AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

N113

Classification

1000

Street

2020 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 254

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Mission and programs · 2024

• RHINO REWILD INITIATIVE:IN 2024, AFRICAN PARKS ADVANCED ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS SPECIES RESTORATION EFFORTS ON EARTH, CONTINUING THE TRANSLOCATION AND REINTRODUCTION OF SOUTHERN WHITE RHINOS THROUGH ITS 10-YEAR RHINO REWILD CAMPAIGN. THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED TO PREVENT THE DISPERSAL OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CAPTIVE RHINO POPULATION AND TO RETURN THESE KEYSTONE ANIMALS TO WELL-MANAGED PROTECTED AREAS ACROSS THE CONTINENT. WITH SUPPORT FROM MULTIPLE PARTNERS, AFRICAN PARKS SUCCESSFULLY MOVED 40 RHINOS TO MUNYAWANA CONSERVANCY IN KWAZULU-NATAL, A RESERVE JOINTLY MANAGED BY COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS. AN ADDITIONAL 120 RHINOS WERE REINTRODUCED TO MEMBER RESERVES OF THE GREATER KRUGER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOUNDATION IN MPUMALANGA AND LIMPOPO PROVINCESTHE FIRST RHINO RELEASE IN THIS AREA IN 50 YEARS. IN NOVEMBER, AFRICAN PARKS DISCREETLY MOVED ADDITIONAL RHINOS TO DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, WHILE 80 MORE WERE RELOCATED TO PHINDA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE FOR ACCLIMATIZATION AHEAD OF PLANNED REINTRODUCTIONS TO AKAGERA (RWANDA) AND GARAMBA (DRC) IN 2025. THESE EFFORTS REFLECT MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS IN PARK SECURITY AND READINESS, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR RESTORING RHINO POPULATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE REGIONS. THE RHINO REWILD INITIATIVE PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN RESTORING NATURAL HABITATS, SUPPORTING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, AND PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE TOURISM. THE PROGRAM ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO LOCAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND HELPS RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS. IN 2025, AFRICAN PARKS WILL FOCUS ON ONGOING ACCLIMATIZATION, HABITAT PREPARATION, AND STRENGTHENED PROTECTION MEASURES IN UPCOMING RECIPIENT PARKS.BOMA AND BADINGILO NATIONAL PARKS, SOUTH SUDAN:IN 2024, AFRICAN PARKS CONTINUED MANAGING BOMA AND BADINGILO NATIONAL PARKS, WHICH ARE HOME TO THE GREAT NILE MIGRATIONAN EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL EVENT INVOLVING NEARLY SIX MILLION ANTELOPE. SPANNING THE BOMA-BADINGILO-JONGLEI LANDSCAPE, THIS IS THE LARGEST LAND MAMMAL MIGRATION ON EARTH. DESPITE REGIONAL INSTABILITY, AFRICAN PARKS HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THIS UNIQUE WILDERNESS AND WORKING WITH THE 17 LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO RELY ON ITS NATURAL RESOURCES. EFFORTS THIS YEAR FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING WILDLIFE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND REINFORCING PROTECTION MEASURES FOR MIGRATING HERDS OF WHITE-EARED KOB, TIANG, AND MONGALLA GAZELLE. AFRICAN PARKS COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL LEADERS AND RANGERS TO STRENGTHEN PATROLS AND IMPROVE EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS, HELPING SAFEGUARD CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND ADDRESS ILLEGAL HUNTING. COMMUNITY OUTREACH EXPANDED THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOCAL WELL-BEING AND PROMOTE SHARED CONSERVATION VALUES. THESE PROGRAMS AIM TO LINK ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WITH PRACTICAL BENEFITS FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN AND AROUND THE PARKS. LOOKING AHEAD, AFRICAN PARKS PLANS TO INCREASE LOCALLY LED CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES, ENHANCE MONITORING OF WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS, AND BEGIN LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE, PENDING IMPROVEMENTS IN REGIONAL SECURITY.PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:IN 2024, AFRICAN PARKS MANAGED 22 NATIONAL PARKS ACROSS 12 COUNTRIES, PROTECTING MORE THAN 49 MILLION ACRESEQUIVALENT TO 59% OF THE U.S. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. WITH A TEAM OF OVER 5,000 PERSONNEL, AFRICAN PARKS' PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL DELIVERED EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION WHILE IMPROVING LIVES FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN AND AROUND THESE PARKS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AFRICAN PARKS STRENGTHENED PARK INFRASTRUCTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ECOLOGICAL MONITORING. KEY CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES INCLUDED WILDLIFE SURVEYS, SPECIES REINTRODUCTIONS, ANTI-POACHING PATROLS, AND DATA COLLECTION TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT. THESE WERE COMPLEMENTED BY WIDE-REACHING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. IN MALAWI'S LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, MORE THAN 4,800 CHILDREN AND 1,000 ADULTS TOOK PART IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, WHILE LITERACY AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS EXPANDED ACCESS TO LEARNING. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD PROJECTSSUCH AS BEEKEEPING AND FISH FARMINGPROVIDED NEW SOURCES OF INCOME AND HELPED EASE PRESSURE ON LOCAL NATURAL RESOURCES. IN ZAMBIA'S LIUWA PLAIN NATIONAL PARK, AFRICAN PARKS SUPPORTED COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, INCLUDING HEALTH AND SCHOOL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS WERE INTRODUCED TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES IN AGRICULTURE, AND SOLAR-POWERED ALARMS WERE INSTALLED TO HELP REDUCE CROP LOSSES FROM WILDLIFE. THESE INTEGRATED PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND PROMOTE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSERVATION. IN 2025, AFRICAN PARKS WILL CONTINUE INVESTING IN LOCAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE THAT AFRICA'S PROTECTED AREAS REMAIN SECURE, SUSTAINABLE, AND BENEFICIAL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  Expenses $52,599,971 · Grants $52,218,805

