Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION USA.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,739,951
- Total expenses
- $1,483,103
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,329,862
- Grants paid
- $1,144,333
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $361,766
- Other revenue
- $48,323
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,478,936
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $13,537
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,465,399
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,277,119
- Management and general expenses
- $174,507
- Fundraising expenses
- $31,477
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,277,119
Program services were 86.1% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,329,862
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3 · Investment income
total $248,519 · related or exempt $248,519
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,384,265
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $1,271,018
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $113,247
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $113,247 · related or exempt $113,247
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$51,711
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$3,388
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $48,323
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $1,144,333 · program services $1,144,333
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $123,350 · program services $123,350
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $9,436 · program services $9,436
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11a · Fees: management
total $46,878 · management and general $46,878
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $31,092 · management and general $31,092
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11g · Fees: other
total $57,959 · management and general $57,959
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $31,477 · fundraising $31,477
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23 · Insurance
total $14,580 · management and general $14,580
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24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES
total $22,218 · management and general $22,218
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24b · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES
total $1,580 · management and general $1,580
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24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $200 · management and general $200
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,045,759 · end of year $997,894
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,044,537 · end of year $3,469,670
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $34,317
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $9,967 · end of year $11,372
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,485 · end of year $13,537
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,132,095 · end of year $4,465,399
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION USA (GCF-USA) IS DEDICATED TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL GIRAFFE IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO CONSERVE GIRAFFE AND THEIR HABITAT. GCF-USA SELECTS PARTNERS THAT ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN GIRAFFE CONSERVATION IN AFRICAN RANGE STATES AND THAT WORK TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER. THESE PARTNERS INCLUDE GOVERNMENTS, NGOS, RESEARCHERS, CONSERVATIONISTS, AND WILDLIFE MANAGERS THROUGHOUT AFRICA AND INTERNATIONALLY; THEY ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE LONG-TERM CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR ALL GIRAFFE POPULATIONS IN THE WILD. GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION TRUST (GCF-T) IN NAMIBIA HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING OUR PRIMARY PARTNER OF CHOICE. GCF-T IS A STRATEGIC NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES SOLELY ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GIRAFFE IN THE WORK THROUGHOUT AFRICA. GCF-USA WILL ASSIST ITS PARNERS BY: -RAISING FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR GIRAFFE CONSERVATION PROJECTS, ED
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THE GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION USA (GCF-USA) IS DEDICATED TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL GIRAFFE IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO CONSERVE GIRAFFE AND THEIR HABITAT.
Expenses $1,277,119 · Grants $1,144,333
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Stephanie FennessySTEPHANIE FENNESSY
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $53,197
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $53,197
- Hours/week
- 20
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Dr Julian FennessyDR JULIAN FENNESSY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $48,199
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $48,199
- Hours/week
- 20
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Belinda Van Den BoschBELINDA VAN DEN BOSCH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sharileigh GordonSHARILEIGH GORDON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Till HollmannTILL HOLLMANN
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chris KelschCHRIS KELSCH
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lars MarkgrenLARS MARKGREN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tim TetzlaffTIM TETZLAFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202523189349302627
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