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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$271,220,924
Total expenses
$297,868,185
Contributions and grants received
$231,335,609
Grants paid
$80,690,883
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$258,802,473
Management and general expenses
$17,069,210
Fundraising expenses
$21,996,502
Program service expenses (Part III)
$258,802,473

Program services were 86.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • HINDOU OUMAROU IBRAHIM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $128,333
    From this org
    $128,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • SANJAYAN MUTTULINGAM

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $1,022,899
    From this org
    $872,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $150,578
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $634,304
    Bonus
    $235,275
    Other
    $2,742
    Deferred
    $119,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,701
    Filer's total
    $1,023,822

  • PETER SELIGMANN

    CHAIR OF BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WES BUSH

    CHAIRMAN EXEC COMM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARRISON FORD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN ARNHOLD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMANTHA BASS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK S BEZOS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRISTINA BRITTENHAM

    BOARD MEMBER BEG 2/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • IVAN DUQUE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • IDRIS ELBA OBE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDRE ESTEVES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK FERGUSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT J FISHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICTOR FUNG PHD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA JACKSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REED JOBS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HON ALEXANDER KARSNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID LEUSCHEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YVONNE LUI PHD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VALERIE MARS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STELLA MCCARTNEY CBE OBE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDERS HOLCH POVLSEN

    BOARD MEMBER BEG 2/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ISAAC PRITZKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEWART A RESNICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STORY CLARK RESOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDRES SANTO DOMINGO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN SWIFT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ENKI TAN MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BYRON TROTT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROB WALTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID WINTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHAILENE WOODLEY

    BOARD MEMBER BEG 10/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEBASTIAN ANDERS TROENG

    EVP CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $578,084
    From this org
    $533,676
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,408
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,107
    Bonus
    $64,008
    Other
    $211,561
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,519
    Filer's total
    $580,595

  • RICHARD NASH

    GEN. COUNSEL & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $417,194
    From this org
    $395,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,843
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $339,329
    Bonus
    $52,458
    Other
    $3,564
    Deferred
    $19,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,966
    Filer's total
    $418,117

  • BARBARA DIPIETRO

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $368,765
    From this org
    $354,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,399
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,840
    Bonus
    $47,962
    Other
    $3,564
    Deferred
    $10,604
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,718
    Filer's total
    $369,688

  • DANIELA RAIK

    EVP, FIELD PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $519,365
    From this org
    $442,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $76,588
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,517
    Bonus
    $91,450
    Other
    $810
    Deferred
    $44,430
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,080
    Filer's total
    $520,287

  • JULIUS COURT

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $467,598
    From this org
    $438,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,905
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,696
    Bonus
    $36,367
    Other
    $167,630
    Deferred
    $6,398
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,599
    Filer's total
    $469,690

  • SARA PATRICIA ZURITA

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $237,544
    From this org
    $212,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,154
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,929
    Bonus
    $27,700
    Other
    $761
    Deferred
    $8,663
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,503
    Filer's total
    $238,556

  • LUIS ERNESTO SUAREZ MARTINEZ

    VP, ECUADOR

    Total calculated
    $536,006
    From this org
    $444,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $91,454
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,645
    Bonus
    $12,369
    Other
    $266,538
    Deferred
    $89,201
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,969
    Filer's total
    $537,722

  • RICHARD JEO

    CHIEF FIELD OFFICER, ASIA-PACIFIC

    Total calculated
    $460,785
    From this org
    $426,039
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,746
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,978
    Bonus
    $41,343
    Other
    $132,718
    Deferred
    $17,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,857
    Filer's total
    $463,296

  • MARK VAN NYDECK ERDMANN

    VP, AOTEAROA

    Total calculated
    $397,405
    From this org
    $358,561
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,844
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,599
    Bonus
    $14,668
    Other
    $161,294
    Deferred
    $11,836
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,372
    Filer's total
    $399,769

  • ANASTASIA KHOO

    CHIEF OF STAFF & CHIEF MKT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $397,398
    From this org
    $344,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,469
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,586
    Bonus
    $43,533
    Other
    $20,810
    Deferred
    $17,391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,501
    Filer's total
    $401,821

  • AGUSTIN SILVANI

    SVP, NATURE FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $395,031
    From this org
    $347,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,160
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,324
    Bonus
    $47,422
    Other
    $1,125
    Deferred
    $15,003
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,080
    Filer's total
    $395,954

