2018-05-15T19:00:01-07:00 2017-12-31 990 2017-01-01 453337460 NATURA BOLIVIA FOUNDATION NATU 3016372401 8408 Potomac Avenue College Park MD 20740 Nigel Asquith President 3016372401 2018-05-14 2017 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Nigel Asquith 8408 Potomac Avenue College Park MD 207402509 477861 0 X http://www.bolivianature.org/ X 2011 DE Natura Bolivia Foundation is dedicated to conserving rainforests and habitats in Latin America, in a way that contributes to the well-being of local communities. We also work to develop watershed conservation and incentive systems, and evaluate the impact of conservation and development interventions, with a primary focus in Bolivia. We work hand-in-hand with Fundacion Natura Bolivia (www.naturabolivia.org), improving the scope and effectiveness of their interventions, and extend their training programs for watershed and conservation projects around the world. 3 2 0 0 0 0 362989 477818 0 0 79 43 0 0 363068 477861 453000 387900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21648 27560 474648 415460 -111580 62401 343426 405827 0 0 343426 405827 The Natura Bolivia Foundation is dedicated to implementing, and evaluating the impact of conservation and development interventions, with a primary focus on incentive based conservation in Bolivia. We work hand-in-hand with the Santa Cruz, Bolivia based Fundación Natura Bolivia (www.naturabolivia.org), improving the effectiveness of their interventions, and of other conservation projects around the world. 0 0 97960 70400 78438 The Natura Bolivia Foundation assesses the effectiveness of conservation interventions in Latin America, though a program of academic and applied socioeconomic, hydrological, and biophysical research. In 2017 we hired a short term consultant, purchased equipment to undertake scientific surveys and made two grants, one to the National University of Colombia, and one to Fundacion Natura Bolivia, to implement the evaluation programs. 136427 136427 136427 The Natura Bolivia Foundation helps organizations around the world to implement better and more effective incentive-based conservation programs, through a targeted training and capacity building program of training. In 2017 we helped run a series of training programs in Bolivia and Peru. 181073 181073 197953 Natura Bolivia Foundation provides direct support to selected partner organizations to conserve large landscapes as protected areas, working with local governments and communities. In 2017, we provided grant assistance to Fundacion Natura Bolivia as that organization continued its conservation and development programs in the Bolivian Chaco, the Santa Cruz Valleys and northern La Paz regions, and in western Peru. 0 0 0 415460 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 X X Nigel Asquith 3016372401 8408 Potomac Avenue College Park MD 20740 Nigel Asquith President 5 35 X 0 49500 0 Maria Teresa Vargas Treasurer 3 37 X 0 70000 0 Osvaldo Sanchez Secretary 3.00 X 0 0 0 0 119500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 477818 0 477818 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 477861 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 387900 387900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7500 7500 0 0 0 0 0 0 291 291 0 0 1818 1818 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 911 911 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hydrological measuring equipment 17040 17040 0 0 415460 415460 0 0 343426 405827 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 343426 405827 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 343426 405827 0 0 0 0 343426 405827 343426 405827 62401 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 0 805479 590417 362989 477861 2236746 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 805479 590417 362989 477861 2236746 1527425 709321 0 64 121 79 43 307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2237053 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 South America 0 1 Program Services We hired an independent contractor to develop a research program for assessing levels of poverty in the Bolivian Chaco. We also purchased hydrological equipment to be installed in the watersheds in Bolivia's Santa Cruz valleys. 27560 South America 0 0 Grantmaking We provided two grants, the first to the National University of Colombia in Medellin to undertake hydrological research, the second to Fundacion Natura Bolivia to develop training programs, build institutional capacity, and implement conservation and development project. 387900 0 1 415460 South America To support faculty and staff at the National University of Colombia in Medellin to undertake hydrological research 20400 wire transfer 0 South America A grant to Fundacion Natura Bolivia to undertake training programs in watershed management and conservation, to build the Foundation's institutional capacity, to undertake hydrological and socioeconomic. research and to undertake conservation and development programs. 367500 wire transfer 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 The Natura Bolivia Foundation requires all grant recipients to submit complete narrative and financial reports to account for all funds granted. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Maria Teresa Vargas and Nigel Asquith are married Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9 All Board members can now be reached at 1567 44th Street NW, Washington DC 20007, the new address of the Fundacion from May 2018. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b All currently serving board members were provided with an electronic copy of this form, and were requested to provide comments prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Potential conflicts of interest are discussed at all board meetings Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 In 2017 Board members Asquith and Vargas were compensated by our related organization Fundacion Natura Bolivia. No work was undertaken in the US related to this compensation, rather the work was to coordinate the grants made by Natura Bolivia Foundation to Fundacion Natura Bolivia. These amounts were detailed and justified in proposals to our donors and were accepted by these donors, and so reflect fair market value. The amounts are for time spent on program activities in Bolivia by Asquith and Vargas, and were calculated, in coordination with the donors, in a comparison with similarly qualified professionals in similar organizations in 2017. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents are available on request.