Conservation International Foundation: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 52-1497470)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$159.5M
FY2021	$187.9M
FY2022	$290.5M
FY2023	$235.1M
FY2024	$271.2M
FY2025	$308.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$150.3M
FY2021	$159.7M
FY2022	$212.3M
FY2023	$247.5M
FY2024	$297.9M
FY2025	$316.7M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$316.0M
FY2021	$380.5M
FY2022	$433.3M
FY2023	$432.7M
FY2024	$416.7M
FY2025	$424.3M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1987.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

87%

Program services 87% · $276.4M Management & general 6% · $18.1M Fundraising 7% · $22.2M

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

47 people listed on the 990; $6.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Sanjayan Muttulingam

Chief Executive Officer

$1,145,263Pt VII · Sec A

Julius Court

Chief Operating Officer

$681,673Pt VII · Sec A

Sebastian Anders Troeng

EVP Conservation Partnership

$558,143Pt VII · Sec A

Daniela Raik

EVP, Field Programs

$481,270Pt VII · Sec A

Richard Nash

Gen. Counsel & Chief Compliance

$478,140Pt VII · Sec A

Richard Jeo

Chief Conservation Strat & Field Ofc.

$447,588Pt VII · Sec A

Sara Patricia Zurita

EVP & Chief Partnerships Officer

$406,756Pt VII · Sec A

Herbert Lust

Chief Global Resource Mobilization

$391,014Pt VII · Sec A

Sanjayan Muttulingam’s $1.1M as Chief Executive Officer is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 18 $100M+ environment 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Sanjayan Muttulingam	$1,145,263	$872,321	$843,311	$828,265	$604,727	$644,823
Julius Court	$681,673	$438,693	—	—	—	—
Sebastian Anders Troeng	$558,143	$533,676	$627,192	$625,568	$439,338	$453,080
Jennifer Morris	—	—	—	—	$163,483	$575,425
Daniela Raik	$481,270	$442,777	$424,231	$395,265	$288,660	$288,142
Richard Nash	$478,140	$395,351	$375,193	$366,350	$310,817	$323,482
Richard Jeo	$447,588	$426,039	—	—	$289,729	$331,904
Luis Ernesto Suarez Martinez	—	$444,552	—	—	—	—

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
Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Develops science-based solutions and best practices to protect nature and scale conservation efforts globally.

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3 programs · $260.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

See Schedule Ofield Programs

- global field leadership team:the global field team aligns and manages field teams across the americas, africa, and asia-pacific regions, as well as global oceans, to set strategic priorities and mobilize and allocate resources to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in DELIVERY.- americas field division: the americas field division…

$157.3Mprogram expense

02

See Schedule Ograntmaking Division

Ci's grantmaking division is made up of four programs:- critical ecosystem partnership fund (cepf): cepf is a global program that provides grants to nongovernmental organizations and private-sector partners to protect critical ecosystems.

$61.3Mprogram expense

03

See Schedule Oglobal Programs Division

The global programs division comprises ci's technical teams. This division creates the enabling conditions, develops best practices and tools, and scales up solutions and approaches to support other divisions' work and to help meet ci's ambitious global goals.

$41.4Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

Whitefish Community Foundation INCFY2025$150K

T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving INCFY2025$53K

Westley Family Foundation INCFY2025$30K

Rachel's Network INCFY2025$10K

The Martin Family Charitable Foundation INCFY2025$2K

Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$245K

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Grants paid · 288 grants · $88.0M · 2019–2024

Friends of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of NatureCA · FY2024$12,648,925

World Resources InstituteDC · FY2024$7,362,721

Wildlife Conservation SocietyNY · FY2024$1,566,581

Antarctic and Southern Ocean CoalitionDC · FY2024$1,186,753

The Nature ConservancyVA · FY2024$812,217

Rare INCVA · FY2024$607,328

Inter Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources Utd StDC · FY2024$493,371

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INCNY · FY2024$446,300

Northern Marianas CollegeMP · FY2024$425,000

Resources Legacy FundCA · FY2024$397,198

Oceana INCDC · FY2024$369,352

United Nations Development Programme (undp)FY2024$360,000

Frankfurt Zoological Society - US INCDC · FY2024$291,467

Hatch Accelerator Fund Management LLCFY2024$285,174

Polynesian Voyaging SocietyHI · FY2024$257,926

The Ocean FoundationDC · FY2024$247,761

Heifer Project InternationalAR · FY2024$239,482

World Wildlife Fund INCDC · FY2024$233,747

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$308.7M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$267.8M

Investment incomeLn 3$22.6M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.9M

Money outPt IX

$316.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$276.4M

Managementcol C$18.1M

Fundraisingcol D$22.2M

Owns and owesPt X

$424.3M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$289.9M

Total assetsLn 16$703.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$279.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

47

listed · VII A

PaidVII A13

Voting boardVI 1a32

IndependentVI 1b30

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$267.8M

Government grantsLn 1e$96.7M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$3.1M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$17.9M

Investment incomeLn 3$22.6M

Other incomeLn 4–11$428K

Gains on assetsLn 7$8.5M

Total revenueLn 12$308.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$235.7M

SavingsLn 2$54.1M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$289.9M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$321.1M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.1M

Other assetsLn 15$40.4M

Total assetsLn 16$703.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$279.2M

