2017-06-05T09:35:32-05:00 2015-12-31 521853933 JONES MARESCA & MCQUADE PA 10500 LITTLE PATUXENT PARKWAY SUITE 770 COLUMBIA MD 21044 990 2015-01-01 522211305 AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION AMAZ 2022342356 1012 14TH ST NW SUITE 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 ADRIAN FORSYTH PRESIDENT 2022342356 2017-05-31 1 DAVID JONES P01361002 4108840220 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X ADRIAN FORSYTH 1012 14TH ST NW SUITE 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 3581247 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 17 0 0 4492323 3008096 659459 514512 3331 1636 16509 10089 5171622 3534333 3660717 3557276 0 0 536723 566329 0 0 50718 328322 384992 4525762 4508597 645860 -974264 3678699 2752850 61130 109545 3617569 2643305 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 1822694 1625623 514512 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. 1307849 1107021 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. 633742 560540 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. 400573 264091 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. 400573 264091 4164858 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 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 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 DC X X THE ORGANIZATION 2022342356 1012 14TH ST NW SUITE 625 WASHINGTON DC 20005 HANNAH STUTZMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 37.50 X X 93730 0 11188 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 DOROTHY BATTEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE BABBITT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH DUPONT 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 KATHY RUTTENBERG 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 93730 0 11188 0 0 0 0 0 11324 221893 122414 2652465 8048 3008096 RESEARCH FACILITY 900099 421034 421034 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE 900099 93478 93478 514512 1636 1636 70 70 15490 0 15490 15490 15490 23807 221893 46914 -23107 -23107 REFUNDS AND REIMBURSEM 900099 17636 17636 17636 3534333 514512 0 11725 3557276 3557276 104918 65670 39248 353832 244087 100693 9052 15952 9984 4512 1456 51555 32269 14579 4707 40072 25081 11332 3659 12035 12035 42816 26798 16018 36228 27200 4702 4326 73146 41235 24123 7788 112750 70571 31885 10294 78361 49045 22162 7154 309 193 88 28 20002 12518 5658 1826 BAD DEBT 7192 1584 5377 231 MISCELLANEOUS 2153 1347 609 197 4508597 4164858 293021 50718 1530201 1091864 475120 514986 1571568 903404 31496 170499 48656 18948 4038 3033 1314 1005 20417 20344 31727 3678699 2752850 32721 27925 5298 51403 23111 30217 61130 109545 X 345082 199420 3272487 2443885 3617569 2643305 3678699 2752850 -974264 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1437321 2231408 3838876 4492323 3008096 15008024 1437321 2231408 3838876 4492323 3008096 15008024 5762752 9245272 21621 22207 15387 13102 17196 89513 1304 14414 2128 6738 17636 42220 15139757 1882244 0.61070 0.61950 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: REFUNDS AND REIMBURSEMENTS - 2011 AMOUNT: $ 1,304. 2012 AMOUNT: $ 14,414. 2013 AMOUNT: $ 2,128. 2014 AMOUNT: $ 6,738. 2015 AMOUNT: $ 17,636. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 4038 3033 1005 1005 DUE TO AFFILIATES 30217 30217 X 3683793 102546 46914 149460 3534333 0 3534333 4658057 102546 46914 149460 4508597 0 4508597 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. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 46,914. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 46,914. 0 SOUTH AMERICA 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS LOCATED IN REGION & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 3557276 0 0 0 0 0 0 3557276 0 3557276 SOUTH AMERICA VARIOUS PROJECTS INCLUDING STRENGTHENING INDIGENOUS GROUPS, IMPROVING INCOME FROM NUT HARVESTING, AND GENERAL SUPPORT. 155341 WIRE TRANSFER SOUTH AMERICA VARIOUS PROJECTS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST ACA IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE BIODIVERSITY OF THE AMAZON BASIN. 2799220 WIRE TRANSFER SOUTH AMERICA TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM ACTIVITES CARRIED OUT IN THIS REGION. 546878 WIRE TRANSFER SOUTH AMERICA TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM ACTIVITES CARRIED OUT IN THIS REGION. 55837 WIRE TRANSFER 2 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. FUNDRAISING DINNER 245700 221893 23807 2410 44504 245700 221893 23807 2410 44504 46914 -23107 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 11 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 FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS APPROVE THE FORM 990 ONCE ALL QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED BY ACA'S AUDITORS AND/OR FINANCIAL STAFF. 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 THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INCLUDES COMPARABILITY DATA OF OTHER NONPROFIT PROFESSIONALS (FORMS 990). 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. FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART B: AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION IS AMENDING ITS 2015 IN ORDER TO CORRECT ITS FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES PART IX OF THE 990. ASOCIACION PARA LA CONSERVACION DE LA CUENCA AMAZONICA JIRON DOS DE MAYO 237 BARRANCO, LIMA PE SEE PART VII PE N/A N/A ACA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ASOCIACION PARA LA CONSERVACION DE LA CUENCA AMAZONICA B 2799100