FELIDAE CONSERVATION FUND

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D30

Classification

1000

Street

655 REDWOOD HWY FRONTAGE RD STE 150

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

• BAY AREA PUMA PROJECT========================================================================THE BAY AREA PUMA PROJECT (BAPP) IS THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON PUMAS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND ORANGE COUNTY. USING SCIENCE-BASED, NON-INVASIVE MONITORING METHODSINCLUDING FECAL DNA ANALYSIS, HAIR SURVEYS, CAMERA TRAPS, AND GPS DATABAPP STUDIES PUMA ECOLOGY, HEALTH, AND MOVEMENT PATTERNS TO UNDERSTAND HOW URBANIZATION AFFECTS THEIR SURVIVAL AND BEHAVIOR. THE PROJECT'S FINDINGS INFORM REGIONAL CONSERVATION PLANNING AND COEXISTENCE STRATEGIES THAT PROTECT BOTH WILDLIFE AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES.BAPP ENGAGES LOCAL VOLUNTEERS, COMMUNITY SCIENTISTS, AND REGIONAL PARTNERS TO COLLECT DATA AND ADVANCE ONE HEALTH RESEARCH LINKING WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEM, AND PUBLIC HEALTH. SUPPORTED BY GENEROUS DONORS AND FOUNDATIONS, BAPP COMBINES RIGOROUS SCIENCE WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION TO FOSTER COEXISTENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATIVE PREDATORS ACROSS CALIFORNIA'S RAPIDLY CHANGING LANDSCAPES.

  Expenses $121,986 · Grants $30,473

• TSAVO CHEETAH PROJECT========================================================================THE TSAVO CHEETAH PROJECT CONDUCTS LONG-TERM, SCIENCE-BASED MONITORING OF CHEETAHS IN KENYA'S TSAVO ECOSYSTEM TO ASSESS POPULATION STATUS, GENETICS, HEALTH, AND HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT. USING NON-INVASIVE METHODS SUCH AS CAMERA TRAPPING, FECAL SAMPLING, AND COMMUNITY REPORTING, TCP PROVIDES CRITICAL DATA TO GUIDE NATIONAL CHEETAH CONSERVATION STRATEGIES. THE PROJECT COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE TO MITIGATE CONFLICT, PROMOTE COEXISTENCE, AND STRENGTHEN CONSERVATION CAPACITY. SUPPORTED BY DONORS AND PARTNERS, TCP ADVANCES FELIDAE'S GLOBAL ONE HEALTH MISSION THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

  Expenses $36,831 · Grants $54,367

• LIVING WITH LIONS AND CAT AWARE EDUCATION========================================================================THE LIVING WITH LIONS PROGRAM PROMOTES COEXISTENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND PUMAS THROUGH SCIENCE-BASED EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND CONFLICT MITIGATION. OPERATING ACROSS THE BAY AREA AND ORANGE COUNTY, THE PROGRAM ENGAGES THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ANNUALLY THROUGH WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY TALKS, AND ONLINE RESOURCES. IT PROVIDES TOOLS AND DATA TO HELP COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND PUMA BEHAVIOR, REDUCE CONFLICT, AND SUPPORT SAFE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS. SUPPORTED BY DONORS AND REGIONAL PARTNERS, THE PROGRAM BUILDS PUBLIC AWARENESS AND FOSTERS SUSTAINABLE HUMANWILDLIFE RELATIONSHIPS. OUR INNOVATIVE K12 PROGRAM, CAT AWARE, SEAMLESSLY MELDS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, HANDS-ON PREDATOR-PREY LABORATORIES, AND CAPTIVATING FIELD TRIPS TO NATURAL HABITATS. FOCUSED ON NATIVE WILDLIFE, PARTICULARLY WILD CATS, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES AN IMMERSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS, FOSTERING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NATURAL WORLD.

