2024-11-13T11:16:30-06:00 2023-12-31 463330935 AVENSON HAMANN CPAS LLP 7421 BURNET ROAD 522 AUSTIN TX 78757 990 2023-01-01 455494919 GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION GREA 9176083589 165 CAT ROCK LANE JUPITER FL 33458 JACQUELINE USHER TREASURER 9176083589 2024-11-13 1 0 KARA HAMANN P00268440 5126939131 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JACQUELINE USHER 165 CAT ROCK LANE JUPITER FL 33458 4085059 0 X GREATPLAINSFOUNDATION.COM X 2012 DE TO CONSERVE AND EXPAND NATURAL HABITATS IN AFRICA THROUGH INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION INITIATIVES WITH A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 4 2 1 20 0 0 1288152 2818894 1959715 1199283 2850 35033 193 10471 3250910 4063681 386722 874587 0 0 46800 78510 46655 49165 52709 2533975 1867057 3014152 2869319 236758 1194362 4546737 6086203 486354 407458 4060383 5678745 X TO CONSERVE AND EXPAND NATURAL HABITATS IN AFRICA THROUGH INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION INITIATIVES WITH A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 0 0 968303 17150 PROJECT REWILD IS FOCUSED ON THE TRANSLOCATION OF WILDLIFE INTO THE LOWER ZAMBEZI VALLEY, WHERE DUE TO HISTORIC POACHING, WILDLIFE NUMBERS DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY. IN 2022 WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST EFFORT TO TRANSLOCATE ELEPHANTS ON A LARGE SCALE, WITH 101 ELEPHANTS ARE NOW FREE IN THE SAPI RESERVE. WITHIN EACH GROUP WE COLLARED EACH HERD MATRIARCH, NOT ONLY TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS BUT ALSO TO RESEARCH, LEARN AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AROUND SUCCESSFUL ELEPHANT TRANSLOCATIONS. WE ARE DEVELOPING MAPPING OF ELEPHANT RANGES NOW TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ELEPHANTS IN A REWILDING PROGRAM ON A VERY LARGE SCALE. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESEARCH CAMP AND SECURITY AND MONITORING CAMP WITHIN THE 132,000 HECTARE AREA. 428998 RHINOS WITHOUT BORDERS HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE RELOCATION OF 87 RHINOS FROM SOUTH AFRICA INTO THE BOTSWANA WILDERNESS. THERE ARE 3 CORE BREEDING HERDS AND OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS 68 NEW CALVES HAVE BEEN BORN. THE PROGRAM COVERS THE FULL COST OF PRETRANSLOCATION QUARANTINE COSTS AND ALL LICENSING COSTS, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, RELEASE COSTS, AND POST-RELEASE SECURITY AND MONITORING. THE FOUNDATION COVERS THEC OSTS OF TWO MONITORING TEAMS WHO ARE BASED CLSOE TO THE BREEDING HERDS, THE COSTS OFA CENTRAL MONITORING STATION, TELEMETRY EQUIPMENT, AND SATELITE TRACKING OF THE RHINOS. THIS HAS ENSURED THAT THE HERDS ARE MANAGED AND RELOCATED AWAY FROM HIGH-RISK AREAS. POACHING RISK HAS RISEN IN THE LAST YEAR IN BOTSWANA AND THE CONSTANT ON THE GROUND MONITORING COMBINED WITH AERIAL OBSERVATION AND SATELITE TRACKING HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE THREAT. MONITORING TEAMS CONSISTENTLY ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE ON THE BENEFITS OF A DIVERSE WILDLIFE POPULATION AND THE COMMERICIAL BENEFITS WHICH FLOW FROM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TOURISM SECTOR. 235638 AS OUR WORK WITH PROJECT RANGER HAS MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, CONSERVATION AREAS NEED BOOTS (AND EYES AND EARS) ON THE GROUND. AT THE SAME TIME, A CENTRAL MISSION WITHIN THE FOUNDATION IS EMPOWERING WOMEN. THESE WERE THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND THE FOUNDATION'S FEMALE RANGER UNITS. THESE ALL-FEMALE UNITS WILL ACT AS NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORS, GATHERING ESSENTIAL DATA ABOUT THE AREAS THEY PATROL AND WILL ACT AS EARLY DETECTION FORCES AGAINST ILLEGAL WILDLIFE CRIME. HIRING FEMALE WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORS BUILDS THEIR CAPACITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND EMPOWERS THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT. THE FOUNDATION'S FEMALE RANGER UNITS ALSO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO SHIFT GENDER STEREOTYPES, EMPOWER VULNERABLE WOMEN, AND ESTABLISH STRONG FEMALE ROLE MODELS FOR YOUNG GIRLS. THE LONGTERM CONSERVATION IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT IS EQUALLY POWERFUL; FEMALE RANGERS WILL HELP FOSTER THE COMMUNITY BUY-IN NECESSARY TO PRESERVE AFRICA'S MOST PRECIOUS BIODIVERSITY. WE EMPLOY A TEAM OF 20 FEMALE RANGERS/BIODIVERSITY