Nonprofit · EIN 81-0621147
FRIENDS OF THE OSA
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20005
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $13,421,883 | $3,662,870 | $9,759,013 | $25,570,535 | $84,283 | $25,486,252 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,834,735 | $4,331,242 | -$496,507 | $15,918,219 | $191,444 | $15,726,775 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $13,143,248
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $278,635
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$584
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $2,886,999
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $106,417
- Other salaries and wages
- $240,746
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $386,014
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $27,920
- Occupancy
- $2,790
- Travel
- $85,667
- Program services (functional)
- $3,370,690
- Management and general (functional)
- $209,354
- Fundraising (functional)
- $82,826
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $15,918,219
- Total assets, end of year
- $25,570,535
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $84,283
- Net assets, end of year
- $25,486,252
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $12,518,081
- Publicly traded securities
- $4,304,527
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $20,506,853
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,979,399
- Gross receipts
- $52,789,954
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 43
- Year formed
- 2002
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR ANDREW WHITWORTH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $71,084 |
| MELISSA AUBERT | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 20 | $35,333 |
| ERIN LEBBIN | CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| WILL NESBITT | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FEDERICO CASTRO KAHLE MBA | SECRETARY UNTIL FEBRUARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BILL ABRAHAM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ESTEBAN BRENES-MORA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DENNIS TROPER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEAN ANDRE GARNIER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELISSA AUBERT | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 20 | $0 | $42,949 |
| DR ANDREW WHITWORTH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 | $41,012 |
| ERIN LEBBIN | CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILL NESBITT | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FEDERICO CASTRO KAHLE MBA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BILL ABRAHAM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ESTEBAN BRENES-MORA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GLORIANA MEJIA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS TROPER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RODOLFO TREJOS | MEMBER-AT-LARGE UNTIL JULY 2023 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1300 I ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005-3314
- In care of
- % JENNIFER CRUZ
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ERIN LEBBIN, 1300 I STREET NW SUITE 400E 9985, WASHINGTON, DC 20005
- Signed the 990
- ERIN LEBBIN, CHAIRMAN
- Phone
- (202) 765-2266
- Website
- WWW.OSACONSERVATION.ORG
- Return prepared by
- JM&M
Mission
TO PROMOTE LAND STEWARDSHIP, TO ENHANCE THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS AND APPLY LEARNING TO CONSERVATION, TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES LIVING ON THE OSA.
Program accomplishments
- CONSERVATION SCIENCE - CONSERVATION SCIENCE IS MADE UP OF SIX DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT SCIENCE AND RESEARCH OF TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS AND LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OF THE OSA. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE EXTENSIVE MONITORING OF SEA TURTLES, ENDEMIC BIRDS, MONKEYS, REPTILES AND MAMMALS, AND PROVIDE A RESEARCH FACILITY FOR SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS TO STUDY THE OSA'S ECOSYSTEMS AND CONDUCT RESEARCH. RIDGE TO REEF RESTORATION & REGENERATIVE FARMING - THIS PROGRAM RESTORES LANDSCAPES ACROSS THE REGION, ENGAGING HUNDREDS OF LOCAL LANDOWNERS THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND TREE PLANTING INITIATIVES. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON RARE, THREATENED AND NATIVE SPECIES, AND BUILDS CAPACITY THROUGHOUT COMMUNITIES VIA EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT WITH A GOAL OF BUILDING MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE.MANGROVE RESTORATION - THIS PROGRAM WORKS DIRECTLY WITH MULTIPLE LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO RESTORE THE TERRABA SIERPE NATIONAL WETLAND, COSTA RICA'S LARGEST PROTECTED MANGROVE SYSTEM. THIS PROGRAM INCORPORATES WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING, CAPACITY BUILDING, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT, AND DIRECT RESTORATION.WILDLIFE MONITORING - THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND PROTECT WILDLIFE THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE PROGRAM UTILIZES CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO MONITOR WILDLIFE INCLUDING ARBOREAL SPECIES, BIRDS, BATS, DUNG BEETLES, CATS, AND MORE.MOVEMENT ECOLOGY - THIS PROGRAM PUSHES THE SCIENTIFIC FRONTIER OF ANIMAL MOVEMENT ECOLOGY WITH THE GOAL OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING MOVEMENT PATTERNS FOR KEY SPECIES, INCLUDING NUMEROUS VULTURE SPECIES, JAGUARS, OCELOTS, AND THE BAIRD'S TAPIR. THE PROGRAM IS SCIENTIFICALLY DRIVEN WITH A CONSERVATION IMPACT.SEA TURTLE PROTECTION - THIS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE REGION'S NESTING SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS. WORKING PRIMARILY ON LAND, THE PROGRAM BOLSTERS ITS HATCHING SUCCESS RATE WHILE EDUCATING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ON HOW TO COEXIST WITH WILDLIFE ON SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES.MARINE CONSERVATION - THIS PROGRAM WORKS TO PROTECT THE BIOLOGICALLY CRITICAL SEASCAPE OF THE GOLFO DULCE AND SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS. THROUGH RESEARCH, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, AND STRATEGIC PLANNING, THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE OCEAN SO MARINE WILDLIFE CAN THRIVE.Expenses $1,646,807 · grants $1,414,629
- LAND STEWARDSHIP - THIS PROGRAM ENGAGES IN THE PURCHASE OF INTACT RAINFOREST LAND THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE SOLD FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD DESTROY THE FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES AN EXTENSIVE REFORESTATION EFFORT THAT WILL RESTORE THE LAND WITH NATIVE TREES, IDENTIFICATION AND CULTIVATION OF NATIVE TREE SPECIES, AND THE CREATION OF AN INTERACTIVE TRAIL SYSTEM. THIS PROGRAM ALSO STRIVES TO PROTECT THE AREA FROM CONTINUED AND GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS.Expenses $1,190,739 · grants $1,039,320
- COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND CITIZEN SCIENCE - THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR EFFORT TO PROTECT WILDLIFE AND ENGAGE THE OSA COMMUNITIES IN IMPROVING THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS; AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH TRAINING AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO PROTECT THE ECOSYSTEMS.RIDGE TO REEF YOUTH CLUB - THIS PROGRAM ENGAGES HUNDREDS OF THE NATION'S MOST RURAL AND IMPOVERISHED YOUTH WITH THE GOAL OF IMMERSING THEM IN NATURE. THROUGH HANDS-ON FIELD TRIPS IN A PLETHORA OF ECOSYSTEMS, STUDENTS ARE EDUCATED AND EMPOWERED TO PROTECT THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES.Expenses $533,144 · grants $433,050
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
- 81-0621147
- 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
- 2003
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $25,570,535
- Income (IRS master file)
- $52,789,954
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $13,421,883 | $3,662,870 | $25,570,535 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,834,735 | $4,331,242 | $15,918,219 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $5,710,921 | $2,631,811 | $16,256,683 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 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 81-0621147).
Questions about FRIENDS OF THE OSA
- What is the EIN of FRIENDS OF THE OSA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FRIENDS OF THE OSA is 81-0621147.
- Is FRIENDS OF THE OSA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2003.
- Are donations to FRIENDS OF THE OSA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FRIENDS OF THE OSA 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 FRIENDS OF THE OSA 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 FRIENDS OF THE OSA 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 FRIENDS OF THE OSA?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ERIN LEBBIN.
- Who are the officers and directors of FRIENDS OF THE OSA?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 9 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $71,084 (DR ANDREW WHITWORTH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does FRIENDS OF THE OSA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $13,421,883, expenses of $3,662,870 and total assets of $25,570,535 at year end.
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