2021-11-10T13:55:07-08:00 2020-12-31 330783983 West Rhode & Roberts 2741 4th Ave San Diego CA 92103 990 2020-01-01 770536297 WILDCOAST WILD 6194238530 925 SEACOAST DRIVE Imperial Beach CA 91932 SERGE DEDINA Executive Dir. 2021-11-10 true SERGE DEDINA 999009999 Christopher M Roberts P00235008 6196155380 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z 925 SEACOAST DRIVE Imperial Beach CA 91932 2234213 false X www.wildcoast.net X 2000 CA THE MISSION OF WILDCOAST IS TO CONSERVE COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH NATURAL SOLUTIONS. 9 9 14 4000 0 1732112 2192224 0 10095 2165 46677 20521 1788884 2214910 440200 635000 0 789793 937414 0 127375 372212 386936 1602205 1959350 186679 255560 3247988 3660123 87633 244208 3160355 3415915 THE MISSION OF WILDCOAST IS TO CONSERVE COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH NATURAL SOLUTIONS. OUR STAFF IS DEDICATED TO CONSERVING THREATENED AND ENDANGERED COASTLINES AND WILDLIFE IN CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO. WILDCOASTS AWARD-WINNING TEAM IS PASSIONATE, DEDICATED, AND DRIVEN TO ACHIEVE HIGH IMPACT RESULTS THAT SAFEGUARD OUR COASTAL AND MARINE HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. false false 1572740 635000 CALIFORNIAS MARINE PROTECTED AREASCALIFORNIAS 545,280 ACRES OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, OR MPAS, PROVIDE REFUGE FOR OCEAN WILDLIFE SUCH AS BLUE WHALES, WHITE SHARKS AND COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE ABALONE AND LOBSTER. THESE UNDERWATER PARKS ARE HOME TO TOWERING FORESTS OF GIANT KELP, THE RAINFORESTS OF THE SEA, WHICH GROW UNHINDERED FROM THE SEAFLOOR TO THE SURFACE. WILDCOAST IS LEADING EFFORTS TO HELP CONSERVE THESE MARINE REFUGES AND IMPROVE THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLDS LARGEST INTEGRATED NETWORK OF MPAS. THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, MONITORING AND EDUCATION, WE ARE LEADING THE WAY TO ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIAS COASTLINE AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT IS AS SPECTACULAR IN THE FUTURE AS IT IS TODAY. WILDCOAST WAS A LEAD ORGANIZATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIAS MPA NETWORK AND NOW A CRITICAL PLAYER IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION. WILDCOAST, A CO-CHAIR OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MPA COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE, IS WORKING WITH ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, COASTAL ZONE MANAGERS, USER GROUPS, RESEARCHERS AND LOCAL TRIBES TO CONSERVE 17,779 ACRES OF MPAS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THIS WORK INCLUDES DEVELOPING AND DISTRIBUTING BILINGUAL OUTREACH MATERIAL, ENGAGING YOUTH AND THE PUBLIC IN HANDS-ON MPA STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES AND WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO IMPROVE MPA COMPLIANCE IN CALIFORNIA. 100 INTERPRETIVE PANELS INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY MPAS ENGAGED 6,000 STUDENTS FROM LOCAL TRIBES AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN MPA EDUCATIONAL AND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTYUS-MEXICO BORDER IN 2020, WILDCOAST, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BENIOFF OCEAN INITIATIVE, COCA COLA FOUNDATION, AND UC SANTA BARBARA, WORKED WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF TIJUANA TO INSTALL A RETENTION DEVICE IN A TRIBUTARY CANYON OF THE TIJUANA RIVER TO CAPTURE OCEAN BOUND PLASTIC. WILDCOAST OBTAIN REQUIRED PERMITS, ENGINEERED AND BUILT THE SYSTEM, AND OUTREACHED TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROJECT. THE BOOM WILL CAPTURE UP TO 25% OF OCEAN-BOUND TRASH COMING OUT OF THE TIJUANA RIVER. SAVING WILDERNESS ON THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULAIN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEXICOS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS (CONANP), FISHERMEN, LOCAL LANDOWNERS, MUNICIPALITIES AND RANCHERS, WILDCOAST IS HELPING TO IMPROVE THE CONSERVATION OF 10 MILLION ACRES OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULAS LARGEST INTACT COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND PROTECTED AREAS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE LAST WILDERNESS AREAS OF THIS SCALE LEFT ON NORTH AMERICAS PACIFIC COASTLINE. TO CONSERVE UNDEVELOPED BEACHES, SEA TURTLE NESTING SITES AND LAGOON SHORELINE ON THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND BAJAS PACIFIC