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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FELIDAE CONSERVATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$261,202
Total expenses
$216,661
Contributions and grants received
$254,340
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,862
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$614,572
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,120
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$597,452
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$194,671
Management and general expenses
$21,990
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$194,671

Program services were 89.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $254,340

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $6,862 · excluded $6,862

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,267 · management and general $4,267

  • 17 · Travel

    total $25 · program services $25

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $433 · program services $433

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,556 · program services $2,556

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH PROJECT EXPENS

    total $128,363 · program services $128,363

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUND LEADERSHIP EXPENSE

    total $45,530 · program services $45,530

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

    total $17,372 · program services $17,342 · management and general $30

  • 24d · Other expenses: GENERAL AND ADMINISTRAT

    total $9,212 · program services $24 · management and general $9,188

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,903 · program services $398 · management and general $8,505

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $25 · end of year $25

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $555,910 · end of year $613,047

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $1,500

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

    $145,930

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

    $145,930

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,843 · end of year $17,120

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $494,036 · end of year $538,896

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $58,556 · end of year $58,556

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

" WE ARE DEDICATED TO PRESERVING WILD FELID POPULATIONS IN THEIR NATIVE HABITATS GLOBALLY. WITH NEARLY 40 SPECIES FACING ENDANGERMENT DUE TO HUMAN ENCROACHMENT AND CONFLICTS, OUR WORK IS CRUCIAL. UNDERSTANDING CARNIVORE ECOLOGY AT THE URBAN-WILDERNESS INTERFACE IS KEY TO PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. WE ASSESS WILD CAT HEALTH TRENDS, INCLUDING ZOONOTIC PARASITES, RECOGNIZING 75% OF HUMAN DISEASES ARE ZOONOTIC. OUR EFFORTS ENCOMPASS IDENTIFYING HABITAT PATCHES, GATHERING HEALTH DATA, AND INNOVATIVE CONFLICT REDUCTION PROGRAMS. SINCE 2014, WE'VE ENGAGED 120,000 GLOBAL CITIZENS, PROMOTING HARMONY WITH THESE KEYSTONE SPECIES.OUR GOAL: PREVENT GLOBAL FELID EXTIRPATION, ENSURING HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS. WHILE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, OUR COMMITMENT REMAINS RESOLUTE."

Activities or mission (Part I)

FELIDAE CONSERVATION FUND CONDUCTS RESEARCH TO PROTECT ALL FELIDAE SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS GLOBALLY BY CONDUCTING EXCELLENT SCIENCE, DRIVING INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION, AND SHARING CUTTING EDGE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODELS.

  • "PIONEERING LONG-TERM RESEARCH INITIATIVE WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO'S BAY AREA IS DEDICATED TO UNRAVELING CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO PUMA BEHAVIOR AMIDST HEIGHTENED HUMAN PRESENCE. BY ADDRESSING ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDING PUMA ADAPTATION AND HUMAN-PUMA CONFLICT, THE PROJECT AIMS TO SECURE THE LOCAL SURVIVAL OF THIS VITAL PREDATOR.EMPLOYING INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES, THE PROJECT ENCOMPASSES NON-INVASIVE PUMA DATA COLLECTION THROUGH REMOTE CAMERA MONITORING, COMPREHENSIVE ON-SITE TRACKING, GENETIC ANALYSIS, AND GIS ASSESSMENT. THESE MULTIFACETED TECHNIQUES ARE COMPLEMENTED BY ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES, INCLUDING OUR ACCLAIMED OUTREACH PROGRAM ""LIVING WITH LIONS."""

    Expenses $73,726 · Grants $2,463

  • THE TSAVO CHEETAH PROJECT IS A PROACTIVE CONSERVATION EFFORT AIMED AT PRESERVING THE DIMINISHING CHEETAH POPULATIONS WITHIN KENYA'S TSAVO REGION. THROUGH A BLEND OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH, SOPHISTICATED TRACKING METHODOLOGIES, AND IMPACTFUL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THE SURVIVAL OF THESE MAJESTIC CREATURES IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT.

    Expenses $1,797

  • OUR INNOVATIVE K12 PROGRAM, CAT AWARE, SEAMLESSLY MELDS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, HANDS-ON PREDATOR-PREY LABORATORIES, AND CAPTIVATING FIELD TRIPS TO NATURAL HABITATS. FOCUSED ON NATIVE WILDLIFE, PARTICULARLY WILD CATS, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES AN IMMERSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS, FOSTERING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NATURAL WORLD.

    Expenses $94

  • THE BAY AREA BOBCAT PROJECT AND WILDE BACKYARD PROGRAMS MERGE SCIENTIFIC RIGOR WITH A FOCUS ON THE INTRICATE URBAN-EDGE DYNAMICS AFFECTING WILD FELIDS AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES. THESE INITIATIVES ARE DEDICATED TO FOSTERING COEXISTENCE, PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY, AND NURTURING HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS. BY ADDRESSING THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN NATURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, THESE PROGRAMS FORGE PATHWAYS TOWARDS HARMONIOUS INTERACTION AND MUTUAL THRIVING WHILE UPHOLDING RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS.

    Expenses $118,588 · Grants $183,243

  • WILDE POD STANDS AS A DYNAMIC CLOUD DATABASE, FUNCTIONING AS AN EXPANSIVE REPOSITORY FOR EXTENSIVE DATASETS CAPTURED BY REMOTE FIELD CAMERAS. DESIGNED FOR RESEARCH ANALYSES, OUTREACH INITIATIVES, AND EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS, WILDE POD FACILITATES SEAMLESS DATA ACCESS AND UTILIZATION, REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY WE EXPLORE AND ENGAGE WITH THE NATURAL WORLD.

    Expenses $466

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ZARA MCDONALD

    PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $37,630
    From this org
    $37,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    38

  • MICHAEL LAND

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MICHELLE FRIEND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEVIN CLARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • SHARON OSBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MUHAMMED IMRAN KHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAY RUFFIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JAHAN G ALAMZAD

    MANAGING PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIC PELTZER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • TOM TOMPKINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343189349307684

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