Stop Poaching Now INC

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Palm Beach, FL501(c)(3)Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 47-2019831

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Dedicated to wildlife conservation, the fight to combat Poaching by supporting and coordinating community-based conservation efforts and the use of education to reduce the demand for illegal wildlife products.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$8K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $22K a year · 14% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$8K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 91% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $17K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$35
0.03% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$207K
+58% vs prior year
Spent
$167K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$134K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$207K
FY2024▲ +58%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$119K
FY2021$112K
FY2022$232K
FY2023$131K
FY2024$207K
Expenses
$167K
FY2024▲ +38%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$123K
FY2021$86K
FY2022$195K
FY2023$121K
FY2024$167K
Net assets
$134K
FY2024▲ +43%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$20K
FY2021$47K
FY2022$84K
FY2023$94K
FY2024$134K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2015.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $124K Management & general 25% · $42K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $8K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Managing Director
$8,182Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Founder/President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mehal Patel’s $8K as Managing Director is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1264 $100K–1M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mehal Patel$8,182$3,312$15,720——
Sheri Timmons———$10,116—
Alisha Seaston———$9,375$2,500
Sebastian Serrell-Watts——$1,250——
Diane Bloch——$255$146—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Protects wildlife and fights poaching by supporting community conservation and reducing demand for illegal products.

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2 program services account for $124K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Education Initiative

We go to schools in the united states and in africa to deliver an assembly program to inspire children to grow up to be advocates for the environment

$124Kprogram expense
02

Conservation Initiative

We support grass roots organizations on the ground doing conserviation work to save species affected by poaching

Pt IX · col B

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$207K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$207K
Investment incomeLn 3$9
Money outPt IX
$167K
Ln 25
Programscol B$124K
Managementcol C$42K
Owns and owesPt X
$134K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$66K
Total assetsLn 16$134K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$207K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$28K
Investment incomeLn 3$9
Total revenueLn 12$207K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$66K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$66K
Other assetsLn 15$68K
Total assetsLn 16$134K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35
Net assetsLn 32$134K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$54K$66K
Total assetsLn 16$94K$134K
LiabilitiesLn 26$350$35
Net assetsLn 32$94K$134K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$24K$24K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$179$179
Office expensesLn 13$11K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$335
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$63K$63K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$63K$60K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$38$38
Total functional expensesLn 25$167K$124K$42K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $207K$167K$41K$134K 990 PDF
FY2023 $131K$121K$10K$94K 990 PDF
FY2022 $232K$195K$37K$84K 990 PDF
FY2021 $112K$86K$26K$47K 990 PDF
FY2020 $119K$123K−$4K$20K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $207,120 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$44,529
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$28,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$207,111
VIII-3 Investment income$9
VIII-12 Total revenue$207,120
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $166,603 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,760$4,760
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $24,153$24,153
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $179$179
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $10,660$10,660
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$335
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $63,436$63,436
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $60,452 · Management $2,590$63,042
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $38$38
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $123,888 · Management $42,380 · Fundraising $0$166,603
Part X · Balance sheet $134,380 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $53,678$65,880
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $40,500$68,500
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $94,178$134,380
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $350$35
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $350$35
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $93,828$134,345
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $94,178$134,380
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $134,345 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$207,120
XI-2 Total expenses$166,603
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$40,517
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$93,828
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$134,345

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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