2022-08-10T12:38:39-05:00 2021-12-31 521392008 GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN 4550 MONTGOMERY AVE SUITE 800N BETHESDA MD 208142930 990 2021-01-01 522211305 AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION AMAZ 2022342356 1012 14TH STREET NW 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 JOHN P BEAVERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2022342356 2022-08-10 1 JOHN BEAVERS 999009999 RICHARD J LOCASTRO CPA P00288314 3019519090 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z JOHN P BEAVERS 1012 14TH STREET NW 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 3028782 0 X WWW.AMAZONCONSERVATION.ORG X 1999 DC SEE PART III, LINE 1. 9 9 14 13 0 0 4331473 2969763 0 0 6561 2655 4172 56364 4342206 3028782 2225598 2398287 0 0 1051401 1124095 0 0 341452 368082 365332 3645081 3887714 697125 -858932 4036886 3109071 419075 350192 3617811 2758879 X TO PROTECT THE WORLD'S MOST DIVERSE LANDSCAPES, TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMAZONIAN CONSERVATIONISTS, AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT LIVELIHOODS THAT SUSTAIN BIODIVERSITY. WE CONSERVE THE AMAZON BY PROTECTING STATE, COMMUNITY, AND PRIVATE LANDS, BY WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS, BY SUPPORTING LOCAL PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND BY DEVELOPING CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GUIDES OUR APPROACH, AND IS ROOTED IN OUR BIOLOGICAL STATIONS AND FIELD PROGRAMS IN THE ANDES-AMAZON. AMAZON CONSERVATION UNITES SCIENCE, PEOPLE, AND INNOVATION TO PROTECT THE AMAZON - THE GREATEST WILD FOREST ON EARTH. AS GUARDIANS OF THE MOST ICONIC FOREST ON THE PLANET THAT IS VITAL FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR PLANET AND OUR SURVIVAL AS A SPECIES, WE BRING TOGETHER THE POWER OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL PEOPLES, AND THE SUPPORT OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO CREATE INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS THAT BALANCE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE 0 0 1324799 836693 PUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO WORK - AMAZON CONSERVATION DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS THROUGH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BY EMPLOYING OUR NETWORK OF CONSERVATION HUBS IN PERU AND BOLIVIA AS LIVING LABORATORIES WHERE WE CARRY OUT AND HOST ROBUST SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, DEVELOP AND TEST CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES TO BE USED TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTION OF THE AMAZON, AND FACILITATE LEARNING AND EDUCATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND CONSERVATIONISTS. FURTHERMORE, OUR REAL-TIME REMOTE SENSING PROGRAM UTILIZES THE LATEST IN SATELLITE, RADAR, AND DRONE TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT AND REPORT DEFORESTATION AND FIRES ACROSS THE AMAZON IN REAL-TIME. EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK INCLUDE MONITORING BIODIVERSITY HEALTH WITH CAMERA TRAPS, HOSTING SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO CONDUCT STUDIES ON THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ANDEAN AMAZON AT OUR PREMIER BIOLOGICAL STATIONS, AND DEVELOPING A FIRE MONITORING APP THAT CAN BE USED BY THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA TO TRACK FIRES HAPPENING IN ANY AMAZONIAN NATION IN REAL-TIME. IN 2020 ALONE, OUR MONITORING OF THE ANDEAN AMAZON PROJECT (MAAP) EXPOSED OVER 2,500 MAJOR FIRES IN REAL-TIME ACROSS OVER 5 MILLION ACRES IN THE AMAZON WITH DATA FROM OUR NOVEL FIRE TRACKING APP, AS WELL AS HELPED THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES STOP 2 NEW FRONTS OF ILLEGAL GOLD MINING DEFORESTATION USING OUR REMOTE SATELLITE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY BEFORE THEY GOT TO A POINT OF NO RETURN. THIS YEAR ALSO MARKED THE LAUNCH OF OUR IN-SITU GENOMICS LAB AT OUR LOS AMIGOS CONSERVATION HUB IN PERU. THE LAB WILL CONDUCT BIODIVERSITY MONITORING AND ANALYSIS USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY LIKE GENOMICS, EDNA, AND MORE TO HELP IDENTIFY THE RISK OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES AND POTENTIALLY STOP FUTURE PANDEMICS. 1394513 1150056 PROTECT WILD PLACES - AMAZON CONSERVATION PROTECTS CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY IN PERU AND BOLIVIA BY CREATING AND STRENGTHENING PROTECTED AREAS; ENSURING LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY ESSENTIAL FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION; AND DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THREATS TO LOCAL HABITATS. WE FURTHER HELP PROTECT THE ENTIRE AMAZON BASIN BY EMPLOYING THE LATEST IN REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES TO IDENTIFY, ANALYZE, AND REPORT THREATS TO THE FOREST ACROSS ALL NINE AMAZONIAN COUNTRIES IN REAL-TIME. EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK INCLUDE OUR SUPPORT IN THE CREATION OF OVER 24 CONSERVATION AREAS PROTECTING 9.1 MILLION ACRES OF IRREPLACEABLE ECOSYSTEMS ACROSS PERU AND BOLIVIA, PROVIDING INDIGENOUS FEDERATIONS REAL-TIME SATELLITE DATA ON INCURSIONS INTO THEIR ANCESTRAL TERRITORIES, AND HELPING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENTS DEVELOP "LIFE PLANS" TO ENSURE ENDURING CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND CONTINUED PROTECTION IN PROTECTED AREAS. IN 2020, DESPITE THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AMAZON CONSERVATION HELPED ESTABLISH 4 NEW CONSERVATION AREAS PROTECTING OVER 630,000 NEW ACRES OF WILD PLACES. 