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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,641,790
Total expenses
$25,555,875
Contributions and grants received
$20,881,568
Grants paid
$8,130,721
Program service revenue
$449,538
Investment income
$243,193
Other revenue
$67,491
Total assets, end of year
$18,892,801
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,895,023
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,997,778
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$20,575,388
Management and general expenses
$3,952,496
Fundraising expenses
$1,027,991
Program service expenses (Part III)
$20,575,388

Program services were 80.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $5,572,944

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,827,895

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,480,729

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $412,593

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BIRD CONSERV. ALLIANCE

    total $444,960 · related or exempt $444,960

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEETINGS

    total $4,578 · related or exempt $4,578

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $243,361 · excluded $243,361

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $350 · excluded $350

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,439

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,607

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$168

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$168 · excluded -$168

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $61,425 · excluded $61,425

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,716 · excluded $5,716

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $67,141

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,855,030 · program services $1,855,030

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $11,760 · program services $11,760

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $6,263,931 · program services $6,263,931

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $577,522 · program services $69,906 · management and general $434,671 · fundraising $72,945

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,107,748 · program services $7,069,145 · management and general $1,368,650 · fundraising $669,953

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $129,498 · program services $98,229 · management and general $21,132 · fundraising $10,137

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,311,349 · program services $1,004,709 · management and general $209,083 · fundraising $97,557

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $703,538 · program services $521,036 · management and general $128,730 · fundraising $53,772

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $61,576 · management and general $61,576

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,555 · management and general $67,555

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $50,417 · management and general $50,417

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,434,021 · program services $1,731,725 · management and general $639,071 · fundraising $63,225

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $246,067 · program services $217,059 · management and general $24,409 · fundraising $4,599

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $649,110 · program services $557,916 · management and general $66,879 · fundraising $24,315

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $269,520 · program services $108,695 · management and general $152,991 · fundraising $7,834

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $243,618 · program services $62,382 · management and general $181,236

  • 17 · Travel

    total $654,477 · program services $507,794 · management and general $136,783 · fundraising $9,900

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $272,803 · program services $106,140 · management and general $162,458 · fundraising $4,205

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,542 · program services $3,037 · management and general $6,417 · fundraising $88

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,122 · program services $1,566 · management and general $55,556

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $208,431 · program services $208,431

  • 24b · Other expenses: FIELDWORK COSTS

    total $163,132 · program services $106,031 · management and general $53,758 · fundraising $3,343

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES

    total $76,987 · program services $15,880 · management and general $55,779 · fundraising $5,328

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $45,593 · program services $27,766 · management and general $17,827

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $85,528 · program services $27,220 · management and general $57,518 · fundraising $790

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $147,560 · end of year $2,190,315

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,524,343 · end of year $2,240,887

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,553,574 · end of year $3,512,506

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $61,033 · end of year $65,433

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $42,753

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $14,497

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,850 · end of year $28,256

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,200,243 · end of year $10,603,142

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $252,262

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $666,174 · end of year $1,608,533

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $12,371 · end of year $286,490

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,947,016 · end of year $11,417,125

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,864,042 · end of year $5,580,653

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY CONSERVES NATIVE WILD BIRDS AND THEIR HABITATS THROUGH THE AMERICAS, SAFEGUARDING THE RAREST SPECIES, RESTORING HABITATS, AND REDUCING THREATS, WHILE BUILDING CAPACITY IN THE BIRD CONSERVATION MOVEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • BIRD CONSERVATION PROGRAMS - ABC WORKS TO PREVENT THE EXTINCTIONS OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S RAREST SPECIES, PROTECT HABITAT, AND ELIMINATE THREATS THAT CUMULATIVELY KILL BILLIONS OF BIRDS EACH YEAR.

    Expenses $17,661,580 · Grants $8,113,697 · Revenue $449,538

  • EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - ABC DISSEMINATES BIRD CONSERVATION INFORMATION AND NEWS THROUGH ITS PRINTED PUBLICATIONS, WEBSITE, AND LIST SERVES, PARTICIPATES IN A VARIETY OF BIRDING EVENTS AND ENCOURAGES THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED IN BIRD CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC ACTION CAMPAIGNS.

    Expenses $2,276,561 · Grants $17,024

  • MEMBERSHIP SERVICES - ABC'S MEMBERSHIP IS A GROWING NETWORK OF BIRDERS AND NATURE LOVERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR BIRDS THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS.

    Expenses $637,247

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael J Parr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $303,939
    From this org
    $275,586
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,353
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,586
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,353
    Filer's total
    $303,939
  • Larry Selzer

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shoaib Tareen

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Peters

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha Boudreau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Lerner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annie Novak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlotte Rossetter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Franzen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Hartwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter Vergara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related
  • Amy Tan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maribel Guevara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carl Safina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Baumann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related
  • Walt Matia

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 9/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cinnamon Dornsife

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 9/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Forsythe

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 5/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul King

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 1/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Merrie Morrison

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $180,828
    From this org
    $170,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,277
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,551
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,277
    Filer's total
    $180,828
  • Dana Matthews

    CFO & VP OF OP. (UNTIL 4/2022)

    Total calculated
    $72,332
    From this org
    $53,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,589
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related
  • Scott Powell

    CFO (FROM 7/2022-8/2022)

    Total calculated
    $13,846
    From this org
    $13,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related
  • Richard Callaghan

    CFO (FROM 12/2022)

    Total calculated
    $6,577
    From this org
    $6,577
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30 + 5 related
  • Erin Chen

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $187,338
    From this org
    $185,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,000
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,338
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $187,338
  • Daniel Lebbin

    VP INTERNATIONAL

    Total calculated
    $161,423
    From this org
    $131,070
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,353
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,070
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,353
    Filer's total
    $161,423
  • Emily Jo Williams

    VP NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

    Total calculated
    $160,707
    From this org
    $137,705
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,002
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,705
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,002
    Filer's total
    $160,707
  • Clare Nielsen

    VP COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $160,847
    From this org
    $143,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,312
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,535
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,312
    Filer's total
    $160,847
  • Shawn Graff

    VP GREAT LAKES

    Total calculated
    $165,207
    From this org
    $138,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,810
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,397
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,810
    Filer's total
    $165,207

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
MICHAEL J. PARR AND MERRIE MORRISON EACH RECEIVED A $2,000 BONUS IN 2022.

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

  • BIRD CONSERVATION

  • STATE OF HAWAII

    $416,000

    BIRD CONSERVATION

  • BIRD CONSERVATION

  • PONO PACIFIC LAND MANAGEMENT

    $81,024

    BIRD CONSERVATION

  • BIRD CONSERVATION

  • VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT

    $50,000

    BIRD CONSERVATION

  • BIRD CONSERVATION

  • ARCHIPELAGO RESEARCH

    $39,461

    BIRD CONSERVATION

  • FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS

    $36,364

    BIRD CONSERVATION

  • EARTHWORKS TECHNOLOGY

    $35,045

    BIRD CONSERVATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349314563

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