2023-10-31T13:20:41-05:00 2022-12-31 390919055 RITZ HOLMAN LLP 330 E KILBOURN AVE SUITE 550 MILWAUKEE WI 53202 990 2022-01-01 472592641 AFRICAN AQUATIC CONSERVATION FUND INC AFRI 4142028705 495 SOUTH ROAD CHILMARK MA 02535 LUCY KEITH DIAGNE EXECUTIVE DIR. 4142028705 2023-10-31 1 LUCY KEITH DIAGNE 999009999 0 ANDREW C HOLMAN P00014720 4142711451 2023-10-30 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ANDREW HOLMAN 495 SOUTH ROAD CHILMARK MA 02535 834495 0 X WWW.AFRICANAQUATICCONSERVATION.ORG X 2015 MA THROUGH FOCUSED RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION ACTIONS, THE AFRICAN AQUATIC CONSERVATION FUND IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN MANATEES, TURTLES, AND OTHER AQUATIC WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. WE WORK IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL PEOPLE, SCIENTISTS, GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH WILDLIFE AND HUMANS. 9 5 0 11 0 0 300792 800496 0 33999 0 0 4479 0 305271 834495 0 0 0 0 100652 60992 0 0 0 180840 619153 281492 680145 23779 154350 111345 269360 10080 13746 101265 255614 X THROUGH FOCUSED RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION ACTIONS, THE AFRICAN AQUATIC CONSERVATION FUND IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN MANATEES, TURTLES, AND OTHER AQUATIC WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. WE WORK IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL PEOPLE, SCIENTISTS, GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH WILDLIFE AND HUMANS. 0 0 101290 THE AFRICAN MANATEE PROGRAM LEADER SUPERVISED FOUR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND 13 TRAINEES FROM FIVE COUNTRIES AND CONDUCTED FIELDWORK PROGRAMS IN SENEGAL AND GUINEA. ONE AFRICAN MANATEE CARCASS WAS RECOVERED AND SAMPLED (SENEGAL). AFRICAN MANATEE GENETICS, FEEDING ECOLOGY, AND AGE DETERMINATION STUDIES CONTINUED WITH COLLABORATORS FROM SIX AFRICAN COUNTRIES. WE LED EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN EIGHT SCHOOLS IN JOAL, SENEGAL THAT REACHED ALMOST 2000 STUDENTS. THE PI AND COLLABORATORS PUBLISHED FOUR BOOK CHAPTERS AND ONE SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPT. AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPTS AND FOUR BOOK CHAPTERS ARE IN PREPARATION. 360422 THE WEST AFRICAN SEA TURTLE PROGRAM LED PROJECTS IN GABON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA AND COTE D'IVOIRE. IN GABON WE CONTINUED TO COORDINATE THE GABON SEA TURTLE PARTNERSHIP, A NETWORK OF PROJECTS TO PROTECT SEA TURTLES AND THEIR HABITAT THROUGH BEACH SURVEILLANCE, RESEARCH, THREAT REDUCTION, CAPACITY-BUILDING AND OUTREACH. WE CONTINUED ANALYSIS OF THE LONG-TERM NATIONAL DATABASE OF NESTING ACTIVITIES FOR IMMINENT PUBLICATION. IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA WE CONTINUED TO MONITOR SEA TURTLE THREATS AND CONDUCTED A NATIONAL AWARENESS-RAISING CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS COMPLETING A MANUSCRIPT ON THE INTER AND POST-NESTING BEHAVIOUR OF LEATHERBACK FEMALES BASED ON SATELLITE TELEMETRY. IN COTE D'IVOIRE WE CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO MONITOR AND PROTECT 50 KM OF NESTING BEACHES AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION INITIATIVES. WE WERE ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNTRY'S FIRST MARINE PROTECTED AREA. WE PUBLISHED 5 PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPTS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS, RANGING FROM CONGO'S POPULATION TRENDS, TO OLIVE RIDLEY GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, TO GABON'S GROUND-BREAKING MARINE POLICIES. 84378 THE AFRICAN CHELONIAN INSTITUTE LED SURVEYS TO DOCUMENT SEA TURTLE POACHING AND BYCATCH IN MBODIENE AND JOAL, SENEGAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JOAL-FADIOUTH MARINE PROTECTED AREA. A NEW PROJECT TO DOCUMENT A RARE FRESHWATER TURTLE SPECIES BEGAN IN SOUTHEASTERN SENEGAL AND INCLUDED INTERVIEWS AND FIELD SURVEYS. ACI HELD THE FIRST NATIONAL SEA TURTLE AWARENESS DAYS FOR SENEGAL; A FIVE-DAY EVENT INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS, A SKIT AND BEACH CLEAN UPS. IT WAS ATTENDED BY 1500 STUDENTS PLUS OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN JOAL. SEA TURTLE NESTS IN NGAZOBIL WERE MONITORED; 25 NESTS WERE DOCUMENTED. WORK BEGAN FOR THE FOREST TORTOISE REINTRODUCTION PROJECT IN COTE D'IVOIRE WITH BUILDING AN ENCLOSURE AND INTRODUCING 21 CONFISCATED TORTOISES INTO IT AT AZAGNY NATIONAL PARK. THE INAUGURAL AFRICAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM A REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR AFRICAN TORTOISES AND FRESHWATER TURTLES BIOLOGY & CONSERVATION HAS BEEN ORGANIZED AND 12 TRAINEES FROM 6 WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED. A TEMPORARY TURTLE FACILITY WAS MAINTAINED IN NGAZOBIL AS WELL. ACI STAFF PUBLISHED TWO SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND MANY MORE POPULAR MAGAZINE ARTICLES. 92644 THE AFRICAN CETACEANS PROGRAM LED PROJECTS IN MADAGASCAR AND SENEGAL. IN SENEGAL, WE CONTINUED A STUDY OF ATLANTIC HUMPBACK DOLPHINS WITH PHOTO IDENTIFICATION SURVEYS THROUGHOUT DELTA SALOUM, DEPLOYMENT/RECOVERY/DOWNLOADING OF FOUR ACOUSTIC RECORDERS, AND TRAINED THREE RESEARCHERS FROM MAURITANIA, NIGERIA AND CAMEROON. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUED A PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING PROGRAM FOR WHALES OFF DAKAR STARTED IN JUNE 2021 WITH THE RECOVERY/REDEPLOYMENT OF A RECORDING IN JULY 2022. IN MADAGASCAR, EXISTING ACOUSTIC MONITORING RECORDERS AT THREE SITES ALONG THE WEST COAST INCLUDING NOSY BE, MAHAJANGA AND TOLIARA WERE RECOVERED AND REDEPLOYED, AND A DEPLOYMENBT WAS CONDUCTED AT A NEW SITE IN THE SOUTHEAST, OFF FORT DAUPHIN. IN JUNE 2022, WE CONDUCTED OFFSHORE SURVEYS FOR BLUE WHALES IN THE WATERS OFF NOSY BE WHERE ACOUSTIC MONITORING HAS DETECTED MULTIPLE POPULATIONS. THE PI PUBLISHED 5 BOOK CHAPTERS, 2 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS, AND 2 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (IWC). 3672 THE SENEGAL STRANDING NETWORK CONDUCTED THREE COASTAL STRANDING SURVEYS, AS WELL AS RESPONDING TO CARCASSES OUTSIDE OF SURVEYS. WE DOCUMENTED 49 STRANDED CETACEANS AND 61 STRANDED SEA TURTLES (ALL WERE SAMPLED FOR GENETICS, TAXONOMY AND OTHER DATA COLLECTION). WE PARTNERED WITH COLLEAGUES FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOR CETACEAN TAXONOMY AND GENETICS STUDIES. WE ALSO ANALYZED STRANDING DATA COLLECTED SINCE 2014 TO BEGIN WRITING A MANUSCRIPT FOR SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION. 96316 642406 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 X ANDREW HOLMAN 4142711451 330 E KILBOURN SUITE 550 MILWAUKEE WI 53202 DR LUCY KEITH DIAGNE EXECUTIVE DIR. 40.00 X X 40000 0 0 DR ANDERS RHODIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TOMAS DIAGNE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLE ADIMEY TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW HOLMAN PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 SALVATORE CERCHIO DIRECTOR 40.00 X 15500 0 0 MICHELE FINN SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BERTRAND LAURENT DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 55500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 495740 304756 800496 REIMBURSEMENTS 900099 33999 33999 33999 834495 33999 0 0 X 55500 47500 8000 5492 4750 742 1314 1314 24976 24976 6232 6232 8590 8590 33509 33509 2637 2637 SUB-GRANT EXPENSE 188834 188834 OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS 119225 119225 LODGING/FOOD 57862 57862 FIELD SUPPLIES/EQUIPMEN 50114 50114 125860 104409 21451 680145 642406 37739 0 110646 239204 699 0 30156 111345 269360 10080 13746 10080 13746 X 23777 148631 77488 106983 101265 255614 111345 269360 X 154350 -1 X 0 0 0 X 183216 92565 130865 300792 765601 1473039 183216 92565 130865 300792 765601 1473039 64482 1408557 21 31 10 4477 4539 601 5 775 33999 35380 1512958 0.93100 0.82330 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 ADVANCES 30156 30156 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, 3 4 PROGRAM SERVICES CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH 680145 3 4 0 0 3 4 680145 0 680145 STIPEND STIPENDS 14 24976 CHECK OR CURRENCY ACTUAL VALUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: PAYMENT OF STIPENDS AND REIMBURSEMENTS BASED ON DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD: FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 LUCY KEITH DIAGNE AND TOMAS DIAGNE ARE MARRIED FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD REVIEWS THE 990 BEFORE SUBMISSION FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPARABILITY DATA IS USED TO REVIEW ANY CHANGES TO SALARY FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24E ACI PERSONNEL COSTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 24,899. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 24,899. SURVEYS/CAPTURES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 21,541. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 21,541. VEHICLE EXPENSES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 18,868. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 18,868. OTHER EXPENSE: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 641. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 17,848. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 18,489. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 15,499. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 15,499. ACI FACILITY COSTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 13,303. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 13,303. REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 4,412. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 4,412. BANK & CC FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 3,603. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,603. POSTAGE/SHIPPING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 3,417. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,417. COMMUNICATIONS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 977. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 977. PRINTING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 852. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 852. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: ROUNDING -1.