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← WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$374,807,108
Total expenses
$361,352,195
Contributions and grants received
$355,214,914
Grants paid
$100,900,249
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$286,029,843
Management and general expenses
$32,571,795
Fundraising expenses
$42,750,557
Program service expenses (Part III)
$286,029,843

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • CARTER ROBERTS

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,290,569
    From this org
    $1,197,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $93,472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $955,653
    Bonus
    $235,900
    Other
    $5,544
    Deferred
    $49,575
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,897
    Filer's total
    $1,290,569

  • YOLANDA KAKABADSE

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANJEEV MEHRA

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT LITTERMAN

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHELLY LAZARUS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH L LITTLEFIELD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIRGINIA BUSCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GERALD BUTTS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUTH DEFRIES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JARED M DIAMOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER B FIELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW HARRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • URS HOELZLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • UZODINMA IWEALA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAWRENCE H LINDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN MCLAUGHLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUIS ALBERTO MORENO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • IRIS MWANZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMANDA PAULSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VINCENT PEREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLARA LEE PRATTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROGER W SANT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLINA SCHMIDT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODDI STEELMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAUREN TYLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY UBBEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LOREN MAYOR

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $704,659
    From this org
    $617,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,618
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $560,109
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $1,932
    Deferred
    $50,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,418
    Filer's total
    $704,659

  • MARGARET ACKERLEY

    SVP & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $685,230
    From this org
    $601,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,284
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $538,334
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $3,612
    Deferred
    $45,243
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,041
    Filer's total
    $685,230

  • JULIE MILLER

    EVP, PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $550,536
    From this org
    $488,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,635
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $456,811
    Bonus
    $26,546
    Other
    $5,544
    Deferred
    $29,654
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,981
    Filer's total
    $550,536

  • MIKE PEJCIC

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $447,591
    From this org
    $378,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $357,619
    Bonus
    $18,600
    Other
    $1,892
    Deferred
    $29,160
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,320
    Filer's total
    $447,591

  • LEROY WADE

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $281,241
    From this org
    $237,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,736
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,897
    Bonus
    $1,867
    Other
    $13,741
    Deferred
    $20,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,423
    Filer's total
    $281,241

  • NIKHIL SEKHRAN

    CHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $709,048
    From this org
    $627,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,231
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $570,285
    Bonus
    $55,600
    Other
    $1,932
    Deferred
    $50,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,031
    Filer's total
    $709,048

  • TERENCE MACKO

    SVP MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $476,324
    From this org
    $428,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,304
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $411,908
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $3,612
    Deferred
    $29,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,604
    Filer's total
    $476,324

  • GINA BARBIERI

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $505,739
    From this org
    $456,523
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,216
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $413,975
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $42,548
    Deferred
    $12,212
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,004
    Filer's total
    $505,739

  • JASON CLAY

    SVP MARKETS AND FOOD

    Total calculated
    $502,577
    From this org
    $438,691
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,886
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $416,844
    Bonus
    $11,020
    Other
    $10,827
    Deferred
    $24,624
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,262
    Filer's total
    $502,577

  • MARCENE MITCHELL

    SVP CLIMATE CHANGE

    Total calculated
    $493,882
    From this org
    $430,633
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,249
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $415,089
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $5,544
    Deferred
    $26,829
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,420
    Filer's total
    $493,882

  • SHEILA BONINI

    SVP PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $463,108
    From this org
    $409,747
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,361
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $374,237
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $5,510
    Deferred
    $29,347
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,014
    Filer's total
    $463,108

  • GINETTE HEMLEY

    SVP WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $460,523
    From this org
    $398,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,570
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $367,260
    Bonus
    $13,502
    Other
    $18,191
    Deferred
    $29,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,257
    Filer's total
    $460,523

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
TAX INDEMNIFICATION AND GROSS-UP PAYMENTS: TWO LISTED PERSONS RECEIVED GROSS-UP PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN FRINGE BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES, AND ALL SUCH PAYMENTS WERE TREATED AS TAXABLE INCOME.
PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION IS BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND IS DETERMINED BY COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD IN CONSULTATION WITH AN INDEPENDENT AND HIGHLY EXPERIENCED OUTSIDE COMPENSATION EXPERT. THE INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION EXPERT ADVISES THE COMMITTEE ON WHAT IS REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE DEMANDS OF THE ROLE, BASED ON EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPENSATION AT ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE, SCOPE AND REACH. WWF MAKES COMPENSATION DETERMINATIONS WITHIN THESE GUIDEPOSTS. BOARD MEMBERS INVOLVED IN COMPENSATION DETERMINATIONS ARE UNRELATED TO AND INDEPENDENT OF THOSE WHOSE COMPENSATION IS BEING DETERMINED. COMPENSATION DECISIONS ARE BASED ON EXPERT-PROVIDED COMPARABILITY DATA AND DOCUMENTED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY.
PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CERTAIN EXECUTIVES AND EMPLOYEES WITH NON-FIXED BONUS PAYMENTS ON THE BASIS OF PERFORMANCE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531049349300123

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