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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,710,776
Total expenses
$4,829,070
Contributions and grants received
$4,750,525
Grants paid
$3,821,246
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$39,749
Total assets, end of year
$51,328
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,031
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,297
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,602,663
Management and general expenses
$143,391
Fundraising expenses
$83,016
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,602,663

Program services were 95.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $78,613

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,671,912

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $47,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,679

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $78,613

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $44,428

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$39,749 · excluded -$39,749

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,506 · program services $12,506

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,808,740 · program services $3,808,740

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $546,848 · program services $480,188 · management and general $47,300 · fundraising $19,360

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $24,993 · program services $16,360 · fundraising $8,633

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,563 · program services $8,607 · management and general $478 · fundraising $478

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,539 · program services $5,612 · fundraising $927

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,059 · program services $25,253 · management and general $1,403 · fundraising $1,403

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $7,649 · management and general $7,649

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $71,305 · management and general $71,305

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,860 · program services $27,774 · management and general $1,543 · fundraising $1,543

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $101,990 · program services $91,116 · management and general $5,062 · fundraising $5,812

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,083 · program services $47,614 · management and general $2,909 · fundraising $3,560

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,926 · program services $21,534 · management and general $1,196 · fundraising $1,196

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,787 · program services $1,609 · management and general $89 · fundraising $89

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,323 · program services $9,900 · management and general $277 · fundraising $16,146

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $849 · program services $651 · management and general $32 · fundraising $166

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,210 · program services $10,204 · management and general $567 · fundraising $1,439

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES, FEES, & SUBSCRIPT

    total $31,680 · program services $19,800 · management and general $3,581 · fundraising $8,299

  • 24b · Other expenses: SAFARI WITH A PURPOSE

    total $15,195 · program services $15,195

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER FUNDRAISING EXPEN

    total $13,965 · fundraising $13,965

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $222,743 · end of year $43,995

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,563 · end of year $7,333

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,715 · end of year $13,031

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $50,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $156,591 · end of year $35,847

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,450

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRESERVATION OF IMPORTANT AFRICAN WILDERNESS AREAS, AS WELL AS TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITIES LIVING ALONGSIDE THESE SPACES, CONTRIBUTING TO A WORLD IN WHICH PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE LIVE TOGETHER, SUSTAINABLY, FOREVER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRESERVATION OF IMPORTANT AFRICAN WILDERNESS AREAS, AS WELL AS TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITIES LIVING ALONGSIDE THESE SPACES, CONTRIBUTING TO A WORLD IN WHICH PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE LIVE TOGETHER SUSTAINABLY FOREVER.

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH: THE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING PROTECTING WILDLIFE AREAS IN AFRICA ARE KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN CONSERVATION. THE WORK THAT WE SUPPORT AIMS TO HELP COMMUNITIES THRIVE BOTH SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY WHILE LIVING IN HARMONY WITH THE SURROUNDING WILDERNESS AREAS. NEARLY ALL OF OUR WORK IS CAPACITY-BUILDING VS. RELIEF WORK.

    Expenses $1,762,749 · Grants $1,473,418

  • ANTI-POACHING: WILDLIFE IS UNDER CONSTANT THREAT OF POACHING FOR COMMERCIAL BUSHMEAT, HABITAT ENCROACHMENT, CHARCOAL EXTRACTION AND THE ILLEGAL TRADE OF WILDLIFE CONTRABAND SUCH AS IVORY AND RHINO HORN. TO COMBAT THESE ECOSYSTEM THREATS WE SUPPORT ANTI-POACHING EFFORTS THAT COMBINE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

    Expenses $1,501,861 · Grants $1,241,626

  • CONSERVATION: CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT ENCOMPASSES AN ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES FROM TREATING WOUNDED WILDLIFE TO MANAGING FIRES AND REMOVING INVASIVE ALIEN PLANTS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE LANDSCAPE AND ITS FLORA AND FAUNA TO FLOURISH. ACCF SUPPORTS PROJECTS RANGING FROM MANAGING WILDFIRES AND REDUCING THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE ALIEN PLANTS TO THE RE-INTRODUCTIONS OF LOCALLY EXTINCT ANIMAL SPECIES.

    Expenses $1,338,053 · Grants $1,106,202

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brady Forseth

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $399,138
    From this org
    $369,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $360,314
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,824
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,000
    Filer's total
    $399,138

  • Paul Tudor Jones II

    FOUNDER AND CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Colleen Dodman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Josh Duhamel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evander Holyfield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Matthews

    HONORARY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Mattson

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $147,708
    From this org
    $125,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,364
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411319349303826

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