MONITORS ACROSS BOTSWANA AND ZIMBABWE AND THE TEAM CONTINUES TO GROW. 1027536 857437 1199283 GREAT PLAINS' ON-GOING AND HISTORICAL WORK ON ELEPHANTS HAS EMPHASIZED PRESERVING LAND AND MIGRATORY CORRIDORS. THIS HAS INCLUDED AREAS LIEK THE MBIRIKANI GROUP RANCH, HOME TO GREAT PLAINS' OL DONYO LODGE AND SOME OF KENYA'S LAST SUPER TUSKERS AS WELL AS THE SELINDA RESERVE IN BOTSWANA WHERE GREAT PLAINS ENDED HUNTING NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO. OUR PROJECT RANGER GRANTEES ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT ELEPHANTS ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND IT IS TIME FOR US TO DO WHAT WE CAN FOR ELEPHANTS IN OTEHR REGIONS AS WELL. IN 2022, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST EFFORT TO TRANSLOCATE ELEPHANTS ONA LARGE SCALE, STARTING IN ZIMBABWE. 101 ELEPHANTS ARE NOW FREE IN THE SAPI RESERVE, WITH A COLLAR ON EACH HERD MATRIARCH, GIVING US AN UPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS BUT ALSO TO RESEARCH, LEARN AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AROUND SUCCESSFUL ELEPHANT TRANSLOCATIONS. WE ARE DEVELOPING MAPPING OF ELEPHANT RANGES NOW TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAN ACCOMODATE ELEPHANTS IN A REWILDING PROGRAM ON A VERY LARGE SCALE.PROJECT RANGER BEGAN IN 2020 AS A RESPONE TO THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC. PROJECT RANGER PROVIDED EMERGENCY POACHING PREVENTION INITIATIVES, AS TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO WILDERNESS AREAS WAS BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL. GUIDES AND RANGERS IN PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS ARE LEFT WITHOUT PERSONAL INCOME. THIS LEAVES ENDANGERED ANIMALS VULNERABLE TO POACHERS - AND POACHING HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. PROJECT RANGER PROVIDES EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF RANGERS AND ANTI-POACHING PERSONNELL TO SUPPOR THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES OF CONSERVATION.BIG CATS: THE FOUNDATION FUNDS MULTIPLE PROJECTS AIMED AT PRESERVING LAND FOR BIG CATS AND REDUCING HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT. WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND 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 OF BIG CATS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD IDEAS THAT WE CAN HELP SCALE. PAST GRANTEES OF BCI HAVE INCLUDED INITIATIVES LIKE THE MAASAI OLYMPICS AND COMMUNAL CATTLE HERDING WORKSHOPS WHICH TACKLE HUMAN-LION CONFLICT AND BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND WILDLIFE. PROJECTS CAN BE IN ANY BIG CAT POPULATION RANGE LAND - INSIDE PROTECTED AREAS OR OUTSIDE. THE OBJECTIVE IS CLEAR - REVERSE THE DOWNARD TREND OF BIG CATS. 1027536 857437 1199283 2660475 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X JACQUELINE USHER 9176083589 165 CAT ROCK LANE JUPITER FL 33458 DERECK JOUBERT PRESIDENT 15.00 X X 0 0 0 SARAH BOECKMANN SECRETARY 30.00 X X 54600 0 0 BEVERLY JOUBERT AS OF JUNE 1 DIRECTOR 29.00 X X 0 0 0 JOSEPH SCHUMACHER THRU JUNE 12 DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 PETRU EBERSOHN AS OF JUNE 1 DIRECTOR 8.00 X X 0 0 0 JACQUELINE USHER TREASURER 12.00 X 0 0 0 54600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1144920 1673974 504773 2818894 CONSERVATION LEVIES 561520 1199283 1199283 1199283 17789 17789 17244 0 17244 17244 17244 20540 1144920 21378 -838 -838 FOREIGN CURRENCY ADJUS 900099 11309 11309 11309 4063681 1199283 0 45504 47420 47420 20000 20000 807167 807167 54600 54600 15215 15215 8695 8695 15268 15268 15525 15525 49165 49165 3955 411 3544 2938 2938 3945 3945 5727 5727 3108 3108 17806 17806 6026 6026 PROJECT REWILD 951153 951153 RHINOS WITHOUT BORDERS 428998 428998 FEMALE RANGERS BIO DIVE 235638 235638 OTHER PROGRAMS 170099 170099 6871 6871 2869319 2660475 156135 52709 443608 267755 1369431 2254797 348950 158771 177232 6602 99184 170630 1285564 2234250 1000000 1000000 4546737 6086203 486354 407458 486354 407458 X 2328666 3364063 1731717 2314682 4060383 5678745 4546737 6086203 1194362 424000 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1868995 1363251 614121 1288152 2818894 7953413 929831 604561 1959715 1199283 4693390 1868995 2293082 1218682 3247867 4018177 12646803 918700 729931 496715 1025829 1199283 4370458 0 918700 729931 496715 1025829 1199283 4370458 8276345 2902 56861 1702 2850 17789 82104 2902 56861 1702 2850 17789 82104 11309 11309 1871897 2349943 1220384 3250717 4047275 12740216 0.64960 0.61780 0.00640 0.00680 X SCHEDULE A, PART III, LINE 12, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE GAIN - 2023 AMOUNT: $ 11,309. