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← WILD TOMORROW FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WILD TOMORROW FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$0
Total expenses
$0
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,118,474
Total liabilities, end of year
$172,710
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,945,764
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $359,390 · end of year $359,390

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $486 · end of year $486

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $41,493 · end of year $41,493

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,065 · end of year $2,065

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

    $7,009

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

    $3,458

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,551 · end of year $3,551

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,711,489 · end of year $1,711,489

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,303 · end of year $3,303

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $23,484 · end of year $23,484

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $145,923 · end of year $145,923

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,877,232 · end of year $1,877,232

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,532 · end of year $68,532

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WILD TOMORROW FUND'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THE HABITATS THEY DEPEND ON FOR SURVIVAL IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. OUR VISION IS FOR A WORLD IN WHICH WILDLIFE HABITATS ARE EXPANDED AND PROTECTED, AND WHERE EXISTING RESERVES HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP THEIR ANIMALS SAFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WILD TOMORROW FUND IS DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THE HABITATS THEY DEPEND ON FOR SURVIVAL IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.

  • HABITAT CONSERVATION: WILD TOMORROW FUND FUNDS THE CONSERVATION OF LAND IN STRATEGIC, BIODIVERSE AREAS IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND RECONNECT HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. THIS INCLUDES THE PROTECTION, RESTORATION AND RE-WILDING OF THE GREATER UKUWELA NATURE RESERVE, A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR IN SOUTH AFRICA (INCLUDING BOTH THE UKUWELA AND MFULENI PROPERTIES).

  • WILDLIFE PROTECTION: WILD TOMORROW FUND PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AT PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT RESERVES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND AT THE RESERVES OWNED AND MANAGED BY WILD TOMORROW FUND SOUTH AFRICA. WE FUND THE PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING FOR RANGERS, ANTI-POACHING TEAMS AND CONSERVATION MANAGERS TO ENABLE THEM TO KEEP WILDLIFE SAFE. THIS INCLUDES FUNDING WILDLIFE COLLARING/GPS TAGS FOR MONITORING ELEPHANTS, PANGOLINS, RHINOS AND OTHER THREATENED SPECIES, RHINO HORN TRIMMING FOR ANTI-POACHING, AND THE PROVISION OF FEED, MILK & SUPPORT FOR SECURITY COSTS AT TWO REGIONAL RHINO ORPHANAGES.

  • COMMUNITY SUPPORT: WILD TOMORROW FUND WORKS TO ENSURE THE LOCAL PEOPLE OF THE MDUKU COMMUNITY SURROUNDING WILD TOMORROW FUND SOUTH AFRICA'S WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AREA BENEFIT FROM AND ARE AN ACTIVE PART OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. THIS INCLUDES THE EMPLOYMENT BY WILD TOMORROW FUND SOUTH AFRICA OF 14 COMMUNITY WOMEN, THE "GREEN MAMBAS", WHO UNDERTAKE HABITAT RESTORATION WORK AT WILDLIFE RESERVES, AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT OF TWO DAYCARE CENTERS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. THROUGH OUR LOCAL PARTNER, LESSONS IN CONSERVATION, WE EDUCATE YOUNG AFRICAN CHILDREN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURE AND CONSERVATION.

  • GUEST AND VOLUNTEER CONSERVATION EXPERIENCES: WILD TOMORROW FUND OPERATES A CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE PROGRAM. VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE TO PAY THE COSTS OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WHILE ALSO MAKING A DONATION TO SUPPORT OUR WORK. EACH VOLUNTEER TRAVELS TO SOUTH AFRICA TO LEARN ABOUT CRITICAL CONSERVATION ISSUES BY PARTICIPATING PERSONALLY IN CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES. THIS YEAR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF EXPENSES WAS GRANTED TO WILD TOMORROW FUND SOUTH AFRICA NPC TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF LODGING FOR GUESTS.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Seth Hendon

    CHAIRMAN & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • John Steward

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIR.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jessica Masters

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Steward

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carol Ciszek

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Greybe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Louis Buckworth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Steven Sparling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Hickey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543229349300909

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