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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.") .. | 811,658 | 1,073,207 | 1,642,001 | 4,366,871 | 2,171,159 | 10,064,896 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 811,658 | 1,073,207 | 1,642,001 | 4,366,871 | 2,171,159 | 10,064,896 |
| 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).. | 4,206,022 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 5,858,874 | |||||
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.. | 811,658 | 1,073,207 | 1,642,001 | 4,366,871 | 2,171,159 | 10,064,896 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 236 | 176 | 31 | 2,964 | 21,906 | 25,313 |
| 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.).. | 13,826 | 16,619 | 6,608 | 13,780 | 18,271 | 69,104 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 10,159,313 | |||||
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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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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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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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: | ||||
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| 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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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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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 19009920 |
| Software Version: | 2019v5.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description | OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: NATIONAL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS & CROSSINGSFrom climate adaptation to wildlife migration, connectivity conservation is the most effective strategy to conserve nature at large scale in much of the fragmented temperate and tropical regions of the world. While corridor science is decades old, its implementation has been slow and lacked consistency. Policy efforts to identify, prioritize and protect ecological connectivity and wildlife corridors remain in the early stages. Through the past year, the Center has made great strides in this arena, with draft language and concepts for which we have advocated, being included in both Federal and State bills. Further, we have succeeded in growing traction for implementation of connectivity practices on the ground. See Schedule O. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: ADVANCING CONSERVATION SCIENCEThe Center for Large Landscape Conservation is currently engaged in a global analysis of conservation corridor efficacy. This project uses empirical evidence from "real" landscapes (as opposed to experimental systems or theoretical models) to identify characteristics of corridors that successfully facilitate animal movement between habitat patches. The results of this research will help land use planners and conservationists recognize and promote more effective corridors using the lessons learned from studying real-world corridors.The Center and partners have been working together to develop an approach for considering ecological connectivity as a key element in Forest Plan Revisions. Using Custer Gallatin National Forest (CGNF) in Montana as a case study, our spatial ecologists created connectivity models for a set of generic species that collectively represent the large variety of wildlife species found in the forest. We used the outputs of these connectivity models to identify important corridors that link areas of core habitat within and surrounding CGNF. The results of the analysis have been used to inform management standards and guidelines for connectivity in Forest Plan revision documents, such as the designation of Key Linkage Areas for connectivity. We are now under contract with other National Forest Planners to repeat the process throughout the Greater Yellowstone Area. Our scientific research and planning also spans to our Indigenous partners. In preparation for the Blackfeet Integrated Land Use Management Plan, the Center is providing background planning support for the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council by analyzing and synthesizing existing and historical plans to identify common and emerging land use management priorities, and to identify any mapping and visualization requirements. The focus of this work is a comprehensive and systematic review of past planning efforts (over the past 20+ years), to identify common priorities and goals over time and overlapping actions to meet those goals. The analysis will be conducted with a focus on both similarities and differences, as well as gaps in planning or actions, in order to develop a framework for the Blackfeet Integrated Land Use Management Plans. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: OTHER PROJECTSThe Center also acts as fiscal sponsor for ARC Solutions (ARC) and engages on partnership projects with this innovative collaborative. ARCAnimal Road Crossingis an interdisciplinary partnership working to facilitate new thinking, new methods, new materials and new solutions for wildlife crossing structures. In this partnership, the Center is providing technical support and coalition building for the construction of a wildlife crossing structure in Liberty Canyon, near Los Angeles. The Liberty Canyon Crossing will reconnect habitat for the areas mountain lion population, which is facing extinction due to habitat fragmentation. The structure will be not only the largest wildlife crossing in the world, but the first major crossing structure built near a major city.ARC also recently released a documentary (Re)Connecting Wild. The film tells the remarkable story of the decade-long effort by the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) and its partners to improve human safety by re-connecting a historic mule deer migration that crosses over both US-93 and I-80 in rural Elko County, Nevada. Witness the wildlife crossing structures along I-80 from construction to the restoration of safe passage for migratory mule deer to more than 1.5 million acres of summer and winter habitat. This documentary has been entered into numerous film festivals across the US and Canada and offers viewers an intimate connection to the problems, and solutions, of migratory fragmentation. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process | FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts | Each year, all directors and officers are required to read, sign and adhere to the Conflict of Interest Policy. The Policy determines if a conflict exists, procedures for addressing a conflict, conflicts that may exist in compensation matters, how violations will be addressed and how to record proceedings. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management | The Executive Director's compensation is determined by a process which includes a yearly performance review, a review of other Executive Director's compensation, comparability data. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | THE ORGANIZATION HAS MADE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR'S WEBSITE |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 - ORGANIZATION MISSION | The Center develops strategies that amplify community and governmental conservation efforts though tactical support in science, policy, community networking, and climate change resiliency planning. Our work defines and advances best practices in the area of landscape connectivity in the U. S. and around the world. We engage primarily in four ways. First, we support community-based planning to restore, protect, and manage large landscapes. We work with communities to plan for and restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes within which they live and work. Second, we develop and apply science to reconnect fragmented landscapes and provide safe passage for wildlife and people. Third, the Center connects professionals and decision makers to share information and resources worldwide. We serve as a hub for information, tools, news, and best practices. The Center is directly networked with over 28,000 conservation professionals and organizations around the globe. And finally, we inform new policy and law to support and accelerate large landscape conservation locally, nationally, and globally. We are developing international standards for corridors and connectivity areas, which is key to support a systems approach to protecting, restoring, and managing large landscapes. