NonprofitsWildlife Conservation Network Inc

Animal-Related

Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Total revenue

$56.7M

Total expenses

$49.3M

Net assets

$56.4M

Grants received

$95.5M

846 grants

EIN

300108469

Tax year

2024

Mission

To protect endangered species & preserve their natural habitats.

Programs

2 programs

Program support services - provide a wide variety of technical assistance and support services to maximize the long-term impacts of field-based wildlife conservation partners and associates by enhancing their organizational capacity. These services include student internships, graduate scholarship support, cross site exchanges, leadership development, infrastructural improvement, training workshops, and access to expert advice and short-term support (e.g. Building capacity to improve accounting, donor outreach and management, grant writing, use of technology, etc).

Expenses: $4.1MGrants: $2.7M

Public education and outreach - inform the public of wildlife conservation challenges and community-based solutions implemented by some of the world's most innovative and successful wildlife conservationists through a series of annual wildlife conservation events (including the wildlife conservation expo), newsletters, and website.

Expenses: $1.4M

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$54.1M
Program service revenue$101K
Investment income$2.4M
Other revenue$56K
Total revenue$56.7M

Expenses

Grants paid$41.7M
Salaries & benefits$4.1M
Fundraising$722K
Other expenses$3.6M
Total expenses$49.3M
Total assets$65.5M
Net assets$56.4M

People

15 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JEAN-GAEL EMPTAZ-COLLOMB

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Board

$243K

40 hrs/wk

ALICE JONES

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Board

$183K

40 hrs/wk

CHARLES KNOWLES

CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT

Board

40 hrs/wk

PETER LALAMPAA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BILL UNGER

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

REBECCA PATTON

VICE PRESIDENT

Board

15 hrs/wk

MARGARET MCCARTHY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID BERGER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROSAMIRA GUILLEN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHRISTINE HEMRICK