655377 411538 EMPOWER PEOPLE: AMAZON CONSERVATION EMPOWERS LOCAL PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENTS BY BUILDING SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT LIVELIHOODS THAT PROTECT STANDING FORESTS; STRENGTHENING THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE THAT IMPROVES THE LONG-TERM PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND EDUCATING AND INSPIRING CITIZENS OF ALL COUNTRIES ON THE IMPORTANCE, NEEDS, AND THREATS TO THE AMAZON. EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK INCLUDE PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTORS TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO COMBAT FOREST CRIMES, GIVING LOCAL PRODUCER GROUPS TOOLS TO SUSTAINABLY MARKET FOREST PRODUCTS LIKE ACAI BERRIES AND BRAZIL NUTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DESTRUCTIVE LIVELIHOODS LIKE LOGGING, AND DEVELOPING WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON A WIDE VARIETY OF CONSERVATION-RELATED TOPICS, SUCH AS FIRE PREVENTION, HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT MITIGATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, AND MORE. IN 2020 WE ADAPTED TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC BY CONVERTING MANY OF OUR IN-PERSON TRAINING WORKSHOPS TO VIRTUAL SESSIONS, HOSTING A TOTAL OF 80 EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR (MORE THAN 1 A WEEK). IN PARTICULAR, OUR AMAZONTEC 2020 EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, REACHING OVER 250,000 PEOPLE ACROSS 20 COUNTRIES AND EDUCATING THEM HOW TECHNOLOGY, PUBLIC POLICY, AND FOREST GOVERNANCE CAN COME TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE RAINFOREST. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS - AMAZON CONSERVATION EMPOWERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT LIVELIHOODS THAT PROTECT STANDING FORESTS AND GROW LOCAL AND NATIONAL ECONOMIES, AS WELL AS TO STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE THAT IMPROVES PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. SINCE 1997, AMAZON CONSERVATION'S SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMS HAVE EMPOWERED THOUSANDS OF FOREST USERS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN PERU AND BOLIVIA IN DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING THE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF FOREST PRODUCTS INCLUDING BRAZIL NUTS, ACAI BERRIES AND PRECIOUS TROPICAL HARDWOODS, WHICH IMPROVED THEIR INCOME AND QUALITY OF LIFE. AMAZON CONSERVATION ALSO SUPPORTS CONSERVATION-APPROPRIATE AGROFORESTRY INITIATIVES AND MICROENTERPRISES SUCH AS NATIVE FISH FARMING AND COMMUNITY-BASED ECOTOURISM, ALL WHILE WORKING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. SINCE 2015 THE ORGANIZATION HAS MADE STRIDES IN STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE BY PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND BUILDING CAPACITIES OF GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE THREATS, IMPROVE THE CONTEXT FOR CONSERVATION, AND APPLY THE LAW AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES. 3374689 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17 0 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X X VANESSA GUTIERREZ 2022342356 1012 14TH STREET NW 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 ADRIAN FORSYTH CO-FOUNDER (UNTIL 06/2021) 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ENRIQUE ORTIZ CO-FOUNDER (UNTIL 09/2021) 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES BRUMM CHAIR 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 STEVE VOORHEES TREASURER 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 EDUARDO FORNO VICE-CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JEFF WOODMAN DIRECTOR (UNTIL 11/2021) 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AMY ROSENTHAL DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN HENDRICKS DIRECTOR (FROM 12/2021) 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE BABBITT DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PEDRO SOLANO DIRECTOR (UNTIL 11/2021) 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG SARNO DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MILES SILMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MANUEL PULGAR-VIDAL DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN P BEAVERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 158000 0 25598 VANESSA GUTIERREZ FINANCE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 122200 0 12512 VALERIE PETERSON DEPUTY DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 96458 0 19360 376658 0 57470 2 0 1 0 0 130690 500025 2339048 2969763 2655 2655 300 0 300 300 300 REIMBURSEMENT 900099 46578 46578 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 9486 9486 56064 3028782 0 0 59019 362650 362650 2035637 2035637 434128 244546 64147 125435 545783 421150 20579 104054 16682 12673 1054 2955 46726 35149 2476 9101 80776 57031 5044 18701 35203 35203 34784 23846 2884 8054 143714 98514 11929 33271 76369 52350 6338 17681 21113 3730 17383 14834 10169 1231 3434 20192 20192 5975 4096 496 1383 FIELD SUPPLIES 13148 13148 3887714 3374689 