Net assetsLn 32$424.3M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5490

VolunteersI 6101

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$244.4M	$289.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$311.4M	$321.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$3.7M	$4.1M
Total assetsLn 16	$647.5M	$703.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$230.9M	$279.2M
Net assetsLn 32	$416.7M	$424.3M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$31.7M	$31.7M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$69.5M	$69.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$5.4M	$2.4M	$2.4M	$654K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$89.5M	$71.2M	$7.6M	$10.7M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$6.2M	$5.0M	$563K	$678K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$31.2M	$25.6M	$2.2M	$3.4M
Payroll taxesLn 10	$8.5M	$6.8M	$772K	$929K
Legal feesLn 11b	$813K	$657K	$43K	$113K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$1.0M	$479K	$428K	$93K
Lobbying feesLn 11d	$436K	$436K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$1.2M			$1.2M
Investment management feesLn 11f	$989K		$989K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$27.7M	$25.6M	$1.4M	$775K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$724K			$724K
Office expensesLn 13	$1.7M	$1.0M	$82K	$565K
Information technologyLn 14	$3.3M	$2.8M	$209K	$279K
OccupancyLn 16	$5.2M	$4.5M	$229K	$414K
TravelLn 17	$18.4M	$16.9M	$615K	$889K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$2.2M	$1.8M	$309K	$121K
InterestLn 20	$24K	$23K	$171
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$327K	$255K	$32K	$40K
InsuranceLn 23	$499K	$217K	$281K	$677
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$7.7M	$7.2M	$49K	$481K
All other expensesLn 24e	$2.4M	$2.3M	$5K	$132K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$316.7M	$276.4M	$18.1M	$22.2M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$308.7M	$316.7M	−$8.0M	$424.3M	990 PDF
FY2024	$271.2M	$297.9M	−$26.6M	$416.7M	990 PDF
FY2023	$235.1M	$247.5M	−$12.3M	$432.7M	990 PDF
FY2022	$290.5M	$212.3M	$78.2M	$433.3M	990 PDF
FY2021	$187.9M	$159.7M	$28.3M	$380.5M	990 PDF
FY2020	$159.5M	$150.3M	$9.2M	$316.0M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $308,673,004 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $231,335,609$267,789,764

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $18,713,270$17,867,638

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $20,722,771$22,587,617

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $449,274$427,985

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $271,220,924$308,673,004

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $80,690,883$101,210,521

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $125,855,384$140,865,000

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $1,422,791$1,162,593

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $89,899,127$73,452,299

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $297,868,185$316,690,413

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$26,647,261−$8,017,409

Part VI · Governance 30 of 32 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body32

VI-1b Independent voting members30

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $308,673,004 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $9,117 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$10,104

VIII-1e Government grants$96,665,285

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$171,114,375

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,067,629

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$267,789,764

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $17,865,494$17,865,494

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $196,722 · Excluded from tax $13,886,220$14,082,942

VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $8,504,675$8,504,675

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $421,012$421,012

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $17,867,638 · Unrelated business $196,722 · Excluded from tax $22,818,880$308,673,004

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $316,690,413 across 24 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $31,708,007$31,708,007

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $69,502,514$69,502,514

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,394,485 · Management $2,374,447 · Fundraising $654,247$5,423,179

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $71,189,647 · Management $7,597,009 · Fundraising $10,723,811$89,510,467

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,991,367 · Management $563,438 · Fundraising $677,829$6,232,634

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $25,600,877 · Management $2,160,350 · Fundraising $3,399,183$31,160,410

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,837,853 · Management $771,874 · Fundraising $928,583$8,538,310

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $657,049 · Management $43,053 · Fundraising $112,868$812,970

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $479,448 · Management $428,342 · Fundraising $92,994$1,000,784

IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $435,660$435,660

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $1,162,593$1,162,593

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $989,147$989,147

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $25,556,735 · Management $1,404,998 · Fundraising $775,391$27,737,124

IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $723,649$723,649

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,036,699 · Management $81,655 · Fundraising $565,343$1,683,697

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,816,118 · Management $208,564 · Fundraising $279,229$3,303,911

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,547,363 · Management $228,937 · Fundraising $413,779$5,190,079

IX-17 TravelPrograms $16,883,542 · Management $615,480 · Fundraising $888,603$18,387,625

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,813,055 · Management $308,871 · Fundraising $120,544$2,242,470

IX-20 InterestPrograms $23,446 · Management $171$23,617

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $254,794 · Management $32,227 · Fundraising $39,645$326,666

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $216,695 · Management $281,228 · Fundraising $677$498,600

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,176,188 · Management $48,624 · Fundraising $480,689$7,705,501

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,253,557 · Management $5,422 · Fundraising $131,820$2,390,799

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $276,375,099 · Management $18,143,837 · Fundraising $22,171,477$316,690,413

Part X · Balance sheet $703,564,053 assets, 22 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $95,445,442$235,726,022

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $148,946,176$54,137,589

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $44,153,413$41,162,248

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,543,560$2,730,470

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $860,196$261,963

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,490,422$3,985,911

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,733,071$4,111,916

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $171,470,458$171,165,059

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $105,394,477$114,310,277

X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $34,562,788$35,602,180

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $36,940,371$40,370,418

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $647,540,374$703,564,053

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $24,664,295$23,946,439

X-18 Grants payableStart of year $3,221,429$2,973,989

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $174,821,494$225,490,698

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $911,330$486,756

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $27,074,021$26,253,755

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $230,874,610$279,248,759

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $32,565,650$34,456,899

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $384,100,114$389,858,395

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $416,665,764$424,315,294

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $647,540,374$703,564,053

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $424,315,294 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$308,673,004

XI-2 Total expenses$316,690,413

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$8,017,409

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$416,665,764

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$11,436,232

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$4,230,707

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$424,315,294

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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