2022-09-14T12:49:34-04:00 2021-12-31 411710454 MYSLAJEK KEMP & SPENCER LTD 1000 SHELARD PARKWAY 6TH FLOOR ST LOUIS PARK MN 55426 990EZ 2021-01-01 821369894 COUNCIL OF CONTRIBUTORS INC COUN 6122370380 4009 93RD AVE N BROOKLYN PARK MN 554431732 AMIE ZAKEER PRESIDENT/FOUNDER 6122370380 2022-09-09 AMIE ZAKEER XXX-XX-XXXX NATHAN PAULSON CPA P01748841 9525444147 2022-09-09 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X COUNCILOFCONTRIBUTORS.COM X X 140475 X 140473 2 140475 72616 25810 625 8067 107118 33357 57494 90851 X 58931 91373 58931 91373 1437 522 57494 90851 X THE COUNCIL OF CONTRIBUTORS IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE RHINO CONSERVATION COMMUNITY ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA, INVESTING RESOURCES IN HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE LONG-TERM ANTI-POACHING PROTECTION FOR THE RHINO AND THE NATURAL SPACES THEY NEED TO EXIST IN. OUR FUNDING GOES TO THE FRONTLINE WHERE IT IS NEEDED MOST AND OPTIMALLY BENEFITS THE MEGA POPULATION, INDIVIDUAL RHINOS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AFTER THEM. OUR PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE A SECURE FUTURE FOR THE SPECIES TO THRIVE IN. THE COUNCIL OF CONTRIBUTORS COMPLETED 13 KEY RHINO CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA THROUGHOUT 2021, OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IMPACTFUL RHINO MANAGEMENT IS NOW 57 SINCE OUR INCEPTION IN 2017. WE ALSO SUPPORTED NUMEROUS SMALLER AND URGENT PROJECTS IN 2021 WHEN SITUATIONS SURFACED THAT REQUIRED AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE, SUCH AS TREATING INJURED RHINOS. THE COC HAS ESTABLISHED STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH NUMEROUS LEADING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EXPERTS ON THE GROUND AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO OUR PROJECTS & FUNDING MODEL. 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OUR FUNDING GOES TO THE FRONTLINE WHERE IT IS NEEDED MOST AND OPTIMALLY BENEFITS THE MEGA POPULATION, INDIVIDUAL RHINOS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AFTER THEM. OUR PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE A SECURE FUTURE FOR THE SPECIES TO THRIVE IN. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 THE COUNCIL OF CONTRIBUTORS COMPLETED 13 KEY RHINO CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA THROUGHOUT 2021, OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IMPACTFUL RHINO MANAGEMENT IS NOW 57 SINCE OUR INCEPTION IN 2017. WE ALSO SUPPORTED NUMEROUS SMALLER AND URGENT PROJECTS IN 2021 WHEN SITUATIONS SURFACED THAT REQUIRED AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE, SUCH AS TREATING INJURED RHINOS. THE COC HAS ESTABLISHED STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH NUMEROUS LEADING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EXPERTS ON THE GROUND AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AN EXTREMELY COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO OUR PROJECTS & FUNDING MODEL. IN 2021 WE HELPED DEHORN DOZENS OF VULNERABLE RHINOS ACROSS DIFFERENT RESERVES THAT WERE EITHER HIT BY POACHERS, OR WHERE THE THREAT OF POACHING WAS INCREDIBLY HIGH. WE FUNDED MANY HELICOPTER FLYING HOURS TO ASSIST IN LOCATING RHINOS FOR DARTING, DEHORNING OR VET SERVICES. WE ALSO LED ON THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF A RHINO OBSERVATION TOWER AT OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY IN KENYA THAT WILL LOOK OVER THE ENCLOSURE WHERE THE LAST 2 REMAINING NORTHERN WHITE RHINO SUB-SPECIES EXIST ON THE PLANET. OUR FUNDING IS STRATEGICALLY TARGETED TO WHERE IT IS OPTIMALLY UTILIZED FOR THE PROTECTION, SECURITY AND WELLBEING OF THIS ICONIC KEYSTONE SPECIES THAT IS EDGING NEAR EXTINCTION.