Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1985.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
13 people listed on the 990; $140K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Mogollon | $178,099 | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Gibbs | $118,064 | $162,063 | $137,900 | — | — | — |
| Amy Doherty | $137,746 | $129,311 | $120,839 | $100,421 | — | — |
| Paul Salaman | — | — | — | $129,548 | $120,685 | $32,500 |
| Joshua McCoy | — | $110,010 | — | — | — | — |
| Johannah Barry | — | — | — | — | — | $107,887 |
| Richard Knab | — | — | — | $105,671 | $103,225 | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Protects endangered species and ecosystems in the Galapagos through direct conservation action.
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Saving Species
GC continues to focus on science-based conservation solutions to control the devastating impact of invasive non-native species on endemic wildlife. We have focused on biocontrol actions on the non-native vampire fly, philornis downsi, that has decimated endemic bird populations.
Achieving Sustainablity
Education for sustainability - working in close partnership with ecuador's ministry of education, the galapagos governing council, the scalesia foundation(a galapago- based ngo) GC'S network of more than 40 education specialists and all 400 local PREK-12 teachers and school principals are transforming teaching and learning in every…
Galapagos Initiative
Rewilding giant tortoises - in 2020, our staff released on the island of espaola the 15 original reproductive adults, which were equipped with GPS devices to monitor their activities and movements. We also released 31 sub-adult turtles in santa fe.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.9M | $1.7M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $5.2M | $6.0M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $0 | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $7.3M | $7.9M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $462K | $649K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $6.9M | $7.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $80K | $80K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $930K | $930K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $145K | $106K | $31K | $8K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $557K | $346K | $84K | $127K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $7K | $4K | $1K | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $62K | $39K | $10K | $12K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $63K | $40K | $10K | $12K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $29K | $29K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $174K | $54K | $121K | |
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $110K | $110K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $37K | $37K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $160K | $144K | $14K | $2K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $43K | $34K | $4K | $5K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $381K | $260K | $19K | $102K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $89K | $71K | $8K | $10K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $71K | $50K | $10K | $12K |
| TravelLn 17 | $157K | $152K | $2K | $3K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $7K | $5K | $1K | $1K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $139K | $13K | $979 | $125K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $3.2M | $2.4M | $353K | $530K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $5.4M | $4.8M | $556K | $12.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $4.6M | $4.1M | $511K | $11.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $5.9M | $3.5M | $2.4M | $10.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $4.8M | $5.3M | −$461K | $7.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $6.4M | $4.1M | $2.3M | $9.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $3.4M | $3.2M | $172K | $7.3M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,413,400 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,413,400 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,241,473 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $7,937,939 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,289,057 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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