2025-03-18T16:47:51-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 475038789 LVDI INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED LVDI 7609097067 941 Camino del Arroyo San Marcos CA 92078 John Phillips President 7609097067 2025-03-11 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z John Phillips 941 CAMINO DEL ARROYO SAN MARCOS CA 92078 123784 0 X lvdiinternational.org X 2015 CA Inspiring and empowering people to conserve biodiversity through education of children and adults, scientific studies on range-county wildlife, and community development activities. 6 6 0 85 0 0 291903 110939 0 0 8649 12845 0 0 300552 123784 30094 49145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1543 57187 104380 87281 153525 213271 -29741 438525 408784 0 0 438525 408784 To inspire and empower people, especially children, to protect nature. Our mission is accomplished through conservation education programs, scientific studies on range-country threatened species, and community development activities. 0 0 67920 1050 0 VIETNAM: College-educated volunteers ( > 70 since inception) receive training needed to conduct Little Green Guard conservation education lessons in rural but highly biodiverse areas in central Vietnam. Volunteers create primary and secondary school curricula, as well as supporting educational materials such as teacher's guides and biologically-correct storybooks that highlight regional endangered species. Over 6,000 primary schoolchildren have benefited from these free lessons and materials. Additionally, volunteers conduct social and wildlife research studies to determine knowledge, attitude, and awareness of rural residents toward native threatened species and critical habitat. 48645 48645 0 KENYA: Through our partner, Nyashep Education Trust in Nairobi, Kenya, tuition support is provided to exceptional high school and college students from underprivileged backgrounds. 11411 0 0 MADAGASCAR: In partnership with other agencies and NGOs, the communities in and around Anevoka are provided educational and livelihood opportunities. Specifically, more that 500 students annually benefit from lessons taught by our educators as part of the Little Green Guards education program. More than 100 women earn extra income through our GEM program. 17041 500 0 OTHER: Support ($9,070) of a mature project in Nepal designed to deliver effective conservation education programs, scientific research and community development in rural areas with high biodiversity. In Nepal over 60,000 students have participated in the program. College volunteers (> 100 since inception) design social and biological surveys needed to conduct the scientifically-based gap analysis necessary to design effective education and awareness campaigns targeted at saving threatened wildlife and critical habitats. 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Palomar, CA 30000 30000 1 South Asia 0 0 Program Services Activities in Nepal and Vietnam concentrate on conservation education and research. 76990 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Program Services Activities in Madagascar concentrate on elementary education, whereas activities in Kenya focus on secondary education. 60056 0 0 137046 Sub-Saharan Africa Tuition payment to secondary schools or colleges for exceptional Kenyan students from poor families in the Nairobi area. 48645 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Partner organizations that receive grants must account for use of the funds through quarterly expense reports. Chia Tan Vice president of organization 15917 Educational material development 0 John Phillips President of organization 15917 Trademarked educational material devlopment 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 The President and Vice-President are a married couple. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The form 990 is sent electronically to each Board member for their review and comment prior to submission to the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Board members and officers of the organization are required annually to reaffirm, in writing, their status with regard to potential conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Board approved the compensation level for the President and Vice-President (10 April 2022), with compensation linked to time dedicated to the development of programmatic educational materials. Time dedicated to administering the organization is not compensated. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization is a member in good standing with the California Department of Justice's Registry of Charitable Trusts. All documents, including annual registration with the Department of Justice, corporate founding documents, and annual State and Federal tax submissions are available for viewing on the Registry's website. The Organization's own website guides donors to the Registry website. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g The majority of overall expenses for the organization's overseas programs are fee for service contractual arrangements between individuals, such as educators, writers or illustrators, and education-oriented businesses, both non-profit and for-profit.