• PATAGONIA WILD CATS PROJECTTHE PATAGONIA WILD CATS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE CONSERVATION OF PUMAS AND LESSER-KNOWN WILD CATS IN SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. THE PROJECT INVESTIGATES PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS, HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT, AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ACROSS WORKING LANDSCAPES. USING NON-INVASIVE METHODS SUCH AS CAMERA TRAPS AND FECAL SURVEYS, FELIDAE AND LOCAL PARTNERS COLLECT VITAL DATA TO INFORM REGIONAL CONSERVATION STRATEGIES. THE PROJECT ALSO ENGAGES COMMUNITIES AND LANDOWNERS TO PROMOTE COEXISTENCE, REDUCE CONFLICT, AND SUSTAIN BIODIVERSITY ACROSS PATAGONIA'S FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS.TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSERVATION WILDEPOD AND WILDE BACKYARD ARE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED BY FELIDAE TO ADVANCE WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WILDEPOD, AN AI-POWERED CLOUD DATABASE, CENTRALIZES GLOBAL WILDLIFE DATA FROM CAMERA TRAPS, GENETIC SAMPLING, AND HEALTH MONITORING TO ACCELERATE CONSERVATION INSIGHTS AND COLLABORATION ACROSS PROJECTS. WILDE BACKYARD, A MOBILE APP, EMPOWERS THE PUBLIC TO RECORD AND SHARE NEIGHBORHOOD WILDLIFE OBSERVATIONS, CONTRIBUTING TO REAL-TIME BIODIVERSITY MAPPING AND CITIZEN SCIENCE. TOGETHER, THESE TOOLS BRIDGE SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, ENHANCING CONSERVATION OUTCOMES AND PROMOTING COEXISTENCE WITH LOCAL WILDLIFE.BHUTAN WILD CATS PROJECTTHE BHUTAN WILD CAT HEALTH PROJECT APPLIES A ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO STUDY AND PROTECT NINE WILD CAT SPECIES ACROSS BHUTAN, LINKING WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEM, AND HUMAN HEALTH. THE PROJECT OPERATES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BHUTAN'S GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS TO ADVANCE NON-INVASIVE MONITORING AND DISEASE SURVEILLANCE. FELIDAE HAS ESTABLISHED BHUTAN'S FIRST K9 CONSERVATION DETECTION UNITSOURCED FROM THE COUNTRY'S LARGE FREE-ROAMING DOG POPULATIONTO SUPPORT FECAL SURVEYS AND PARASITE DETECTION. THE PROJECT BUILDS NATIONAL RESEARCH CAPACITY THROUGH HANDS-ON TRAINING, FIELD SURVEYS, AND DATA ANALYSIS, STRENGTHENING CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BIODIVERSITY AND COEXISTENCE.CA BOBCAT PROJECTTHE CA BOBCAT PROJECT ADVANCES SCIENCE-BASED, NON-INVASIVE RESEARCH ON BOBCAT POPULATIONS ACROSS THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND ORANGE COUNTY. USING CAMERA TRAPS, FECAL AND HAIR SURVEYS, AND COMMUNITY REPORTS, THE PROJECT MONITORS HEALTH, GENETICS, AND MOVEMENT TO ASSESS IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION AND DISEASE. FINDINGS INFORM WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, CONNECTIVITY PLANNING, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON COEXISTENCE. SUPPORTED BY DONORS AND PARTNERS, BABP STRENGTHENS REGIONAL BIODIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTES TO FELIDAE'S ONE HEALTH CONSERVATION MISSION.WILD CAT HEALTH PROJECTTHE WILD CAT HEALTH PROJECT APPLIES A ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO ASSESS THE HEALTH OF PUMAS AND BOBCATS IN CALIFORNIA'S URBANWILDLAND INTERFACE, INCLUDING THE BAY AREA AND ORANGE COUNTY. USING NON-INVASIVE MONITORING SUCH AS FECAL AND HAIR SURVEYS, THE PROJECT INVESTIGATES EXPOSURE TO PATHOGENS, TOXINS, AND OTHER INDICATORS OF ECOSYSTEM AND PUBLIC HEALTH. ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE DEVELOPING REGIONAL HEALTH BASELINES FOR WILD FELIDS, IDENTIFYING ZOONOTIC RISK FACTORS, AND ADVANCING EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS FOR DISEASE SPILLOVER. SUPPORTED BY DONORS, PARTNERS, AND COLLABORATING VETERINARIANS, WCHP STRENGTHENS SCIENCE-DRIVEN CONSERVATION AND INFORMS PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES.GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE (GSE) COUGAR PROJECTTHE GSE COUGAR PROJECT INVESTIGATES PUMA ECOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH WITHIN THE GRAND STAIRCASEESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT IN UTAH. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES, AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS, THE GSE PROJECT USES NON-INVASIVE METHODSCAMERA TRAPS, FECAL DNA, AND TRACK SURVEYSTO DOCUMENT COUGAR MOVEMENTS, HABITAT CONNECTIVITY, AND PREY DYNAMICS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE ESTABLISHING BASELINE HEALTH AND POPULATION DATA, IDENTIFYING CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, AND ENGAGING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND LAND MANAGERS IN SCIENCE-BASED COEXISTENCE AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES THAT STRENGTHEN ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE.

  Expenses $293,764 · Grants $539,279

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.

• ZARA MCDONALD

  PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $90,520

  From this org

  $90,520

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• MICHAEL LAND

  INTERIM CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  8

• MICHELLE FRIEND

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SHARON OSBERG

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• MUHAMMED IMRAN KHAN PHD

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JAY RUFFIN

  DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• JAHAN G ALAMZAD

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• ERIC PELTZER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  10

• ALAN AMINI

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ALLISON ECKERT

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• SHARON WILCOX PHD

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• ALYSSA ROSCH

  DIRECTOR

  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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $642,938

  Expenses

  $467,439

  Contributions

  $624,119

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $437,239

  Expenses

  $301,065

  Contributions

  $415,460

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $261,202

  Expenses

  $216,661

  Contributions

  $254,340

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $237,259

  Expenses

  $177,657

  Assets (EOY)

  $557,435

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $168,693

  Expenses

  $107,229

  Assets (EOY)

  $494,141

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $167,225

  Expenses

  $214,679

  Assets (EOY)

  $433,891

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $197,368

  Expenses

  $292,310

  Assets (EOY)

  $481,450

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $274,392

  Expenses

  $302,799

  Assets (EOY)

  $566,705

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $287,851

  Expenses

  $210,178

  Assets (EOY)

  $596,501

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $343,220

  Expenses

  $237,188

  Assets (EOY)

  $531,617

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $276,881

  Expenses

  $210,187

  Assets (EOY)

  $237,572

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $216,510

  Assets (EOY)

  $150,998

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $242,751

  Assets (EOY)

  $176,973

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $482,325

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $206,525

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $91,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $58,425

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $20,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF S F MARIN PENINSULA & SONOMA COUNTIES

  $20,000

  2023 · ANIMAL RELATED

• JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF S F MARIN PENINSULA & SONOMA COUNTIES

  $20,000

  2022 · ANIMAL RELATED

• CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES

  $20,000

  2022 · ORGANIZATION'S MISSION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $15,600

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $11,475

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

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