THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2800

Street

1495 SMITH PRESERVE WAY

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Mission and programs · 2024

• THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TEAM IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP OF TOMORROW. WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE CHILDREN AND ADULTS AN APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S UNIQUE NATURAL RESOURCES. THROUGH THIS WORK, WE AIM TO EQUIP OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND CREATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS. INDIVIDUALS WHO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE UNIQUE NATURAL RESOURCES ARE MORE WILLING TO HELP PROTECT AND TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FACING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S LAND, WATER AND WILDLIFE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE EDUCATION TEAM IN FY 2024-2025: DURING THE YEAR, EDUCATION PROGRAMS REACHED MORE THAN 35,000 PARTICIPANTS, REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. PROGRAM EVALUATIONS SHOWED MEASURABLE GAINS IN ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND INCREASED INTENT TO ENGAGE IN STEWARDSHIP BEHAVIORS. THE LEARNING ADVENTURE BUS EXPANDED ITS REACH THROUGH NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, DELIVERING STEM-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE CONSERVANCY ALSO WELCOMED 24,130 VISITORS TO THE DALTON DISCOVERY CENTER AND JOHN & CAROL WALTER DISCOVERY WING, A 48 PERCENT INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, THROUGH GUIDED TOURS, INTERPRETIVE EXHIBITS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $2,924,747

• THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S VON ARX WILDLIFE HOSPITAL ADMITS THOUSANDS OF NATIVE ANIMALS EVERY YEAR. THE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF INJURED, SICK AND ORPHANED NATIVE BIRDS, MAMMALS AND REPTILES, ULTIMATELY IMPROVING THEIR ABILITY TO BE RELEASED BACK IN TO THE WILD. THE SECOND GOAL IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO OUR NATURE CENTER VISITORS ON HOW TO PREVENT INJURIES TO WILDLIFE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THE VON ARX WILDLIFE HOSPITAL IS THE ONLY FACILITY OF ITS KIND WITHIN COLLIER COUNTY. THE INJURED, SICK AND ORPHANED NATIVE WILDLIFE ARE CARED FOR BY A DEDICATED STAFF OF SEVEN FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, A STAFF VETERINARIAN, AND SEASONAL INTERNS. STAFF EFFORTS ARE SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ASSIST WITH DIET PREPARATION, CAGE CLEANING, ANIMAL RESTRAINT AND WILDLIFE RESCUE AND RELEASE. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION TEAM IN FY 2024-2025: DURING THE YEAR, THE HOSPITAL TREATED 3,457 ANIMALS, INCLUDING BIRDS, MAMMALS, AND REPTILES, ADDRESSING INJURIES RELATED TO VEHICLE COLLISIONS, HABITAT LOSS, DISEASE, AND HUMAN INTERFERENCE. IN RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA RISKS, STAFF IMPLEMENTED ENHANCED BIOSECURITY PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, MODIFIED INTAKE PROCEDURES, AND INCREASED MONITORING. THESE MEASURES SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED IN-HOSPITAL TRANSMISSION WHILE MAINTAINING UNINTERRUPTED CARE. THE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION TEAM ALSO COORDINATED COMPLEX RESCUE, TREATMENT, AND RELEASE EFFORTS IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, RETURNING ANIMALS TO APPROPRIATE HABITAT WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

  Expenses $2,303,773

• THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM CONDUCTS APPLIED RESEARCH AND LONG-TERM MONITORING TO INFORM CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, AND LAND-USE DECISIONS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. CONSERVANCY SCIENTISTS COLLABORATE WITH ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND CONSERVATION PARTNERS TO ADDRESS COASTAL RESILIENCE, INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH. (CONTNUED ON SCHEDULE O)ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TEAM IN FY 2024-2025: DURING THE YEAR, THE CONSERVANCY DOCUMENTED ONE OF THE STRONGEST SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASONS IN MORE THAN FOUR DECADES ON KEEWAYDIN ISLAND, MONITORING 558 NESTS AND RECORDING 38,179 HATCHLINGS.LONG-TERM DATA COLLECTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS REGIONAL CONSERVATION PLANNING AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE CONSERVANCY'S INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAM REACHED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE, SURPASSING 20 TONS OF INVASIVE BURMESE PYTHONS REMOVED SINCE 2013. DURING THE YEAR, STAFF AND INTERNS REMOVED 6,549 POUNDS OF PYTHONS AND 2,945 DEVELOPING EGGS WHILE TRACKING SCOUT SNAKES ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 250 SQUARE MILES TO REDUCE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS. SCIENTISTS ALSO MONITORED 7,961 MANGROVES ACROSS PERMANENT PLOTS IN CLAM BAY AND GOODLAND FRUIT FARM CREEK, ASSESSING ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RESILIENCE TO SEA LEVEL RISE, ALTERED HYDROLOGY, AND STORM IMPACTS. THIS MONITORING SUPPORTS RESTORATION STRATEGIES THAT HELP BUFFER COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT.

