2025-02-03T15:24:17-06:00 2023-12-31 720916213 BERNARD & FRANKS CORP OF CPA'S 4141 VETERANS BLVD SUITE 313 METAIRIE LA 700025581 990 2023-01-01 721364493 CONSERVATION FORCE INC CONS 5048371233 3240 S I-10 SERVICE RD W 200 METAIRIE LA 700016911 CHRISTIAN B JACKSON SECRETARY & TREASURER 5048371233 2025-02-03 1 0 JAMES L WHITE P00966279 5048850170 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CHRISTIAN B JACKSON 3240 S I-10 SERVICE RD W 200 METAIRIE LA 700016911 1728598 0 X WWW.CONSERVATIONFORCE.ORG X 1997 LA CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH SCIENCE BASED PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION. 5 3 4 0 0 0 2750186 1704016 0 0 352 24582 0 0 2750538 1728598 1326362 1326211 0 0 163499 210176 0 0 0 339057 515626 1828918 2052013 921620 -323415 2973259 2649844 0 0 2973259 2649844 X OUR MISSION IS TO ESTABLISH AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE, WILD PLACES AND OUR OUTDOOR WAY OF LIFE. CONSERVATION FORCE STANDS FOR THREE FORCES. ONE, HUNTERS AND ANGLERS ARE AN INDISPENSABLE FORCE FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. TWO, CONSERVATION FORCE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT COMBINING FORCES FROM A CONSORTIUM OF ORGANIZATIONS. THREE, CONSERVATION FORCE IS A PROACTIVE FORCE DUE TO ITS RECORD OF CONSERVATION SUCCESSES. CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE AREAS: (1) HABITAT AND BIODIVERSITY INTEGRITY, (2) SPECIES, (3) MARITIME. HABITAT INCLUDES (A) EASEMENTS, (B) COMMUNAL BASED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (CBNRM), (C) THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA), AND (D) CONVENTION IN TRADE OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. SPECIES INCLUDES A VARIETY OF ANIMALS RANGING FROM THE AFRICAN LION TO THE MARKHOR. MARITIME INCLUDES CBNRM WITH INDIGENOUS COASTAL WORLD-WIDE COMMUNITIES AND ALL CONSERVATION PROJECTS FUNDED BY RECREATIONAL ANGLERS. 0 0 1747399 500247 THE CONSERVATION AND SURVIVAL OF ELEPHANT IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA IS A PRIMARY CONCERN OF CONSERVATION FORCE. WE ARE LEADERS IN DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT ACTION PLANS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY ASPECTS OF THOSE PLANS. THIS INCLUDES SECURING ESSENTIAL LANDSCAPE, CONTROL OF POACHING, STIMULATING TOLERANCE OF LOCAL RURAL PEOPLE THROUGH CBNRM STRATEGIES, AND MUCH MORE. THE FOCUS IS THE SUPPORT AND PERPETUATION OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ELEPHANT CONSERVATION PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD- THE UNDISPUTED STRONGHOLDS OF THE LARGEST REMAINING ELEPHANT POPULATIONS.PROJECTS IN ZIMBABWE, TANZANIA & NAMIBIA; THE CLEAN WATER PROJECT; THE DNA TAGGING PROJECT; THE DOORWAY TO WATERWAYS PROJECTS; JUST TO LIST A FEW. 145462 165908 CONSERVATION OF WHITE AND BLACK RHINO OF SOUTHERN AFRICA: LIKE ELEPHANT, THE BLACK AND WHITE RHINO OF SOUTHERN AFRICA ARE THE LARGEST REMAINING POPULATIONS. THE POPULATIONS ARE STABLE OR GROWING. THE PROGRAMS ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORLD AND CONSERVATION FORCE DOES ALL THAT IT CAN FOR THE CONSERVATION AND SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES BY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, FUNDING FOR PLANNING AND FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THOSE RECOVERY ACTION PLANS. 116369 660056 CONTROL OF POACHING: LAW ENFORCEMENT, PARTICULARLY THE CONTROL OF POACHING IS AN ELEMENTARY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT NECESSITY AND A PART OF ALL LION, LEOPARD, ELEPHANT AND RHINO RECOVERY EFFORTS. CONSERVATION FORCE FUNDS ANTI-POACHING EFFORTS ACROSS AFRICA, PARTICULARLY IN TANZANIA AND ZIMBABWE DURING THE 2019 PERIOD IN SPECIES IMPORTANT AREAS OUTSIDE OF FORMAL FULLY PROTECTED NATIONAL PARKS. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES AND PROJECTS TO ESTABLISH AND FURTHER THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE, PROTECTION OF HABITAT AND BIODIVERSITY INTEGRITY. 