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 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
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
CHARTER TRAVEL IS PERMITTED WHERE A COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVE DOES NOT EXIST. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN CI STAFF MUST TRAVEL TO REMOTE REGIONS THAT ARE NOT PRACTICABLY ACCESSIBLE BY COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION, THE USE OF CHARTERED CARRIERS MAY BE PERMITTED. CHARTER TRAVEL IS ALSO PERMITTED IN CASES WHERE CI STAFF MUST ACCOMPANY KEY DONORS, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, OR DIGNITARIES IN THE COURSE OF CI BUSINESS. EXCEPTIONS TO THE CHARTER TRAVEL POLICY ARE ALLOWABLE ONLY WITH PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT. CHARTER TRAVEL THAT INCLUDES A US OR FOREIGN BASED GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL MUST ALSO BE REVIEWED IN ADVANCE BY THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. BOATS CHARTERED FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR SIMILAR PROJECT-RELATED PURPOSES ARE NOT CONSIDERED CHARTERED TRAVEL FOR PURPOSES OF THIS POLICY. GENERALLY, ALL AIR TRAVEL MUST BE BY COACH CLASS USING THE MOST DIRECT COST-EFFECTIVE FARE AVAILABLE. CI WILL NOT REIMBURSE FIRST CLASS TRAVEL, EXCEPT IN HIGHLY EXCEPTIONAL CASES SUCH AS MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR MEDICALLY REQUIRED AS MANAGED BY HEALTH PROVIDER AND COUNTRY HR. IN SOME CASES, THE CEO MAY TRAVEL FIRST CLASS DUE TO THE FREQUENCY AND LENGTH OF THE TRIPS REQUIRED. AS IS STANDARD FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, CI PROVIDES HOUSING ALLOWANCES TO CERTAIN STAFF WHEN TEMPORARILY ASSIGNING THEM TO WORK IN COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OR PERMANENT RESIDENCE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ALLOWANCE IS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND COMFORTABLE HOUSING IN THE HOST LOCATION IN LINE WITH HOST COUNTRY'S HOUSING OPTIONS. DURING THE YEAR, JULIUS COURT, RICHARD JEO AND MARK ERDMANN RECEIVED $18,696, $42,000 AND $24,000 IN HOUSING ALLOWANCES, RESPECIVELY. THESE ALLOWANCES ARE INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNTS UNDER SCHEDULE J, PART II. CI ALSO REIMBURSES THESE STAFF TO VISIT THEIR HOME COUNTRY ONCE ANNUALLY. CONSISTENT WITH THIS POLICY, CI PROVIDED JULIUS COURT, RICHARD JEO AND MARK ERDMANN TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,895, $5,000 AND $5,000, RESPECIVELY. THESE PAYMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNTS SHOWN UNDER SCHEDULE J, PART II. FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNEES, CI ALSO PAYS LOCAL TAX OBLIGATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEES DUE IN THEIR HOST COUNTRY. INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNEES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TAXES DUE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY. IN 2023, CI PAID HOST TAX OBLIGATIONS TO EXPATRIATE STAFF MEMBERS SEBASTIAN TROENG, JULIUS COURT, RICHARD JEO, AND MARK ERDMANN IN THE AMOUNT OF $187,849, $141,668, $80,463 AND $127,668, RESPECITVELY. THESE TAX PAYMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNTS UNDER SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III) AS OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 4B
CI IMPLEMENTED A NON-QUALIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (SERP) UNDER SECTION 457(F), WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE CI COMPENSATION AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UNDER THIS PLAN, SANJAYAN MUTTULINGAM, CEO, AND DANIELA RAIK RECEIVED $100,000 AND $25,000, RESPECTIVELY, IN DEFERRED COMPENSATION THIS YEAR. EACH COMPANY CONTRIBUTION PLUS INTEREST ARE SUBJECT TO A THREE-YEAR CLIFF VESTING SCHEDULE.
PART II, LUIS ERNESTO SUAREZ MARTINEZ:
DURING 2023, LUIS ERNESTO SUAREZ MARTINEZ RECEIVED A ONE-TIME RETIREMENT PAYOUT OF $266,676 AS REQUIRED BY ECUADORIAN LAW AFTER HIS EMPLOYMENT OF OVER 20 YEARS AT CI.

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

  • WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

    $8,359,516

    PRICELESS PLANET COALITION - TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR RESTORATION PROJECT (GUATEMALA, MALAWI, KINSHASA); SYSTEMS CHANGE LAB

  • WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

    $1,355,999

    REGENERATIVE & WILDLIFE FRIENDLY FIBERS THAT IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS, CONSERVE WILDLIFE & BUILD RESILIENCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN PATAGONIA; STRENGTHENING MARINE PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF GUINEA; THE DEPLOYMENT OF EARTH RANGER, A DATA VISUALIZATION & ANALYSIS SOFTWARE TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN AFRICA'S NAT'L PARKS; REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF GOLD MINING ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES PEOPLE & BIOLOGICAL VARIETY IN BOLIVIA; PRIVATE SECTOR & COMMUNITY CONSERVATION CO-MANAGEMENT IN BALJUVAN KEY BIOLOGICAL VARIETY AREA, TAJIKISTAN; UPSCALING USE OF THE SPATIAL MONITORING & REPORTING TOOL IN KYRGYZSTAN; ENABLING PUBLIC POLICY FOR CHILE'S MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK; GUARDIAN VILLAGES: EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES TO MANAGE WETLANDS IN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; ESTABLISHING NEW MARINE PROTECTED AREAS & EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN URUGUAY; PLANNING GRANT FOR HIGH SEAS MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN ARGENTINA; CONSERVING PARAGUAYAN CHACO FOR JAGUARS & PEOPLE

  • ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS

    $910,391

    BUSINESS ACTION AND ADVOCACY FOR THE PLANET (BUSINESS FOR NATURE); STAYING WITHIN SUSTAINABLE LIMITS: ADVANCING LEADERSHIP OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CITIES

  • ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN COALITION

    $708,300

    SUPPORT FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREA DESIGNATION

  • US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

    $580,560

    FOREST CONSERVATION DEBT SWAP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU AND THE US GOVERNMENT

  • INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

    $499,459

    ACCELERATE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF COASTAL BLUE CARBON HABITATS GLOBALLY; INDO-BURMA III SMALL GRANT MECHANISM; BIOLOGICAL VARIETY ASSESSMENT UNIT

  • HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL

    $406,197

    HEIFER CHALLENGE PROGRAM

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

    $347,765

    BLUE NATURE ALLIANCE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP AND FISHERIES INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENTS

  • RESOURCES LEGACY FUND

    $285,815

    PACIFIC REMOTE ISLANDS; GREEN FEE SUPPORT

  • HATCH ACCELERATOR FUND MANAGEMENT LLC

    $252,500

    WOMEN IN OCEAN FOOD INNOVATION STUDIO

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349305440

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