THE INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D123

Classification

1000

Street

4649 SUNNYSIDE AVE N STE 325

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 · 2024

• SNOW LEOPARD RESEARCH, MONITORING & CONSERVATION CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT:IN 2024, NO SNOW LEOPARDS WERE REPORTED KILLED WITHIN THE 60,000 KM DIRECTLY PROTECTED BY 177 PARTNER COMMUNITIES ACROSS MONGOLIA, KYRGYZSTAN, INDIA, AND PAKISTAN. COMBINED WITH INTERGOVERNMENTAL COLLABORATION, THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST FACILITATED THE PROTECTION OF OVER 200,000 SQ KM OF CRITICAL SNOW LEOPARD HABITAT, ENCOMPASSING APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT OF THE GLOBAL SNOW LEOPARD POPULATION.SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH EFFORTS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF SNOW LEOPARD ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION. FIFTEEN PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS WERE PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS. SNOW LEOPARD POPULATIONS WERE MONITORED ACROSS 19,216 SQ KM OF HABITAT IN FOUR COUNTRIES THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT OF 527 CAMERA TRAPS. WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL STUDY, SIX SNOW LEOPARDS AND ONE IBEX WERE COLLARED AND TRACKED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND HABITAT USE. CAMERA TRAP DATA FURTHER IDENTIFIED 13 ADULT SNOW LEOPARDS, INCLUDING THREE FEMALES WITH DEPENDENT CUBS AND SEVEN FIRST-YEAR CUBS.THE CITIZEN-RANGER WILDLIFE PROTECTION PROGRAM RECOGNIZED AND SUPPORTED THE EFFORTS OF INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN WILDLIFE PROTECTION THROUGH THREE FORMAL AWARD CEREMONIES. IN MONGOLIA, 19 RANGERS WERE HONORED, INCLUDING THE PROGRAM'S FIRST FEMALE RECIPIENT; IN KYRGYZSTAN, 23 RANGERS AND COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS RECEIVED RECOGNITION; AND IN PAKISTAN, SIX RANGERS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ROLE IN DISRUPTING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE. IN TOTAL, 542 PROTECTION PATROLS WERE CONDUCTED BY RANGERS. PATROLS COVERED 14,807 SQ KM OF SNOW LEOPARD HABITAT TO DETER POACHING AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. 159 RANGERS RECEIVED TRAINING IN KYRGYZSTAN, MONGOLIA, AND PAKISTAN.

  Expenses $1,905,405 · Grants $1,859,838 · Revenue $23,550

• SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION, POLICY & COOPERATION:IN 2024, ACROSS FOUR SNOW LEOPARD RANGE COUNTRIES (MONGOLIA, PAKISTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, AND INDIA), MORE THAN 31,000 HOUSEHOLDS FROM 177 COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATED IN SNOW LEOPARD-FRIENDLY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. COLLECTIVELY, THESE COMMUNITIES SAFEGUARDED 60,000 SQ KM OF SNOW LEOPARD HABITAT, WHICH CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT OF THE GLOBAL SNOW LEOPARD POPULATION. COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES INCLUDE SUSTAINABLE ORCHARDS, DAIRY ENTERPRISES, SNOW LEOPARD ENTERPRISES, BEEKEEPING, COMMUNITY RANGER PROGRAMS, WILDLIFE MONITORING, LIVESTOCK INSURANCE SCHEMES, SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, LIVESTOCK VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS, CORRAL REINFORCEMENT, GRAZING-FREE RESERVES, AND CROP PROTECTION INITIATIVES.THE GLOBAL SNOW LEOPARD AND ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION PROGRAM (GSLEP), ESTABLISHED IN 2013 WITH FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST, CONTINUED TO PROMOTE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COLLABORATION, RESULTING IN THE PROTECTION OF MORE THAN 150,000 SQ KM OF SNOW LEOPARD HABITAT. COMBINED WITH THE 60,000 SQ KM OF HABITAT SAFEGUARDED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN SNOW LEOPARD-FRIENDLY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL AREA OF ENHANCED PROTECTION TO OVER 200,000 SQ KM IN 2024.WITH OUR SUPPORT, THE UNITED NATIONS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED OCTOBER 23 AS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE SNOW LEOPARD, UNDERSCORING THE GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION.IN 2024, WE ALSO INITIATED NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH ESTABLISHED CONSERVATION PRACTITIONERS IN NEPAL, WHERE WE HAVE LAUNCHED NEW SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION PROGRAMS WITH A LOCAL PARTNER.

