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US nonprofit · EIN 460876558 · Kiln, MSiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 460876558) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

National Oceans and Applications Research Center

Donations deductible
Revenue
$843k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$809k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$401k
$348k liabilities
Net assets
$53k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
4.9y av
Staff
3
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Clay Wagner
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Exemption reinstated on 15 March 2016. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2015 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
How am I connected?

National Oceans and Applications Research Center's network

4 people8 organisationsi4 people and 8 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (8) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Clay Wagner ChairChairman2020
6 yrs
Billy ThorntonDirector2020
6 yrs
Heather SmithDirector2023
3 yrs
John LadnerDirector2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
David P BrannonPresidentsince 2020

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
David P BrannonPresident40$138k
Clay WagnerChairman0$0
Billy ThorntonDirector0$0
John LadnerDirector0$0
Heather SmithDirector0$0

About

Legal name
National Oceans and Applications Research Center
EIN
460876558
Address
7250 Stennis Airport Dr Suite 206, Kiln, MS, 39556-8039
State
Mississippi
Mission
To promote conduct foster and facilitate collaborative fundamental and applied scientific research between academic organizations federal and state governments ocean and environmental scientists and other partners in order to more fully understand the Gulf of Mexico and Ocean Ecosystems and to apply that knowledge in furtherance of the public good. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
C32 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2014
Principal officer
David P Brannon (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 May 2016
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsClay Wagner
≥6years on the filingsBilly Thornton
≥3years on the filingsHeather Smith
≥3years on the filingsJohn Ladner

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$401k
Total liabilities
$348k
Net assets or fund balances
$53k
Contributions and grants received
$843k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
3

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$843k$809k$34k
2023$777k$770k$7k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.