Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$8,154,175

Total expenses

$8,790,885

Contributions and grants received

$7,825,192

Grants paid

$6,744,285

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$328,983

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$15,553,754

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,835,798

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,717,956

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$8,218,380

Management and general expenses

$397,393

Fundraising expenses

$175,112

Program service expenses (Part III)

$8,218,380

Program services were 93.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• LAUNCHED IN 2019, THE ADVANCED CORAL TOOLKIT SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND FIELD TESTING OF NEW BIOTECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GREATLY BENEFIT CORAL RESILIENCE AND RESTORATION EFFORTS. IN 2023, OUR ADVANCED CORAL TOOLKIT SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TECHNIQUE FOR CRYOPRESERVING AND REVIVING ENTIRE CORAL FRAGMENTS. THIS PROOF-OF-CONCEPT PROJECT, FUNDED BY REVIVE & RESTORE, OPENS THE DOOR TO RAPID, LARGE-SCALE CORAL BIOBANKING THAT WILL SAFEGUARD REMAINING GENETIC DIVERSITY AND PREVENT FURTHER LOSS.

  Expenses $3,063,047 · Grants $3,063,047

• OUR VISION WITH THE BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIRD CONSERVATION PROGRAM IS TO CREATE AND DEPLOY THE GENETIC RESCUE TOOLKIT FOR ENDANGERED AND EXTINCT BIRDS IN A WORLD INCREASINGLY SHAPED BY HUMAN-DRIVEN CHANGE. WE HAVE ASSEMBLED THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENTISTS TO LEVERAGE BIOMEDICAL ADVANCES MADE WITH DOMESTIC CHICKENS AND INNOVATE ENTIRELY NEW SYSTEMS TO CREATE VERSATILE PATHWAYS FOR THE RECOVERY OF BIRDS. WE HAVE FUNDED 12+ PROJECTS SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOTECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL ENABLE THE RESTORATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY, FACILITATE ADAPTATION, AND ACHIEVE DE-EXTINCTION.

  Expenses $1,772,443 · Grants $1,762,860

• SINCE 2013, REVIVE & RESTORE HAS BEEN WORKING TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO THE THREATS CHALLENGING THE ENDANGERED BLACK-FOOTED FERRET: LOW GENETIC DIVERSITY AND SYLVATIC PLAGUE. IN 2023, WITH FUNDING FROM THE US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE AND MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION, WE'VE LAUNCHED TWO CUTTING-EDGE PROJECTS TO ADDRESS BOTH THREATS.

  Expenses $692,297 · Grants $522,814

• IN 2023, WE LAUNCHED A GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVE, INFORMED BIOBANKING, TO BIOBANK U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE. AS A PROOF OF CONCEPT, WE SET A BOLD OBJECTIVE TO SEQUENCE AND BIOBANK CELL LINES FOR 25 U.S. ENDANGERED MAMMALS. TWO NEW COHORTS OF WILD GENOMES AWARDEES WERE ANNOUNCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION, BRINGING THE PORTFOLIO UP TO 32 PROJECTS APPLYING GENOME SEQUENCING TO CONSERVATION. 2023 AWARDEES HAD TWO FOCAL AREAS: AMPHIBIANS AND KELP FOREST ECOSYSTEMS. TO STIMULATE MUCH-NEEDED ADVANCES IN STEM CELL TECHNOLOGIES, REVIVE & RESTORE CONVENED 45 GLOBAL LEADERS IN STEM CELL SCIENCE TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRINGING STEM CELL TECHNOLOGIES TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. THROUGHOUT THE 3-DAY WORKSHOP, EXPERTS WERE PAIRED IN COLLABORATIVE EXERCISES TO REIMAGINE THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.

  Expenses $2,690,593 · Grants $1,395,564

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — 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

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 ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

  $1,255,918

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: YEAR 2 & 3 OF GERMLINE STEM CELLS & PASSENGER PIGEON RESEARCH

• SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

  $935,650

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: CORAL ISOCHORIC FREEZING PROJECT

• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON

  $481,362

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: CORAL ISOCHORIC FREEZING PROJECT

• CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE

  $454,371

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: ADVANCED CORAL TOOLKIT PROJECT WITH CORAL SCREENING PLATFORM

• TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

  $420,750

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: CORAL ISOCHORIC FREEZING PROJECT

• NYU GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

  $300,000

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: BLACK-FOOTED FERRET PROJECT

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO (SCRIPPS)

  $291,954

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: CORAL ANTIBODIES PROJECT

• MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

  $183,357

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: BLACK-FOOTED FERRET PROJECT FOR VIP FERRETS

• CANTATA BIO LLC

  $181,783

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

  $180,601

  GRANT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: WILD GENOMES KELP ECOSYSTEM PROJECT WITH SEA OTTERS

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202441379349302134

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