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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL USA.

Totals

Total revenue
$485,822
Total expenses
$323,943
Contributions and grants received
$484,659
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,163
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,056,123
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,130
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,018,993
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$243,187
Management and general expenses
$67,569
Fundraising expenses
$13,187
Program service expenses (Part III)
$243,187

Program services were 75.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $484,659

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,163 · excluded $1,163

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $84,937 · program services $76,443 · management and general $8,494

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $160,086 · program services $114,005 · management and general $35,760 · fundraising $10,321

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,709 · program services $1,316 · management and general $325 · fundraising $68

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,914 · program services $16,257 · management and general $3,777 · fundraising $880

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,800 · management and general $2,800

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,160 · management and general $2,160

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,734 · program services $3,734

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,661 · program services $821 · management and general $619 · fundraising $221

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,390 · program services $708 · management and general $6,525 · fundraising $157

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,400 · program services $6,930 · management and general $6,930 · fundraising $1,540

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,224 · program services $4,224

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $358 · program services $358

  • 20 · Interest

    total $179 · management and general $179

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,100 · program services $2,100

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,291 · program services $16,291

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $759,920 · end of year $981,759

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,127 · end of year $12,272

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $21,873

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

    $15,614

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

    $12,832

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,883 · end of year $2,782

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $49,058 · end of year $59,310

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $37,130

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $846,861 · end of year $1,018,993

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO: CAMPAIGN, LOBBY & PROTEST FOR: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS; INVESTIGATE, EXPOSE AND CONFRONT ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY GOVERNMENTS AND BIG BUSINESS; AMPLIFY INDIGENOUS VOICES AROUND THE WORLD

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE ARE SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL, THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES' RIGHTS. WE'RE CAMPAIGNING WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AROUND THE WORLD, FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THEM FOR THEIR SURVIVAL.

  • UNCONTACTED TRIBES CAMPAIGN THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 UNCONTACTED PEOPLES AROUND THE WORLD AND SURVIVAL WORKS TO SECURE THEIR LAND RIGHTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. UNCONTACTED TRIBES AREN'T PRIMITIVE RELICS OF A REMOTE PAST. THEY LIVE IN THE HERE AND NOW. THEY ARE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES, A VITAL PART OF HUMANKIND'S DIVERSITY, AND THE GUARDIANS OF THE MOST BIODIVERSE PLACES ON EARTH. WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THEM BUT WE DO KNOW THEY HAVE VAST BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING. THEIR TERRITORIES ARE THE BEST BARRIER TO DEFORESTATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)

    Expenses $243,187

  • DECOLONIZE CONSERVATION --INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE THE BEST CONSERVATIONISTS AND GUARDIANS OF THE NATURAL WORLD. EVIDENCE PROVES THEY MANAGE THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND ITS WILDLIFE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES ARE THE AMONG MOST BIODIVERSE PLACES ON EARTH. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WERE EXPERT CONSERVATIONISTS LONG BEFORE THE WORD "CONSERVATION" WAS DREAMED UP. IT'S OFTEN WRONGLY CLAIMED THAT INDIGENOUS LANDS ARE "WILDERNESSES". THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS LIKE YELLOWSTONE, THE AMAZON AND THE SERENGETI ARE THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF MILLIONS OF TRIBESPEOPLE WHO HAVE SHAPED THEM, BEEN DEPENDENT ON THEM, AND NURTURED AND PROTECTED THEM, FOR MILLENNIA. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)

  • INDIGENOUS VOICES INDIGENOUS VOICES, UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES THERE ARE MORE THAN 476 MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LIVING IN MORE THAN 90 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. FROM THE AMAZON TO THE KALAHARI, FROM THE JUNGLES OF INDIA TO THE CONGO RAINFOREST, INDIGENOUS VOICES IS A PLATFORM WHERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CAN SPEAK OUT ABOUT WHAT MOST MATTERS TO THEM, AND TELL THE STORIES THAT GOVERNMENTS, MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES AND OTHERS THAT ARE INVADING AND STEALING THEIR LANDS, WANT SILENCED. INDIGENOUS VOICES PROVIDES A PLATFORM WHERE THEIR OWN WORDS AND VOICES ARE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Caroline Pearce

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05
  • Tess Thackara

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05
  • Ghislaine De Give

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05
  • Logan Hennessey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05
  • Fantasia Painter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05
  • Chris Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05
  • Samantha Malthais

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05
  • Marial Quezada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05
  • Daniel Lavelle

    US DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $84,937
    From this org
    $84,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503079349303235

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