WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C30

Classification

1000

Street

1250 24TH ST NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• RACHELS NETWORK INC

  EIN 31-1644905

Mission and programs · 2024

• GLOBAL CONSERVATION:WHETHER IN ALASKA'S BRISTOL BAY, MONTANA'S GREAT PLAINS, THE RAINFORESTS OF BRAZIL, PERU, AND BOLIVIA, THE MOUNTAINS OF NEPAL AND BHUTAN, OR THE DESERTS AND SAVANNAS OF AFRICA, WWF-US PARTNERS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OTHER GROUPS TO PROTECT FORESTS, WILDLIFE, CORAL REEFS AND OTHER ECOSYSTEMS; FIND ACTIONS TO PROTECT FRESHWATER RESOURCES FROM CONTAMINATION AND DEPLETION; REDUCE OVERFISHING TO ENSURE RELIABLE FOOD SOURCES; REDUCE CONFLICTS BETWEEN LOCAL PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE; EMPLOY ENERGY SOLUTIONS THAT GENERATE FEWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAN THE CURRENT ENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEM; AND ENACT FOREST MANAGEMENT APPROACHES THAT REGENERATE OR RESTORE CRITICAL HABITATS FOR WILDLIFE AND A RANGE OF FOREST-BASED PRODUCTS FOR PEOPLE.

  Expenses $83,555,567 · Grants $50,504,848

• INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY PROGRAMS:FROM PERU'S RAINFORESTS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF BHUTAN TO NAMIBIA'S COMMUNAL CONSERVANCIES, THE WWF NETWORK BRINGS ITS SCIENCE-BASED AND RESULTS ORIENTED APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN 100 COUNTRIES. WWF SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND LIVELIHOODS FOR COMMUNITIES IN SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST REMOTE LOCATIONS. WWF-US SPECIFICALLY MANAGES COUNTRY-OFFICE OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA, AS WELL AS IN BHUTAN, NAMIBIA, AND NEPAL - DIRECTLY SUPPORTING CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN SOME OF THE MOST ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE PLACES ON EARTH.

  Expenses $73,938,725 · Grants $19,444,549

• PUBLIC EDUCATION:WITH ONE MILLION MEMBERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND MORE THAN FIVE MILLION SUPPORTERS GLOBALLY, THE WWF NETWORK, OF WHICH WWF-US IS A PART, IS WORKING TO MOBILIZE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION. WWF SHARES INFORMATION WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ON NATURE'S VALUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION THROUGH A VARIETY OF CHANNELS, FROM OUR WILDCLASSROOMS EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM, OUR SIGNATURE PUBLICATION WORLD WILDLIFE MAGAZINE, OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, OUR WEBSITE AND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EVENTS SUCH AS EARTH HOUR.

  Expenses $37,204,637

• PUBLIC AFFAIRS: AT WWF, WE BELIEVE WE CAN FOSTER A SAFER, HEALTHIER AND MORE RESILIENT FUTURE FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE. WE HELP INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS AND SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST COMPANIES RETHINK THE WAY THEY PRODUCE AND CONSUME ENERGY, FOOD, AND WATER. WWF PROVIDES DECISIONMAKERS WITH THE RESULTS OF FIELD STUDIES DESCRIBING THE BIOLOGICAL RICHNESS OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRODUCTIVE REGIONS, RESEARCH INTO THE LOSS OR DEGRADATION OF KEY ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE ARCTIC, TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, FISHERIES, CORAL REEFS, RIVER SYSTEMS AND WETLANDS AND SOLUTIONS BASED ON TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS, POLICY INCENTIVES, AND ACTIONS THAT INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS CAN TAKE TO PROTECT OUR PLANET.

  Expenses $64,890,164 · Grants $22,858,532 · Revenue $1,766,357

• MARKET TRANSFORMATION: WWF PARTNERS WITH CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, NGOS, UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE PRODUCTION AND TRADE OF COMMODITIES THAT MOST AFFECT OUR CONSERVATION PRIORITIES. OUR GOAL IS TO MEASURABLY REDUCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OF INDIVIDUAL ACTORS AS WELL AS ENTIRE INDUSTRIES.

