Nonprofit · EIN 52-2211305
AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $4,751,861 | $3,880,074 | $871,787 | $4,143,223 | $243,177 | $3,900,046 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,269,591 | $3,483,647 | -$214,056 | $3,745,604 | $718,848 | $3,026,756 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,712,131
- of which government grants
- $578,055
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $21,864
- Other revenue
- $17,866
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,723,828
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $224,592
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,027,768
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,480,029
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $46,543
- Occupancy
- $86,045
- Travel
- $84,822
- Depreciation
- $6,516
- Program services (functional)
- $3,151,046
- Management and general (functional)
- $189,661
- Fundraising (functional)
- $539,367
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,745,604
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,143,223
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $243,177
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,900,046
- Publicly traded securities
- $626,861
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,081,902
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,818,144
- Gross receipts
- $4,751,861
- Employees
- 17
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 1999
- State of legal domicile
- DC
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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN P BEAVERS | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $184,494 | $40,098 |
| MARIA I VILLAMAR | DIR. OF FINANCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $164,718 | $20,417 |
| ANA FOLHADELLA | PHILANTHROPY & COMMS DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $126,470 | $15,390 |
| MATHEW FINER | DIR. OF MAAP & SEN. RESEARCH SPECIALIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $117,393 | $19,116 |
| MERYL COHEN | DIR. OF PROGRAMS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $115,870 | $14,934 |
| JAMES BRUMM | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE VOORHEES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| EDUARDO FORNO | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW WILCOX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROLYN HENDRICKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE BABBITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DOUG SARNO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIE ARANA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MANUEL PULGAR-VIDAL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALFREDO CAHUAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM SHEEHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CARLOS WIESE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY GOODIN | DIRECTOR, (FROM 09/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW BECK | DIRECTOR, (FROM 09/2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN P BEAVERS | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $165,845 | $42,509 |
| ANA FOLHADELLA | DIR PHILANTHROPY & COMMUNI Highest-paid employee | 40 | $120,448 | $10,986 |
| MATHEW FINER | DIR MAAP & SR.RESEARCH SPE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $110,660 | $18,013 |
| MERYL COHEN | DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $110,350 | $12,708 |
| JAMES BRUMM | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE VOORHEES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| EDUARDO FORNO | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW WILCOX | DIRECTOR (START 2/23) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROLYN HENDRICKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE BABBITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DOUG SARNO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIE ARANA | DIRECTOR (START 12/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MANUEL PULGAR-VIDAL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALFREDO CAHUAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM SHEEHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CARLOS WIESE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1025 CONNECTICUT AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-5405
- In care of
- % CLIFFORD CHANCE ROGERS & WELLS
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JOHN P BEAVERS, 1025 CONNECTICUT AVE NW 415, WASHINGTON, DC 20036
- Signed the 990
- JOHN P BEAVERS, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (202) 234-2356
- Website
- WWW.AMAZONCONSERVATION.ORG
- Return prepared by
- GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN
Mission
AMAZON CONSERVATION UNITES SCIENCE, PEOPLE, AND INNOVATION TO PROTECT THE AMAZON - THE GREATEST WILD FOREST ON EARTH. AS GUARDIANS OF THE MOST ICONIC FOREST ON THE PLANET, WE BRING TOGETHER THE POWER OF THE LATEST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND OUR CLOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENTS TO CREATE INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS THAT BALANCE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND NATURE.TO PROTECT SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST DIVERSE LANDSCAPES WE: PROTECT WILD PLACES BY SUPPORTING GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE CREATION AND LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF KEY PROTECTED AREAS AND THE WIDER LANDSCAPE; EMPOWER PEOPLE BY PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THEM TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FOREST BASED LIVELIHOODS AND PROTECT THEIR LANDS AND RESOURCES; AND PUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO WORK BY CARRYING OUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMAZONIAN CONSERVATIONISTS ROOTED IN OUR BIOLOGICAL STATIONS AND FIELD PROGRAMS IN THE ANDES-AMAZON.