171573 341452 126726 89682 2914641 2106142 462519 304712 264 150000 230000 324368 16564 76488 41339 52074 35149 320000 6558 6558 4036886 3109071 89453 103980 165785 0 111547 0 52290 246212 419075 350192 X 2172182 1988316 1445629 770563 3617811 2758879 4036886 3109071 -858932 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2798945 3486168 4727440 4331473 2969763 18313789 2798945 3486168 4727440 4331473 2969763 18313789 3316365 14997424 30111 29798 7498 9336 2955 79698 12442 16356 -830 1397 56064 85429 18478916 343355 0.81160 0.78630 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 31488 16339 15149 45000 25000 20000 35149 320000 F 320000 DEFERRED RENT 45773 REFUNDABLE ADVANCES 200439 246212 X 3028782 0 3028782 0 3028782 3887714 0 3887714 0 3887714 PART X, LINE 2: FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021, THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DOCUMENTED THEIR CONSIDERATION OF FASB ASC 740-10, INCOME TAXES, THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR REPORTING UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1 SOUTH AMERICA 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN REGION 2035637 0 0 0 0 0 0 2035637 0 2035637 SOUTH AMERICA VARIOUS CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN BOLIVIA. 340133 WIRE 0 SOUTH AMERICA VARIOUS CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN PERU. 1520200 WIRE 0 SOUTH AMERICA VARIOUS CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN PERU. 75000 WIRE 0 SOUTH AMERICA SUB-GRANT FOR NORAD 48000 WIRE 0 SOUTH AMERICA SUB-GRANT FOR NORAD 52304 WIRE 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (ACA) MONITORS THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS BY REQUIRING THE GRANTEE TO SUBMIT WRITTEN PROGRAM UPDATES DESCRIBING THE PROJECT ADVANCES AS WELL AS A FINAL GRANT REPORT INCLUDING AN IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY AND A FULL ACCOUNTING OF ALL GRANT EXPENDITURES AND FUNDS. THE REPORT SHOULD BE DELIVERED TO ACA NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD. PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD: 1 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS ONE BROOKINGS DRIVE ST LOUIS MO 63130 430653611 501(C)(3) 81000 0 ESTABLISH A LABORATORY FOR WILDLIFE POPULATION SURVEILLANCE AND PATHOGEN SCREENING. PRIMATES PERU 4041 FAIRVIEW AVE ST LOUIS MO 63116 463614876 501(C)(3) 281650 0 ESTABLISH A LABORATORY FOR WILDLIFE POPULATION SURVEILLANCE AND PATHOGEN SCREENING. 2 0 PART I, LINE 2: AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (ACA) MONITORS THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS BY REQUIRING THE GRANTEE TO SUBMIT WRITTEN PROGRAM UPDATES DESCRIBING THE PROJECT ADVANCES AS WELL AS A FINAL GRANT REPORT INCLUDING AN IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY AND A FULL ACCOUNTING OF ALL GRANT EXPENDITURES AND FUNDS. THE REPORT SHOULD BE DELIVERED TO ACA NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JOHN P BEAVERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 158000 0 0 0 0 0 7500 0 18098 0 183598 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 AND NATURE. OUR HOLISTIC APPROACH FOCUSES ON PROTECTING SOME OF THE LAST WILD PLACES LEFT ON OUR PLANET, EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO BECOME CHAMPIONS FOR NATURE, AND PUTTING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO WORK TO MOVE THE FIELD OF CONSERVATION FORWARD. THROUGH OUR WORK, WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE A THRIVING AMAZON THAT SUSTAINS THE FULL DIVERSITY OF LIFE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 A. FORSYTH AND E. ORTIZ SHARE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS AND REVIEWED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND MANAGEMENT. A COPY IS THEN SENT TO THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM ANNUALLY. IN ADDITION, AT EACH BOARD MEETING, BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKED IF THEY HAVE HAD ANY NEW ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT CONSTITUTE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD. SUCH MONITORING IS INTRINSIC TO ACA OPERATIONS IN THAT ACA STAFF WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY AWARE OF ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS, SINCE FINANCIAL AND/OR PROGRAM STAFF ARE INVOLVED IN ALL ACA OPERATIONS. ALL BOARD MEMBERS SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLILCY DOCUMENT ANNUALLY. STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN WHEN THEY ARE INITIALLY HIRED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEW COMMITTEE, COMPOSED OF INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS, REVIEWS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE, AND BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE, THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL CONDITION, AND DATA OF COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS, RECOMMENDS TO THE INDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION AND CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTS THE DELIBERATIONS AND DECISION. THE LAST COMPENSATION REVIEW TOOK PLACE MARCH 2021. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST TO THE ORGANIZATION; THE MOST RECENT FINANCIAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON ITS WEBSITE. 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