Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SARARA INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,461,843
Total expenses: $2,554,757
Contributions and grants received: $1,349,882
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $1,100,602
Investment income: $17
Other revenue: $11,342
Total assets, end of year: $239,606
Total liabilities, end of year: $412,641
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: -$173,035
Program services expenses (Part IX): $2,283,109
Management and general expenses: $175,565
Fundraising expenses: $96,083
Program service expenses (Part III): $2,283,109

Program services were 89.4% 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

$1,349,882
2a · Program service revenue: RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY

total $1,100,602 · related or exempt $1,100,602
3 · Investment income

total $17 · excluded $17
11a · Other revenue: EXCHANGE RATE GAIN

total $9,307 · related or exempt $9,307
11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

total $2,035 · related or exempt $2,035
11e · Other revenue, total

$11,342

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $332,718 · program services $183,594 · management and general $70,669 · fundraising $78,455
11a · Fees: management

total $37,793 · management and general $37,793
11b · Fees: legal

total $11,526 · management and general $11,526
11c · Fees: accounting

total $314 · management and general $314
11g · Fees: other

total $98,445 · program services $64,865 · management and general $21,681 · fundraising $11,899
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $8,935 · program services $3,939 · management and general $985 · fundraising $4,011
13 · Office expenses

total $14,911 · management and general $14,911
14 · Information technology

total $17,844 · program services $14,035 · management and general $3,809
16 · Occupancy

total $12,474 · program services $9,979 · management and general $2,495
17 · Travel

total $6,726 · management and general $5,008 · fundraising $1,718
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $9,700 · program services $9,700
23 · Insurance

total $6,374 · management and general $6,374
24a · Other expenses: RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY

total $1,016,457 · program services $1,016,457
24b · Other expenses: CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

total $564,823 · program services $564,823
24c · Other expenses: ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

total $256,838 · program services $256,838
24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSES

total $82,489 · program services $82,489
24e · All other expenses

total $76,390 · program services $76,390

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $264,284 · end of year $138,815
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $107,285 · end of year $15,541
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $10,211 · end of year $2,233
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$129,986
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$46,969
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $92,769 · end of year $83,017
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $54,112 · end of year $412,641
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $65,000
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $385,510
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year -$30,073 · end of year -$173,035

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE SARARA FOUNDATION OPERATES ACROSS THREE KEY PILLARS: EDUCATION & HEALTH, WILDLIFE & CONSERVATION, AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION: OUR CONSERVATION APPROACH FOCUSES ON HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON MANAGING THE EFFECTS OF RAPID POPULATION INCREASE AND RESULTING ISSUES WITH POLLUTION, BIODIVERSITY, NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE. OUR WORK INCLUDES: - RANGELAND RESTORATION THROUGH RE-SEEDING AND RE-GREENING PROGRAMS - SUPPORTING RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY, LOCATED IN NAMUNYAK CONSERVANCY - WILDLIFE RETURNING AND MONITORING THE SAMBURU TRIBE HAS LIVED WITH A HEALTHY, ROBUST ENVIRONMENT FOR MANY GENERATIONS; OUR CORE ROLE IS TO OFFER SUPPORT IN NAVIGATING A MODERNIZING AND FAST-PACED WORLD WHERE TRADITIONAL WISDOM IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN.

Expenses $1,581,280 · Revenue $1,100,602
EDUCATION & HEALTH: THE SARARA FOUNDATION IS HEAVILY INVESTING IN A SUSTAINABLE AND OPPORTUNITY-RICH FUTURE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF NORTHERN KENYA. WE OFFER CRITICAL SUPPORT TO A HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED SOCIETY THROUGH: - WORLD-CLASS, CULTURALLY RELEVANT EDUCATION FROM INFANCY TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD - HEALTHCARE SERVICE FOCUSING ON PEDIATRIC, MATERNAL AND DEEP TRAUMA INTERVENTIONS

Expenses $335,507
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: THROUGH SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND KEY PARTNERSHIPS, WE ENDEAVOR TO EMPOWER THE INDIGENOUS SAMBURA COMMUNITY THROUGH ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAMS. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE: - MILK TO MARKET PROGRAM WHERE SAMBURU WOMEN SELL EXCESS GOAT MILK, NOT REQUIRED BY THEIR FAMILIES, TO RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY - BEADWORKS PROGRAM INVOLVES OVER 50 WOMEN WHO PRODUCE BEADED ITEMS SOLD IN THE SARARA ECO LODGE'S TOURISM SHOP - SARARA HAS BUILT THREE ECO LODGES WHOLLY OWNED BY THE COMMUNITY, WITH A TOTAL OF 50 BEDS, WHICH CURRENTLY EMPLOY 125 PEOPLE FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Expenses $270,622
HEALTH AND NUTRITION - OUR NOMADIC AND LOCALISED HEALTHCARE SUPPORT IS DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON DELIVERING WORLD CLASS PAEDIATRIC AND MATERNAL CARE TO INDIGENOUS SAMBURU COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN KENYA. EVERY DAY, THE HEALTHCARE TEAM SETS OFF IN THEIR MOBILE CLINIC TO VISIT MANYATTAS (HOMESTEADS) ACROSS THE 850,000 ACRE NAMUNYAK CONSERVANCY TO TREAT MOTHERS AND CHILDREN. OTHER PROGRAMS - SARARA PROMOTES SELF GOVERNANCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL. SARARA SUPPORTS THE EMPLOYEMENT OF 75 WILDLIFE RANGERS, 16 ECO RANGERS, 25 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, AND 60 ELEPHANT KEEPERS.

Expenses $95,700

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

Listed in Part VII

JONATHAN BASTARD

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40
JEREMY BASTARD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40
ANDREW SMILES

SECRETARY/TR

Total calculated

$77,718

From this org

$77,718

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
NORA FLOOD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ANDRE SHEARER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
VRUTI SHAH

BOARD MEMBER

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: 15 November 2023
IRS schema version: 2022v5.0
Source object: 202303199349324230

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