GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

1661 JEAGA DR, JUPITER, FL 33458-8718

In care of

% DERECK JOUBERT

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

JACQUELINE USHER, 1661 JEAGA DRIVE, JUPITER, FL 33458

Signed the 990

JACQUELINE USHER, TREASURER

Phone

(917) 608-3589

Website

GREATPLAINSFOUNDATION.COM

Return prepared by

AVENSON HAMANN CPAS LLP

Mission

TO CONSERVE AND EXPAND NATURAL HABITATS IN AFRICA THROUGH INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION INITIATIVES WITH A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

Program accomplishments

• BIODIVERSITY (PREVIOUSLY FEMALE RANGERS)IN 2021 TO ADDRESS GENDER INEQUALITY THE FOUNDATION LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE TO TRAIN AND EMPLOY FEMALE RANGERS. THE FEMALE RANGERS INITIATIVE REMAINS A VITAL PART OF OUR WORK IN BOTH BOTSWANA AND ZIMBABWE. WHILE INITIALLY LAUNCHED AS A STANDALONE PROJECT FOCUSED ON TRAINING AND INTEGRATING WOMEN INTO NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ROLES, THE SCOPE AND IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM HAVE EVOLVED SIGNIFICANTLY. TODAY, FEMALE RANGERS FORM AN ESSENTIALPART OF THE OPERATIONAL WORKFORCE ACROSS SEVERAL DIVISIONS, CONTRIBUTING DIRECTLY TO BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION, ECOSYSTEM MONITORING, AND SPECIFIC CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES. AS SUCH, THE INITIATIVE HAS TRANSITIONED FROM BEING A STAND-ALONE CATEGORY TO FORMING A FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT OF OUR BROADER BIODIVERSITY EFFORTS. ALTHOUGH WE CONTINUE TO REPORT ON PROGRESS WITHIN THE FEMALE RANGERS PROJECT AS A DISTINCT AREA OF IMPACT, THEIR ROLES ARENOW DEEPLY EMBEDDED ACROSS MULTIPLE BIODIVERSITY-LINKED PROGRAMS. THIS NECESSITATED THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE ASSOCIATED GRANT UNDER BIODIVERSITY TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT HOW THE FUNDING SUPPORTS CROSS-CUTTING CONSERVATION OUTCOMES.PROJECTS INCLUDE: FEMALE RANGER FIELD DEPLOYMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN BOTSWANA AND ZIMBABWE BIODIVERSITY (ECOSYSTEM) MONITORING AND PROTECTION PATROLS, INCLUDING SPECIES-SPECIFIC DATA COLLECTION ON RHINO, ELEPHANTS, GROUND HORNBILLS, WATTLED CRANES, AND CROCODILES CONSERVATION EDUCATION & OUTREACH, INCLUDING KIDS CAMP, CONSERVATION GOALS, CAREER FAIRS AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT SUCH AS WITH WCA. CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, WITH A FOCUS ON SPECIALISED SKILLS TRAINING FOR OUR RANGER FORCE AND SUPPORT FOR TERTIARY-LEVEL STUDENTS AT NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS ORI AND CUT. PROJECT REWILD WITH FEMALE RANGERS FORMING THE TEAMS THAT CONDUCT POST-TRANSLOCATION MONITORING.
  Expenses $653,695 · grants $99,809
• PROJECT REWILDIN ZIMBABWE, GREAT PLAINS IS SECURING THE SAPI RESERVE, AN EXPANSIVE AND FRAGILE LANDSCAPE THAT FORMS THE HEART OF A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND THE MIDDLE-ZAMBEZI BIOSPHERE RESERVE. THE GOAL OF THE SAPI RESTORATION INITIATIVE IS TO RESTORE THIS DEPLETED LANDSCAPE THROUGH A COMBINATION OF STRATEGIC PROTECTIONS, A COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLAN, SPECIES REINTRODUCTION, AND CONSERVATION TOURISM.IN LATE 2016 GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION WAS AWARDED THE 290,000-ACRE SAPI RESERVE TO CONSERVE AND MANAGE. WORKING WITH TEAMS OF WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS, THE GREAT PLAINS STRATEGY FOR THE SAPI RESTORATION INITIATIVE INCLUDES DEVELOPING BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, A STRATEGIC WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WILDLIFE MONITORING TEAMS, SUPPORT FOR ZIMPARKS, SPECIES REINTRODUCTION, ON-GOING FLORA AND FAUNA SURVEYS, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TOURISM; ALL WITH A SINGLE GOAL IN MIND: TO RESTORE AND PROTECT THIS ESSENTIAL ECOSYSTEM. IN 2022 THE FOUNDATION LAUNCHED PROJECT REWILD WHICH IS A DEDICATED FUNDING INITIATIVE TO COVER THE COST OF RESTORING SAPI INCLUDING THE TRANSLOCATION OF ANIMALS. WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING SUPPORT FOR EVERYTHING FROM THE COST TO TRANSLOCATE ANIMALS, TO BOLSTERING ZIMPARKS PRESENCE IN SAPI, TO HIRING AND TRAINING OUR OWN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCEMONITORING TEAMS (INCLUDING FEMALE RANGER UNITS) TO BE BASED IN SAPI. PROJECT REWILD HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO COVER THE TRANSLOCATION OF WILDLIFE TO AREAS OTHER THAN SAPI AND IN 2024 THE FOUNDATION RELOCATED GIRAFFE AND ZEBRA TO AN AREA ADJACENT TO THE HWANGA NATIONAL PARK.
  Expenses $590,034
