Nonprofit · EIN 52-1118866
THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL
Tax-exempt · ATLANTA, GA 30315
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $13,922,074 | $9,747,054 | $4,175,020 | $47,458,939 | $1,516,570 | $45,942,369 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $11,006,988 | $8,216,607 | $2,790,381 | $42,576,483 | $1,669,336 | $40,907,147 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $8,478,874 | $6,989,443 | $1,489,431 | $37,055,244 | $394,492 | $36,660,752 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $12,537,320
- Program service revenue
- $281,788
- Investment income
- $1,107,713
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $191,152
- Net income from fundraising events
- $7,187
- Net income from sales of inventory
- -$11,934
- Other revenue
- -$4,747
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $384,438
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $876,188
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,010,524
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,586,130
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $17,092
- Accounting fees
- $45,375
- Occupancy
- $437,770
- Travel
- $278,660
- Depreciation
- $635,618
- Program services (functional)
- $7,876,155
- Management and general (functional)
- $655,331
- Fundraising (functional)
- $1,215,568
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $42,576,483
- Total assets, end of year
- $47,458,939
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,516,570
- Net assets, end of year
- $45,942,369
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $15,951,378
- Publicly traded securities
- $16,465,482
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $41,745,361
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,197,008
- Gross receipts
- $19,438,956
- Employees
- 16
- Volunteers
- 34
- Year formed
- 1978
- State of legal domicile
- GA
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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tara Stoinski PhD | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $355,194 | $28,961 |
| Marcie Beskind | CFAO Officer | 40 | $186,562 | $23,221 |
| Beth Warner | Chief Philanthropy Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $181,731 | $14,246 |
| Shannon McFarlin | Director of Science Highest-paid employee | 40 | $105,843 | $5,094 |
| Kristen Lukas | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lee Ehmke | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Penning | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Dennis J O'Malley | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Diane Brierley | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Hayley W Murphy | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel L Sullivan | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mariel Aguirre | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Sophie W Bryan | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Lawrence J Ellison | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| William L Evans | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
10 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan McClellan | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Allyson Park | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dennis Pate | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Philip V Petersen | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dante T Pride | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jhanvi Shriram | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Alexis Stein | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Barry M Benjamin | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Megan Pace | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sigourney Weaver | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 25 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tara Stoinski PhD | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $295,086 | $22,737 |
| Marcie Beskind | CFAO Officer | 40 | $167,001 | $19,267 |
| Beth Warner | Chief Philanthropy Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $151,788 | $8,529 |
| Kristen Lukas | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lee Ehmke | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Diane Brierley | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Dennis J O'Malley | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Penning | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sophie W Bryan | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel L Sullivan | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mariel Aguirre | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Lawrence J Ellison | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| William L Evans | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Debbie S Goellnitz | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan McClellan | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Hayley W Murphy | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Allyson Park | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Dennis Pate | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Philip V Petersen | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Dante T Pride | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jhanvi Shriram | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexis Stein | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael J Turton | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| David S Singer | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Sigourney Weaver | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 25 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tara Stoinski PhD | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $281,708 | $20,766 |
| Shari Henning | Chief Advancement Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $123,038 | $6,536 |
| Marcie Beskind | CFO Officer | 40 | $86,997 | $7,039 |
| Kristen Lukas | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lee Ehmke | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Diane Brierley | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| William L Evans | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Penning | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sophie W Bryan | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel L Sullivan | Board Member Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mariel Aguirre | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Lawrence J Ellison | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Debbie S Goellnitz | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Greggory Hudson | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan McClellan | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Hayley W Murphy | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Dennis J O'Malley | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Allyson Park | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Dennis Pate | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Philip V Petersen | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Dante T Pride | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jhanvi Shriram | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexis Stein | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael J Turton | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| David S Singer | Board Member Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 800 CHEROKEE AVE SE, ATLANTA, GA 30315-1470
- In care of
- % CLARE RICHARDSON
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Marcie Beskind, 800 Cherokee Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315
- Signed the 990
- Marcie Beskind, Chief Financial and Admin. Officer
- Phone
- (404) 624-5881
- Website
- https://www.gorillafund.org
- Return prepared by
- JONES AND KOLB
Mission
The Fossey Fund is dedicated to the conservation and study of gorillas in Africa through a successful, people-centered approach: 1) Providing daily protection to gorillas, 2) Scientific research providing critical data on gorillas and their habitats, 3) Training the next generation of African scientists and conservationists, and 4) Helping local communities address their critical needs.