  Expenses $1,970,653

• THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TEAM USES A SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH TO TACKLE BROAD REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND COLLABORATES WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ACADEMIC AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO ENSURE THE PROPER STEWARDSHIP OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S WATER, LAND AND WILDLIFE. THEY PROVIDE OUR REGION'S DECISION MAKERS WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION ISSUES. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES TACKLED BY THE TEAM ARE SMART GROWTH, WATER ISSUES, MINING, ENDANGERED SPECIES AND WILDLIFE HABITAT PROTECTION. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE POLICY TEAM IN FY 2024-2025: DURING THE YEAR, THE CONSERVANCY ACTIVELY DEFENDED FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT PROTECTIONS AND OPPOSED EFFORTS TO WEAKEN WETLAND PERMITTING OVERSIGHT. STAFF PROVIDED TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, SUBMITTED FORMAL COMMENTS, AND MOBILIZED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH POLICY ACTION ALERTS. THE POLICY TEAM LAUNCHED PUBLIC-FACING TOOLS, INCLUDING A WETLANDS STORY MAP AND A PANTHER DASHBOARD, TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE DATA ON HABITAT PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS. A TOTAL OF 8,243 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN POLICY ACTION ALERTS ADDRESSING MAJOR LAND-USE AND WILDLIFE ISSUES. THROUGH LITIGATION AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, THE CONSERVANCY SECURED PERMANENT CONSERVATION OUTCOMES, INCLUDING THE PROTECTION OF 655 ACRES OF CRITICAL FLORIDA PANTHER HABITAT, PRESERVING AN ESSENTIAL WILDLIFE CORRIDOR IN EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY.

  Expenses $1,797,534 · Grants $22,696 · Revenue $170,896

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $45,463,896

  Expenses

  $12,757,609

  Contributions

  $43,855,563

  Grants paid

  $22,696

• 2023

  Revenue

  $14,508,320

  Expenses

  $11,718,691

  Contributions

  $11,198,164

  Grants paid

  $5,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $18,235,701

  Expenses

  $11,312,195

  Contributions

  $11,819,344

  Grants paid

  $51,800

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

  $8,937,483

  Expenses

  $9,591,462

  Assets (EOY)

  $87,935,046

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,247,834

  Expenses

  $12,885,887

  Assets (EOY)

  $94,704,498

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,029,159

  Expenses

  $9,334,650

  Assets (EOY)

  $86,048,361

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $24,997,792

  Expenses

  $8,239,878

  Assets (EOY)

  $75,451,905

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,118,338

  Expenses

  $7,987,457

  Assets (EOY)

  $57,483,682

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,878,101

  Expenses

  $8,102,079

  Assets (EOY)

  $52,938,289

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,124,963

  Expenses

  $7,641,966

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,161,288

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,043,909

  Expenses

  $7,457,689

  Assets (EOY)

  $52,829,972

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,985,650

  Expenses

  $6,866,200

  Assets (EOY)

  $55,215,205

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,313,081

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,919,591

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

• YMCA OF COLLIER COUNTY

  $44,300

  2022 · TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS

• FRIENDS OF COLLIER SEMINOLE STATE PARKS INC

  $16,695

  2024 · TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS

• EVERGLADES COALITION

  $6,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS

• EVERGLADES COALITION

  $5,500

  2023 · TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $723,287

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $320,052

  2023 · ENVIRONMENT & ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $282,380

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $261,210

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $234,127

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT & ANIMALS

• COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $206,299

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT & ANIMALS

• NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC

  $149,300

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $137,750

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $118,250

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $83,150

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

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