• RHINO MONITORING (PREVIOUSLY RHINOS WITHOUT BORDERS)IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND BOTSWANA GOVERNMENTS, RHINOS WITHOUT BORDERS PROJECT, OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, ESTABLISHED A SUBSTANTIAL NEW WILD POPULATION OF RHINOS IN BOTSWANA. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT IS EVIDENT IN THE NUMBER OF RHINOS SUCCESSFULLY RELOCATED AND THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CALVES THAT HAVE BEEN BORN IN THE WILD. THIS NEW POPULATION OF WILD RHINOS IS GIVING HOPE FOR THIS ICONIC SPECIES ACROSS AFRICA. THE FOCUS IS ONTHE SECURITY OF THESE ANIMALS.WITH THE PROGRAM TRANSITIONING ITS FOCUS TO PROTECTION AND WE HAVE INCREASED THE SECURITY AND MONITORING COMPONENT OF THE OPERATION, VIA A TEAM OF DEDICATED RANGERS. AS WE HAVE EVOLVED WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE BIODIVERSITY OF THE MONITORING TEAM AND NOW EMPLOY FEMALE RANGERS IN THIS PROGRAM. IN ORDER TO REFLECT THE TRANSITION IN FOCUS WE HAVE REBRANDED RHINOS WITHOUT BORDERS TO RHINO MONITORING.AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE, OUR RHINO WORK WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE SAFETY OF WILD RHINOS - BOTH IN BOTSWANA AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES - IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL CONSERVATION COMMUNITY AND ON COMBATTING THE GROWING THREATS OF WILDLIFE CRIME. DONOR FUNDING THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR RHINO MONOTORING IS RINGFENCED AS UNUTILSED FUNDS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS.
  Expenses $414,451 · grants $150,000
• PROJECT RANGERPROJECT RANGER BEGAN AS AN EMERGENCY INTERVENTION IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IN 2020 AS TRAVELAND TOURISM ' WERE BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL, WILDERNESS AREAS AND LODGES WERE LEFT EMPTY AND NATIONAL PARKSAND PROTECTED AREAS FACED A SEVERE DROP IN TOURISM REVENUE. RANGERS WERE LEFT UNCERTAIN ABOUT THEIR NEXTPAYCHECK AND WITHOUT THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE. THIS "PERFECT STORM" OFCONDITIONS LEFT MANY ENDANGERED ANIMALS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO WILDLIFE CRIME.PROJECT RANGER AIMS TO SUPPORT THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES OF CONSERVATION. BECAUSE POACHING AND TRAFFICKINGCONTINUES TO THREATEN WILDLIFE ACROSS AFRICA AND MANY RANGERS CONTINUE TO BE WOEFULLY UNDER-RESOURCED.PROJECT RANGER CONTINUES, POST-PANDEMIC, TO ADDRESS SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY NEEDS AND ADOPT A LONGER TERM FOCUS. IN THAT SPIRIT, PROJECT RANGER'S WORK AND GRANT-MAKING EMPHASIZES ENSURING RANGERS HAVE THE RESOURCESTHEY NEED TO DO THEIR BEST WORK IN CONSERVATION AND TRAFFICKING HOTSPOTS.BIG CATSCOMMUNITIES AND BIG CATS LIVING TOGETHER IS KEY TO CONSERVATION. THE FOUNDATION FUNDS MULTIPLE PROJECTSAIMED AT PRESERVING LAND FOR BIG CATS AND REDUCING HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT. WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIESAND WILDLIFE EXPERTS, THESE PROGRAMS SUPPORT STRATEGIES FOR HUMANS AND WILDLIFE TO COEXIST.THE GREAT PLAINS BIG CATS INITIATIVE (BCI) SUPPORTS PROJECTS AIMED AT PREVENTING AND REVERSING THE DECLINE OFBIG CATS. PAST GRANTEES OF BCI HAVE INCLUDED INITIATIVES LIKE THE MAASAI OLYMPICS AND COMMUNAL CATTLE HERDINGWORKSHOPS WHICH TACKLE HUMAN- LION CONFLICT AND BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND WILDLIFE. PROJECTSCAN BE IN ANY BIG CAT POPULATION RANGE LAND INSIDE PROTECTED AREAS OR OUTSIDE. THE OBJECTIVE IS CLEAR - REVERSETHE DOWNWARD TREND OF BIG CATS.EMPOWER COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS A CORNERSTONE OF SUSTAINABLE PROGRESS ACROSS AFRICA, OFFERING LONG-TERM BENEFITSNOT ONLY TO INDIVIDUALS BUT TO ENTIRE REGIONS. IN RURAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR VITAL ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITYLEDINITIATIVES FOSTER STEWARDSHIP OF NATURAL RESOURCES, IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS AND STRENGTHEN SOCIAL COHESION.GREAT PLAINS IS SUPPORTING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT TO IMPROVE RESILIENCE TOENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.
  Expenses $1,116,795 · grants $1,116,795 · revenue $2,170,737

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

45-5494919

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2013

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Animal-related (D30)

Assets (IRS master file)

$7,704,884

Income (IRS master file)

$5,119,766

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-5494919).

Questions about GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION?

The employer identification number (EIN) of GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION is 45-5494919.

Is GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2013.

Are donations to GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JACQUELINE USHER.

Who are the officers and directors of GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 6 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $50,700 (SARAH BOECKMANN, EXEC DIR AND SECRETARY).

How much revenue does GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $4,996,049, expenses of $3,270,057 and total assets of $7,704,884 at year end.

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