AKASHINGA INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

29476 NORTHWESTERN HWY 531, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034-0000

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

DR STACY CREVELLO, 29476 NORTHWESTERN HWY 531, SOUTHFIELD, MI 480341029

Signed the 990

DR STACY CREVELLO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Phone

(540) 316-0019

Website

WWW.IAPF.ORG

Return prepared by

QUIGLEY & MIRON

Mission

DELIVER ECOLOGICAL STABILITY AND LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF LARGE-SCALE WILDERNESS BY SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

Program accomplishments

• AKASHINGA DELIVERS RESILIENT NATURE CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PARTNERSHIPS. OUR MISSION IS GROUNDED IN A PRINCIPLE AS SIMPLE AS IT IS CONSEQUENTIAL: WHEN COMMUNITIES, AND SPECIFICALLY WOMEN IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES, ARE GIVEN GENUINE AUTHORITY OVER THE ECOSYSTEMS THEY DEPEND ON, THEY PROTECT THEM. NOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REAL STAKE IN THE OUTCOME.BIODIVERSITY LOSS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE EROSION OF HUMAN WELLBEING ARE NOT PARALLEL CRISES; THEY ARE THE SAME CRISIS, COMPOUNDING EACH OTHER ACROSS GENERATIONS. AFRICA'S WILDLIFE CORRIDORS FACE CONVERGING PRESSURES: POACHING DRIVEN BY CRIME, POVERTY, AND EXCLUSION; HABITAT LOSS FROM AGRICULTURAL ENCROACHMENT; AND HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT THAT PITS COMMUNITIES AGAINST THE ECOSYSTEMS THEY DEPEND ON. ADDRESSING ANY ONE OF THESE IN ISOLATION IS INSUFFICIENT. ADDRESSING ALL THREE TOGETHER - THROUGH THE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED AND MOST INVESTED - IS THE ONLY APPROACH WITH A REALISTIC CHANCE OF LASTING.CONSERVATION HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN DESIGNED FOR ECOSYSTEMS, NOT WITH COMMUNITIES. EXTERNAL ACTORS ARRIVE, IMPOSE RULES, AND LEAVE. CONSERVATION GAINS ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN WHERE LOCAL OWNERSHIP AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ARE ABSENT. WILDLIFE RECOVERS TEMPORARILY AND DECLINES AGAIN WHEN THE FUNDING ENDS. WOMEN, WHO MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF RURAL AFRICAN COMMUNITIES CLOSEST TO PROTECTED AREA, HAVE BEEN LARGELY ABSENT FROM FRONTLINE CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP. IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE WOMEN ARE OUTNUMBERED BY MEN 100 TO 1 AT AN OPERATIONAL LEVEL, THAT IS NOT A SMALL OVERSIGHT. IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHO CONSERVATION IS FOR AND WHO IT MUST BE LED BY.AKASHINGA WAS ESTABLISHED TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE: PLACING WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES NOT AT THE MARGINS OF CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP, BUT AT ITS CENTRE, IN AUTHENTIC ROLES WITH REAL AUTHORITY AND LONG-TERM STAKE. OUR MODEL COMBINES WOMEN-LED FRONTLINE OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE-LED ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, ACCESS TO HEALTH AND LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT, AND RIGOROUS ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE INTO A SINGLE INTEGRATED SYSTEM. EACH ELEMENT REINFORCES THE OTHERS. NONE WORKS WITHOUT THE OTHERS. TODAY, AKASHINGA OPERATES ACROSS 13.1 MILLION ACRES IN ZIMBABWE, MOZAMBIQUE, BOTSWANA, AND NAMIBIA. OUR WORKFORCE IS 98% LOCAL AND/OR INDIGENOUS IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE WE OPERATE, WITH 63% OF OUR WORKFORCE BEING WOMEN.AKASHINGA CONTRIBUTES TO THE FOLLOWING GLOBAL CONSERVATION STRATEGIES AT THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL: 15 OF 17 UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, THE GLOBAL 30X30 CHALLENGE, THE PROTECTING OUR PLANET CHALLENGE, AND AGENDA 2063 OF THE AFRICAN UNION.
  Expenses $7,553,528 · grants $6,894,921
• LEAD RANGERAKASHINGA'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEAD RANGER PROGRAMME - OPERATING UNDER THE NAME LEAD CONSERVATION, AND KNOWN PREVIOUSLY AS RANGER CAMPUS - STRENGTHENS THE CAPACITY OF CONSERVATION ORGANISATIONS TO PROTECT NATURE THROUGH TRAINING, COACHING, AND MENTORING IN FIELD OPERATIONS, STRATEGIC PROBLEM SOLVING, AND THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS PROACTIVE WILDLIFE PROTECTION REQUIRES. DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE THIN GREEN LINE FOUNDATION, THE PROGRAMME EXTENDED MENTORSHIP BEYOND AKASHINGA'S OWN RANGER TEAMS TO A GROWING NETWORK OF PARTNER ORGANISATIONS ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA.THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF 2025, THE PROGRAMME DELIVERED SIX TRAINING COURSES AND MENTORSHIPS, TOTALLING 1,770 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION TO 84 LEARNERS, 32 OF THEM WOMEN, ACROSS COHORTS INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN