERAL SUPPORT
$127,720
Tulare County Resource Conservation District
GENERAL SUPPORT
$123,750
Saddleback Ranch
GENERAL SUPPORT
$102,500
Prospect Park Alliance
GENERAL SUPPORT
$95,860
Butte Lodge Outing Club Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$95,681
City Of Orange Beach
GENERAL SUPPORT
$94,419
The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund
GENERAL SUPPORT
$86,767
Community Foundation Of Utah
GENERAL SUPPORT
$75,000
Tk Ag Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$70,000
The Climate Group Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$55,000
Burbank Land Club
GENERAL SUPPORT
$53,257
Lower 9Th Ward Center For Sustainable Engagement & Dev
GENERAL SUPPORT
$52,500
Poso Creek Land Company LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$52,065
Lower Shore Land Trust
GENERAL SUPPORT
$50,085
Green 20
GENERAL SUPPORT
$50,000
Rancho Caleta LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$49,364
Santura Duck Club LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$48,615
Tulane University
GENERAL SUPPORT
$47,717
State Of Maryland - University Of MD Baltimore County
GENERAL SUPPORT
$46,998
Ddc Management LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$46,426
Hillside Grain & Stock Farm Llp
GENERAL SUPPORT
$44,161
Florida Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$42,500
National Wildlife Federation
GENERAL SUPPORT
$39,877
Town Of Stratford
GENERAL SUPPORT
$39,082
Bird Alliance Of Oregon
GENERAL SUPPORT
$38,129
Damon Frank
GENERAL SUPPORT
$38,120
Upstate Forever
GENERAL SUPPORT
$36,168
Bonnie Fettig
GENERAL SUPPORT
$33,579
New York City Audubon Society Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$33,567
Baltimore Civic Fund
GENERAL SUPPORT
$32,688
A & G Montna Properties Lp
GENERAL SUPPORT
$30,235
Good Oak LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$29,904
Center For Aquatic Sciences Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$29,516
El Cinco Farms Co
GENERAL SUPPORT
$29,325
Connecticut Audubon Society Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$28,769
A And G Montna Properties
GENERAL SUPPORT
$27,500
Llano Seco Ranch
GENERAL SUPPORT
$27,030
Alton Main Street
GENERAL SUPPORT
$27,000
Golden Gate Audubon Society Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$26,856
Lehigh Gap Nature Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
$25,886
Chicago Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$25,875
Georgia Audubon Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$25,010
Rockin 7 Ranch LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$25,000
Congressional Sportsmen'S Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
$25,000
International Conservation Caucus Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
$25,000
University Of Vermont And State Agricultural College
GENERAL SUPPORT
$25,000
Native Village Of Paimiut
GENERAL SUPPORT
$25,000
J & K Properties
GENERAL SUPPORT
$24,393
Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
GENERAL SUPPORT
$24,329
The Duck Barn LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$23,100
Audubon Society Of Western Pennsylvania
GENERAL SUPPORT
$22,857
R & R Ranch
GENERAL SUPPORT
$22,347
Capital Outing Gun Club
GENERAL SUPPORT
$21,750
The Nature Conservancy
GENERAL SUPPORT
$21,500
The Sustainability Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
$21,175
Rancho Visalia
GENERAL SUPPORT
$21,000
Eureka Farms Conservation
GENERAL SUPPORT
$20,560
Mound Farms
GENERAL SUPPORT
$20,386
City Of West Haven
GENERAL SUPPORT
$20,169
See Stories
GENERAL SUPPORT
$20,000
Western Governor'S Association
GENERAL SUPPORT
$20,000
Ataaxum Pomkwaan
GENERAL SUPPORT
$19,883
Tucson Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$19,847
Thomas Jefferson University
GENERAL SUPPORT
$19,839
California Waterfowl Association
GENERAL SUPPORT
$19,805
Berks Nature
GENERAL SUPPORT
$19,520
Cwc LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$19,388
The San Luis Rey Mission Indian Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
$19,083
Hidden Cove
GENERAL SUPPORT
$18,720
Northeastern Wisconsin Bird Aliiance
GENERAL SUPPORT
$18,681
Virginia Tech
GENERAL SUPPORT
$18,449
Madison Audubon Society Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$17,948
Rbm Land Company Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$17,680
Oakland Associates Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$17,255
Stillbow Ranch Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$16,798
Potomac Valley Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$16,652
North Country Real Estate Llp
GENERAL SUPPORT
$16,621
Cornjerker Farms Lp
GENERAL SUPPORT
$16,400
Detroit Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$16,363
Buffalo Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$16,198
Seattle Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$16,052
Social Enterprise Institute USA
GENERAL SUPPORT
$16,000
Mom'S Farm LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$15,858
Sacramento Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$15,097
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
$15,000
West Harlem Environmental Action Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$15,000
Wetlands LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,940
Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Ctr
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
D&r Greenway Land Trust Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Delaware Nature Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Friends Of The Heinz Wildlife Refuge At Tinicum
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Fund For The Water Works
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Heritage Conservancy Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Independence Seaport Museum
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Pocono Environmental Education Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Schuylkill Center Of Environmental Education
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Schuylkill River National And State Heritage Area
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Tookanytacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Watershed Institute Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,758
Rancho Rio Chico
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,580
Sinnissippi Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,332
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,133
West Volusia Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$14,000
Audubon Society Of Northern Virginia
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,768
Rittberger Beef Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,663
Palos Verdesouth Bay Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,582
Rich Island Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,500
Red Rock Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,244
Lahontan Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,154
Morro Coast Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,021
Lone Tree Land And Cattle Co Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,000
Louisiana Tech University
GENERAL SUPPORT
$12,979
Ny Tree Farm Program Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$12,600
American Ornithological Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$12,500
City Of Bridgeport
GENERAL SUPPORT
$12,342
Northeastern Wisconsin Bird Alliance
GENERAL SUPPORT
$12,236
Lane County Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$12,044
Defenders Of Wildlife
