AKASHINGA INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D31

Classification

1240

Street

29476 NORTHWESTERN HWY 531

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).

Mission and programs · 2025

• AKASHINGA DELIVERS RESILIENT NATURE CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PARTNERSHIPS. OUR MISSION IS GROUNDED IN A PRINCIPLE AS SIMPLE AS IT IS CONSEQUENTIAL: WHEN COMMUNITIES, AND SPECIFICALLY WOMEN IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, ARE GIVEN GENUINE AUTHORITY OVER THE ECOSYSTEMS THEY DEPEND ON, THEY PROTECT THEM. NOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REAL STAKE IN THE OUTCOME.BIODIVERSITY LOSS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE EROSION OF HUMAN WELLBEING ARE NOT PARALLEL CRISES; THEY ARE THE SAME CRISIS, COMPOUNDING EACH OTHER ACROSS GENERATIONS. AFRICA'S WILDLIFE CORRIDORS FACE CONVERGING PRESSURES: POACHING DRIVEN BY CRIME, POVERTY, AND EXCLUSION; HABITAT LOSS FROM AGRICULTURAL ENCROACHMENT; AND HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT THAT PITS COMMUNITIES AGAINST THE ECOSYSTEMS THEY DEPEND ON. ADDRESSING ANY ONE OF THESE IN ISOLATION IS INSUFFICIENT. ADDRESSING ALL THREE TOGETHER - THROUGH THE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED AND MOST INVESTED - IS THE ONLY APPROACH WITH A REALISTIC CHANCE OF LASTING.CONSERVATION HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN DESIGNED FOR ECOSYSTEMS, NOT WITH COMMUNITIES. EXTERNAL ACTORS ARRIVE, IMPOSE RULES, AND LEAVE. CONSERVATION GAINS ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN WHERE LOCAL OWNERSHIP AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ARE ABSENT. WILDLIFE RECOVERS TEMPORARILY AND DECLINES AGAIN WHEN THE FUNDING ENDS. WOMEN, WHO MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF RURAL AFRICAN COMMUNITIES CLOSEST TO PROTECTED AREA, HAVE BEEN LARGELY ABSENT FROM FRONTLINE CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP. IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE WOMEN ARE OUTNUMBERED BY MEN 100 TO 1 AT AN OPERATIONAL LEVEL, THAT IS NOT A SMALL OVERSIGHT. IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHO CONSERVATION IS FOR AND WHO IT MUST BE LED BY.AKASHINGA WAS ESTABLISHED TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE: PLACING WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES NOT AT THE MARGINS OF CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP, BUT AT ITS CENTRE, IN AUTHENTIC ROLES WITH REAL AUTHORITY AND LONG-TERM STAKE. OUR MODEL COMBINES WOMEN-LED FRONTLINE OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE-LED ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, ACCESS TO HEALTH AND LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT, AND RIGOROUS ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE INTO A SINGLE INTEGRATED SYSTEM. EACH ELEMENT REINFORCES THE OTHERS. NONE WORKS WITHOUT THE OTHERS. TODAY, AKASHINGA OPERATES ACROSS 13.1 MILLION ACRES IN ZIMBABWE, MOZAMBIQUE, BOTSWANA, AND NAMIBIA. OUR WORKFORCE IS 98% LOCAL AND/OR INDIGENOUS IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE WE OPERATE, WITH 63% OF OUR WORKFORCE BEING WOMEN.AKASHINGA CONTRIBUTES TO THE FOLLOWING GLOBAL CONSERVATION STRATEGIES AT THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL: 15 OF 17 UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, THE GLOBAL 30X30 CHALLENGE, THE PROTECTING OUR PLANET CHALLENGE, AND AGENDA 2063 OF THE AFRICAN UNION.

  Expenses $7,553,528 · Grants $6,894,921

• LEAD RANGERAKASHINGA'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEAD RANGER PROGRAMME - OPERATING UNDER THE NAME LEAD CONSERVATION, AND KNOWN PREVIOUSLY AS RANGER CAMPUS - STRENGTHENS THE CAPACITY OF CONSERVATION ORGANISATIONS TO PROTECT NATURE THROUGH TRAINING, COACHING, AND MENTORING IN FIELD OPERATIONS, STRATEGIC PROBLEM SOLVING, AND THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS PROACTIVE WILDLIFE PROTECTION REQUIRES. DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE THIN GREEN LINE FOUNDATION, THE PROGRAMME EXTENDED MENTORSHIP BEYOND AKASHINGA'S OWN RANGER TEAMS TO A GROWING NETWORK OF PARTNER ORGANISATIONS ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA.THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF 2025, THE PROGRAMME DELIVERED SIX TRAINING COURSES AND MENTORSHIPS, TOTALLING 1,770 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION TO 84 LEARNERS, 32 OF THEM WOMEN, ACROSS COHORTS INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN WILDLIFE COLLEGE, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY INDIA, CHEWORE CONSERVATION TRUST AND VICTORIA FALLS ANTI-POACHING UNIT, AND PARTNER ORGANISATIONS IN KENYA AND INDONESIA. CURRICULUM SPANNED FIELD PROBLEM SOLVING, GIS-BASED MAPPING, AND OPERATIONAL READINESS. POST-TRAINING EVALUATIONS FOUND LEARNERS APPLYING NEW SKILLS DIRECTLY IN THE FIELD, INCLUDING LIFE-SAVING FIRST AID ADMINISTERED DURING REAL OPERATIONAL INCIDENTS.IN MID-2025, THE PROGRAMME WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED AS ITS OWN INDEPENDENT ENTITY. THIS TRANSITION MARKED THE PROGRAMME'S EVOLUTION FROM AN AKASHINGA-PARTNERED INITIATIVE INTO A FREESTANDING ORGANISATION CARRYING ITS TRAINING MODEL FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY.