WILDLIFE COLLEGE, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY INDIA, CHEWORE CONSERVATION TRUST AND VICTORIA FALLS ANTI-POACHING UNIT, AND PARTNER ORGANISATIONS IN KENYA AND INDONESIA. CURRICULUM SPANNED FIELD PROBLEM SOLVING, GIS-BASED MAPPING, AND OPERATIONAL READINESS. POST-TRAINING EVALUATIONS FOUND LEARNERS APPLYING NEW SKILLS DIRECTLY IN THE FIELD, INCLUDING LIFE-SAVING FIRST AID ADMINISTERED DURING REAL OPERATIONAL INCIDENTS.IN MID-2025, THE PROGRAMME WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED AS ITS OWN INDEPENDENT ENTITY. THIS TRANSITION MARKED THE PROGRAMME'S EVOLUTION FROM AN AKASHINGA-PARTNERED INITIATIVE INTO A FREESTANDING ORGANISATION CARRYING ITS TRAINING MODEL FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY.
  Expenses $280,758 · grants $226,887
• EDUCATION AND OUTREACHWHILE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON FIELD WORK AND ON THE GROUND RESULTS, WE ALSO SEEK TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ISSUES OF CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE PROTECTION, AND ITS CLIMATE IMPLICATIONS, AS PUBLIC OPINION AND PRESSURE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN BRINGING AN END TO POACHING AND PROTECTING NATURE. THE UNIQUENESS AND SUCCESS OF AKASHINGA GENERATES EMPATHY AND MEDIA INTEREST.IN 2025, AKASHINGA'S EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS SPANNED A BROAD RANGE OF CHANNELS - INCLUDING THE ORGANISATION'S WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, MEDIA COVERAGE, NEWSLETTERS, AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS - TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CONSERVATION ISSUES AND BUILD SUPPORT AMONG DONORS, PARTNERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. AKASHINGA'S DIGITAL PRESENCE CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT REACHING NEW AUDIENCES ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND WEBSITE TRAFFIC DRIVEN BY A COMBINATION OF ORGANIC SEARCH, NEWS COVERAGE, AND DONOR COMMUNICATIONS. THE BRAND & MARKETING TEAM PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED CONTENT HIGHLIGHTING RANGER STORIES, ECOLOGICAL MILESTONES, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT, POSITIONING AKASHINGA'S MODEL AS A COMPELLING ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL CONSERVATION APPROACHES. MEDIA COVERAGE, PODCAST APPEARANCES, AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS BY ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP EXTENDED PUBLIC REACH AND REINFORCED AKASHINGA'S CREDIBILITY WITH CONSERVATION AND PHILANTHROPY AUDIENCES. THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE INTEGRAL TO AKASHINGA'S REVENUE GENERATION STRATEGY, INFORMING AND CULTIVATING THE DONOR BASE THAT SUSTAINS PROGRAMME DELIVERY ACROSS ALL FOUR COUNTRIES.
  Expenses $236,436
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNIT (EPU)DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THIS WORK, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNIT (EPU) IS A LESS-PUBLICIZED PROGRAMME. ITS FOCUS IS COUNTERING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE THROUGH COUNTER-TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS, EARLY WARNING, AND INCIDENT RESPONSE. WORKING WITH NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, STATE AUTHORITIES, AND PRIVATE AND NGO STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS ZIMBABWE AND MOZAMBIQUE, THE EPU MAINTAINS SUSTAINED PRESSURE ON ILLEGAL NETWORKS TO IDENTIFY, DISRUPT, AND PROSECUTE ORGANISED WILDLIFE CRIME.
  Expenses $66,881 · grants $41,783

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

32-0408734

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2014

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Animal-related (D31)

Assets (IRS master file)

$4,327,413

Income (IRS master file)

$4,220,471

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 32-0408734).

Questions about AKASHINGA INC

What is the EIN of AKASHINGA INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of AKASHINGA INC is 32-0408734.

Is AKASHINGA INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.

Are donations to AKASHINGA INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does AKASHINGA INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of AKASHINGA INC due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did AKASHINGA INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of AKASHINGA INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names DR STACY CREVELLO.

Who are the officers and directors of AKASHINGA INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $150,951 (GWEN FRANKLIN, DIRECTOR OF OF STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT).

How much revenue does AKASHINGA INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,220,471, expenses of $9,782,373 and total assets of $4,327,413 at year end.

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