JUNGLEKEEPERS

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, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

428 HAPEMAN HILL RD, RED HOOK, NY 12571-2371

In care of

% GERALD WEINBERG PC

Mailing address (990-N for 2022)

428 HAPEMAN HILL RD, Red Hook NY 12571

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

MOHSIN KAZMI, 428 HAPEMAN HILL ROAD, RED HOOK, NY 12571

Principal officer (990-N for 2022)

Stephane Thomas, 19500 pruneridge ave, Cupertino CA 95014

Signed the 990

MOHSIN KAZMI, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Phone

(415) 707-9844

Website

https://www.junglekeepers.org

Return prepared by

CERINI & ASSOCIATES LLP

Mission

AS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, JUNGLEKEEPERS IS PROUD TO PRESENT A DESCRIPTION HIGHLIGHTING OUR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON. OUR INITIATIVES ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION TO PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY, SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND COMBAT DEFORESTATION AND ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING.

Program accomplishments

• LAND PROTECTION (INCLUDING RANGER PROGRAM)JUNGLEKEEPERS DEPLOYS A FULL-TIME RANGER FORCE TO ACTIVELY PATROL, MONITOR, AND DEFEND ITS PROTECTED CONCESSIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL LOGGING, GOLD MINING, LAND INVASION, NARCO-TRAFFICKING, AND ROAD INCURSION IN THE MADRE DE DIOS REGION OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION GREW A TEAM FROM APPROXIMATELY 12 RANGERS TO OVER 30 RANGERS, RECRUITED FROM LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORTED BY PERSONNEL WITH MILITARY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUNDS, WORKING OUT OF THREE MAIN RANGER STATIONS AND MULTIPLE REMOTE OUTPOSTS ALONG THE LAS PIEDRAS RIVER. RANGERS CONDUCT FOOT AND RIVER PATROLS COVERING HUNDREDS OF MILES PER YEAR, OPERATE DRONE SURVEILLANCE, DEPLOY CAMERA TRAP GRIDS, AND USE SMART PATROL REPORTING SOFTWARE TO TRACK THREAT PATTERNS AND GENERATE DATA-DRIVEN PATROL COVERAGE. WHEN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IS DETECTED, RANGERS COORDINATE WITH PERU'S GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES FOR REMEDIATION, INCLUDING CLOSURE OF ILLEGAL ROADS, AND EVICTION OF ILLEGALS. MEMBERS FROM PARTNER INDIGNEOUS COMMUNITIES, SERVE AS TRAINED "COMMUNITY GUARDS," EXTENDING THE MONITORING NETWORK AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL OWNERSHIP OF CONSERVATION OUTCOMES. THE RANGER PROGRAM ALSO MAINTAINS A PROTECTIVE BUFFER ZONE AROUND THE TERRITORY OF THE NOMOLE (MASHCO PIRO), AN UNCONTACTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE REGION, COORDINATING WITH FENAMAD AND PERU'S MINISTRY OF CULTURE ON PROTOCOLS TO PREVENT DANGEROUS CONTACT.
  Expenses $1,049,556
• LAND ACQUISITIONJUNGLEKEEPERS ACQUIRES CONCESSIONS AND LAND TITLES IN PERU'S MADRE DE DIOS REGION TO PERMANENTLY PROTECT HIGH-PRIORITY AMAZON RAINFOREST ALONG THE LAS PIEDRAS RIVER CORRIDOR. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS THROUGH ITS PERUVIAN ENTITY, LED BY INDIGENOUS CONSERVATIONISTS, TO SECURE CONCESSIONS MOSTLY BY PURCHASING EXISTING CONCESSIONS FROM PRIVATE HOLDERS, CONVERTING TIMBER AND AGRICULTURAL CONCESSIONS INTO PERMANENT CONSERVATION AREAS. BY SECURING OWNERSHIP OF THESE CRITICAL AREAS, JUNGLEKEEPERS EFFECTIVELY SHIELD THEM FROM THE THREAT OF DEFORESTATION AND ENCROACHMENT, PRESERVING VITAL HABITATS FOR COUNTLESS SPECIES OF PLANTS, ANIMALS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES SOME OF WHICH REMAIN IN VOLUNTARY ISOLATION. IN 2025, JUNGLEKEEPERS CONTINUED EXPANDING ITS PROTECTED FOOTPRINT, HAVING GROWN FROM APPROXIMATELY 99,000 ACRES IN 2024 TO OVER 135,000 ACRES BY THE END OF 2025. ALL ACQUISITIONS ARE CONDUCTED WITH RIGOROUS DUE DILIGENCE, INCLUDING LAND STATUS VERIFICATION AND CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL INDIGENOUS LEADERS TO ENSURE NO CONFLICT WITH COMMUNITY TERRITORIES. THIS PROGRAM FORMS THE LEGAL BACKBONE OF THE TARGETED 300,000-ACRE CORRIDOR TO HELP CONNECT MANU NATIONAL PARK, ALTO PURUS NATIONAL PARK, AND THE TAMBOPATA RESERVE.
  Expenses $1,501,559
• BRAZIL NUTSJUNGLEKEEPERS OPERATES A SUSTAINABLE BRAZIL NUT HARVESTING PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAS PIEDRAS RIVER, PROVIDING DIRECT INCOME TO COMMUNITY FAMILIES WHILE CREATING A POWERFUL ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO KEEP THE FOREST STANDING INTACT. BRAZIL NUT TREES (BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA) ARE A KEYSTONE AMAZONIAN SPECIES THAT ONLY REPRODUCE IN PRIMARY, UNDISTURBED FOREST, MAKING THE PROGRAM A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN COMMUNITY LIVELIHOODS AND FOREST CONSERVATION. JUNGLEKEEPERS COORDINATES THE HARVEST OF BRAZIL NUTS ON ITS OWN CONCESSIONS, ASSISTS WITH LOGISTICS ALONG THE RIVER CORRIDOR, AND SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES BY HIRING LOCALS DIRECTLY, SUPPORTING THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND THEIR OWN PRODUCTION. BY INTEGRATING CONTROLLED, SUSTAINABLE NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT HARVESTING INTO THE CONSERVATION CONCESSION MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES THAT INTACT RAINFOREST HAS MEASURABLE ECONOMIC VALUE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN IT.