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 94300 94300 10357 283 10074 7308 2707 4601 65267 3612 61655 170630 NON-PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES 1000000 C 1000000 4511711 424000 2650 21380 448030 4063681 0 4063681 2893347 2650 21378 24028 2869319 0 2869319 PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES NETTED WITH REVENUE PRIOR YEAR 990 NET ASSET ADJUSTMENT PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES NETTED WITH REVENUE 1 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 5 116 PROGRAM SERVICES CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 1786295 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS 787237 SOUTH AMERICA 0 0 GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS 20000 5 116 0 0 5 116 2593532 0 2593532 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CONSTRUCTION OF RANGER CAMP IN LOWER ZAMBEZI VALLEY AND MONTHLY RATIONS, DIESEL AND GAS 0 50710 RATIONS, FUEL, GAS, ACCOMODATION STRUCTURES COST SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SEED FUNDING RURAL WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS 40000 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CASUAL LABOUR COSTS TO ERADICATE ALIEN PLANT SPECIES IN SHOMPOLE CONSERVATION AREA 5300 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CHILDREN CONSERVATION EDUCATIONAL VACATION CAMPS 13030 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM AND REFURBISHMENT OF DORMITORY 7455 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBDIVISION OF COMMUNITY LANDS TO FACILITATE THE FORMATION OF A 120,000 ACRE CONSERVANCY AREA IN WITHIN CHYULU HILLS AMBOSELI 111428 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CONSTRUCTION OF TWO COMMUNITY BRIDGES TO EASE ACCESS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO SCHOOLS DURING RAINY SEASONS 28754 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FILM PRODUCTION FOR COMMUNITY CONSERVATION EDUCATION 10000 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA KIDS CONSERVATION CAMP IN MBIRE DISTRICT ZIMBABWE 15770 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ANTI-POACHING TRACKING SPECIALIST PROGRAM K9 PROGRAM 27000 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA BIG CAT CONTRABAN DETECTION 25300 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PROTECTION OF LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK FOR BIG CATS AND THEIR PREY 18900 WIRE 0 SOUTH AMERICA BIG CAT INITIATIVE JAGUAR RESEARCH 10000 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PLANTING INDIGENOUS TREE PROGRAM 12500 WIRE 0 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CHILDREN EYE CLINICS IN RURAL KENYA 18869 WIRE 17477 FLIGHTS, ACCOMODATIONS, MEDICATION, GLASSES, FILMING COST 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS PROPOSED RECIPIENTS TO DETERMINE NEEDS AND PROPOSED USES OF GRANT FUNDS. THE RECIPIENTS ARE THEN ROUTINELY MONITORED VIA FINANCIAL PROGRESS REPORTS, TO ENSURE THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED ACCORDINGLY TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROPOSED PURPOSE. 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THE RECIPIENTS ARE THEN ROUTINELY MONITORED TO ENSURE THE ASSISTANCE IS BEING USED ACCORDINGLY TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROPOSED PURPOSE. X 19048 504887 FMV 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 DERECK JOUBERT AND BEVERLY JOUBERT ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE. DERECK JOUBERT AND BEVERLY JOUBERT ARE SHAREHOLDERS OF GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION LIMITED. SARAH BOECKMANN AND PETRU EBERSOHN ARE EMPLOYEES OF GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION LIMITED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 BOARD OF DIRECTOR COMPOSITION WAS CHANGED FROM A MAJORITY MUST AT ALL TIMES BE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES TO NEED NOT AT ALL TIMES BE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW THE 990 FORM PRIOR TO SUBMITTING TO THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION ENFORCED COMPLIANCE WITH ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REVIEWING IT PERIODICALLY AT BOARD MEETINGS. 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