Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,781,863

Total expenses

$3,996,175

Contributions and grants received

$3,127,171

Grants paid

$598,210

Program service revenue

$478,746

Investment income

$174,192

Other revenue

$1,754

Total assets, end of year

$5,055,566

Total liabilities, end of year

$423,715

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,631,851

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,033,096

Management and general expenses

$442,636

Fundraising expenses

$520,443

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,033,096

Program services were 75.9% 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 · 2024

• UNITED STATES CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION PROGRAM CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO CONSERVE NATURE ON A LARGE SCALE, SUPPORTING WILDLIFE MOVEMENT IN OUR FRAGMENTED NATURAL WORLD. LAST YEAR, CLLC ADVANCED THIS EFFORT BY PROVIDING SCIENCE-BASED GUIDANCE TO DECISION MAKERS TO INFORM POLICIES AND PROJECTS. WE CONTINUE TO FOSTER COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL, AND COUNTY LEVELS TO IMPROVE POLICIES RELATED TO CONNECTIVITY AND CORRIDORS AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP PLAN AND SECURE FUNDING FOR WILDLIFE CROSSING STRUCTURE PROJECTS. (SEE SCHEDULE O)

  Expenses $975,468 · Revenue $234,000

• BUILDING CONSERVATION NETWORKS PROGRAM CLLC HOLDS LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR THE NETWORK FOR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION (NLC) AND THE UNITED STATES BIOSPHERE NETWORK (USBN), SERVING AS THEIR HOST AND FISCAL SPONSOR. THROUGH THESE NETWORKS, WE SUPPORT THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS, POLICYMAKERS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS BY SHARING EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AND FACILITATING REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS. CLLC ALSO PROVIDES STRATEGIC COUNSEL, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT, ALLOWING NETWORK STAFF AND MEMBERS TO FOCUS ON ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION PRACTITIONERS GLOBALLY.(SEE SCHEDULE O)

  Expenses $897,722 · Grants $477,050

• THE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS IN KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS TO PROTECT LANDSCAPES FROM FRAGMENTATION BY IMPLEMENTING CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION POLICY AND PRACTICE, LEADING TO LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OUTCOMES. WE BELIEVE THAT PROTECTED AREAS FUNCTION BEST WHEN THEY ARE CONNECTED AT THE LANDSCAPE SCALE, ENSURING WILDLIFE MOVEMENT AND THRIVING ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES. THROUGH OUR LEADERSHIP OF THE IUCN CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION SPECIALIST GROUP (CCSG), WE ARE OPERATING SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUPS OF PROFESSIONALS-SUCH AS THE ASIAN ELEPHANT TRANSPORT WORKING GROUP AND THE MARINE CONNECTIVITY WORKING GROUP-DEVELOPING MECHANISMS TO PROTECT LINKAGE AREAS THAT MAINTAIN ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY AROUND THE WORLD. (SEE SCHEDULE O)

  Expenses $661,458 · Grants $69,500 · Revenue $49,093

• ADVANCING CONSERVATION SCIENCE SCIENTISTS AT CLLC ARE INCREASINGLY CALLED UPON TO ASSIST COUNTRY GOVERNMENTS IN PLANNING FOR, PRESERVING, AND INCREASING ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY LONG-TERM. IN FY25, CLLC DEVELOPED THE TRANSBOUNDARY CORRIDOR ATLAS FOR THE SOUTHERN KENYA-NORTHERN TANZANIA (SOKNOT) LANDSCAPE. THE ATLAS IS A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE SUPPORTING CONSERVATION OF THE ICONIC REGION'S IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS AND SPECTACULAR WILDLIFE. IT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF 24 WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BEST CONSERVE THEM ALONG WITH BASELINE DATA TO HELP MEASURE HABITAT CONNECTIVITY OVER TIME. THE ATLAS SERVES AS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR POLICYMAKERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO TAKE ACTION THAT WILL AVOID THE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES OF FRAGMENTATION OF CORRIDORS THAT COULD AFFECT BOTH WILDLIFE AND COMMUNITIES. A GLOBAL TEAM OF LEADING CONNECTIVITY SCIENTISTS LED BY THE CLLC SCIENCE TEAM IS DEVELOPING PRACTICAL GUIDANCE TO HELP THE 193 UN SIGNATORY COUNTRIES MEASURE HOW "WELL-CONNECTED" THEIR PROTECTED AREA SYSTEMS ARE, AS CALLED FOR IN THE KUNMING-MONTREAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK. PROPELLING THE "WELL-CONNECTED INITIATIVE," THE GROUP ESTABLISHED A TWO- PART WORK PLAN DURING A JANUARY 2025 WORKSHOP. THE FIRST PROJECT TESTED AND IDENTIFIED KEY INDICATORS THAT EFFECTIVELY MEASURE CONNECTIVITY ACROSS SIMULATED LANDSCAPES. THESE INDICATORS WILL HELP MEASURE EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITY, SUPPORTING COUNTRIES IN ACHIEVING THE FRAMEWORK'S GOAL OF CONSERVING AT LEAST 30% OF THE PLANET THROUGH ECOLOGICALLY REPRESENTATIVE AND CONNECTED, PROTECTED, AND CONSERVED AREAS BY 2030. THE COMPLETED PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A PUBLISHED, PEER-REVIEWED PAPER AND LIKELY INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION OF THESE GLOBALLY APPLICABLE INDICATORS. AS PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE WILDLIFE CONNECT INITIATIVE TO CONNECT KEY LANDSCAPES ON FOUR CONTINENTS, OUR STAFF LED A WORKSHOP IN BORNEO IN JUNE 2025. WITH BORNEAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND CONSERVATION PRACTITIONERS IN ATTENDANCE, THE WORKSHOP AIMED TO IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS TO CONSERVE IN THE COUNTRY AND TO FOSTER COLLABORATION. PARTICIPANTS PRODUCED A CONSENSUS LIST OF "MUST SECURE" CORRIDORS BASED ON SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES AND EXPERT OPINION FROM CLLC STAFF AND DEVELOPED PROFILES FOR EACH OUTLINING CONSERVATION STRATEGIES.

  Expenses $498,448 · Grants $51,660 · Revenue $195,653

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

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. 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

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

• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

  $51,660

  SCIENCE

• WILDLANDSCAPES INTERNATIONAL

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

• ACCOKEEK FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

• SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

• NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIA

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

• NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

• SOVEREIGN ENERGY

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

• KODIAK ARCHIPELAGO LEADERSHIP INST

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

• ALGONQUIN TO ADIRONDACKS COLLABORAT

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

• NORTH COAST RESOURCE CONSERVATION

  $25,000

  BUILDING NETWORKS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

6 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202513109349304151

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