GENERAL SUPPORT
$12,000
Tre Farms
GENERAL SUPPORT
$11,948
Sea And Sage Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$11,675
Pintail Slough Land Company Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$11,406
Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$11,359
Tropical Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$11,154
Audubon Society Of The District Of Columbia
GENERAL SUPPORT
$11,033
Kern Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,962
Chequamegon Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,900
Riverfield Cattle Company Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,655
Bedford Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,628
Newman Land Company
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,500
Miami University
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,400
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,369
Wyman Creek Ranch Partners LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,340
Spokane Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,281
Orange Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,280
Upper Iowa Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,228
Xavier University Of Louisiana
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,200
Audubon Society Uw-Madison
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,200
Bruin Audubon Society And Birding Club
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,200
San Diego Community College District
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,200
Vermont Law And Graduate School
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,200
Wezaam Club
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,200
Chattanooga Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,180
5C Birding Club
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,150
California Bird Atlas
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Morehouse College
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Seec Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Black Diamond Farming
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Conservation Minnesota
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
Green Latinos
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
H Pond Ranch LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$9,900
Seek First Ranch LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$9,845
Genesee Valley Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$9,526
Freeman Land Lllp
GENERAL SUPPORT
$9,500
Houston Audubon Society Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$9,468
Connecticut State Community College
GENERAL SUPPORT
$9,438
Tule Belle Duck Club
GENERAL SUPPORT
$9,341
Lycoming Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,949
Mulberry Land Co
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,806
Audubon Society Of Omaha
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,784
St Louis Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,602
Woodstock Holdings LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,600
Audubon Society Of Greater Denver
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,370
Birding Interest Group At Utmb
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,200
Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,145
Avian Research And Constitution Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,100
L & L Farms LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$8,070
Morrow Island Land Company
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,935
Valley Forge Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,849
Plumas Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,800
Travis Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,724
Refuge Gun Club Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,500
A & G Infrastructure Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,401
Lake County Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,399
Amplify The Future Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,000
Spoonsbill Society Birding Club At Fsu
GENERAL SUPPORT
$7,000
Desert Rivers Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,998
Columbus Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,841
Chesapeake Audubon Society Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,831
Audubon Chapter Of Minneapolis
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,776
Lucky Seven Land Company
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,710
Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,673
Bee Ess Land & Cattle Co
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,480
Duval Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,443
Indiana University
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,400
Mesquite Sportsmen'S Club
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,390
Texas A&m Argilife Research
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,273
Maricopa Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,238
St Paul Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,202
Acre Farms LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,180
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,175
Pasuza Land And Water Company
GENERAL SUPPORT
$6,000
Sonoran Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,998
Burroughs Audubon Society Of Greater Kansas City
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,800
Rafter W Ranch LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,800
Amos W Butler Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,729
Oh So Hi Ranch LLC
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,719
Upland Acres Llp
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,668
Yuma Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,514
Harris Property Management
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,504
Honcut Creek Ranch
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,500
Madrone Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,461
Eastside Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,416
San Fernando Valley Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,364
Marianas Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,300
Audubon Everglades
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,292
Onondaga Audubon Society Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,273
South Shore Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,208
Bexar Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,107
Los Angeles Audubon Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,081
Ward Farms Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,075

Trend - Revenue

Years are shown only where a filing is held. Missing years are absent, never filled in.

FY24 FY25
Revenue, fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025 - the two years held on this record.
Fiscal YearRevenueChange
Fiscal 2024 (Prior-Year Column on the Fiscal-2025 Filing)$149,874,174-
Fiscal 2025$197,300,511+31.6%

This table grows to a 10-year view (revenue, expenses, net assets and top pay) as earlier filings for this organization are added to the record. Missing years are absent, never filled in.

Filings on Record

Tax PeriodFormStatusSource
Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025Form 990In Force - Filed May 6, 2026Original Filing at the IRS

If an amended return is filed, the newest amended return supersedes the earlier one and the table marks which filing is in force.

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