(Group) North American Wood Ape Conservancy
From the NAWAC Site:
The North American Wood Ape Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit scientific-research organization, as recognized by the Internal Revenue Service, comprised of volunteer investigators, scientists and naturalists.
With a diverse, dedicated, professional, and talented roster of approximately 100 members, including biologists and other scientific related professionals, the NAWAC pursues education and research activities pertaining to the centuries-old “wildman” or “hairy man” phenomenon in North America. The NAWAC proposes that the source of the phenomenon is an unlisted large great ape. The organization is actively engaged in activities designed to test that hypothesis.
The all-volunteer non-profit NAWAC is funded by primarily by membership dues in addition to donations. The NAWAC uses all funds to proactively pursue its mission statement; none of the budget, or contributions above the budget, is used for member salaries or labor compensation, member travel or meal expenses, etc. It is governed by a seven-person board of directors elected by the general membership.
The NAWAC desires to enhance the credibility of research dedicated to this animal and facilitate a greater degree of acceptance by the scientific community and other segments of society of the likelihood of a biological basis behind the so-called “sasquatch” phenomenon.
