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BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA

EIN: 27-3455389Ridgefield, WAZIP: 98642
D34 - Animal-Related501(c)(3)

Mission

USING INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES AND COLLABORATING CLOSELY WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PARTNER NGOS, NATIONAL PARKS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O - SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION)BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA SEEKS TO PROTECT AND SUSTAIN EAST AFRICA'S WILDLIFE AND WILD LANDS, INCLUDING ONE OF THE GREATEST POPULATIONS OF ELEPHANTS LEFT IN EAST AFRICA. THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO FUND COORDINATED ANTI-POACHING TEAMS IN EAST AFRICA OPERATING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE KENYA-TANZANIA BORDER, BIG LIFE USA RECOGNIZES THAT SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH A COMMUNITY-BASED COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, WHICH IS AT THE HEART OF BIG LIFE USA'S PHILOSOPHY: CONSERVATION SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE SUPPORT CONSERVATION. BIG LIFE USA'S VISION IS TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL HOLISTIC CONSERVATION MODEL IN THE AMBOSELI-TSAVO-KILIMANJARO ECOSYSTEM THAT CAN BE REPLICATED ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2024$7.9M$0$6.1M
2023$5.4M$0$4.5M

Compensation

2024

KIM SCHWALB
$174,085
$0
$0
$191,823
ALEXANDRA HOSTETTER
$0
$0
$0
$138,023
RICHARD BONHAM
$0
$0
$0
$0
ORLA BRADY
$0
$0
$0
$0
DERECK JOUBERT
$0
$0
$0
$0
MIKE SILVESTRINI
$0
$0
$0
$0
TEMPLE ST CLAIR CARR
$0
$0
$0
$0
BARRY TURKUS
$0
$0
$0
$0
DICKSON KAELO
$0
$0
$0
$0
CLAUDINE COHEN
$0
$0
$0
$0

2023

KIM SCHWALB
$157,900
$0
$498
$174,051
ALEXANDRA HOSTETTER
$0
$0
$0
$125,270
BARRY TURKUS
$0
$0
$0
$0
TEMPLE ST CLAIR CARR
$0
$0
$0
$0
CHRIS SATTLER
$0
$0
$0
$0
MIKE SILVESTRINI
$0
$0
$0
$0
DERECK JOUBERT
$0
$0
$0
$0
DICKSON KAELO
$0
$0
$0
$0
ORLA BRADY
$0
$0
$0
$0
RICHARD BONHAM
$0
$0
$0
$0

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