Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$37,579

Total expenses

$98,553

Contributions and grants received

$37,579

Grants paid

$92,461

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$17,736

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$17,736

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$92,461

Management and general expenses

$6,092

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$92,461

Program services were 93.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• Support and SpaceWildArk disbursed donations that it received from Illuminarium Experiences at the end of 2021 as part of the WILD FUND to several organizations focused on critical conservation work focusing on people, wildlife and their environments and holistic solutions. Organizations that received funds include Wildlife Conservation Network for disbursement to Ewaso Lions and Grevys Zebra Trust, both organizations working with local communities across Kenya to apply holistic solutions to reduce human wildlife conflict, preserve habitat, and ensure local livelihoods for critical endangered species including lions and grevys zebras; Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, to fund gorilla protection and community education efforts in Rwanda; Save the Rhino Africa to support Borona Conservancy efforts in Kenya, specifically the Mazingira Yeto Project and Borana Education Support Program working to educate and involve local communities in rhino conservation, and ecosystem protection more generally, and develop a new education center; Giraffe Conservation Foundation to support the provision of program implementation, technical support and conservation monitoring in Tanzania and Kenya; and Friends of Peace Parks to support education and anti-poaching training efforts of Southern African Wildlife College in South Africa.In Australia, WildArk continued to support the Mongo Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in partnership with Aussie Ark. Initial surveys showed that no koalas existed on the site despite excellent habitat for koalas, and the site will become home to a koala breeding facility to rewild koalas to the protected land. This will be a critical step in protecting koalas and other species and rebuilding their populations. The Koala Rewilding Project, in partnership with Nuii Ice Cream and Connoisseur, is working towards creating long term, action-based outcomes for the species, and Nuii Ice Cream and Connoisseur committed to planting 4000 trees to support the rewilidng of native species on site. WildArk team and volunteers supported monitoring alongside Aussie Ark through motion sensored cameras and in field monitoring looking for scat droppings, tree markings and other signs of koala presence. Through donations and support from Untamed Planet, a new gaming and entertainment endeavor which has an aligned mission to WildArk to find ways to educate and engage consumers in conservation efforts worldwide, WildArk provided additional support to Save the Rhino and Borona Conservancy efforts as part of their Mazingira Yetu Project, Natural State to support community-managed conservation efforts of ORKCA (Orange River-Karoo Conservation Area) in an area of Namibia just north of the South African border, and Re:Wild to support rangers working to protect gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  Expenses $92,461 · Grants $92,461

• StorytellingThroughout 2022 WildArk continued to actively create positive content and share compelling stories. In addition to continuing to manage its instagram and other social media activities across mediums with a stable and consistent following, WildArk highlighted several programmatic activities through journal articles and video content. WildArk continued to share stories from the projects it funded as part of the Koala Comeback Campaign, particularly as it relates to our Koala Rewilding Project in Mongo Valley Wildlife Conservancy in Australia in partnership with Aussie Ark. WildArk highlighted new partnerships with corporate brands such as Nuii Ice Cream and Connoisseur Ice Cream who funded WildArk sourced projects directly, such as the Koala Rewilding Project on Mongo Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.We also created and shared content and storytelling around the completion of the education center in Namibia as part of the Nuii Peace Project supporting Elephant-Human Relations Aid, and announced the continued support of local communities and protection efforts through supporting the installation of 40 solar powered water pumps to give communities and elephants more access to fresh water.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

• SAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL

  $30,000

  SEE PART IV

• WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK

  $20,000

  SEE PART IV

• DIAN FOSSEY FUND

  $10,000

  SEE PART IV

• FRIENDS OF THE PEACE PARKS

  $10,000

  SEE PART IV

• GIRAFFE CONSERVATION

  $10,000

  SEE PART IV

• REWILD

  $7,461

  SEE PART IV

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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