COAST, WE HAVE PROTECTED, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONANP, 1,327 MILES OF COASTLINE THROUGH FEDERAL ZONE CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH CONANP TO MANAGE THE 6.3 MILLION-ACRE VIZCAINO BIOSPHERE RESERVE, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND HOME TO TWO GRAY WHALE BREEDING LAGOONS, AND RESTORE 100 ACRES OF MANGROVES IN LAGUNA SAN IGNACIO. THROUGH DIRECT LAND PURCHASES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, WILDCOAST HAS CONSERVED 51,936 ACRES AND 38 MILES OF WILDERNESS COASTLINE ON THE CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. IN 2020 WILDCOAST WILL PROTECT AN ADDITIONAL 1,000 ACRES AND ONE MILE OF COASTLINE IN THE REGION. WILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH MEXICOS NATIONAL PARK COMMISSION (CONANP) TO IMPROVE THE CONSERVATION OF THE 6.3 MILLION-ACRE VIZCAINO BIOSPHERE RESERVE THROUGH A MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE AND DEVELOPING A CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAM. MANGROVES: FORESTS OF LAND AND SEAWILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH MEXICOS COMMISSION FOR NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT OVER 60,000 ACRES OF MANGROVE FORESTS COVERING OVER 500 MILES OF COASTLINE IN NORTHWEST MEXICO. THROUGH CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS WE ARE SETTING ASIDE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE MANGROVE FORESTS IN THESE AREAS FOR CONSERVATION. WE ARE HELPING LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES UPDATE LOCAL LAND USE PLANS TO INCLUDE STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND WE ARE EDUCATING LOCAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES THAT MANGROVES PROVIDE. WILDCOAST IS PROTECTING OVER 60,000 ACRES OF MANGROVES AND 1,629 MILES OF COASTLINE IN NORTHWEST MEXICO THROUGH FEDERAL ZONE CONSERVATION CONCESSIONS. TO DATE, WILDCOAST HAS PROTECTED 8,454 ACRES OF MANGROVES AND 1,327 MILES OF COASTLINE THROUGH THIS EFFORT.WILDCOAST has restored 250 acres of mangrove forest in Laguna San Ignacio with the support of 50 local community members. DIRECTLY ENGAGED 300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR IN CORAL REEF AND MANGROVE EDUCATION AND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES CONSERVING CORAL REEFSWILDCOAST IS HELPING TO CONSERVE 37 million ACRES OF NATIONAL PARKS in MEXICO, WHICH ARE HOME TO SOME OF MEXICOS MOST IMPORTANT PACIFIC CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS. THE CABO PULMO NATIONAL PARK, ON THE TIP OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA, IS HOME TO THE NORTHERN MOST CORAL REEF IN THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST SUCCESSFUL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS. IT IS AN ECOLOGICAL CORNERSTONE IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING HABITAT FOR WHALE SHARKS, MANTA RAYS, TROPICAL FISH AND SEA TURTLES. SIMILARLY, THE CORAL REEFS OF THE HUATULCO NATIONAL PARK IN OAXACA, CONTAIN INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY, WITH AN ESTIMATED 192 SPECIES OF FISH. WILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH PARK STAFF AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN CABO PULMO AND HUATULCO TO HELP BUILD ON-SITE CAPACITY TO MANAGE THEIR CORAL REEFS AND SURROUNDING PROTECTED AREAS. WE ARE SUPPORTING REEF MONITORING EFFORTS TO GAUGE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND WE ARE HELPING TO IMPROVE VISITATION BEST PRACTICES IN BOTH NATIONAL PARKS. THROUGH BEACH AND REEF CLEANUPS, FESTIVALS, MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, LOCAL WORKSHOPS, AND COMMUNITY MURALS, WE ARE BUILDING INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CORAL REEFS AS A CONSERVATION PRIORITY AND WE ARE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY IN THEIR PROTECTION. WILDCOAST IS WORKING WITH CONANP TO STRENGTHEN VISITATION MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING FOR 483 ACRES OF CORAL REEFS IN THE CABO PULMO AND HUATULCO NATIONAL PARKS AND 9.3 MILES OF CRITICAL OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACH IN OAXACA. WILDCOAST IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONSERVATION OF THESE AREAS THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC OUTREACH SUCH AS SIGNAGE, MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND MOORING BUOYS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEXICOS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS (CONANP), WE DISTRIBUTED 2,000 WILDLIFE AND DIVE GUIDES FOR THE 17,572 ACRE CABO PULMO NATIONAL PARK (CPNP) CARRIED OUT CORAL REEF OBSERVATION AND VISITATION MANAGEMENT TRAININGS WITH 20 TOUR GUIDES IN CABO PULMO AND CABO SAN LUCAS: SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH SIX PROTECTED AREAS TO STANDARDIZE CORAL REEF MONITORING METHODS; AND CARRIED OUT THREE MONITORING SURVEYS IN THE CPNP SEA TURTLESIN ADDITION TO ITS VIBRANT CULTURE AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE, THE OAXACA COASTLINE IS HOME TO MANGROVES, DRY TROPICAL FOREST, CORAL REEFS, WETLANDS AND SOME OF THE WORLDS MOST IMPORTANT SEA TURTLE NESTING BEACHES. MORRO AYUTA, BETWEEN SALINA CRUZ AND HUATULCO, IS THE REGIONS LARGEST NESTING BEACH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SITES IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLES. WILDCOAST IS WORKING DIRECTLY IN OAXACA WITH MEXICOS NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT MORRO AYUTA AND NEIGHBORING NESTING BEACHES. IN 2015, WE DEVELOPED A SEA TURTLE DRONE MONITORING PROGRAM WITH THE MEXICAN SEA TURTLE CENTER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS, VISITATION AND DISTRIBUTION. WE ARE ENGAGING HUNDREDS OF LOCAL CHILDREN IN SEA TURTLE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND HAVE DEVELOPED A LOCAL SEA TURTLE OIL SPILL RESPONSE TEAM. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROMOTING MORRO AYUTA AS A WETLAND OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE (RAMSAR SITE) TO RECOGNIZE ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE ON A GLOBAL SCALE. CLIMATE CHANGEOUR OCEANS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN REGULATING EARTHS CLIMATE. IN ADDITION TO FOOD, LIVELIHOODS AND ENJOYMENT, THEY PROVIDE US WITH THE AIR WE BREATHE. IN FACT, SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE PLANETS OXYGEN IS PRODUCED BY OUR OCEANS. THEY ARE ALSO THE PLANETS LARGEST RESERVOIR OF CARBON DIOXIDE, STORING ABOUT HALF OF THE WORLDS EMISSIONS SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. AS THE OCEANS BECOME "FULL" OF CARBON DIOXIDE, THE RATE AT WHICH THEY CAN CONTINUE TO ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE SLOWS, RESULTING IN MORE CARBON DIOXIDE REMAINING IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND AFFECTING OUR CLIMATE. THE IMPACTS OF ABSORBING SUCH HUGE AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND HEAT INCLUDE OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, SEA LEVEL RISE, DISRUPTED MARINE FOOD WEBS AND HARSHER STORMS AMONG MANY OTHER UNFORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES. WILDCOASTS WORK TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS, MANGROVES AND UNDISTURBED SHORELINE IN CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MECHANISM WE HAVE TO SLOW THE IMPACTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, IN ADDITION TO REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSIONS. THE PLACES THAT WE WORK ARE AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE WORLD TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT ARE ALSO THE MOST EFFECTIVE AT MITIGATING THESE CHANGES. 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Tax positions for the open tax years as of December 31, 2019 were reviewed by the Organization and it was determined that it has no uncertain tax positions requiring accrual or disclosure. true NORTH AMERICA 0 0 GRANTMAKING GRANTMAKING 635000 635000 635000 NORTH AMERICA PROGRAM SERVICE 635000 WIRE FMV 1 false false false false false false X false KEEP IT WILD 39824 39824 19303 39824 39824 19303 19303 20521 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process AN ELECTRONIC COPY IS PROVIDED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO MAILING THE SIGNED FORM 990 TO THE IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts ONCE A YEAR EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND SIGN A COPY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management ONCE A YEAR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS SALARIES DURING THE BUDGETING PROCESS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND COMPAREs THE ORGANIZATION'S SALARIES TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICES. COSTASALVAJE AC LAS DUnAS 160 - 203 FRACE PLAYA ENSENADA B.C. MX 22800 LAND & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION MX foreign WILDCOAST true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false COSTASALVAJE AC b 635000 FMV