- Revenue 2024
- $3,296,668
- Expenses 2024
- $3,624,946
Program services were 86.5% 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
- PO BOX 141
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
Mission
The mission of the GDFCF is to carry out any project or initiative that will increase the chances of survival of the ecosystems and biodiversity of Area de Conservacion Guanacaste in Northern Costa Rica. See Schedule O for additional details.
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ACG BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY:FUNDED BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY OF THE AREA DE CONSERVACION GUANANACASTE (ACG) FOR DIRECT SCIENTIFIC BASIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, AND FOR USE IN MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION DECISIONS BY ACG. EXPENSES INCLUDE THE OPERATING COSTS OF 13 RESEARCH STATIONS STAFFED BY LOCALLY-TRAINED PARATAXONOMISTS, FUNDING FOR RESEARCHERS AND ASSISTANTS, THE COST OF DNA BARCODING OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED AND GRANTS TO RESEARCHERS ASSISTING IN THE RELATED WORK.
Expenses $2,267,722 · Grants $286,950
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MADE DIRECT GRANTS TO AND OTHER PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE AREA DE CONSERVACION GUANACASTE TO SUBSIDIZE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND OTHER COSTS OF ITS OPERATIONS.
Expenses $660,915 · Grants $660,915
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PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF LAND FOR PRESERVATION:THE ORGANIZATION ACQUIRED NO NEW LAND DURING 2024. CURRENT YEAR COSTS INCLUDE PROPERTY TAXES, LEGAL FEES, AND OTHER EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S EXISTING LAND HOLDINGS. THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED $241,746 OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PAYMENTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA AS COMPENSATION FOR PRESERVING THESE FOREST LANDS, PLUS $140,130 FROM AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY COMPANY AS A MITIGATION PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WIND ENERGY UTILITY LINES OVER THE ORGANIZATION'S PROPERTY.
Expenses $121,607 · Revenue $381,876
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EDUCATION PROGRAM:FUNDED GRANTS TO PROGRAMS PROVIDING BIOLOGICAL EDUCATION TO LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Expenses $84,981 · Grants $29,818
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.
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ERIC PALOLA
Exec Dir/Sec'y
- Total calculated
- $152,199
- From this org
- $136,430
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,769
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $125,832
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- $9,125
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,769
- Filer's total
- $150,726
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DANIEL JANZEN
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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WINIFRED HALLWACHS
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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STEPHEN STROUD
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JORGE CORTES NUNEZ
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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FRANK JOYCE
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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BRAD ZLOTNICK
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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ROB PRINGLE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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REX HAMILTON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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SARA O'CONNOR
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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JESSIE HILL
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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SCOTT MILLER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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ALEX SMITH
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $3,296,668
- Expenses
- $3,624,946
- Contributions
- $1,997,609
- Grants paid
- $1,005,425
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,757,580
- Expenses
- $3,514,874
- Contributions
- $2,141,690
- Grants paid
- $802,902
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2022
- Revenue
- $8,090,494
- Expenses
- $2,974,608
- Contributions
- $7,163,429
- Grants paid
- $500,624
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,460,477
- Expenses
- $2,980,342
- Assets (EOY)
- $19,091,340
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,973,469
- Expenses
- $2,538,202
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,557,039
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,161,062
- Expenses
- $3,426,861
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,936,537
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,011,292
- Expenses
- $2,216,294
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,111,063
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,007,561
- Expenses
- $2,166,001
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,407,075
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,650,072
- Expenses
- $2,731,521
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,069,713
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,711,559
- Expenses
- $2,347,952
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,510,781
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,968,622
- Expenses
- $3,093,225
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,487,465
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,535,658
- Expenses
- $1,857,887
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,683,143
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,255,480
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,382,101
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
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
$313,963
2023 LEPIDOPTERA RESEARCH & CURATION
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$213,000
2024 LEPIDOPTERA RESEARCH & CURATION
Grants received
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$275,000
2024 General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
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2023 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$27,800
2025 RANGER STATION REPAIR
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$15,600
2024 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$14,000
2023 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.