Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,900,827

Total expenses

$2,144,550

Contributions and grants received

$1,900,825

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$2

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$304,433

Total liabilities, end of year

$52,757

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$251,676

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,976,078

Management and general expenses

$142,507

Fundraising expenses

$25,965

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,976,078

Program services were 92.1% 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 · 2022

• REDD+ Carbon Credit / Nature-Based Solutions Financing: To ensure sustainable, long-term support for the Bonobo Peace Forest, BCI is actively developing REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) carbon credit financing to benefit local and indigenous communities, wildlife, and the rainforest. REDD+ projects at Sankuru and Kokolopori are now registered with VERRA and in the process of validation and verification. In addition to technical work and GIS analysis, BCI and partners conducted extensive field work and consultations with local communities, including FPIC (Free, Prior, and Informed Consent), participatory mapping, socioeconomic assessments, and establishment of local development committees throughout. Developing benefit-sharing plans with the government and all DRC stakeholders and preparing further implementation of in-situ conservation and community development programs.

  Expenses $1,626,029

• The Bonobo Peace Forest: a network of community-managed forest reserves and concessions, spanning a vast area of rainforest habitat. Includes two nationally gazetted nature reserves: Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve & Sankuru Nature Reserve, together encompasing almost 9 million acres, plus five additional community forests preparing for legal protection, where bonobos are protected. Partnered with The Nature Conservancy to scale up conservation activities and secure official protection for the forests and the bonobos of Lilungu, a strategic site that links a critical conservation corridor. Three additional community conservation areas began participatory mappinga key step in the process of obtaining legal protection of their lands. In-situ activities include reserve management, wildlife protection, and sustainable livelihood initiatives. Long-term bonobo research program at Kokolopori entered its seventh year, under the auspices of Harvard University.

  Expenses $302,549

• Partnerships & Education: Continued outreach via social channels and DRC networks to raise awareness about the importance of protecting bonobos and their habitat. Restructured agreements and formed two new public/private partnerships with the ICCN (Insitut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature) for delegated management of the Kokolopori and Sankuru reserves. Partnered with AMAR (Action Massive Rurale), a Congolese NGO, to assist with community engagement and assessments to prepare for REDD+/NBS. Engaged community partners in Sankuru and all BPF sites. Established formal working relationships with provincial authorities for development of REDD+. Collaborating with the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) to establish a new maternity ward in the health clinic at Kokolopori.

  Expenses $47,500

As filed on the 2022 return.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

4 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202333119349304378

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