  Expenses $613,362 · Grants $58,205

• PROMOTING ETHICAL NATURE CONSERVATION (BY ENABLING PRACTITIONERS TO ENGAGE EFFECTIVELY WITH LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES):THE ETHICAL CONSERVATION ALLIANCE (ECA), ESTABLISHED IN 2023 WITH FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST, PROMOTED INTEGRITY, RESPECT, AND EQUITY IN CONSERVATION PRACTICE WORLDWIDE. IN 2024, 36 NATIONS, INCLUDING 64 GOVERNMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS AND 40 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, FORMALLY COMMITTED TO ADOPTING AND PROMOTING ETHICAL CONSERVATION PRACTICES. THROUGH NINE STRUCTURED TRAINING WORKSHOPS, 327 CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS WERE EQUIPPED WITH PRACTICAL SKILLS IN ETHICAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. NOTABLY, WOMEN CONSTITUTED APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF ALL PARTICIPANTS, REFLECTING THE ORGANIZATION'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP.THE SNOW LEOPARD NETWORK (SLN), ESTABLISHED IN 2002 WITH FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT FROM SNOW LEOPARD TRUST, SERVES AS A CRITICAL FORUM FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF BEST PRACTICES AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES IN SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION. IN 2024, SLN FURTHER STRENGTHENED ITS ROLE AS A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND COLLABORATION, EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP TO MORE THAN 700 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 232 EMERGING LEADERS REPRESENTING 23 COUNTRIES.

  Expenses $271,750 · Grants $37,891

• EDUCATION AND OUTREACH:IN 2024, A TOTAL OF 1,659 STUDENTS, GRADUATES, AND POSTGRADUATES PARTICIPATED IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ORGANIZED OR SUPPORTED BY THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST. SIXTY-TWO ECO-CAMPS AND NATURE CLUBS PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOCUSED ON NATURE AND CONSERVATION. THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT YOUTH IN KYRGYZSTAN PARTICIPATED IN VIRTUAL ECO-CLUBS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS.EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS BENEFITED 21 COMMUNITIES ACROSS FOUR COUNTRIES, WITH OVER 1,600 EDUCATIONAL NEWSLETTERS AND PAMPHLETS DISTRIBUTED IN KYRGYZSTAN, MONGOLIA, AND PAKISTAN.THE GLOBAL #STRIDES4SNOWLEOPARDS CAMPAIGN ENGAGED PARTICIPANTS FROM 52 COUNTRIES AND REACHED MORE THAN ONE MILLION INDIVIDUALS THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS, FOSTERING INCREASED GLOBAL AWARENESS OF SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION.

  Expenses $245,680 · Grants $140,529

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.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,509,526

  Expenses

  $3,838,648

  Contributions

  $3,210,968

  Grants paid

  $2,096,463

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,491,584

  Expenses

  $3,820,706

  Contributions

  $3,193,672

  Grants paid

  $2,096,463

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,346,729

  Expenses

  $2,858,099

  Contributions

  $3,160,533

  Grants paid

  $1,573,434

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,814,060

  Expenses

  $2,685,620

  Contributions

  $2,765,912

  Grants paid

  $1,626,083

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

  $2,582,679

  Expenses

  $1,929,466

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,487,929

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,582,679

  Expenses

  $1,929,466

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,487,929

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,380,664

  Expenses

  $1,993,419

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,776,809

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,721,960

  Expenses

  $2,628,929

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,887,310

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,572,610

  Expenses

  $2,462,190

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,318,517

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,991,670

  Expenses

  $2,389,563

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,352,165

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,108,492

  Expenses

  $2,317,131

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,465,270

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,986,547

  Expenses

  $1,965,697

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,615,888

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,939,812

  Expenses

  $1,766,617

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,626,987

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,566,692

  Expenses

  $1,543,956

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,479,913

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 GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

  $299,355

  2023 · Wildlife Conservation

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $150,175

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• EYE OF THE EAGLE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC

  $150,000

  2023 · Save snow leopard in the wild

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $132,445

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $116,187

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $60,472

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $57,328

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $56,446

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC

  $47,848

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $33,936

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

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