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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WILD AFRICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,485,394
Total expenses
$1,971,689
Contributions and grants received
$2,598,208
Grants paid
$1,169,556
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$32,890
Other revenue
-$145,704
Total assets, end of year
$2,291,545
Total liabilities, end of year
$69,895
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,221,650
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,571,304
Management and general expenses
$152,915
Fundraising expenses
$247,470
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,571,304

Program services were 79.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,182,980

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,415,228

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $717,243

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,890 · excluded $32,890

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $47,224

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,182,980

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $193,028

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$145,804 · excluded -$145,804

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $100 · excluded $100

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $100

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,169,556 · program services $1,169,556

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $256,070 · program services $204,856 · management and general $25,607 · fundraising $25,607

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $196,667 · management and general $39,334 · fundraising $157,333

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,097 · management and general $6,620 · fundraising $26,477

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,585 · program services $11,943 · management and general $4,429 · fundraising $13,213

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $440 · management and general $440

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,500 · management and general $15,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $39,813 · program services $21,053 · management and general $11,171 · fundraising $7,589

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,048 · program services $6,245 · management and general $1,662 · fundraising $1,141

  • 17 · Travel

    total $53,342 · management and general $41,600 · fundraising $11,742

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,035 · program services $2,017 · management and general $1,211 · fundraising $807

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $146,732 · program services $146,732

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $17,804 · program services $8,902 · management and general $5,341 · fundraising $3,561

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $196,089 · end of year $1,174,569

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,308,148 · end of year $920,844

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $80,276 · end of year $168,582

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,787 · end of year $268

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $100,030 · end of year $11,477

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $15,805

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,385 · end of year $69,895

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,707,945 · end of year $2,221,650

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WILD AFRICA FUND IS DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING EFFORTS THAT PRESERVE AFRICA'S NATURAL BEAUTY AND WILDLIFE, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON IT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WILD AFRICA FUND'S MISSION IS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATOR IN AFRICA, FOSTERING THE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL WILL TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE FOREVER. WILD AFRICA FUND EMPLOYS MASS COMMUNICATIONS SUCH AS THE MUSIC FOR WILDLIFE CONCERTS AND POACHING STEALS FROM US ALL CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF POACHING, HABITAT LOSS AND HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT. IT PROMOTES WILDLIFE TOURISM AND CARBON OFFSET AS SOURCES OF CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. IT PROMOTES AND DIRECTLY SUPPORTS LOCAL WILDLIFE PROGRAMS FROM OFFICES IN CAPE TOWN, LAGOS, HARARE AND KIGALI AND IS RUNNING THE PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY UNDER WILDAID IN SOUTH AFRICA, NIGERIA AND ZIMBABWE.

  • WE ARE PARTNERED WITH OVER 200 AMBASSADORS FROM MUSIC, SPORTS, FILM, TV, BUSINESS, RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT FROM NIGERIA, GHANA, NAMIBIA, ZIMBABWE, SOMALILAND, SOUTH AFRICA, RWANDA, AND TANZANIA. WE ARE BUILDING A PAN-AFRICAN MEDIA DISTRIBUTION NETWORK THROUGH MORE THAN 25 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS, AS WELL AS RADIO, NEWSPAPER, BILLBOARD AND SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THROUGH A RANGE OF PROGRAMMING.WE SEEK TO INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BY POPULARIZING IT AND ENGAGING A BROAD AUDIENCE, ESPECIALLY YOUTH. BY GIVING A PLATFORM TO HIGH-PROFILE, CONCERNED AFRICANS AND SUPPORTING ON THE GROUND EFFORTS, WE SEEK TO ENGAGE URBAN POPULATIONS IN EXPERIENCING WILDLIFE TOURISM, SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE MODERN WILDLIFE LAWS AND THEIR ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT, AND EMPOWERING LOCAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE LOOK TO INCREASE REPORTING OF WILDLIFE CRIME AND TO REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR ILLEGAL BUSHMEAT, PROTECTING ENDANGERED SPECIES AND MINIMIZING THE RISK OF ZOONOTIC DISEASE. FINALLY, WE AIM TO CHANGE HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT INTO PEACEFUL AND BENEFICIAL COEXISTENCE AND PROMOTE WAYS TO REDUCE HABITAT DEGRADATION.

    Expenses $1,571,304 · Grants $1,169,556

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Peter Knights

    CHAIR, CEO

    Total calculated
    $256,070
    From this org
    $222,133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,333
    Bonus
    $28,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,752
    Filer's total
    $256,070

  • Emily Aldrich

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Merry Dempsey

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Chad Pinter

    DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carrie Barlow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kent Gray

    DIRECTOR (EFF 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Corie Knights

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $229,764
    From this org
    $196,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,097
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,667
    Bonus
    $36,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,087
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,010
    Filer's total
    $229,764

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • WILD AFRICA FUND NPC

    N/A · CONSERVATION, REHABILITATION AND PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT · SF

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543019349301854

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