Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$54,916,477

Total expenses

$54,746,094

Contributions and grants received

$51,801,370

Grants paid

$52,218,805

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,115,107

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$80,496,179

Total liabilities, end of year

$16,432

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$80,479,747

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$52,599,971

Management and general expenses

$858,306

Fundraising expenses

$1,287,817

Program service expenses (Part III)

$52,599,971

Program services were 96.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• RHINO REWILD INITIATIVE:IN 2024, AFRICAN PARKS ADVANCED ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS SPECIES RESTORATION EFFORTS ON EARTH, CONTINUING THE TRANSLOCATION AND REINTRODUCTION OF SOUTHERN WHITE RHINOS THROUGH ITS 10-YEAR RHINO REWILD CAMPAIGN. THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED TO PREVENT THE DISPERSAL OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CAPTIVE RHINO POPULATION AND TO RETURN THESE KEYSTONE ANIMALS TO WELL-MANAGED PROTECTED AREAS ACROSS THE CONTINENT. WITH SUPPORT FROM MULTIPLE PARTNERS, AFRICAN PARKS SUCCESSFULLY MOVED 40 RHINOS TO MUNYAWANA CONSERVANCY IN KWAZULU-NATAL, A RESERVE JOINTLY MANAGED BY COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS. AN ADDITIONAL 120 RHINOS WERE REINTRODUCED TO MEMBER RESERVES OF THE GREATER KRUGER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOUNDATION IN MPUMALANGA AND LIMPOPO PROVINCESTHE FIRST RHINO RELEASE IN THIS AREA IN 50 YEARS. IN NOVEMBER, AFRICAN PARKS DISCREETLY MOVED ADDITIONAL RHINOS TO DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, WHILE 80 MORE WERE RELOCATED TO PHINDA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE FOR ACCLIMATIZATION AHEAD OF PLANNED REINTRODUCTIONS TO AKAGERA (RWANDA) AND GARAMBA (DRC) IN 2025. THESE EFFORTS REFLECT MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS IN PARK SECURITY AND READINESS, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR RESTORING RHINO POPULATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE REGIONS. THE RHINO REWILD INITIATIVE PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN RESTORING NATURAL HABITATS, SUPPORTING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, AND PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE TOURISM. THE PROGRAM ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO LOCAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND HELPS RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS. IN 2025, AFRICAN PARKS WILL FOCUS ON ONGOING ACCLIMATIZATION, HABITAT PREPARATION, AND STRENGTHENED PROTECTION MEASURES IN UPCOMING RECIPIENT PARKS.BOMA AND BADINGILO NATIONAL PARKS, SOUTH SUDAN:IN 2024, AFRICAN PARKS CONTINUED MANAGING BOMA AND BADINGILO NATIONAL PARKS, WHICH ARE HOME TO THE GREAT NILE MIGRATIONAN EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL EVENT INVOLVING NEARLY SIX MILLION ANTELOPE. SPANNING THE BOMA-BADINGILO-JONGLEI LANDSCAPE, THIS IS THE LARGEST LAND MAMMAL MIGRATION ON EARTH. DESPITE REGIONAL INSTABILITY, AFRICAN PARKS HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THIS UNIQUE WILDERNESS AND WORKING WITH THE 17 LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO RELY ON ITS NATURAL RESOURCES. EFFORTS THIS YEAR FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING WILDLIFE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND REINFORCING PROTECTION MEASURES FOR MIGRATING HERDS OF WHITE-EARED KOB, TIANG, AND MONGALLA GAZELLE. AFRICAN PARKS COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL LEADERS AND RANGERS TO STRENGTHEN PATROLS AND IMPROVE EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS, HELPING SAFEGUARD CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND ADDRESS ILLEGAL HUNTING. COMMUNITY OUTREACH EXPANDED THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOCAL WELL-BEING AND PROMOTE SHARED CONSERVATION VALUES. THESE PROGRAMS AIM TO LINK ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WITH PRACTICAL BENEFITS FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN AND AROUND THE PARKS. LOOKING AHEAD, AFRICAN PARKS PLANS TO INCREASE LOCALLY LED CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES, ENHANCE MONITORING OF WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS, AND BEGIN LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE, PENDING IMPROVEMENTS IN REGIONAL SECURITY.PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:IN 2024, AFRICAN PARKS MANAGED 22 NATIONAL PARKS ACROSS 12 COUNTRIES, PROTECTING MORE THAN 49 MILLION ACRESEQUIVALENT TO 59% OF THE U.S. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. WITH A TEAM OF OVER 5,000 PERSONNEL, AFRICAN PARKS' PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL DELIVERED EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION WHILE IMPROVING LIVES FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN AND AROUND THESE PARKS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AFRICAN PARKS STRENGTHENED PARK INFRASTRUCTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ECOLOGICAL MONITORING. KEY CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES INCLUDED WILDLIFE SURVEYS, SPECIES REINTRODUCTIONS, ANTI-POACHING PATROLS, AND DATA COLLECTION TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT. THESE WERE COMPLEMENTED BY WIDE-REACHING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. IN MALAWI'S LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, MORE THAN 4,800 CHILDREN AND 1,000 ADULTS TOOK PART IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, WHILE LITERACY AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS EXPANDED ACCESS TO LEARNING. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD PROJECTSSUCH AS BEEKEEPING AND FISH FARMINGPROVIDED NEW SOURCES OF INCOME AND HELPED EASE PRESSURE ON LOCAL NATURAL RESOURCES. IN ZAMBIA'S LIUWA PLAIN NATIONAL PARK, AFRICAN PARKS SUPPORTED COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, INCLUDING HEALTH AND SCHOOL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS WERE INTRODUCED TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES IN AGRICULTURE, AND SOLAR-POWERED ALARMS WERE INSTALLED TO HELP REDUCE CROP LOSSES FROM WILDLIFE. THESE INTEGRATED PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND PROMOTE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSERVATION. IN 2025, AFRICAN PARKS WILL CONTINUE INVESTING IN LOCAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE THAT AFRICA'S PROTECTED AREAS REMAIN SECURE, SUSTAINABLE, AND BENEFICIAL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  Expenses $52,599,971 · Grants $52,218,805

As filed on the 2024 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. 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

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

• RAINFOREST TRUST

  $290,000

  PROJECTS IN AFRICA: RAINFOREST TRUST MATCH

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

12 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202543169349309154

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