2017-11-20T17:58:36-06:00 2016-12-31 521853933 JONES MARESCA & MCQUADE PA 10500 LITTLE PATUXENT PARKWAY SUITE 770 COLUMBIA MD 21044 990 2016-01-01 522211305 AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION AMAZ 2022342356 1012 14TH ST NW SUITE 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 ADRIAN FORSYTH PRESIDENT 2022342356 2017-11-20 1 DAVID JONES P01361002 4108840220 64.88.174.3 2017-11-20 15:09:40 ES P 6B3294020F42B9E559A00BBAECB87153F921F36C 7BCF649620E47E24CE109156B16FE736E44DCD56 2016 2018-03-14 21:41:22Z ADRIAN FORSYTH 1012 14TH ST NW SUITE 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 7834629 0 X WWW.AMAZONCONSERVATION.ORG X 1999 DC THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO CONSERVE THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE AMAZON BASIN. 13 13 9 25 0 0 3008096 7311301 514512 491039 1636 2840 10089 29449 3534333 7834629 3557276 3245118 0 0 566329 602531 0 0 111152 384992 450890 4508597 4298539 -974264 3536090 2752850 6421603 109545 242208 2643305 6179395 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. 0 0 1499301 1244305 491039 SCIENCE AND EDUCATION - ACA BELIEVES THE WORLD'S MOST DIVERSE FORESTS SHOULD ALSO BE ITS BEST-STUDIED FORESTS. SINCE 2004, ACA'S LOS AMIGOS BIOLOGICAL STATION, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CICRA, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE RESEARCH STATIONS IN THE AMAZON BASIN. IN 2005, ACA ALSO CREATED THE WAYQECHA CLOUD FOREST BIOLOGICAL STATION, PERU'S ONLY PERMANENT RESEARCH CENTER FOCUSED ON ANDEAN CLOUD FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. IN 2010, ACA CREATED THE VILLA CARMEN RESEARCH STATION FOCUSED ON TROPICAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS FOR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. TO DATE, ACA HAS GRANTED MORE THAN 160 RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS, AND OVERALL, MORE THAN 1,000 RESEARCHERS HAVE CONDUCTED SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AT ACA'S STATIONS IN PERU. ACA ALSO AIMS TO BUILD THE TECHNICAL CAPACITY OF LOCAL CITIZENS FOR CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL CAPACITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS GENERATED IN ITS RESEARCH STATIONS REACH DECISION-MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC. ACA'S THREE BIOLOGICAL STATIONS HAVE BECOME CENTERS FOR EDUCATIONAL TRIPS BY LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN AS WELL AS LEADING TRAINING SITES FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY GROUPS. ADDITIONALLY, ACA HAS TRAINED TEACHERS AND MORE THAN 1,000 STUDENTS A YEAR, BEGINNING IN 2012. 1284511 1156322 PROTECTING HABITAT - ACA PROTECTS VITAL ECOSYSTEMS BY CREATING AND MANAGING CONSERVATION AREAS, INCLUDING CONSERVATION AREAS MANAGED BY LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN PERU AND BOLIVIA AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE CONSERVATION AREAS, SUCH AS COMMUNITY OR CIVIL SOCIETY-MANAGED CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS. ACA ALSO PROMOTES ECOSYSTEM-BASED LAND-USE PLANNING, AND DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF CONSERVATION CORRIDORS. ACA CURRENTLY PROTECTS NEARLY ONE MILLION ACRES OF AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST THROUGH THESE MECHANISMS.FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2001, ACA ESTABLISHED LOS AMIGOS, THE WORLD'S FIRST PRIVATE CONSERVATION CONCESSION, WHICH PROTECTS 360,000 ACRES OF OLD-GROWTH AMAZONIAN FOREST AT THE BASE OF THE ANDES IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU. THEN, IN 2008, ACA, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AMAZONIAN HARAMBA QUEROS NATIVE COMMUNITY, ESTABLISHED THE FIRST CONSERVATION CONCESSION IN PERU RUN BY AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY. IN 2012, ACA SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF FOUR NEW COMMUNITY-RUN PRIVATE CONSERVATION AREAS COVERING MORE THAN 46,700 ACRES, AND IS HELPING TO TRAIN THESE COMMUNITIES TO PATROL AND MONITOR THEIR RESERVES. 373984 305005 SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS - ACA WORKS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES' ABILITIES TO EARN A LIVING WHILE PROTECTING THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES. FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE 1997, ACA'S BRAZIL NUT PROGRAM HAS AIDED MORE THAN 500 BRAZIL NUT HARVESTERS, INCLUDING MANY INDIGENOUS FAMILIES, IN GAINING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS WHILE PROTECTING OVER 1.8 MILLION ACRES OF RAINFOREST THROUGH TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATION. ACA ALSO SUPPORTS CONSERVATION-APPROPRIATE REFORESTATION AND AGROFORESTRY, MICROENTERPRISES SUCH AS NATIVE FISH FARMING, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ECOTOURISM. ACA IS WORKING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST AMAZON THROUGH THE CREATION OF THE MANU-TAMBOPATA CONSERVATION CORRIDOR, COMPOSED OF A MOSAIC OF CONSERVATION AREAS AND SUSTAINABLE USE ZONES IN THE MADRE DE DIOS REGION OF PERU. 784218 539486 IDENTIFYING THREATS AND PROPOSING SOLUTIONS - PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF THE AMAZON REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING THE LARGER FORCES AT WORK IN THE REGION, IDENTIFYING TRENDS, AND FOLLOWING THREATS AS THEY EMERGE AND DEVELOP. IN 2014, ACA EXPANDED ITS CAPACITY TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA ON THREATS TO AMAZONIAN FORESTS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY TO USE REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE NOVEL PROGRAMS FOR DETECTING DEFORESTATION IN PERU'S AMAZON. ACA IS DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT EMERGING DEFORESTATION ISSUES TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES. 784218 539486 3942014 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 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 7 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X X THE ORGANIZATION 2022342356 1012 14TH ST NW SUITE 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 ADRIAN FORSYTH PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 ENRIQUE ORTIZ VICE PRESIDENT 8.00 X X 0 0 0 AMY ROSENTHAL TREASURER 4.00 X X 0 0 0 STEVE VOORHEES SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JIM BRUMM DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE BABBITT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DOROTHY BATTEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 EDUARDO FORNO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS LOVEJOY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG SARNO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MILES SILMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PEDRO SOLANO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF WOODMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHY RUTTENBERG DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH DUPONT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 HANNAH C STUTZMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 80484 0 10703 80484 0 10703 0 0 0 0 0 528168 6783133 1413 7311301 RESEARCH FACILITY 900099 405015 405015 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE 900099 86024 86024 491039 2840 2840 134 134 19465 0 19465 19465 19465 REFUNDS AND REIMBURSEM 900099 9850 9850 9850 7834629 491039 0 32289 3245118 3245118 91187 53166 26372 11649 411226 237866 120826 52534 13424 8292 3417 1715 48245 29801 12281 6163 38449 23748 9789 4912 1750 301 155 1294 38885 38885 101010 89370 1248 10392 41469 30086 2273 9110 89349 54800 23226 11323 127504 127368 32 104 34814 33797 573 444 452 279 115 58 11162 6895 2841 1426 BAD DEBT 2825 2825 MISCELLANEOUS 1670 1127 515 28 4298539 3942014 245373 111152 1091864 2407529 514986 678629 903404 3179648 170499 96035 18948 13095 3814 1070 1005 2744 20417 670 31727 43253 2752850 6421603 27925 63748 100216 51403 30217 78244 109545 242208 X 199420 106328 2443885 6073067 2643305 6179395 2752850 6421603 3536090 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2231408 3838876 4492323 3008096 7311301 20882004 2231408 3838876 4492323 3008096 7311301 20882004 8653351 12228653 22207 15387 13102 17196 22439 90331 14414 2128 6738 17636 9850 50766 21023101 2146229 0.58170 0.61070 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3814 1070 2744 2744 DUE TO AFFILIATES 27616 DEFERRED REVENUE 50628 78244 X 7845458 10829 10829 7834629 0 7834629 4309368 10829 10829 4298539 0 4298539 PART X, LINE 2: ACA BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1 SOUTH AMERICA 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN REGION & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 3245118 0 0 0 0 0 0 3245118 0 3245118 SOUTH AMERICA VARIOUS CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN BOLIVIA 184450 WIRE TRANSFER SOUTH AMERICA SUB-GRANT FOR USAID PROJECT 96430 WIRE TRANSFER SOUTH AMERICA VARIOUS CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN BRAZIL 396149 WIRE TRANSFER SOUTH AMERICA SUB-GRANT FOR NORAD PROJECT 29248 WIRE TRANSFER SOUTH AMERICA GRANT AWARDS TO ACCA 2140246 WIRE TRANSFER FMV 6 0 0 0 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. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE DIRECTORS IN OFFICE, MAY DESIGNATE AND APPOINT ONE OR MORE COMMITTEES, EACH OF WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF TWO OR MORE DIRECTORS, WHICH COMMITTEES, TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN THE RESOLUTION, SHALL HAVE AND EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B ACA DELEGATES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REVIEWING THE FORM 990 TO ITS FINANCE COMMITTEE. MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECEIVE A COPY OF THE COMPLETED FORM 990 DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND CORRECTIONS; THE FULL BOARD RECEIVES THE FINAL VERSION BEFORE IT IS SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. THE FORM 990 MAY BE SIGNED BY ACA'S BOARD PRESIDENT OR TREASURER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C 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. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: REVIEW AND APPROVAL IS CONDUCTED BY BOARD MEMBERS, WHO QUALIFY AS INDEPENDENT PERSONS; COMPARABILITY DATA, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SHOWN ON 990S OF SIMILAR NON-PROFITS, IS CONSULTED; AND THE PROCESS IS DOCUMENTED BY THE INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS. THE LAST COMPARABILITY STUDY WAS DONE IN DECEMBER OF 2015. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST TO THE ORGANIZATION; ITS MOST RECENT FINANCIAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT CHANGED ITS AUDIT OVERSIGHT PROCESS OR PROCESS OF SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT DURING THE TAX YEAR. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ACCA B 2140216 ACTUAL CASH TRANSACTION PART II, COLUMN B PRIMARY ACTIVTY TO PROTECT THE MORE DIVERSE LANDSCAPES ON THE PLANET, EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS AND STRENGTHEN WAYS OF LIVING IN HARMONY WITH NATURE AND FRIENDLY WITH BIODIVERSITY.