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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2015 | (b) 2016 | (c) 2017 | (d) 2018 | (e) 2019 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 163,756 | 188,237 | 198,854 | 257,802 | 227,165 | 1,035,814 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 163,756 | 188,237 | 198,854 | 257,802 | 227,165 | 1,035,814 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 53,555 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 982,259 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2015 | (b) 2016 | (c) 2017 | (d) 2018 | (e) 2019 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 163,756 | 188,237 | 198,854 | 257,802 | 227,165 | 1,035,814 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 937 | 979 | 844 | 855 | 3,615 | |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 1,039,429 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2015 | (b) 2016 | (c) 2017 | (d) 2018 | (e) 2019 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2015 | (b) 2016 | (c) 2017 | (d) 2018 | (e) 2019 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2019 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2019 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2019 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2019 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2019 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2019: | ||||
| a From 2014....... | ||||
| b From 2015....... | ||||
| c From 2016....... | ||||
| d From 2017....... | ||||
| e From 2018....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2019 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2014 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2019 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2019 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2019, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2019. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2020. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2015..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2016..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2019..... | ||||
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| FORM 990, PART III | OUR MISSION IS TO PREVENT THE ANNIHILATION OF TRIBAL PEOPLES AND TO GIVE THEM A PLATFORM TO SPEAK TO THE WORLD SO THEY CAN BEAR WITNESS TO THE GENOCIDAL VIOLENCE, SLAVERY AND RACISM THEY FACE ON A DAILY BASIS. BY LOBBYING THE POWERFUL WE HELP DEFEND THE LIVES, LANDS AND FUTURES OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS OTHER CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION, SURVIVAL: "WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRIBAL AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, OFFERING THEM A PLATFORM TO ADDRESS THE WORLD; "CARRIES OUT RESEARCH INTO TRIBAL AREAS, PARTICULARLY WHERE THE SURVIVAL OF TRIBAL PEOPLES IS THREATENED OR WHERE VIOLATIONS OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE TAKING PLACE; "USES THIS INFORMATION TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT TRIBAL CULTURES, AND TO PUBLICIZE THE PROBLEMS WHICH TRIBAL PEOPLES FACE; "MAKES REPRESENTATIONS TO GOVERNMENTS, COMPANIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHOSE ACTIVITIES MAY AFFECT TRIBAL PEOPLES, AND SEEKS TO INFLUENCE THEM INTO ACTING IN TRIBAL PEOPLES' INTERESTS; "SEEKS TO ELIMINATE ALL DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE AGAINST TRIBAL PEOPLES, AND PROMOTES LEGISLATION WHICH PROTECTS THEIR RIGHTS; "SUPPORTS THE ACTIVITIES OF REPRESENTATIVE INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR AIMS; "SUPPORTS APPROPRIATE PROJECTS IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENT 1 UNCONTACTED TRIBES CAMPAIGN (CONTINUATION) OUR CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES ARE SIMPLE: PROTECT THE LANDS OF UNCONTACTED TRIBES AND ENSURE THEIR RIGHT TO REMAIN UNCONTACTED IS RESPECTED IN 2019 WE CAMPAIGNED IN DEFENSE OF: THE AYOREO-TOTOBIEGOSODE PEOPLE IN PARAGUAY'S CHACO, ARE THE ONLY UNCONTACTED TRIBE IN SOUTH AMERICA OUTSIDE THE AMAZON. SURVIVAL PUT PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TITLE THEIR LAND AND PUSH RANCHERS TO RETURN LAND TO ALREADY CONTACTED AYOREO COMMUNITIES. IN 2019, AFTER A 26-YEAR STRUGGLE SUPPORTED BY SURVIVAL, THE AYOREO RECEIVED THE OWNERSHIP PAPERS TO 18,000 HECTARES OF THEIR ANCESTRAL LAND. UNCONTACTED TRIBES OF BRAZIL THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO ON 1 JANUARY 2019 SPELLED DISASTER FOR BRAZIL'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND PRESENTED THE GREATEST THREAT TO UNCONTACTED TRIBES IN A GENERATION. AS A RESULT, OPPOSING THE BARRAGE OF ATTACKS ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS THAT HIS PRESIDENCY UNLEASHED BECAME THE MOST URGENT FOCUS FOR PREVENTING THE GENOCIDE OF UNCONTACTED TRIBES AND WE CONCENTRATED RESOURCES ON A NEW KEY CAMPAIGN "STOP BRAZIL'S GENOCIDE". UNCONTACTED TRIBES OF COLOMBIA COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT REPRESENTS A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF COLOMBIA. IN 2019, WE FOCUSED ON THE CASE OF THE NUKAK TRIBE, WITH WHOM WE HAVE WORKED SINCE 1991, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF CONTACT FOR UNCONTACTED TRIBES. THE NUKAK CANNOT RETURN TO THEIR ANCESTRAL LAND DUE TO THE CIVIL WAR AND ON-GOING POST-WAR CONFLICTS. SURVIVAL HAS BEEN LOBBYING THE EU DELEGATION IN COLOMBIA AND THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THE NUKAK'S RETURN TO THEIR LAND. ----------------- PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENT 2 "CONSERVATION"(CONTINUATION) TRIBAL PEOPLES ARE BEING ILLEGALLY EVICTED FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATION AND ACCUSED OF "POACHING" BECAUSE THEY HUNT TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. THEY FACE ARREST AND BEATINGS, TORTURE AND DEATH, AT THE HANDS OF ANTI-POACHING SQUADS FUNDED BY BIG WESTERN CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, WHILE BIG GAME TROPHY HUNTERS ARE ENCOURAGED. BUT TARGETING TRIBAL HUNTERS DIVERTS ACTION AWAY FROM TACKLING THE TRUE POACHERS - CRIMINALS CONSPIRING WITH CORRUPT OFFICIALS. SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL IS LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ABUSE OF INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATION: FOR TRIBES, FOR NATURE, FOR ALL HUMANITY. CONGO BASIN TRIBES IN 2019, SURVIVAL'S FOCUSED ON A WWF-LED PROJECT IN THE CONGO BASIN, MESSOK DJA, A PROPOSED PROTECTED AREA ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS OF THE BAKA AND BAKWELE PEOPLES. WWF-FUNDED GUARDS HAVE BEEN PATROLLING THE AREA SINCE 2008, PREVENTING ACCESS TO THE FOREST AND BEATING AND TORTURING BAKA AND BAKWELE THAT THEY ACCUSE OF "POACHING." OUR INVESTIGATIONS CONFIRMED THAT WWF HAD NOT OBTAINED FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT FOR THE PARK FROM THE LOCAL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, MEANING THAT THE ORGANIZATION WAS IN VIOLATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND ITS OWN POLICY ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. WE GATHERED WIDE-RANGING TESTIMONY TO PRESENT TO FUNDERS IN EUROPE AND THE U.S. TO PRESSURE THEM INTO WITHDRAWING FUNDING. OUR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECISION BY SEVERAL U.S. AND EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS TO REVIEW FUNDING OF ANTI-POACHING FORCES WHICH HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. IN ADDITION, WWF ALTERED ITS STRATEGY TO ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND BEGAN DISCUSSING A DIFFERENT STATUS FOR THE PROTECTED AREA. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A CHANGE IN CONSERVATION WHICH WILL ENSURE BIG INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CANNOT USE TERROR TO FORCE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM LAND THAT IS RIGHTFULLY THEIRS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE BAKA TELL US THAT THAT SINCE SURVIVAL'S CAMPAIGN THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL DETENTIONS HAS REDUCED AND VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF PARK GUARDS HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY. INDIA IN 2019 SURVIVAL CONTINUED CAMPAIGNING AGAINST FORCED EVICTIONS OF ADIVASI (TRIBAL) PEOPLE FROM TIGER RESERVES IN INDIA. IN FEBRUARY 2019, INDIA'S SUPREME COURT ORDERED THE EVICTION OF ROUGHLY EIGHT MILLION TRIBAL AND OTHER FOREST PEOPLE IN INDIA. IN MAY WE MADE A SUBMISSION TO THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING REGARDING THE SUPREME COURT ORDERED EVICTIONS AND OTHER ILLEGAL EVICTIONS FROM TIGER RESERVES IN THE COUNTRY. IN JULY, THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR, ALONG WITH OTHERS, MADE A STRONG STATEMENT AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT EVICTIONS ORDER --------------------- PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENT 3 TRIBAL VOICE (CONTINUATION) SURVIVAL'S TRIBAL VOICE PROJECT INVITES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AROUND THE WORLD TO RECORD VIDEOS SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT MATTERS TO THEM. SURVIVAL THEN RELEASES THESE VIDEOS GLOBALLY, SUBTITLED IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES. IN 2019, SURVIVAL RELEASED 31 VIDEOS AS PART OF ITS GROUNDBREAKING TRIBAL VOICE PROJECT - ENABLING VITAL MESSAGES TO BE HEARD BY A WIDE AUDIENCE. OVER HALF CAME FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN BRAZIL WHO HAVE USED THE PLATFORM TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST BOLSONARO AND THE IMPACT HIS GOVERNMENT IS HAVING ON THEIR LIVES, AND TO PUSH THE AUTHORITIES TO TAKE ACTION. OTHERS CAME FROM COLOMBIA, CONGO, INDIA, MALAYSIA AND PARAGUAY. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B | THE MANAGEMENT OFFICER REVIEWS THE 990 WITH THE TAX PREPARER. A COMPLETE COPY OF THE FINAL 990 DRAFT, WITH ALL SCHEDULES IS DELIVERED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS VIA EMAIL IN PDF FORMAT A WEEK PRIOR TO FILING. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C | PER SECTION 6 ARTICLE 12 OF THE AGENCY BYLAWS, "EACH DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER AND MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS SHALL ANNUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS SUCH PERSON: A) HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, B) HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, C) HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AND D) UNDERSTANDS THE ORGANIZATION IS CHARITABLE AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION IT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECIDES THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF THE MANAGING OFFICER. THE BOARD, WHICH CONSISTS OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS, HAS ASSESSED FAIR AND EQUITABLE COMPENSATION BASED ON COMPENSATION OF MANAGING OFFICER OF AGENCIES OF SIMILAR SIZE, FIELD AND LOCATION TO SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL USA. THE BOARD ALSO CONDUCTS REGULAR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF THE MANAGING OFFICER. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B | THE MANAGING OFFICER DETERMINES THE SALARY AND/OR WAGES OF ALL OTHER STAFF, BASED ON CURRENT MARKET COMPENSATION PRACTICES AND THE MINIMUM WAGE. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 | GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO ANYONE UPON REQUEST. |
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