  Expenses $280,758 · Grants $226,887

• EDUCATION AND OUTREACHWHILE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON FIELD WORK AND ON THE GROUND RESULTS, WE ALSO SEEK TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ISSUES OF CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE PROTECTION, AND ITS CLIMATE IMPLICATIONS, AS PUBLIC OPINION AND PRESSURE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN BRINGING AN END TO POACHING AND PROTECTING NATURE. THE UNIQUENESS AND SUCCESS OF AKASHINGA GENERATES EMPATHY AND MEDIA INTEREST.IN 2025, AKASHINGA'S EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS SPANNED A BROAD RANGE OF CHANNELS - INCLUDING THE ORGANISATION'S WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, MEDIA COVERAGE, NEWSLETTERS, AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS - TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CONSERVATION ISSUES AND BUILD SUPPORT AMONG DONORS, PARTNERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. AKASHINGA'S DIGITAL PRESENCE CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT REACHING NEW AUDIENCES ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND WEBSITE TRAFFIC DRIVEN BY A COMBINATION OF ORGANIC SEARCH, NEWS COVERAGE, AND DONOR COMMUNICATIONS. THE BRAND & MARKETING TEAM PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED CONTENT HIGHLIGHTING RANGER STORIES, ECOLOGICAL MILESTONES, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT, POSITIONING AKASHINGA'S MODEL AS A COMPELLING ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL CONSERVATION APPROACHES. MEDIA COVERAGE, PODCAST APPEARANCES, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS BY ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP EXTENDED PUBLIC REACH AND REINFORCED AKASHINGA'S CREDIBILITY WITH CONSERVATION AND PHILANTHROPY AUDIENCES. THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE INTEGRAL TO AKASHINGA'S REVENUE GENERATION STRATEGY, INFORMING AND CULTIVATING THE DONOR BASE THAT SUSTAINS PROGRAMME DELIVERY ACROSS ALL FOUR COUNTRIES.

  Expenses $236,436

• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNIT (EPU)DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THIS WORK, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNIT (EPU) IS A LESS-PUBLICIZED PROGRAMME. ITS FOCUS IS COUNTERING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE THROUGH COUNTER-TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS, EARLY WARNING, AND INCIDENT RESPONSE. WORKING WITH NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, STATE AUTHORITIES, AND PRIVATE AND NGO STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS ZIMBABWE AND MOZAMBIQUE, THE EPU MAINTAINS SUSTAINED PRESSURE ON ILLEGAL NETWORKS TO IDENTIFY, DISRUPT, AND PROSECUTE ORGANISED WILDLIFE CRIME.

  Expenses $66,881 · Grants $41,783

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $4,220,471

  Expenses

  $9,782,373

  Contributions

  $4,129,461

  Grants paid

  $7,163,591

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,503,750

  Expenses

  $7,555,245

  Contributions

  $13,455,036

  Grants paid

  $5,874,855

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,328,139

  Expenses

  $6,659,527

  Contributions

  $5,167,655

  Grants paid

  $2,872,414

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,328,139

  Expenses

  $6,659,527

  Contributions

  $5,167,655

  Grants paid

  $2,872,414

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,403,147

  Expenses

  $3,168,109

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,935,040

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,356,602

  Expenses

  $2,393,191

  Assets (EOY)

  $722,953

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,915,853

  Expenses

  $1,510,564

  Assets (EOY)

  $897,662

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,942,935

  Expenses

  $1,717,969

  Assets (EOY)

  $790,378

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,082,252

  Expenses

  $906,067

  Assets (EOY)

  $509,746

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,082,252

  Expenses

  $906,067

  Assets (EOY)

  $509,746

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $901,898

  Expenses

  $538,231

  Assets (EOY)

  $648,667

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $729,460

  Expenses

  $693,449

  Assets (EOY)

  $323,292

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $781,402

  Expenses

  $774,925

  Assets (EOY)

  $474,933

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $587,602

  Expenses

  $777,421

  Assets (EOY)

  $278,637

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $7,096,396

  2023 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $2,933,604

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,780,300

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $556,950

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

  $250,000

  2024 · FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $126,500

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $125,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $82,200

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $76,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $58,450

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

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