The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
No public data foundThe return states a posture but gives no instructions.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2021 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 3 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2021).
Environment
44 grants on file · $3.4M · FY2016–2024
IRS 990 · FY2024
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Grants paid
$3.1M
FY2024 · grants and similar amounts paid
Total assets
$12.5M
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$9.5M
FY2024
Expenses
$8.5M
FY2024
Grants paid by year
Total assets by year
Where the money went · FY2024
Program services87%
Management and general10%
Fundraising2%
Form 990 splits expenses into program services, management and fundraising. The split is self-reported, and a grantmaker, a research institute and a direct-service nonprofit book the same work differently. A line the return does not carry reads "not available"; it is never counted as zero.
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Grants paid
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990
$9,533,819
$8,513,871
$3,064,526
$12,549,660
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Animal welfare$790K · 12
Where recipients are
Not stated$2.5M · 30
DC$255K · 4
MA$225K · 2
NY$170K · 3
CA$135K · 3
MN$45K · 1
MT$35K · 1
Based on the 27% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
44 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
MAASAI MARA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCIES ASSOCIATION
MARA CONSERVANCIES EMERGENCY FUND
$500,000
2020
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Scott O'Connell
TREASURER
1.00
$0
Peter Veit
SECRETARY
1.00
$0
Frederick Nelson
CEO
40.00
$196,150
Laura Hattendorf
CHAIR
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
ENABLE A SMOOTH RETURN TO GROUP RANCH I.E. RE-HIRE AND EQUIP OUR GUARDIANS, AND BEGIN OPERATIONS WITHIN THE REGION, TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND SAVE LIONS ACROSS A WIDER AREA.
STRENGTHEN ILCHOKUTI PROGRAM AND SUPPORT FIELD ACTIVITIES WITH COMPENSATION, VEHICLE COSTS, TECHNOLOGY, AND COSTS RELATED TO SENDING SIX TEAM MEMBERS TO THE YOUTH NATURE EVENT.
$100,000
2024
AMBOSELI ECOSYSTEM TRUST
IMPROVEMENT OF LAND USE PRACTICES THROUGH COEXISTENCE OF PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE
$97,170
2020
HONEYGUIDE
MAASAI LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION FUND
$95,000
2020
PASTORAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL
ADVANCING LAND RIGHTS OF PASTORAL WOMEN IN NORTHERN TANZANIA
$92,000
2021
PASTORAL WOMEN'S COUNCIL
ADVANCING LAND RIGHTS OF PASTORAL WOMEN IN NORTHERN TANZANIA