2009230 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X THE ORGANIZATION 5048371233 3240 S I-10 SERVICE RD W 200 METAIRIE LA 700016911 JOHN J JACKSON III CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT 80.00 X X 0 0 41786 CHRISTIAN B JACKSON SECRETARY & TREASURER 80.00 X X 0 0 30000 DANEWE VAN DER WESTHUYZEN DIRECTOR 10.00 X 0 0 0 SHANE MAHONEY DIRECTOR 15.00 X 0 0 0 RENEE SNIDER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 71786 0 0 0 0 0 1704016 1704016 24582 24582 1728598 0 0 24582 1326211 1326211 112484 106860 5624 89086 84376 4710 8606 8175 431 1400 1330 70 29768 29768 OTHER PROJECTS 422934 422934 EASEMENT PROJECTS 45595 45595 VEHICLE EXPENSE 8964 8516 448 PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE 3882 3689 193 3083 1544 1539 2052013 2009230 42783 0 53893 43409 1461461 2108530 133728 124171 9557 9557 1300000 340000 148348 148348 2973259 2649844 0 0 X 2973259 2649844 2973259 2649844 2973259 2649844 -323415 0 X 0 0 0 X 1956406 1428866 2176844 2750538 1704016 10016670 1956406 1428866 2176844 2750538 1704016 10016670 10016670 1014 238 207 353 24582 26394 2526 2526 10045590 0.99710 0.99880 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 3 1 133728 124171 9557 9557 OTHER INVESTMENT 340000 C 340000 INVESTMENT EQUITY/MUTUAL FUNDS 148348 C 148348 PART II, LINE 9: IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT US ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, THE CONTRIBUTION OF A QUALIFIED CONSERVATION EASEMENT IS NOT RECORDED AS EITHER A CONTRIBUTION IN THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES OR AS IN ASSET IN THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. 0 SUB-SAHARA AFRICA GRANTS & PROGRAM SVCS RECOVERY SUPPORT FOR KEY SPECIES 1273211 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC GRANT SWAMP DEER STRATEGY & RECOVERY 53000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1326211 0 1326211 NAMIBIA TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT BLACK RHINO WILDLIFE AND ANTI-POACHING EFFORTS 450000 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK NAMIBIA TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT LION AND ANTI-POACHING 75000 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK ZIMBABWE INCENTIVIZE RURUAL COMMUNITIES AND ANIT-POACHING 13737 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK NAMIBIA TO SUPPORT WHITE RHINO RECOVERY & ANTI-POACHING 207670 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK TANZANIA COMMUNITY INCENTIVES & ANTI-POACHING 173640 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK SOUTHERN AFRICA MANAGEMENT AND ACTION PLAN FOR ELEPHANTS 99423 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK ZAMBIA TO SUPPORT ELEPHANT AND ANTI POACHING 175000 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK ANGOLA DEVELOPMENT OF CONSERVATION STRATEGY & TOURISM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 26935 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK TANZANIA COMMUNAL BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITIES 47647 WIRE TRANSFER 0 BOOK 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: MONITORING PROCEDURES: THE GRANT EXPRESSLY PROVIDES THAT IF ANY PART IS NOT USED AS DIRECTED, IT IS TO BE RETURNED. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION SERVES ON THE OPERATING COMMITTEE OF THE GRANTEE PROJECT, PARTICIPATES IN THE FIELD, AND/OR DISPENSES IN PHASES AS REPORTS AND DOCUMENTATION ARE FURNISHED. GENERALLY, THE ORGANIZATION IS "FRIENDS OF" THE GRANTEE AND IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT. PART I, LINE 3: EXPENDITURES ARE RECORDED AT THE TIME THE CASH IS PAID OUT. ALL EXPENDITURES ARE REPORTED ACCORDINGLY ON THE CURRENT YEAR INCOME STATEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 JOHN JACKSON AND CHRISTIAN JACKSON ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY, APPROVED BY THEM, THEN SIGNED AND FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C TO INSURE THAT THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, THE ORGANIZATION PERFORMS PERIODIC REVIEWS OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. EACH DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER, AND MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH GOVERNING BOARD-DELEGATED POWERS SHALL ANNUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS THAT SUCH PERSON: (1) RECEIVED A COPY OF THE POLICY, (2) READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, (3) AGREES TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AND (4) UNDERSTANDS THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 OFFICER'S COMPENSATION IS WAIVED EXCEPT FOR HEALTH AND RETIREMENT. AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE APPROVES AND MONITORS THIS COMPENSATION TO INSURE THAT NO PRIVATE INUREMENT OCCURS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORM 990, FORM 1023, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE FORM 990 CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED AT THE GUIDESTAR WEBSITE.