2025-02-24T14:43:49-07:00 2024-10-31 990EZ 2023-11-01 465587063 ADVOCATES FOR SNAKE PRESERVATION ADVO 5759565231 PO BOX 2752 SILVER CITY NM 88062 Melissa Amarello Executive Director 5759565231 2025-02-24 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X WWW.SNAKES.NGO X X 38070 X 36388 586 0 1096 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38070 0 0 37002 0 0 2665 4836 44503 -6433 32535 0 26102 32535 26102 0 0 0 0 32535 26102 0 0 32535 26102 Advocates for Snake Preservation is committed to changing how people view and treat snakes. Our mission: To use science, education, and advocacy to promote compassionate conservation and coexistence with snakes. As important predators and prey, snakes are an essential part of a vibrant, functioning planet, but negative attitudes about snakes may be the biggest barrier to their conservation. We provide solutions to human-snake conflicts that sometimes end badly for people and often prove fatal for snakes. We make snakes more familiar and less scary by busting myths and misinformation, illustrating lesser-known and appealing behaviors like parental care, and sharing stories of individual snakes to show what they're really like. Often this information is enough for people to welcome their snake neighbors and appreciate, rather than fear, their encounters. But we also recommend yard and human behavior modifications to reduce conflicts and make coexistence with venomous snakes safer. Living with Snakes: The foundation of our work is to promote coexistence with snakes. We spoke with about 1500 folks in rural Arizona and New Mexico about snake natural history, behavior, and how to safely coexist. To learn about snakes and how to live with them, more than 107,000 people visited our websites and our YouTube videos were viewed times this year. We also played a key role in enacting new protections for reptiles and amphibians in Louisiana, including banning killing-contests that target them. 0 34326 Stop Snake Slaughter at Rattlesnake Roundups: Videos covering this campaign have been viewed more than 37 million times. More than 29,000 people visited our website on rattlesnake roundups. 0 34 34360 Jeffrey J Smith Treasurer 10 0 0 0 Steve Marlatt Chair 1 0 0 0 Gordon Burghardt Officer 1 0 0 0 Melissa Amarello Executive Director 30 33589 0 0 Emily Taylor Secretary 1 0 0 0 Jesus Rivas Co-chair 1 0 0 0 Kit Kleinschmidt Officer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NM MELISSA AMARELLO PO BOX 2752 SILVER CITY NM 88062 5759565231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 28238 45385 49262 32642 36388 191915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28238 45385 49262 32642 36388 191915 23767 168148 12 6 10 555 1096 1679 0 0 0 0 0 145 270 257 332 211 1215 194809 1658 0.86314 0.85785 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income Description: net income from sales of messagewear and stickers. 2019: 145. 2020: 270. 2021: 257. 2022: 332. 2023: 211. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Licenses and Fees: $10, Directors Insurance: $996, Dues and Memberships: $1,349, Conference, Convention, Meeting: $571, Education: $588, Field Expenses: $20, Information Technology: $1,302