  Expenses $47,000
• 1. AMAZON SHELTERAMAZON SHELTER IS DEDICATED TO RESCUING AND REHABILITATING WOUNDED AND ORPHANED ANIMALS AFFECTED BY THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF LOGGING, GOLD MINING, AND ROAD EXPANSION IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST. THE SHELTER PROVIDES CRITICAL CARE TO ANIMALS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE FACE CERTAIN DEATH OR CAPTIVITY, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON SPECIES SUCH AS HOWLER MONKEYS, SPIDER MONKEYS, AND OTHER NATIVE WILDLIFE. IN 2025, JUNGLEKEEPERS SUPPORTED AMAZON SHELTER BY FUNDING ITS OPERATIONAL COSTS, HELPING TO BUILD AND ESTABLISH ITS FIRST-EVER ON-SITE VETERINARY CLINIC, AND COORDINATING VOLUNTEER OUTREACH TO EXPAND THE SHELTER'S CAPACITY TO CARE FOR INJURED AND ORPHANED ANIMALS. THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, JUNGLEKEEPERS AIMS TO ENHANCE THE SHELTER'S ABILITY TO REHABILITATE AND EVENTUALLY REINTRODUCE ANIMALS BACK INTO THEIR NATURAL HABITATS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF THE AMAZON ECOSYSTEM.EXPENSES: $33,0002. COCINANDO Y CONSERVANDOCOCINANDO Y CONSERVANDO ("COOKING AND CONSERVING") IS A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM RUN BY JUNGLEKEEPERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAS PIEDRAS RIVER. THE PROGRAM USES SUSTAINABLE COOKING WORKSHOPS, NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION, AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY WOMEN AND YOUTH, IN CONSERVATION VALUES ROOTED IN THEIR OWN TRADITIONS AND FOREST-BASED FOOD SYSTEMS. QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS ADDRESS FOOD PREPARATION USING SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED FOREST PRODUCTS, REINFORCE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY NUTRITION, AND SUPPORT THE TRANSMISSION OF TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE FROM ELDERS TO YOUNGER GENERATIONS. THE PROGRAM COMPLEMENTS JUNGLEKEEPERS' BROADER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MODEL, IN WHICH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE NOT PASSIVE BENEFICIARIES BUT ACTIVE CO-CREATORS OF CONSERVATION STRATEGY. COCINANDO Y CONSERVANDO HELPS BUILD LASTING COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN PROTECTING THE RAINFOREST AS A LIVING RESOURCE AND CULTURAL HOMELAND.EXPENSES: $8,0003.CONSERVATION STORYTELLING AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMTHE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND DRIVE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR JUNGLEKEEPERS' CONSERVATION INITIATIVES. THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES CREATING COMPELLING STORIES ABOUT OUR WORK, THE ECOSYSTEMS WE PROTECT, AND THE SPECIES WE SAFEGUARD, MOSTLY VIA VIDEO. THESE STORIES HIGHLIGHT THE URGENCY OF OUR MISSION, THE IMPACT OF OUR EFFORTS, AND THE CRITICAL NEED FOR SUPPORT. JUNGLEKEEPERS UTILIZES THESE MEDIA ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR WEBSITE, AND TARGETED CAMPAIGNS, TO ENGAGE DONORS, PARTNERS, AND THE PUBLIC. THE GOAL IS TO INSPIRE ACTION, ATTRACT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND EXPAND OUR NETWORK OF ADVOCATES. BY STRATEGICALLY DISTRIBUTING THIS CONTENT, WE AIM TO INCREASE VISIBILITY FOR THE LAS PIEDRAS CORRIDOR AND OUR ONGOING CONSERVATION WORK, ENSURING THAT OUR MESSAGE REACHES A BROAD AUDIENCE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT.EXPENSES: $200,250
  Expenses $241,250

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

88-1863507

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

2022

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Human services (P12)

Assets (IRS master file)

$2,280,963

Income (IRS master file)

$4,801,807

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 88-1863507).

Questions about JUNGLEKEEPERS

What is the EIN of JUNGLEKEEPERS?

The employer identification number (EIN) of JUNGLEKEEPERS is 88-1863507.

Is JUNGLEKEEPERS tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2022.

Are donations to JUNGLEKEEPERS tax-deductible?

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

Which annual return does JUNGLEKEEPERS 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 JUNGLEKEEPERS due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did JUNGLEKEEPERS last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of JUNGLEKEEPERS?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names MOHSIN KAZMI.

Who are the officers and directors of JUNGLEKEEPERS?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 3 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $91,125 (PAUL ROSOLIE, CHAIRMAN/CHIEF PHILANTHROP).

How much revenue does JUNGLEKEEPERS have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,801,807, expenses of $3,391,355 and total assets of $2,280,963 at year end.

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