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A - Building Conservation Networks | The Network for Landscape Conservation (NLC) launched the program, Landscape Conservation Catalyst Fund in 2019. This $1.9 million project is designed to accelerate the pace of conservation at scale across the United States through targeted support of collaborative Landscape Conservation. The Catalyst Fund will regrant over $1 million, specifically supporting key collaborative processes and activities to build critical capacity and forward conservation momentum in Landscape Conservation Partnerships.In 2019, the Fund received more than 180 pre-proposals demonstrating the extraordinary need in the field. We used an evaluation process and review committees to ultimately select 14 final grantees who are working to advance collaborative conservation at the landscape scale. Of the 14 grants, three were given to tribal groups. The $25,000 grants will be catalytic to their growth and success. Now at the completion of the first year, we are extremely pleased with the results and the quality of initiatives the Catalyst Fund is supporting. Over the past 12 months, the NLC has expended considerable strategic thought and outreach to develop the Fund, including refining goals and objectives and developing final strategic framework. Currently in the selection process of the 2nd year grants, we are excited to see this fund truly take form. For year 2, we received 94 grant applications and will select 14 more grantees in late August 2020.Peer learning is an important component of the Catalyst Fund. We believe that developing new skills and a robust community of peers and practice will long outlast and amplify the impact of our grants. Over the past year, we have developed a peer learning working group helmed by experts in the matter. Our Peer Learning Working Group is focused on co-creation of the program with the grantees to ensure we are providing what they most need. We have developed a peer learning program that includes bimonthly Zoom calls and webinars, an annual convening with the first meeting rescheduled to January 2021 (from March 2020), and one-on-one connections as desired. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B - National Wildlife Corridors & Crossings | The Center targets opportunities to advance wildlife corridors and crossing projects by providing technical, policy and scientific expertise. We focus on replicable projects that offer the greatest potential to pilot innovative approaches, establish best practices, and apply proven solutions.2019 and 2020 have unprecedented successes for wildlife crossings and federal transportation legislation. The Center drafted wildlife crossing language for US Senate Bill S. 2302, America's Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA). The bill contains a $250 million provision for a 5-year wildlife crossing pilot program that would provide competitive grant funding for wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation projects and other plans that improve habitat connectivity. In July, the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) committee unanimously voted (21-0) to advance the bill.Together with partners, the Center has been able to lay the groundwork for successful state wildlife corridors legislation in the past year. Our focus has been on providing draft policies for adaptation by interested states and legislators across the country. Wildlife Corridor legislation, recognizing the importance of corridors and direct action to safeguard them, has passed in five states in 2019-2020 (NM, OR, NH, VA and UT) and legislation has been introduced and is advancing in 12 other states including AZ, CO, MA, MS, MT, NV, NM, PA, VA and WA. The Center also wrote an op-ed published in The Hill on behalf of the sponsors of the bills in New Mexico, Oregon, and New Hampshire, which called on state legislators to advance similar legislation. The Center will continue to leverage this momentum in order to support and expand these efforts while interest is building. Here in Montana, staff from the Center were selected to sit on two executive committees tasked with implementing action items in the Memorandum of Agreement, signed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Montana Department of Transportation, following the inaugural Wildlife and Transportation Summit. We consider it a huge success to have the two executive committees working collaboratively with NGO partners and both state agencies to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve habitat connectivity across highways in Montana. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C - INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION | The past year has had many successes in building a more solid foundation for new policies and guidance about connectivity conservation globally. For nearly four years the Center has been working on getting Connectivity Guidelines developed and accepted by the IUCN and connectivity practitioners around the world. In mid-2020, the first-ever IUCN Guidelines for Conserving Connectivity through Ecological Networks and Corridors went to final publication and received great praise thus far. The Specialist Group, as well as its four Working Groups, have launched a new website for communicating their activities to the public at: http://conservationcorridor.org/ccsg. The Centers ongoing service as Secretariat for the IUCN WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group (CCSG) has supported steady membership growth now at 920+ volunteers in 80+ countries.The Center, in collaboration with partners, has also begun ground-testing the Guidelines to demonstrate and hone their application. In November 2019, over 50 scientists, conservation experts, natural resource managers, and policymakers from 13 countries gathered in Romania for the first-ever workshop. As a result of the recommendations, the national government of Romania created an expert advisory group to inform connectivity-related decision-making around the country. In February, 130 country members of the UN Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) endorsed a resolution to adopt the first-ever definition of "ecological connectivity as the unimpeded movement of species and the flow of natural processes that sustain life on Earth." The CMS is the first multilateral environmental agreement to adopt a definition. The Center proposed the language, serves as member of official working groups, and joined the IUCN Delegation to the Convention's 13th Conference of the Parties to advise on connectivity-related agenda items and resolutions. The Center also continues to develop the International Transportation component of the International Connectivity program to spark a global dialogue and build a body of practice that addresses the significant ecological impacts of infrastructure. This effort builds upon our successes within our larger global connectivity conservation efforts and our work with the IUCN Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group with the global Transport Working Group. The Transport Working Group has engaged over 30 contributors from 20 countries to write the first-ever IUCN Guidelines for connectivity conservation impacted by linear transportation infrastructure. The 11-chapter book will be published later in 2020 as part of the IUCN WCPA Best Practice Guidelines. The Center has staff and consultants as Co-editors and several other staff are supporting the process. |
| Software ID: | 19009920 |
| Software Version: | 2019v5.0 |