Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$437,239

Total expenses

$301,065

Contributions and grants received

$415,460

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$21,779

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$753,231

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,128

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$745,103

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$292,118

Management and general expenses

$7,970

Fundraising expenses

$977

Program service expenses (Part III)

$292,118

Program services were 97.0% 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 · 2023

• THE BAY AREA PUMA PROJECT (BAPP) AND OUR EXPANDED EFFORTS IN ORANGE COUNTY ARE DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION OF PUMAS IN TWO OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST URBANIZED REGIONS. WITH INCREASING HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND HUMAN ENCROACHMENT, OUR WORK FOCUSES ON MITIGATING HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT AND UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES PUMAS FACE AT THE URBAN-WILDERNESS INTERFACE. USING NON-INVASIVE RESEARCH TOOLS LIKE CAMERA ARRAYS, HAIR AND FECAL SURVEYS, AND CITIZEN SCIENCE, WE COLLECT CRITICAL DATA ON PUMA BEHAVIOR, MOVEMENT, AND HEALTH, INCLUDING ZOONOTIC DISEASES THAT POSE RISKS TO BOTH WILDLIFE AND HUMANS.IN BOTH REGIONS, WE EMPHASIZE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CONFLICT-REDUCTION STRATEGIES. BY COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, WE AIM TO FOSTER COEXISTENCE WITH THESE APEX PREDATORS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, REAL-TIME TRACKING, AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR REDUCING HUMAN-PUMA ENCOUNTERS. SINCE THE PROJECT'S INCEPTION, WE HAVE REACHED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE BAY AREA AND ORANGE COUNTY, RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE CRITICAL ROLE PUMAS PLAY IN MAINTAINING HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS. AS KEYSTONE SPECIES, PUMAS ARE ESSENTIAL TO ECOLOGICAL BALANCE, AND OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THEIR LONG-TERM SURVIVAL DESPITE GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES.

  Expenses $48,864

• THE TSAVO CHEETAH PROJECT IS A VITAL CONSERVATION INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE ENDANGERED CHEETAH POPULATIONS IN KENYA'S TSAVO REGION. USING ADVANCED TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES AND NON-INVASIVE RESEARCH METHODS, THE PROJECT MONITORS CHEETAH MOVEMENT, HEALTH, AND BEHAVIOR TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE, SUCH AS HABITAT LOSS, HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT, AND DECLINING PREY AVAILABILITY. IN ADDITION TO RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE PROJECT EMPHASIZES COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, FOSTERING LOCAL STEWARDSHIP AND PROMOTING COEXISTENCE WITH WILDLIFE. BY INTEGRATING RESEARCH WITH EDUCATION AND CONFLICT MITIGATION, THE TSAVO CHEETAH PROJECT IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF CHEETAHS IN ONE OF EAST AFRICA'S MOST ICONIC LANDSCAPES.

  Expenses $10,115 · Grants $8,747

• OUR INNOVATIVE K12 PROGRAM, CAT AWARE, SEAMLESSLY MELDS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, HANDS-ON PREDATOR-PREY LABORATORIES, AND CAPTIVATING FIELD TRIPS TO NATURAL HABITATS. FOCUSED ON NATIVE WILDLIFE, PARTICULARLY WILD CATS, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES AN IMMERSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS, FOSTERING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NATURAL WORLD.

  Expenses $320

• THE BAY AREA BOBCAT PROJECT AND LIVING WITH LIONS PROGRAM FOCUS ON PRESERVING LOCAL WILD FELID POPULATIONS WHILE DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE TOOLS TO MITIGATE HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT. THE BAY AREA BOBCAT PROJECT TRACKS BOBCAT POPULATIONS ACROSS FRAGMENTED HABITATS, STUDYING THEIR MOVEMENT, HEALTH, AND INTERACTIONS WITH HUMAN COMMUNITIES. SIMILARLY, THE LIVING WITH LIONS PROGRAM MONITORS PUMA BEHAVIOR AT THE URBAN-WILDERNESS INTERFACE, ENSURING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THESE APEX PREDATORS' ECOLOGICAL ROLES.BOTH INITIATIVES EMPHASIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DYNAMIC CONFLICT MITIGATION TOOLS, SUCH AS REAL-TIME TRACKING SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH STRATEGIES, AIMED AT REDUCING ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN HUMANS AND WILD FELIDS. THESE TOOLS HELP RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES MANAGE INTERACTIONS WITH WILDLIFE MORE EFFECTIVELY, FOSTERING PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, WE COLLECT VITAL HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL DATA, ENGAGE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND WORK TO PRESERVE CALIFORNIA'S CRITICAL CARNIVORE POPULATIONS.

  Expenses $231,841 · Grants $304,343

• THE BHUTAN WILD CATS PROJECT IS A MULTI-YEAR INITIATIVE AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING AND CONSERVING THE WILD FELID SPECIES IN BHUTAN, INCLUDING SNOW LEOPARDS, TIGERS, CLOUDED LEOPARDS, AND SMALLER CATS LIKE THE ASIATIC GOLDEN CAT. THIS PROJECT WILL UTILIZE CAMERA TRAPS, FECAL ANALYSIS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO GATHER DATA ON POPULATION HEALTH, DISTRIBUTION, AND THE THREATS THESE SPECIES FACE. A KEY FOCUS WILL BE ON REDUCING DISEASE TRANSMISSION BETWEEN DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMALS, EMPLOYING A ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO PROTECT BHUTAN'S RICH BIODIVERSITY. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH TRAINING FOR LOCAL FORESTRY OFFICIALS, ENSURING SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION PRACTICES FOR THE FUTURE.

  Expenses $978

As filed on the 2023 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

7 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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