  Expenses $30,026,256 · Grants $3,664,491

• FY 2025 990 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:IN FY 2025, WWF MADE VALUABLE STRIDES IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONSERVATION CHALLENGES FACING THE PLANET. AMONG MANY ACHIEVEMENTS, WE NOTE THESE:STRENGTHENING AMERICAN GRASSLANDS:WWF'S SUSTAINABLE RANCHING INITIATIVE REACHED A MILESTONE IN 2024, ENROLLING 1 MILLION ACRES IN ITS RANCH SYSTEMS AND VIABILITY PLANNING NETWORK A YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THE INITIATIVE EQUIPS RANCHERS IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS REGION WITH HANDS-ON GUIDANCE FROM TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE MORE SUSTAINABLE GRAZING PRACTICES. IT ALSO HELPS RANCHERS IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES THAT ENHANCE CARBON SEQUESTRATION, IMPROVE WATER INFILTRATION, AND SUPPORT WILDLIFE ACROSS THIS VAST EXPANSE OF ENROLLED ACRES. RESTORING AMERICAN RIVERS & FRESHWATER SYSTEMS:IN FY25, TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE RIO GRANDE RIVER, WWF CONDUCTED ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW ASSESSMENTS AND CO-LED LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUPS. WE ALSO SUPPORTED RESTORATION PROJECTS TO SECURE COMMUNITY WATER ACCESS AND REVIVE BEAVER, CUTTHROAT TROUT, AND SILVERY MINNOW POPULATIONS. IN NEW MEXICO, WWF SURVEYED FARMERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AND PROMOTE WATER-RESILIENT FARMING PRACTICES. COLLECTIVELY, THESE PROJECTS WILL RESTORE 160 ACRES OF RIPARIAN HABITATS AND WETLANDS AND 65 MILES OF THE RIVER WHILE SUPPORTING BIODIVERSITY ACROSS THE BASIN.SUPPORTING ALASKA COMMUNITIES:WWF'S US ARCTIC PROGRAM LAUNCHED A GRANTS INITIATIVE IN OCTOBER 2024 TO SUPPORT ALASKA NATIVE-LED STEWARDSHIP AND CONSERVATION RESEARCH, AWARDING SEVERAL GRANTS FOR WALRUS, SHOREBIRD, BELUGA, AND SALMON PROJECTS TO DATE.REDUCING FOOD LOSS AND WASTE:EACH YEAR, MORE THAN 1.3 BILLION TONS OF FOOD IS LOST DURING AND AFTER HARVEST, BEFORE EVEN LEAVING THE FARM. BUT WE CAN'T MANAGE THE FOOD LOSS PROBLEM UNTIL WE MEASURE IT, AND MOST GROWERS LACK DATA ON THEIR POSTHARVEST LOSSES. TO HELP FILL THIS DATA GAP IN OUR SUPPLY CHAINS, WWF LAUNCHED THE GLOBAL FARM LOSS TOOL TO HELP GROWERS MEASURE AND REDUCE ON-FARM FOOD LOSS. THE TOOL HELPS GROWERS DEVELOP NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT THESE LOSSES AND SELL MORE OF THE PRODUCTS THEY GROW. ADDITIONALLY, WWF CONTINUED TO EXPAND THE FOOD WASTE WARRIORS PROGRAM IN FY25. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES K-12 SCHOOLS WITH GRANTS, TOOLKITS, AND LESSON PLANS THAT INFORM, ENGAGE, AND INSPIRE STUDENTS TO TAKE ACTION TO TACKLE FOOD WASTE. THE 600+ PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE US ACHIEVED A 14.5% REDUCTION IN CAFETERIA WASTE, ON AVERAGE.HARNESSING MANGROVES TO HELP COMMUNITIES:WWF AND PARTNERS SURPASSED GOALS UNDER THE MANGROVES FOR COMMUNITY AND CLIMATE PROJECT, WHICH HELPED PROTECT AND RESTORE MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION ACRES OF MANGROVES GLOBALLY, SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS FOR OVER 300,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY. ALSO IN FY25, WWF DEPLOYED THE CLIMATE-SMART MANGROVE TOOL IN COLOMBIA AND LAUNCHED AI-DRIVEN MONITORING IN MEXICO TO STRENGTHEN MANGROVE MONITORING AND PROTECTION FOR COASTLINES AND COMMUNITIES. CONSERVING SNOW LEOPARDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE WITH CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE:WILDLIFE NATURALLY SHED GENETIC MATERIAL CALLED EDNA, WHICH CAN BE EXTRACTED FROM WATER, SOIL, AND AIR TO REVEAL THE AREAS WHERE THEY LIVE. THAT MEANS THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A WATER SAMPLE FROM A RIVER CAN HELP IDENTIFY HARD-TO-FIND SPECIES LIKE SNOW LEOPARDS. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL PILOT IN BHUTAN UNCOVERED A REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF UNDOCUMENTED BIODIVERSITY, INCLUDING SNOW LEOPARDS AND WOOLLY FLYING SQUIRRELS, WWF TOOK PART IN THE INAUGURATION OF AN EDNA LAB IN APRIL 2025 TO CONDUCT A COST-EFFECTIVE IN-COUNTRY ANALYSIS. THIS NEW LAB WILL HELP BHUTAN COMPLETE ITS FIRST NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT USING EDNA. COMBINED WITH REGIONAL POPULATION ESTIMATES INCLUDING INDIA'S FIRST-EVER STUDY AND A NEW ASSESSMENT CONFIRMING 397 OF THE ELUSIVE CATS IN NEPAL THESE INSIGHTS ARE ADVANCING SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION AT BOTH NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY LEVELS. IN BHUTAN'S NUBRI REGION, FOR EXAMPLE, WWF IS SUPPORTING THE EDGE SPECIES PROTECTION PROJECT TO HELP LOCAL HERDERS COEXIST WITH SNOW LEOPARDS. MOBILIZING CORPORATE LEADERSHIP FOR FORESTS AND NATURE: EARTH'S TROPICAL FORESTS ARE VANISHING AT AN ALARMING RATE: THE EQUIVALENT OF 18 SOCCER FIELDS PER MINUTE. AND WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS MANAGED FULLY OR PARTIALLY FOR PRIVATE-SECTOR PRODUCTION, CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND LEADERSHIP MUST PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN STOPPING FOREST LOSS. WWF'S FORESTS FORWARD PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH COMPANIES TO LEVERAGE THE POWER OF FORESTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL IMPACT, AND BUSINESS GOALS. THE PROGRAM NOW POSITIVELY IMPACTS 10 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST WORLDWIDE. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, SEVERAL PARTICIPATING COMPANIES ARE ALSO ADVANCING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE NBS ORIGINATION PLATFORM, WHICH HAS ALREADY CONSERVED 285,000 ACRES GLOBALLY. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE OF MARINE RESOURCES:OVER THE PAST YEAR, WWF HAS HELPED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN DEVELOP GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES TO ENSURE HOLISTIC, LONG-LASTING, AND LOCALLY LED CONSERVATION OF THEIR MARINE RESOURCES. NEAR THE NOSY HARA MARINE PROTECTED AREA IN MADAGASCAR, VOLUNTEER FISHERS LEAD LOCAL PATROLS, REPORTING VIOLATIONS AND JOINTLY STEWARDING THEIR SHARED COAST. USING RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM MULTIPLE WWF TRAININGS, VARIOUS COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GROUPS BANDED TOGETHER TO CREATE THEIR OWN COORDINATION NETWORK AND ESTABLISH COMMUNITY-RUN MANGROVE NURSERIES IN TWO DISTRICTS IN MOZAMBIQUE.PROTECTING TURTLES IN INDONESIA:WWF EFFORTS TO CONSERVE SEA TURTLES HAVE MARKED MAJOR PROGRESS THIS YEAR. THANKS TO THE WWF AND NOAA LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION PROGRAM, ZERO EGGS HAVE BEEN POACHED ON THE NESTING BEACHES OF BURU ISLAND IN INDONESIA IN TWO YEARS: A 99% IMPROVEMENT FROM WHEN THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2017.

