Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$91,771,873

Total expenses

$30,077,735

Contributions and grants received

$91,551,287

Grants paid

$1,813,821

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$54,955

Other revenue

$165,631

Total assets, end of year

$79,743,099

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,880,579

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$75,862,520

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$25,310,856

Management and general expenses

$3,420,432

Fundraising expenses

$1,346,447

Program service expenses (Part III)

$25,310,856

Program services were 84.2% 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 · 2025

• LION - PANTHERA COMBINES AN UNDERSTANDING OF LION ECOLOGY IN HUMAN DOMINATED LANDSCAPES WITH TECHNIQUES THAT PROVIDE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WITH THE ABILITY AND INCENTIVE TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH LIONS. IN ADDITION, PANTHERA ALSO WORKS TO CURTAIL WIDESPREAD WIRE-SNARE POACHING, WHICH IS PERVASIVE IN MANY KEY LION LANDSCAPES, INCLUDING KAFUE NP (ZAMBIA) AND NIOKOLO-KOBA NP (SENEGAL).

  Expenses $4,283,916 · Grants $318,931

• LEOPARD - PANTHERA CONDUCTS LONG-TERM, CITIZEN-SCIENCE-BASED MONITORING AT FLAGSHIP SITES SUCH AS SOUTH AFRICA'S SABI SANDS GAME RESERVE AND SUPPORTS THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN LEOPARD MONITORING PROGRAM ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA, NAMIBIA, ZAMBIA, AND ZIMBABWE TO GUIDE PATROL EFFORTS AND WILDLIFE CORRIDORS. THROUGH ITS FURS FOR LIFE AND SAVING SPOTS DEMAND-REDUCTION INITIATIVES, PANTHERA HAS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED OVER 18,500 SYNTHETIC LEOPARD FURS FOR USE IN TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES, REDUCING DEMAND FOR AUTHENTIC SKINS AND SAVING COUNTLESS LEOPARDS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ROYAL COMMISSION FOR ALULA, PANTHERA'S ARABIAN LEOPARD INITIATIVE WORKS TO RESCUE THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ARABIAN LEOPARD.

  Expenses $4,162,892 · Grants $3,473

• JAGUAR - PANTHERA UTILIZES A RANGE-WIDE APPROACH FOCUSING ON THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF SPECIES INFLUENCES AND DYNAMICS, INCLUDING PREY, KEY POPULATIONS, THREAT MITIGATION, EDUCATION AND BUILDING GENETIC CORRIDORS IN WHICH JAGUARS CAN MOVE SAFELY. PANTHERA WORKS CLOSELY WITH RANCHERS TO DEVELOP METHODS AND MODELS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT CATTLE RANCHING AND JAGUAR CONSERVATION CAN CO-EXIST, JUST AS THEY WORK WITH ENGINEERS AND DEVELOPERS TO DESIGN ROADS THAT ALLOW FOR EASIER PASSAGE OF JAGUARS AND OTHER WILDLIFE.