Program accomplishments
- RwandaThe Organization's state-of-the-art research and education center in Rwanda is accelerating the critical science and training needed for effective conservation. It serves as an educational hub and, since opening in Feb 2022, has hosted more than 130,000 visitors, including 22,000 schoolchildren. The Fossey Fund maintains its daily protection activities for 10 gorilla families in Rwanda, removing more than 1,500 illegal snares this year, and continues to expand its research program on both gorillas and the surrounding biodiversity. Community development programs focus on food security and livelihood initiatives, including livestock, food tree distributions and mushroom cultivation. The program has expanded to address the needs at a village level, reaching approximately 14,000 households, by providing financial support and technical assistance to 60 villages bordering Volcanoes National Park as they design and launch livelihood initiatives for a climate-resilient future. Community programs also focused on educational outreach and access through nature clubs, conservation camps and debates, guided tours, forest visits, teacher training and community leader engagement. The Girls in Conservation project addresses education inequalities by supporting girls in their education goals through academic scholarships to secondary schools and promoting environmental stewardship. To build scientific capacity, the Fossey Fund provided training to more than 500 university students and has hosted 25 workshops with participants from more than 30 countries. The Fossey Fund has an intensive mentoring program for early-career scientists and provides scholarships to promote the educational advancement of African scientists, with a particular focus on women in science and conservation.Expenses $4,629,264 · grants $384,438 · revenue $269,854
- Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund protects Grauer's gorillas and biodiversity in the Nkuba Conservation Area (NCA) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a community-owned forest at the core of the species' remaining range. Since beginning work in the region in 2000, and in close partnership with Indigenous landowners since 2012, the Fossey Fund has helped create conservation coverage to more than 2,400 km of forest, supporting an estimated 2,000-3,000 Grauer's gorillas, eastern chimpanzees, and multiple other threatened species. The NCA stores an estimated 250 million tons of carbon and has experienced no known gorilla killings since the program began. Fossey Fund supports communities in securing legal recognition of their land through community forest concessions and holds a 25-year land management agreement to assist with long-term stewardship. The NCA has been recognized as a Key Biodiversity Area by the IUCN and is being evaluated as a model for IUCN's Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs).The program employs and trains local community members as wildlife trackers and field staff to conduct daily patrols, remove snares, monitor gorillas, and collect scientific data on an understudied subspecies. Additional activities include biodiversity research, training early-career Congolese scientists, and supporting sustainable livelihoods, education, food security, and women's empowerment initiatives to reduce pressure on forests. Together, these efforts conserve critical habitat, protect endangered species, and strengthen community well-being while addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.Expenses $3,246,891
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 52-1118866
- 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
- 1978
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $47,458,939
- Income (IRS master file)
- $19,438,956
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $13,922,074 | $9,747,054 | $47,458,939 | XML |
| 990-T | September 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2024 | $11,006,988 | $8,216,607 | $42,576,483 | XML |
| 990-T | September 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2023 | $8,478,874 | $6,989,443 | $37,055,244 | XML |
| 990-T | September 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2022 | $8,191,894 | $6,224,208 | $34,853,425 | IRS |
| 990-T | September 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 52-1118866).
Questions about THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL
- What is the EIN of THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL is 52-1118866.
- Is THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1978.
- Are donations to THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL 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 THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names Marcie Beskind.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 25 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $355,194 (Tara Stoinski PhD, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does THE DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND INTERNATIONAL have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $13,922,074, expenses of $9,747,054 and total assets of $47,458,939 at year end.
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