Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1994.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
92 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
10 people listed on the 990; $1.0M paid to officers and key staff.
Stephen D'Esposito’s $350K as President and CEO is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M animals 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen D'Esposito | $350,445 | $325,138 | $283,922 | $223,653 | $222,021 | $212,443 |
| Kalkidan Smith | $208,788 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paul De Morgan | $193,948 | $177,867 | $177,617 | $171,696 | $178,591 | $167,370 |
| Abby Dilley | $7,100 | $13,000 | $27,568 | $125,837 | $186,093 | $185,951 |
| Carly Vynne Baker | $162,435 | $145,837 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Dinerstien | $158,559 | $158,629 | $158,929 | $158,929 | $159,851 | $159,811 |
| Jennifer Peyer | — | — | — | — | $151,372 | — |
| Jennifer Peyser Vanhooreweghe | — | — | — | $150,447 | — | $142,094 |
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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Forge innovative partnerships to solve critical social, health, and environmental challenges.
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We promote equitable health access and outcomes for all people, communities, and populations by fostering and supporting the development of policies, strategies, and partnerships. Our successes include improving food and water safety, championing sustainable agricultural practices, and enhancing community disaster preparedness and…
Sustainable Resources
We seek to improve the social, environmental, and development contribution of the natural resource sector and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future. We promote the ethical and sustainable production, use, and re-use of natural resources and the products made with them.
Conservation
We protect ecosystems, species, and people through ground-breaking research and peer reviewed publications; by creating local, multi-sector constituencies for targeted land protection and restoration; producing leading edge biodiversity science that underpins global conservation efforts; and designing and scaling technology to protect…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.2M | $439K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.8M | $2.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $114K | $31K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $6.3M | $5.2M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.3M | $1.1M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $5.0M | $4.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $398K | $398K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $280K | $280K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $608K | $561K | $35K | $11K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $67K | $21K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $91K | $85K | $3K | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $325K | $304K | $14K | $7K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $151K | $141K | $7K | $3K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $17K | $8K | $9K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $205K | $101K | $104K | |
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $7K | $7K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2.4M | $2.4M | $16K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $483K | $478K | $5K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $54K | $26K | $28K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $501K | $381K | $120K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $5K | $5K | $46 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $83K | $65K | $18K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $23K | $23K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $138K | $113K | $26K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $5K | $4K | $199 | $98 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $7.0M | $6.4M | $482K | $45K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $9.1M | $10.9M | −$1.8M | $4.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $9.9M | $10.6M | −$629K | $6.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $8.1M | $7.8M | $345K | $6.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $8.6M | $6.1M | $2.5M | $6.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 Viewing | $6.1M | $7.0M | −$837K | $4.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $5.7M | $5.8M | −$90K | $5.0M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $6,116,763 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 4 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,116,763 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,954,205 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $5,188,855 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,046,542 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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