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← THE WILDERNESS PROJECT FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE WILDERNESS PROJECT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,802,110
Total expenses
$4,172,617
Contributions and grants received
$5,734,114
Grants paid
$3,095,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$67,956
Other revenue
$40
Total assets, end of year
$2,538,273
Total liabilities, end of year
$34,922
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,503,351
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,780,218
Management and general expenses
$392,008
Fundraising expenses
$391
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,780,218

Program services were 90.6% 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

    $5,734,114

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $68,084 · excluded $68,084

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,917

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,045

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$128

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$128 · excluded -$128

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $40 · excluded $40

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $40

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,095,000 · program services $3,095,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $98,698 · management and general $98,698

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,127 · management and general $10,127

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,891 · management and general $45,891

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $313,470 · program services $233,213 · management and general $80,257

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $81,857 · program services $69,816 · management and general $11,650 · fundraising $391

  • 17 · Travel

    total $59,229 · program services $49,877 · management and general $9,352

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $93,524 · management and general $93,524

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXPEDIATION EXPENSES

    total $279,618 · program services $278,436 · management and general $1,182

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSERVATION MEDIA

    total $63,548 · program services $53,876 · management and general $9,672

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHAN

    total $31,655 · management and general $31,655

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $742,849 · end of year $2,033,548

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $53,490 · end of year $0

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

    $432,945

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

    $65,718

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $59,651 · end of year $367,227

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,380

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $82,558 · end of year $133,118

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $34,922

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $65,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $655,058 · end of year $2,503,351

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $218,490 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE WILD BIRD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA IS TO SUPPORT EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRD SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS IN AFRICA AND OTHER GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS. THE WILD BIRD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PROVIDES FUNDRAISING, ORGANIZATIONAL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRD SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS IN SOUTH AFRICA, BOTSWANA, NAMIBIA, ANGOLA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRD SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS IN AFRICA AND OTHER GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS.

  • GREAT SPINE OF AFRICA EXEPDITIONS - THE GREAT SPINE OF AFRICA SERIES OF EXPEDITIONS REPRESENTS THE LARGEST NON-MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY MOBILIZATION IN AFRICA'S HISTORY, TRAVERSING 27 COUNTRIES AND AIMING TO COMPLETE 200 RIVER EXPEDITIONS BY 2030. LOCAL COMMUNITIES LIVING TRADITIONALLY AROUND THE SOURCES OF AFRICA'S GREAT RIVERS ARE TYPICALLY THE LEAST-SERVED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. OUR RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS ARE GUIDED BY THESE "RIVER GUARDIANS" AS WE UNDERTAKE SCIENTIFIC SURVEYS USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $685,218

  • HABITAT CONSERVATION USING LONG-TERM BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEMS.

    Expenses $3,095,000 · Grants $3,095,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Boyes

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • John Hilton

    PRESIDENT AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Steve Bessinger

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Garrett

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $98,698
    From this org
    $98,698
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Moreangels Mbizah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shoham Arad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brooke Runnette

    DIRECTOR

    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
2023
Filed
11 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412569349301856

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