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANNE TRELA

CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER

Staff

$223K

40 hrs/wk

STEPHANIE CARNOW

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Staff

$139K

40 hrs/wk

PAUL THOMSON

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

Staff

$139K

40 hrs/wk

KELLY WILSON

VP OF CONSERVATION ENGAGEMENT

Staff

$137K

40 hrs/wk

MELISSA MURRAY NEE FENTON

HEAD OF CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

Staff

$128K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

MONICA DUCLAUD

GRAPHIC DESIGN, PRODUCTION, AND PRINTING

$157K

PETER LINDSEY

DIRECTOR OF THE LION RECOVERY FUND

$124K

NICHOLAS ELLIOT

LION RECOVERY FUND CONSULTANCY SERVICES

$111K

MARKUS HOFMYER

DIRECTOR OF THE RHINO RECOVERY FUND

$106K

ARALUEN SCHUNMANN

DIRECTOR OF PANGOLIN CRISIS FUND

$100K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 846

FromAmountPurposeYear
$10.6M
FOR ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE USE
2024
$800K
Contribution supporting charitable organization's exempt purpose.
2024
$550K
RESTRICTED SUPPORT
2024
$475K
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS ($50,000), ELEPHANT CRISIS FUND ($200,000), GREVY'S ZEBRA TRUST ($5,000), RHINO RECOVERY FUND ($20,000), SAIGA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE ($5,000), NIASSA LION PROJECT ($20,000), MARALLIANCE (SHARKS & RAYS)($10,000), LION RECOVERY FUND ($40,000), PANGOLIN CRISIS FUND ($20,000), OKAPI CONSERVATION PROGRAM ($10,000), PROYECTO TITI (COTTON-TOP TAMARIN)($5,000), CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH (GORILLAS) ($15,000), AND RWANDA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (GREY CROWNED CRANES)($15,000), MARECET (DOLPHINS & DUGONGS)($20,000), CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE PROGRAM ($15,000), US-BASED RISING WILDLIFE LEADERS ($20,000), GENERAL SUPPORT ($20,000)
2024
$400K
SPECTACLED BEAR CONSERVATION CHALLENGE GRANT, NORTHERN PERU
2024
$365K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$308K
THE $300,000 IS TO BE USED TOWARDS SUPPORTING VARIOUS PROJECTS: KITTING OUT ANY EXISTING BOREHOLE WITH SOLAR POWER/PUMP ON THE KCRP FOOTPRINT OR IN COMMUNITY AREAS, DAM SCOOPING FOR IMPROVED CAPACITY FOR WILDLIFE ON THE KCRP FOOTPRINT OR IN COMMUNITY AREAS, COMMUNITY WOOD LOT PROJECTS, TO REDUCE PRESSURES ON ELEPHANT HABITAT, HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT PROJECTS, SUCH AS BEEHIVE FENCES, TRAINING ON NON- PALATABLE CROPS, PROVISION OF CO-EXISTENCE EQUIPMENT, TARGETING COMMUNITY FARMS, FUNDING LAND USE PLANS TO ASSIST WITH COUNTY-APPROVAL FOR LARGE-SCALE CONSERVATION AREAS, SCOUTS SALARIES FOR CONSERVANCIES (3-6 MONTHS).$7500 - SUPPORT FOR THE BOYS YOUTH SOCCER TEAM.
2024
$300K
Lion Recovery Fund
2024
$250K
Pangolin Crisis Fund
2024
$250K
Charitable Event
2024
$199K
NIASSA CARNIVORE PROJECT-PHASE 2, MOZAMBIQUE (YEAR 1 OF 3)
2024
$150K
The Lion Recovery Fund with further support to Natura in Mozambique
2024
$150K
FOR COLLARING AND MONITORING ELEPHANTS IN TSAVO, KENYA
2024
$136K
Wildlife Conservation
2024
$132K
ANIMAL-RELATED
2024
$130K
Painted Dog Conservation, Cheetah Conservation Botswana, Somali Giraffe Conservation, Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program, Niassa Lion Project, Siberian Tiger (Tigris), Pangolin Crisis Fund
2024
$122K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$120K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$115K
Niassa Lion - Promoting Human Coexistence with Lions and other predators
2024
$104K
CONSERVATION SUPPORT FOR ELEPHANTS
2024
$100K
TO EQUIP EMERGING LEADERS WORKING IN AMAZONIA WITH THE SKILLS, NETWORKS, AND CONFIDENCE TO STEP INTO EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP ROLES THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A TWO-YEAR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
2024
$100K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$100K
Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association
2024
$90K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$85K
CONSERVATION SUPPORT - DONATIONS IN SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE ORGANIZATION; GREVY'S ZEBRA TRUST, PAINTED DOG RESEACH TRUST, WASIMA, EWASO LIONS, AND CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND
2024
$75K
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE GENERAL OPERATIONS OF TSAVO TRUST
2024
$75K
WCN GENERAL OPERATING AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$75K
Save the Elephants for Tsavo Trust
2024
$72K
CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
2024
$66K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$53K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2024
$50K
TO SAVE THE ELEPHANTS.
2024
$50K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$45K
TO ENABLE THE DONEES TO CARRY-OUT THEIR TAX EXEMPT PURPOSES.
2024
$35K
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2024
$30K
Proyecto Titi Fund
