Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2006.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
78 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
16 people listed on the 990.
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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
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed
Programs and updates
Protects and promotes threatened turtles, tortoises, and their habitats.
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Captive Breeding Program
Based in southern california, the TC breeds a great number of critically endangered turtles and tortoises in terms of combined species and numbers. We manage 26 of the world's most endangered species, and have over 500 animals belonging to 44 different species.
The 2,162 acre cuatro cienegas ecosystem preserve in coahuila, MX serves to protect wetlands for the endangered coahuilan box turtle as well as the cuatro cienegas slider and softshell turtle in the valley.
International Animal and Land Conservation
The TC, along with its partner organizations, is responsible for managing and funding several international programs, with the 2 largest based in (a) mexico - the 43,540 acre san ignacio preserve in the bolson de mapimi and 18,600 acres of the nearby guimbalete preserve in the chihuahuan desert of northern mexico to protect the…
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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 FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $701K | $506K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $16K | $44K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $609K | $593K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.9M | $2.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2.5M | $2.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $468K | $409K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $181K | $181K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $906K | $906K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $922K | $650K | $102K | $170K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $77K | $54K | $9K | $14K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $75K | $53K | $8K | $14K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $88 | $88 | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $46K | $45K | $584 | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $15K | $7K | $7K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $24K | $10K | $12K | $2K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $210K | $210K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $58K | $11K | $47K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $4K | $3K | $704 | |
| InterestLn 20 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $102K | $102K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $37K | $37K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $469K | $337K | $130K | $2K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $242K | $170K | $62K | $11K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $3.4M | $2.6M | $520K | $213K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $3.3M | $3.4M | −$62K | $409K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | −$12K | $468K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $2.3M | $2.4M | −$176K | $478K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $2.2M | $2.0M | $234K | $658K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $1.3M | $2.3M | −$973K | $424K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $3,309,320 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,309,320 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,370,953 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,630,018 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $408,621 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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