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WILD AFRICA

EIN 88-4164062 LAFAYETTE, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,485,394
Expenses 2024
$1,971,689

Program services were 79.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D30
Classification
1400
Street
3431 ST MARYS RD

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

WILD AFRICA FUND IS DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS AND PROMOTING EFFORTS THAT PRESERVE AFRICA'S NATURAL BEAUTY AND WILDLIFE, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON IT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WILD AFRICA FUND'S MISSION IS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATOR IN AFRICA, FOSTERING THE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL WILL TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE FOREVER. WILD AFRICA FUND EMPLOYS MASS COMMUNICATIONS SUCH AS THE MUSIC FOR WILDLIFE CONCERTS AND POACHING STEALS FROM US ALL CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF POACHING, HABITAT LOSS AND HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT. IT PROMOTES WILDLIFE TOURISM AND CARBON OFFSET AS SOURCES OF CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. IT PROMOTES AND DIRECTLY SUPPORTS LOCAL WILDLIFE PROGRAMS FROM OFFICES IN CAPE TOWN, LAGOS, HARARE AND KIGALI AND IS RUNNING THE PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY UNDER WILDAID IN SOUTH AFRICA, NIGERIA AND ZIMBABWE.

  • WE ARE PARTNERED WITH OVER 200 AMBASSADORS FROM MUSIC, SPORTS, FILM, TV, BUSINESS, RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT FROM NIGERIA, GHANA, NAMIBIA, ZIMBABWE, SOMALILAND, SOUTH AFRICA, RWANDA, AND TANZANIA. WE ARE BUILDING A PAN-AFRICAN MEDIA DISTRIBUTION NETWORK THROUGH MORE THAN 25 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS, AS WELL AS RADIO, NEWSPAPER, BILLBOARD AND SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THROUGH A RANGE OF PROGRAMMING.WE SEEK TO INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BY POPULARIZING IT AND ENGAGING A BROAD AUDIENCE, ESPECIALLY YOUTH. BY GIVING A PLATFORM TO HIGH-PROFILE, CONCERNED AFRICANS AND SUPPORTING ON THE GROUND EFFORTS, WE SEEK TO ENGAGE URBAN POPULATIONS IN EXPERIENCING WILDLIFE TOURISM, SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE MODERN WILDLIFE LAWS AND THEIR ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT, AND EMPOWERING LOCAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE LOOK TO INCREASE REPORTING OF WILDLIFE CRIME AND TO REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR ILLEGAL BUSHMEAT, PROTECTING ENDANGERED SPECIES AND MINIMIZING THE RISK OF ZOONOTIC DISEASE. FINALLY, WE AIM TO CHANGE HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT INTO PEACEFUL AND BENEFICIAL COEXISTENCE AND PROMOTE WAYS TO REDUCE HABITAT DEGRADATION.

    Expenses $1,571,304 · Grants $1,169,556

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.

  • PETER KNIGHTS

    CHAIR, CEO

    Total calculated
    $256,070
    From this org
    $222,133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,333
    Bonus
    $28,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,752
    Filer's total
    $256,070

  • EMILY ALDRICH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MERRY DEMPSEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CHAD PINTER

    DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARRIE BARLOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KENT GRAY

    DIRECTOR (EFF 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CORIE KNIGHTS

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $229,764
    From this org
    $196,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,097
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,667
    Bonus
    $36,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,087
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,010
    Filer's total
    $229,764

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,485,394
    Expenses
    $1,971,689
    Contributions
    $2,598,208
    Grants paid
    $1,169,556
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,588,876
    Expenses
    $1,875,909
    Contributions
    $3,585,328
    Grants paid
    $886,500

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Peter Knights
Mailing address
3431 A St Marys RoadLafayette CA 94549
Website
www.wildafricafund.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.