2024
$30K
WCNS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROJECTS
2024
$30K
TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION
2024
$30K
TO FIND VARIOUS PROGRAMS
2024
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$25K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$25K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$25K
To support the Land of the Snow Leopard Network's project connecting Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western conservation science for the purpose of protecting the endangered Snow leopard across its range in Central and Inner Asia
2024
$25K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$25K
McCaw Recovery Network Fund
2024
$24K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$21K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$20K
NATURE CONSERVATION
2024
$20K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$20K
ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
2024
$20K
Operating support
2024
$20K
MarAlliance WhaleSharks Panama project
2024
$20K
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION
2024
$20K
GRANT TO ANOTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZAT
2024
$15K
FUND OPERATIONS
2024
$15K
BIG TUSKERS PROJECT
2024
$11K
Environment & Animals
2024
$10K
ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
2024
$10K
General
2024
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE GRANT
2024
$10K
SEE STATEMENT A
2024
$10K
General Operating Support
2024
$10K
TO SUPPORT CONSERVATIONISTS TO IMPEDE POACHING IN AFRICA AND ASSIST WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES AROUND THE WORLD
2024
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$10K
DEVELOPING OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS THAT HELP WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE CO-EXIST
2024
$10K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$10K
FOR SAVE THE ELEPHANTS
2024
$10K
Penguin Conservation
2024
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE 2024 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK EXPO TO RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AWARENESS IN SOUTH AMERICA.
2024
$10K
MISOOL FOUNDATION
2024
$10K
TICKETS TO JANE GOODALL 90TH BIRTHDAY EVENT
2024
$8K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$8K
General Operating Support
2024
$7K
General support for programs.
2024
$6K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED DONATION
2024
$5K
General operating support
2024
$5K
CHARITY'S GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$5K
EWASCO LIONS AND COMMUNITY TRAINING
2024
$4K
SUPPORT WORK TO SAVE ELEPHANTS. THE ELEPHANT CRISIS FUNDA JOINT INITIATIVE OF SAVE THE ELEPHANTS AND THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORKEXISTS TO FUEL THIS COALITION, ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION, AND DELIVER RAPID IMPACT ON THE GROUND. THE ELEPHANT CRISIS FUND HAS BUT ONE GOAL: TO END THE IVORY CRISIS. THE ELEPHANT POACHING CRISIS IS NOW TOO LARGE FOR ANY ONE ORGANIZATION OR GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE AND REQUIRES A COALITION THAT CAN TACKLE POACHING, IVORY TRAFFICKING AND IVORY DEMAND. THE ROLE OF THE ECF IS TO QUICKLY FUND THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE PROJECTS IN THESE THREE AREAS ACROSS THE COALITION.
2024
$3K
HELP ANIMALS
2024
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE OF DONEE
2024
$3K
Provide funds to help protect endangered species and preserve their natural habitats.
2024
$3K
CHARITABLE
2024
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$2K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$2K
CARRY OUT TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$1K
EWASO LIONS
2024
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$700
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$500
Wildlife COnservation
2024
$250
Support local environmental activities
2024
$100
General & Unrestricted
2024
$100
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2024
$100
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$55
Financial Assistance
2024
$30
Matching Gift
2024
$10M
FOR ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE USE
2023
$2.5M
TO SUPPORT EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.
2023
$2.0M
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2023
$2.0M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$600K
TO EQUIP EMERGING LEADERS WORKING IN AMAZONIA WITH THE SKILLS, NETWORKS, AND CONFIDENCE TO STEP INTO EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP ROLES THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A TWO-YEAR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
2023
$501K
FUNDACIN PROYECTO TIT, COLOMBIA
2023
$501K
FUNDACIN PROYECTO TIT, COLOMBIA
2023
$490K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$475K
