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WILD EARTH ALLIES INC

EIN 04-2730954 CHEVY CHASE, MD

Largest nonprofits in Maryland

Revenue 2025
$6,966,259
Expenses 2025
$5,178,573

Program services were 94.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1000
Street
2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE

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

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Our mission is to protect vital areas of our planet for wildlife and people through local conservation action. Our vision is a world where wildlife and people flourish in healthy ecosystems that sustain us all.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Wild Earth Allies builds long-term partnerships with local organizations in high-biodiversity areas globally to protect at-risk wildlife, restore ecosystems, and enhance sustainable livelihoods. We believe conservation rooted in local values, knowledge and practices drives lasting change.

  • Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): With globally important tropical forests, DRC provides vital habitat for critically endangered wildlife such as Grauers gorillas and other at-risk species. We partner with Primate Expertise on community-based conservation in and around Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Itombwe Reserve, and on Idjwi Island. Rwanda: Volcanoes National Park is home to globally important biodiversity, including the endangered mountain gorilla. Building on decades of successful great ape conservation with Rwandas parks agency, we partner with the women-led cooperative Imbereheza Gahunga to drive grassroots engagement that benefits people and mountain gorillas. Cameroon: Dja Biosphere Reserve provides key habitat for critically endangered forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, chimpanzees and more. With partner African Conservation & Development Foundation (ACDEF) we are implementing a community-centered model to improve forest management, protect at-risk wildlife, and improve benefit flows to those living around the reserve.

    Expenses $2,010,819 · Grants $1,200,379

  • Southeast Asia: Cambodia: With some of the most intact forests and marine ecosystems in Southeast Asia, Cambodia is a vital refuge for threatened species such as Asian elephants, gibbons, pangolins, sea turtles and marine mammals. We collaborate with Government and community partners to conserve key habitat in ways that integrate cultural values and enrich local livelihoods.

    Expenses $1,666,594 · Grants $200,000

  • Americas: El Salvador: Hawksbill turtles are critically endangered globally, and fewer than 700 females remain in the Eastern Pacific with 50% of these nesting in El Salvador. With partner ProCosta and a dedicated community network, we engage coastal residents and fishers to increase hawksbill nest protection, reduce turtle bycatch, and improve human well-being. Costa Rica: Together with the Latin America Sea Turtle (LAST) Association, we are protecting critical areas for sea turtles, particularly leatherbacks and hawksbills, along the Caribbean and Pacific coasts. Belize: With the largest remaining rainforest area north of the Amazon basin, Belizes tropical forests are critical for biodiversity and our global climate. Our Trees of Belize project builds essential botanical skills, including tools for improved forest management. United States - Delaware: The Great Cypress Swamp is the largest remaining contiguous forest on the Delmarva Peninsula, providing habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife, mitigating climate change, and improving regional water quality. We work with land trust Delaware Wild Lands to restore this forested wetland and other key landholdings with native tree species.

    Expenses $748,147 · Grants $371,500

  • See Schedule O

    Expenses $440,533 · Grants $35,000

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.

  • Katie Frohardt

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $337,101
    From this org
    $289,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,261
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $289,840
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,567
    Filer's total
    $338,407
  • Adam W Henson

    Conservation Director

    Total calculated
    $231,730
    From this org
    $210,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,016
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,714
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,016
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,679
    Filer's total
    $233,409
  • Sarai Francois

    Director of Finance & Administration

    Total calculated
    $208,114
    From this org
    $177,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,961
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,153
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,544
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,697
    Filer's total
    $209,394
  • Laura P Milton

    Communications Director

    Total calculated
    $164,734
    From this org
    $139,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,251
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,483
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,997
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,725
    Filer's total
    $166,205
  • Jose R Urteaga Augier

    Director of Marine Partnerships

    Total calculated
    $162,347
    From this org
    $137,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,801
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,546
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,402
    Filer's total
    $164,748
  • Kelly E Hogan

    Science & Impact Director

    Total calculated
    $125,969
    From this org
    $106,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,207
    Hours/week
    40
  • Clea Newman Soderlund

    Board Chair (1/1/25 - 11/4/25) Board Member (11/5/25 - 12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Virginia M Busch

    Board Vice Chair (1/1/25 - 11/4/25) Board Chair (11/5/25 - 12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jo-Elle Mogerman

    Board Member (1/1/25 - 11/4/25) Board Vice Chair (11/5/25 - 12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • C Jonathan Fischer

    Board Treasurer (1/1/25 - 11/4/25) Board Member (11/5/25 - 12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Steven Rosenthal

    Board Secretary (1/1/25 - 11/4/25) Board Treasurer (11/5/25 -12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mohamed I Bakarr

    Board Member (1/1/25 - 11/4/25) Board Secretary (11/5/25 - 12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Hamlin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sophie Oppenheimer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beth Ann Ruoff

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen B Winnick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry Garcia

    Board Member (11/5/25 - 12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anita Winsor

    Board Member (11/5/25 - 12/31/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $6,966,259
    Expenses
    $5,178,573
    Contributions
    $6,632,562
    Grants paid
    $1,806,879
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,150,515
    Expenses
    $5,006,560
    Contributions
    $5,990,336
    Grants paid
    $1,723,133
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,017,164
    Expenses
    $4,231,385
    Contributions
    $5,887,925
    Grants paid
    $1,328,679
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,471,527
    Expenses
    $3,206,729
    Contributions
    $4,417,729
    Grants paid
    $971,585

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
    $3,486,419
    Expenses
    $2,684,794
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,026,154
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,046,599
    Expenses
    $2,073,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,431,665
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,384,488
    Expenses
    $6,051,384
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,997,528
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,974,955
    Expenses
    $5,477,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,623,948
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,766,158
    Expenses
    $5,003,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,167,270

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.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.