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $366,655,209

  Expenses

  $367,009,528

  Contributions

  $340,988,476

  Grants paid

  $96,472,420

• 2023

  Revenue

  $374,807,108

  Expenses

  $361,352,195

  Contributions

  $355,214,914

  Grants paid

  $100,900,249

• 2022

  Revenue

  $372,835,343

  Expenses

  $352,906,681

  Contributions

  $355,202,055

  Grants paid

  $105,502,332

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $381,636,162

  Expenses

  $316,378,290

  Assets (EOY)

  $704,447,333

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $408,317,459

  Expenses

  $283,476,575

  Assets (EOY)

  $698,927,854

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $286,350,088

  Expenses

  $266,981,193

  Assets (EOY)

  $507,200,384

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $249,933,507

  Expenses

  $236,248,679

  Assets (EOY)

  $508,462,156

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $256,825,626

  Expenses

  $258,037,473

  Assets (EOY)

  $502,673,998

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY PRESERVATION

  $2,301,305

  2023 · CONSERVATION

• THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $2,181,960

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

  $993,742

  2023 · CONSERVATION

• THE CONSERVATION FUND

  $930,755

  2022 · CONSERVATION

• STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  $697,549

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• WINDWARD FUND

  $665,654

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• WINDWARD FUND

  $595,659

  2023 · CONSERVATION

• EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

  $442,795

  2022 · CONSERVATION

• THUNDER VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  $425,656

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS (C2ES)

  $414,547

  2022 · CONSERVATION

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $11,631,079

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $6,183,420

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $5,155,000

  2023 · SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $4,909,075

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $4,418,565

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $3,840,137

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $3,817,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $3,643,090

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• JEREMY AND HANNELORE GRANTHAM ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST

  $3,483,828

  2024 · GRANTS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $3,300,236

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

• INFOCISION INC.

  $33,350 raised

  2024 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $8,014 to charity

• COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

  $17,828 raised

  2024 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $16,051 to charity

• THE GAP INC.

  $293,702 in sales

  2023 · Commercial Coventurer

  $13,769 to charity

• INFOCISION INC.

  $34,899 raised

  2023 · Commercial Fundraiser

  -$13,183 to charity

• COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

  $28,700 raised

  2023 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $25,828 to charity

• CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

  $258,736 in sales

  2022 · Commercial Coventurer

  $25,945 to charity

• INFOCISION INC.

  $89,945 raised

  2022 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $40,843 to charity

• COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

  $11,651 raised

  2022 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $10,485 to charity

• CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

  $1,109,688 in sales

  2021 · Commercial Coventurer

  $80,006 to charity

• COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

  $14,577 raised

  2021 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $13,119 to charity

• CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

  $119,984 in sales

  2020 · Commercial Coventurer

  $5,999 to charity

• COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

  $12,955 raised

  2020 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $11,659 to charity

• PUBLIC INTEREST COMMUNICATIONS INC.

  $0 raised

  2020 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $0 to charity

• COINSTAR ASSET HOLDINGS LLC

  $22,897 raised

  2019 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $20,607 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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