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS ($50,000), ELEPHANT CRISIS FUND ($200,000), GREVY'S ZEBRA TRUST ($10,000), RHINO RECOVERY FUND ($20,000), SAIGA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE ($10,000), NIASSA LION PROJECT ($20,000), MARALLIANCE (SHARKS & RAYS)($10,000), LION RECOVERY FUND ($60,000), PANGOLIN CRISIS FUND ($20,000), OKAPI CONSERVATION PROGRAM ($10,000), PROYECTO TITI (COTTON-TOP TAMARIN)($10,000), CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH (GORILLAS) ($15,000), AND RWANDA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (GREY CROWNED CRANES)($15,000), MARECET (DOLPHINS & DUGONGS)($25,000).
2023
$428K
RESTRICTED SUPPORT
2023
$400K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2023
$300K
Lion Recovery Fund
2023
$300K
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2023
$280K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$270K
$10,000 towards each animal organization under their network disbursed by WCN
2023
$250K
Women's Initiative for Sustainability and Empowerment
2023
$230K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2023
$222K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$207K
Azimuth Grant
2023
$200K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$159K
NIASSA CARNIVORE PROJECT, MOZAMBIQUE (YEAR 3 OF 3)
2023
$159K
NIASSA CARNIVORE PROJECT, MOZAMBIQUE (YEAR 3 OF 3)
2023
$150K
In support of Spectacle Bear Conservancy
2023
$146K
To provide support to WCN Projects
2023
$130K
Painted Dog Conservation, Cheetah Conservation Botswana, Somali Giraffe Conservation, Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Program, Niassa Lion Project, Siberian Tiger (Tigris), and Pangolin Crisis Fund
2023
$100K
WCN GENERAL OPERATING AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$100K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$100K
Pangolin Crisis Fund
2023
$100K
Lion Recovery Fund - Securing the protection area to promote lion recovery and expansion in the Zambeze Delta, Mozambique
2023
$100K
Niassa Lion - Niassa Carnivore Project
2023
$100K
Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association
2023
$100K
SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2023
$90K
AFRICAN WILDLIFE PROTECTION
2023
$87K
CONSERVATION SUPPORT FOR OKAPI AND ELEPHANTS
2023
$82K
For furthering the missions and providing support to Grevy's Zebra Trust and Ewaso Lions.
2023
$80K
GRANT TO ANOTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZAT
2023
$77K
TO BE SPLIT EQUALLY AMONGST THE FOLLOWING ANIMAL INTERESTS: OKAPI, ANDEAN CAT, COTTON TOP TAMARIN, SAIGA, SPECTACLED BEAR, DHOLES, MACAWS, SOALA, KOALA, AND PANGOLIN, SHARKS AND WRAYS, AND RHINOS. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$77K
PANGOLIN CRISIS FUND, GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$70K
WCN DONATIONS FOR MULTIPLE CONVERSATION PROGRAMS
2023
$55K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$55K
FOR SAVE THE ELEPHANTS PROGRAM
2023
$50K
Fundacin Proyecto Tit
2023
$50K
Save the Elephants for Tsavo Trust
2023
$50K
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS
2023
$50K
Cheetah Conservation Botswana - for Purpose of Conserving cheetah and other carnivores through human/WL conflict management in the western Kalahari
2023
$50K
Assist with Niassa Lion Project;help with conflict betweenconserve Botswanas cheetah population
2023
$50K
CONSERVATION
2023
$48K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2023
$45K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$35K
TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$35K
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2023
$35K
DROUGHT RELIEF
2023
$31K
ANNUAL SUPPORT, RESTRICTED GRANTS
2023
$31K
Wildlife Conservation
2023
$30K
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
2023
$30K
Support Scientist research
2023
$30K
CONSERVATION PROJECTS ANNUAL GIVING
2023
$30K
CONSERVATION PROJECTS ANNUAL GIVING
2023
$25K
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROJECTS
2023
$25K
Elephant Crisis Fund
2023
$25K
EWASCO LIONS AND COMMUNITY TRAINING
2023
$24K
ANIMAL-RELATED
2023
$23K
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION
2023
$20K
FURTHER DONEE'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$20K
NATURE CONSERVATION
2023
$20K
Speculated Bear Conservation FUND
2023
$20K
McCaw Recovery Network FUND
2023
$20K
Proyecto Titi FUND
2023

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$95.5M from 282 funders · 846 grants · 2017–2024

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$15.8M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

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Dry Creek Foundation

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$2.5M · 16 grants · 2020–2024

California Community Foundation

$2.3M · 2 grants · 2017–2019

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$2.1M · 7 grants · 2022–2024

March Conservation Fund

$1.8M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN300108469
NTEE codeD30
Subsection03
Ruling date2002-10
Formed2002
Employees34
Volunteers46
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