2025-07-15T14:18:57-04:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 311657304 Tropics Foundation Inc % Carlos Araya Quintero TROP 6787704970 2101 RIVER FOREST RD MOBILE AL 36605 Carlos Araya Quintero President 2025-07-16 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Carlos Araya Quintero 2101 RIVER FOREST RD MOBILE AL 36605 223750 false X www.tropicsfoundation.org X 1999 GA EXPAND THE CHARITABLE SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION OF CATIE CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN COSTA RICA WITH OFFICES IN MUCH OF LATIN AMERICA. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY THE FOLLOWING THREE ACTIVITIES: 1 SPONSORING SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; 2 FUNDING RESEARCH STUDY AND PUBLICATION IN SCIENTIFIC AREAS RELEVENT TO THE FOUNDATIONS MISSION AND; 3 WORKING WITH NON-PROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. ALL THREE ACTIVIIES WILL SERVE THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATING AND INFORMING ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE AMERICAN TROPICS. 11 11 0 11 0 0 264923 223750 0 0 0 0 0 0 264923 223750 323683 221020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26367 4685 350050 225705 -85127 -1955 48876 46921 0 0 48876 46921 EXPAND THE CHARITABLE SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION OF CATIE CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTRUAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN COSTA RICA WITH OFFICES IN MUCH OF LATIN AMERICA. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY THE FOLLOWING THREE ACTIVITIES: 1 SPONSORING SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; 2 FUNDING RESEARCH STUDY AND PUBLICATION IN SCIENTIFIC AREAS RELEVENT TO THE FOUNDATIONS MISSION AND; 3 WORKING WITH NON-PROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. ALL THREE ACTIVIIES WILL SERVE THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATING AND INFORMING ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE AMERICAN TROPICS. 221020 221020 0 EACH YEAR WE CONDUCT A MAJOR DONOR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN WHICH GOES TO THE GENERAL BUDGET OF CATIE. CONTRIBTONS FROM THE WALLACE GENETICS FOUNDATION $25,000 AND SOUTHWEST AIRLINES $198,750 GO MAINLY TO CATIE TO DEFRAY GENERAL EXPENSES. 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