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. 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

  $54,916,477

  Expenses

  $54,746,094

  Contributions

  $51,801,370

  Grants paid

  $52,218,805

• 2023

  Revenue

  $51,629,670

  Expenses

  $58,979,264

  Contributions

  $50,350,827

  Grants paid

  $57,249,929

• 2022

  Revenue

  $22,376,720

  Expenses

  $29,340,658

  Contributions

  $22,690,624

  Grants paid

  $27,820,350

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

  $19,003,499

  Expenses

  $25,172,311

  Assets (EOY)

  $103,077,494

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $117,613,287

  Expenses

  $20,567,308

  Assets (EOY)

  $105,802,174

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,980,997

  Expenses

  $11,783,438

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,037,383

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $19,540,837

  Expenses

  $17,430,415

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,863,320

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,474,214

  Expenses

  $13,846,745

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,722,369

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,656,374

  Expenses

  $10,372,056

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,110,956

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,153,068

  Expenses

  $10,795,106

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,928,824

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,763,769

  Expenses

  $5,491,625

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,678,440

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,895,662

  Expenses

  $1,664,337

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,368,533

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,060,034

  Assets (EOY)

  $136,616

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

• RAINFOREST TRUST

  $290,000

  2023 · PROJECTS IN AFRICA: RAINFOREST TRUST MATCH

• RAINFOREST TRUST

  $290,000

  2024 · PROJECTS IN AFRICA: RAINFOREST TRUST MATCH

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $3,000,000

  2024 · Environment

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $3,000,000

  2023 · Environment

• ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $2,220,615

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $2,211,584

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $2,086,941

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $1,630,929

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,295,900

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,008,000

  2023 · PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,008,000

  2024 · SUPPORT THE GREAT NILE MIGRATION LANDSCAPE PROJECT IN SOUTH SUDAN AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $1,000,000

  2023 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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