Program accomplishments
- PROTECTING WILD PLACES - AMAZON CONSERVATION PROTECTS CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY ACROSS THE AMAZON BASIN BY HELPING CREATE, MANAGE, AND CONSERVE INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES AND PROTECTED AREAS; ENSURING LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY ESSENTIAL FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION; AND DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THREATS. TO DATE, OUR ALLIANCE HAS SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF 42 CONSERVATION AREAS PROTECTING MORE THAN 10.5 MILLION ACRES OF IRREPLACEABLE ECOSYSTEMS ACROSS PERU AND BOLIVIA. IN ADDITION, THROUGH OUR MONITORING OF THE ANDES AMAZON PROGRAM (MAAP) AND A NETWORK OF LOCAL PARTNERS ACROSS THE REGION, WE HELP MONITOR AND PROTECT THE GREATER AMAZON BASIN BY EMPLOYING STATE-OF-THE-ART SATELLITE IMAGERY, DRONES, MACHINE LEARNING, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES TO DETECT IN REAL TIME AND COMBAT ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION FROM MINING, LOGGING, RANCHING, AND AGRICULTURAL CLEARING ACROSS A RANGE OF PROTECTED AREAS AND INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES IN BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, AND PERU.Expenses $1,274,974 · grants $914,610
- PUTTING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO WORK - AMAZON CONSERVATION DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS USING CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. OUR ALLIANCE SISTER ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE WORLD-CLASS BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH STATIONS IN PERU AND BOLIVIA WHICH SERVE AS LIVING LABORATORIES TO CARRY OUT AND HOST ROBUST SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, FACILITATING LEARNING AND EDUCATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND CONSERVATIONISTS. BEYOND PIONEERING REAL-TIME FOREST CRIME DETECTION AND MONITORING, AMAZON CONSERVATION'S MAAP INTEGRATES THE LATEST ADVANCES IN SATELLITE-BASED TECHNOLOGIES, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND MACHINE LEARNING TO PROVIDE REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON AMAZON-WIDE THREATS. MAAP ALSO PROVIDES GOVERNMENTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH CRITICAL MONITORING, ANALYSIS, AND POLICY SUPPORT ON ROADS, FIRES, CARBON, CLIMATE, AND OTHER MAJOR THEMES SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE INFORMED ACTION TO AVOID REACHING THE AMAZON'S TIPPING POINT. FURTHER BIODIVERSITY HEALTH MONITORING IS SUPPORTED BY THE TROPICS' LARGEST CAMERA TRAP GRID IN BOLIVIA AND PERU; AN INNOVATIVE AMAZONIAN FRUITS AND CLIMATE CHANGE OBSERVATORY THAT PROVIDES LOCAL PRODUCERS AND DECISION-MAKERS IN BOLIVIA WITH DATA ON SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION FROM THEIR FORESTS; AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING PLATFORMS THAT ENABLE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND GOVERNMENTS TO DETECT AND RESPOND TO FOREST CRIMES WITHIN MOMENTS, RATHER THAN YEARS, FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING FOREST PROTECTION EFFORTS ACROSS THE BASIN.Expenses $1,111,099 · grants $404,609
- EMPOWERING PEOPLE - AMAZON CONSERVATION EMPOWERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THROUGH OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE FOREST-BASED ECONOMY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR THE REGION. ALONG WITH THESE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS NEEDED TO STOP DEFORESTATION, ESPECIALLY ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION, TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES. WITH SUPPORT FROM SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS SINCE OUR INCEPTION 25 YEARS AGO, AMAZON CONSERVATION AND OUR ALLIANCE SISTER ORGANIZATIONS IN PERU AND BOLIVIA HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARD ESTABLISHING A SUSTAINABLE, CLIMATE-RESILIENT, FOREST-BASED ECONOMY ACROSS 37 MILLION ACRES IN THE AMAZON. BY SUPPORTING DOZENS OF PRODUCER ASSOCIATIONS IN SCALING UP THE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, MARKETING, AND SALES OF MAJOR FOREST PRODUCTS LIKE AA BERRIES AND BRAZIL NUTS, WE CREATE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO DESTRUCTIVE PRACTICES LIKE SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE AND MINING. WE CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THIS WORK THROUGH DIVERSIFYING PRODUCTION WITH OTHER FOREST-BASED PRODUCTS, CREATING NEW MARKET CONNECTIONS, AND EXPANDING TO OTHER REGIONS, INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORING STATE OF ACRE IN BRAZIL.PRESENTLY IN FIVE COUNTRIES ACROSS THE AMAZON, WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES, FELLOW CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO PROTECT THEIR LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. WITH A FOCUS ON HALTING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, WE PROVIDE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND GOVERNMENTS WITH REAL-TIME INFORMATION ON DEFORESTATION CAUSED BY ILLEGAL GOLD MINING, LOGGING, AND OTHER DRIVERS. IN ORDER TO ENABLE RAPID AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSES, WE ARE BUILDING THE CAPACITY ACROSS A COALITION OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION, ENGAGE GOVERNMENT, AND ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED POLICIES AND PROTECTION OF THE REGION'S FORESTS AND WATERS.Expenses $764,973 · grants $404,609
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.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-2211305
- 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
- 2000
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C320)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,143,223
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,751,861
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $4,751,861 | $3,880,074 | $4,143,223 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,269,591 | $3,483,647 | $3,745,604 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $4,424,427 | $3,622,494 | $3,778,335 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 52-2211305).
Questions about AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION is 52-2211305.
- Is AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2000.
- Are donations to AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 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 AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 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 AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 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 AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JOHN P BEAVERS.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 19 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $184,494 (JOHN P BEAVERS, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $4,751,861, expenses of $3,880,074 and total assets of $4,143,223 at year end.
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