  Expenses $2,723,867 · Grants $631,191

• TIGER - PANTHERA, THROUGH VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS, SEEKS TO INCREASE WILD TIGER POPULATIONS BY AT LEAST 50% ACROSS KEY SITES OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN ADDITION, PANTHERA IDENTIFIES AND CREATES SAFE CORRIDORS FOR THE SPECIES TO MOVE BETWEEN CORE POPULATIONS.PUMA - PANTHERA IS WORKING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND PROTECT PUMAS IN THE WESTERN U.S. (ESPECIALLY THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA IN WASHINGTON STATE) AND IN THE TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK REGION IN THE CHILEAN PATAGONIA. PANTHERA'S WORK INCLUDES UTILIZING INNOVATIVE CAMERA TECHNOLOGY TO OBSERVE THE SECRET SOCIAL LIVES OF PUMAS, CHARACTERIZING DISPERSAL DYNAMICS AND IMPEDIMENTS, AND MITIGATING HUMAN-PUMA CONFLICT. A RANGE-WIDE ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF PUMAS, FROM PATAGONIA TO BRITISH COLUMBIA IS ALSO UNDERWAY. SMALL CATS - PANTHERA ALSO WORKS TO UNDERSTAND AND CONSERVE THE 33 SPECIES OF SMALL WILD CATS. PRIORITIES FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE TO FOCUS ON THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD CATS, TO ENHANCE CURRENT DATA COLLECTION ON BIG CAT STUDY SITES TO GATHER SMALL CAT DATA, AND TO STRATEGICALLY ESTABLISH NEW SITES OF HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE FOR SMALL CATS. A BRIEF SUMMARY OF PANTHERA'S CROSS-CUTTING PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES:CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY - PANTHERA DESIGNS AND DEVELOPS TOOLS TO ENHANCE FIELD ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CUSTOM-BUILT CAMERA TRAPS DEPLOYED GLOBALLY TO SURVEY WILD CAT POPULATIONS, AND PANTHERA IDS, A SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR CURATING AND ARCHIVING CAMERA-TRAP DATA.APPLIED SCIENCE - PANTHERA'S CORE ANALYTICAL EXPERTISE RESIDES WITHIN THE APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS FIELD PROJECTS BY APPLYING CUTTING-EDGE METHODS TO RESEARCH DESIGN AND ANALYSIS. KEY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DEVELOPING NEW TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING WILD CAT POPULATIONS, IDENTIFYING CRITICAL MOVEMENT CORRIDORS, AND ADVANCING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO WILD CAT CONSERVATION.IMPACT ASSESSMENT - PANTHERA'S IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM DRIVES MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. IT SUPPORTS FIELD PROJECTS TO SET GOALS, TRACK PROGRESS, ASSESS OUTCOMES, AND APPLY LESSONS LEARNED, HELPING TO MEASURE COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSERVATION STRATEGIES.COUNTER WILDLIFE CRIME - PANTHERA'S COUNTER WILDLIFE CRIME PROGRAM WORKS TO REDUCE THREATS TO WILD CATS BY STRENGTHENING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS. IT SUPPORTS INTELLIGENCE-LED OPERATIONS, BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF RANGERS AND ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, AND PROMOTES STRONGER PROSECUTION OF WILDLIFE CRIMES TO CREATE SAFER LANDSCAPES FOR WILD CATS.SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS - PANTHERA PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS TO POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ADVANCED DEGREE PROGRAMS TO WORK ON RESEARCH AND PROJECTS IN THE CONSERVATION EFFORTS OF LARGE CAT SPECIES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS.

  Expenses $14,140,181 · Grants $860,226

As filed on the 2025 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

• FISHING CAT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE

  $150,000

  CONSERVATION RESEARCH

• NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COLLABORATIVE

  $48,000

  CONSERVATION RESEARCH

• UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  CONSERVATION RESEARCH

• INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION CAUCUS FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  CONSERVATION RESEARCH

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• PANTHERA WILDLIFE TRUST LTD

  CAT CONSERVATION · UK · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA BRASIL

  CAT CONSERVATION · BR · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• FUNDACION PANTERA COLOMBIA

  CAT CONSERVATION · CO · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA WILD CAT CONSERVATION ZAMBIA LIMITED

  CAT CONSERVATION · ZA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA WILDCAT CONSERVATION SA

  CAT CONSERVATION · SF · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA CANADA

  CAT CONSERVATION · CA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA FRANCE

  CAT CONSERVATION · FR · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA HONDURAS

  CAT CONSERVATION · HO · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA WILD CAT CONSERVATION BELIZE

  CAT CONSERVATION · BH · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA WILD CAT CONSERVATION MALAYSIA

  CAT CONSERVATION · MY · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• CONSERVACION PANTHERA MEXICO AC

  CAT CONSERVATION · MX · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA WILD CAT CONSERVATION SENEGAL

  CAT CONSERVATION · SG · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA THAILAND

  CAT CONSERVATION · TH · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA COSTA RICA

  CAT CONSERVATION · CS · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA GABON

  CAT CONSERVATION · GB · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA ARABIA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

  CAT CONSERVATION · SA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA WILD CATS MIDDLE EAST LTD

  CAT CONSERVATION · AE · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA TANZANIA

  CAT CONSERVATION · TZ · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

• PANTHERA CONGO

  CAT CONSERVATION · CF · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by PANTHERA CORPORATION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

30 June 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202641839349301209

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