Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 1 May 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$3,961,731 →changed to $11,781,025

Total expenses

$6,108,842 →changed to $15,707,497

Contributions and grants received

$3,951,593 →changed to $10,960,742

Grants paid

$736,759 →changed to $2,433,743

Program service revenue

$0 →changed to $654,265

Investment income

$10,138 →changed to $149,596

Other revenue

$0 →changed to $16,422

Total assets, end of year

$14,525,475 →changed to $11,429,320

Total liabilities, end of year

$616,526 →changed to $1,480,153

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,908,949 →changed to $9,949,167

Program services expenses

$4,943,586 →changed to $12,556,194

Management and general expenses

$744,782 →changed to $2,067,035

Fundraising expenses

$420,474 →changed to $1,084,268

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,943,586 →changed to $12,556,194

Totals

Total revenue

$3,961,731

Total expenses

$6,108,842

Contributions and grants received

$3,951,593

Grants paid

$736,759

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$10,138

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$14,525,475

Total liabilities, end of year

$616,526

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,908,949

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,943,586

Management and general expenses

$744,782

Fundraising expenses

$420,474

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,943,586

Program services were 80.9% 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

• ENFORCING MARINE PROTECTED AREASTHE WILDAID MARINE PROGRAM DESIGNS EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT SOLUTIONS TO DETER ILLEGAL FISHING AND STRENGTHEN THE PROTECTION OF PRIORITY MARINE AREAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, FISHERIES, AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES. IN JANUARY-JUNE 2022, WE CONTINUED MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR GOAL OF STRENGTHENING ENFORCEMENT IN 250 CONSERVATION-CRITICAL MARINE AREAS BY 2025 AND REACHED A TOTAL OF 75 SITES. THIS YEAR, WE HELPED FORGE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN U.S. AND BAHAMIAN ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE CARIBBEAN, CONTINUED EFFORTS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE FINANCING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE GALAPAGOS MARINE RESERVE, AND CELEBRATED SUCCESSFUL SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN COASTAL ECUADOR.

  Expenses $2,378,955 · Grants $628,435

• PROTECT WILDLIFE, PREVENT PANDEMICS:IN JANUARY-JUNE 2022, WE CONTINUED OUR CAMPAIGN TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE WILDLIFE MARKETS IN ASIA AND END COMMERCIAL, URBAN BUSHMEAT CONSUMPTION IN AFRICA. WE HELPED BUILD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CLOSING WILDLIFE MARKETS, STRENGTHENING CONTROLS ON WILDLIFE TRADE, FURTHERING RESTRICTIONS ON WILDLIFE TRADE AND CONSUMPTION, AS WELL AS REDUCING DEMAND FOR WILDLIFE AS FOOD. IN VIETNAM, WE LAUNCHED A NEW SET OF CAMPAIGNS PERSUADING THE PUBLIC TO STOP CONSUMING WILDLIFE TO HELP AVOID FUTURE PANDEMICS, INCLUDING THE "GUARDIANS OF THE WILD" CAMPAIGN WITH AN ANIMATED VIDEO FEATURING FOUR 4 SUPERHEROES PROTECTING VILLAGERS FROM THE INVASION OF MILLIONS OF LEGIONS OF ANTS AND TERMITES. THE FOUR SUPERHERO CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOUR ASIAN PANGOLIN SPECIES AND THEIR SPECIAL ABILITIES TO HELP THE ECOSYSTEM BASED ON THEIR REAL NATURAL ABILITIES: PEST CONTROL. THE VIDEO INCLUDES UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS, FUNNY SCENES, AND PROFOUND MOMENTS WITH AN ENDING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL SUPERHERO GENRES. IN AFRICA, WE LAUNCHED NEW CAMPAIGNS ON REDUCING URBAN BUSHMEAT CONSUMPTION IN NIGERIA AND CAMEROON.

  Expenses $314,572 · Grants $15,000

• ENDING THE TRADE IN WILDLIFE PRODUCTS:IN CHINA, OUR "YEAR OF THE TIGER" CAMPAIGN FEATURING POPULAR ACTOR WU JING RECEIVED OVER 3 BILLION IMPRESSIONS ON MORE THAN 750,000 BILLBOARDS AND DIGITAL SCREENS, REACHING OVER 300 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS 200 TARGET CITIES. IN THAILAND WE LAUNCHED THE 'CATS FOR SHARKS', A DIGITAL CAMPAIGN THAT ENLISTS CATS AS ADVOCATES FOR SHARKS. THE CAMPAIGN LEVERAGES CATS' INTERNET POPULARITY TO APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC AND INFORM VIEWERS OF HOW THE CONSUMPTION OF SHARKS IS LEADING TO SPECIES DISAPPEARANCE AND TO HARMFUL IMPACTS ON THE OCEANS, WHICH COULD DRASTICALLY IMPACT THE SEAFOOD MOST CATS AND HUMANS EAT. A HUMOROUS VIDEO PSA FEATURING A CAT PERSUADING HIS OWNER TO STOP EATING SHARK FIN SOUP ACCOMPANIED THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE.

  Expenses $425,246

• ALL OTHER PROGRAMS:WILDAID RUNS VARIOUS PUBLIC AWARENESS AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE CAMPAIGNS IN KEY COUNTRIES IN ASIA AND AFRICA DESIGNED TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ANTI-POACHING EFFORTS AND CONSERVATION PRIORITIES, AS WELL AS TO REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS. WILDAID ALSO WORKS WITH PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD TO PROTECT WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS FROM IMMINENT THREATS.

  Expenses $1,824,813 · Grants $93,324

As filed on the 2022 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

• WILDAID HONG KONG LTD

  501(C)(3) · WILDLIFE CONSERVATION · HK · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by WILDAID INC

• WILDAID INC

  501(C)(3) · WILDLIFE CONSERVATION · EC · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by WILDAID INC

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

2022

Filed

22 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202311439349300121

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