Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$3,666,889

Total expenses

$6,041,335

Contributions and grants received

$3,604,804

Grants paid

$406,733

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,154

Other revenue

$60,931

Total assets, end of year

$1,884,725

Total liabilities, end of year

$153,938

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,730,787

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,259,581

Management and general expenses

$1,218,644

Fundraising expenses

$563,110

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,259,581

Program services were 70.5% 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

• OPEN INNOVATIONS: IN 2023, CONSERVATION X LABS COMPLETED THE DESIGN OF THE FIRE GRAND CHALLENGE (HTTPS://CONSERVATIONXLABS.COM/FIRE), WHICH HAS A GOAL TO REIMAGINE HOW WE LIVE WITH AND MANAGE FIRE. THE CHALLENGE SEEKS SOLUTIONS THAT CAN TRANSFORM LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC FIRE STEWARDSHIP BY BRINGING TOGETHER PLACE-BASED KNOWLEDGE WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY. THE TEAM HOSTED THE FINAL TWO IDEATION CONVENINGS IN INDONESIA AND CALIFORNIA, AND CAME OUT OF THE PROCESS WITH A COHESIVE STRATEGY FOR THE PROGRAM. FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, THE TEAM DETAILED THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, CONTINUED BUILDING A COALITION OF KEY PARTNERS, EXPANDED FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, AND PARTICIPATED IN OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS HELPING CULTURAL FIRE PRACTITIONERS CRAFT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WILDLAND FIRE MITIGATION & MANAGEMENT COMMISSION.CONSERVATION X LABS CLOSED OUT THE ARTISANAL AND SMALL SCALE GOLD MINING CHALLENGE: THE AMAZON. SINCE 2019, CONSERVATION X LAB'S CHALLENGES TO SOURCE SOLUTIONS FOR ARTISANAL MINING HAVE LED TO OVER 200 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, 23 FINALISTS, AND 9 WINNERS WHOSE SOLUTIONS MAKE ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SOCIALLY EQUITABLE.CONSERVATION X LABS ALSO HELD LITTLE AND BIG THINKS FOR THE EXTINCTION SOLUTIONS INDEX AND TEXTILE CIRCULARITY, AND DEVELOPED PROGRAM PLANS FOR THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR.

  Expenses $1,388,579 · Grants $167,533

• THYLACINE: CONSERVATION X LABS IS DEVELOPING A PORTABLE, BATTERY-POWERED, RAPID, AND LOW-COST HANDHELD DEVICE CALLED THE NABIT THAT DETECTS DNA OR RNA TARGETS IN THE FIELD WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A LABORATORY, REAGENTS, EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT, OR SPECIALIZED TRAINING OR EXPERTISE. IN 2023, WE CONTINUED DEVELOPING THE NABIT DEVICE TO DETECT PATHOGENS AND INVASIVE SPECIES, AND BEGAN DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL DISEASE ASSAYS FOR MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS, MPOX VIRUS, AND SWINEPOX VIRUS, AS WELL AS SPECIES DETECTION ASSAYS FOR PACIFIC SALMON. WE COMPLETED A DESIGN-FOR-MANUFACTURING OVERHAUL ON THE NABIT DEVICE TO IMPROVE DURABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND COST EFFICIENCY. ADDITIONALLY, WE INITIATED DEVELOPMENT ON A NEW WORKFLOW THAT INTEGRATES ENVIRONMENTAL DNA COLLECTION FROM WATER SAMPLES INTO NABIT TESTS.

  Expenses $1,285,320

• SENTINEL: SENTINEL IS AN AI-POWERED EDGE DEVICE DEVELOPED BY CONSERVATION X LABS TO TRANSFORM TRADITIONAL TRAIL CAMERAS INTO INTELLIGENT, NEAR REAL-TIME MONITORING TOOLS. DESIGNED FOR THE MOST REMOTE AND CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS, SENTINEL PROCESSES IMAGES DIRECTLY ON THE DEVICE USING ADVANCED OBJECT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION MODELS, DELIVERING ACTIONABLE DATA OVER CELLULAR, LORA, AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. BY REDUCING FALSE ALERTS AND OPTIMIZING DATA DELIVERY, SENTINEL ENABLES FASTER RESPONSES TO CRITICAL EVENTS, HELPING CONSERVATIONISTS, LAND MANAGERS, GOVERNMENTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES EFFICIENTLY MANAGE PROTECTED AREAS AND MONITOR WILDLIFE. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED ACROSS MORE THAN 10 COUNTRIES, EMPOWERING USERS WITH SCALABLE, FIELD-READY AI SOLUTIONS FOR DYNAMIC CONSERVATION CHALLENGES.

  Expenses $1,021,985 · Grants $28,000

• Expenses $563,697 · Grants $211,200

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

• ENGINEERING FOR CHANGE LLC

  $90,000

  ACCELERATING INNOVATION FOR ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING

• UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BANK OF AMERICA

  $36,099

  ACCELERATING INNOVATION FOR ARTISANAL AND SMALL - SCALE MINING

• PICOYUNE LLC

  $15,000

  ACCELERATING INNOVATION FOR ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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