2021-11-10T14:39:41-07:00 2020-12-31 990 2020-01-01 261368021 SMALL WILD CAT CONSERVATION FOUNDATION SMAL 5057201204 15111 Karl Avenue Monte Sereno CA 95030 James Sanderson Founder & Director 5057201204 2021-11-10 0 11 1 AAL2 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z James G Sanderson 390 Rincon Rd Corrales NM 87048 320817 0 X smallcats.org X 2005 CA The mission of the Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation is to ensure the survival of the most threatened small wild cats and their natural habitats worldwide by identifying and mitigating threats to their continues existence. 3 0 0 0 0 0 188293 320780 0 53 37 2720 0 191066 320817 167493 0 0 0 0 59982 3372 59982 170865 131084 149952 569100 655150 0 0 569100 655150 The mission of The Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation is to ensure the survival of the most threatened small wild cats and their natural habitats worldwide by identifying and mitigating threats to their continued existence. 0 0 35590 0 0 $35,590 was granted to the Urban Fishing Cat Project, Save Fishing Cats (both part of Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance) and the Jungle Cat Working Group. These projects are dediced to conservation of Fishing cats and Jungle cats throughout Sri Lanka. 20741 0 0 $20,740.56 was granted to the Talamanca Oncilla Project operating within the Costa Rica Wildlife Foundation of which Jim Sanderson is a member of the board of directors. The Talamanca Oncilla Project is to mitigate threats to the Oncilla, map the geographic distribution, understand the prey, and collect scat to do DNA analysis to determine if the Oncilla is a unique species. 15000 0 0 $15,000 was granted to various projects in Brazil to small cat conservation projects. Species included Pampas cat, Northern Tiger-cat, and Geoffroy's cat. 96162 0 0 Other projects described on Schedule O. 96162 0 0 167493 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 CA X James G Sanderson 5057201204 15111 Karl Avenue Monte Sereno CA 95030 X James G Sanderson Founder and Director 40 0 X X 0 0 0 Kennon Dickson-Hudson President 1 0 X 0 0 0 Barbara Dicely Treasurer 1 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 320780 0 320780 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 320817 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 167493 167493 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2843 0 2843 0 144 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cost to file california taxes 85 0 85 0 All other minor but necessary expenses 300 0 300 0 170865 167493 3372 0 136548 76946 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2137 2137 0 0 430415 576067 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569100 655150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 138685 79083 0 0 430415 576067 569100 655150 569100 655150 149952 -63902 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 172808 175211 403290 191067 320855 1263231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172808 175211 403290 191067 320855 1263231 0 1263231 98205 106502 16454 30492 28460 280113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1543344 0 0.81850 0.7763 X South Asia Grant to in situ colleagues for fishing cat and jungle cat threat reduction projects. 35590 wire transfer 0 Final report and verbal confirmation South America Grant to in situ partner in Brazil for Tiger-cat threat reduction projects. 15000 Wire transfer 0 final report and verbal conversations South Asia Nepal: Grant to in situ colleagues for fishing cat conservation threat reduction projects. 14562 Wire transfer 0 Final report, publication, and conference calls Middle East and North Africa Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund support for small grants. 12702 Wire transfer 0 Wire transfer South America Chile. Support to in situ partners for conservation programs for Andean cat and Guigna. 12656 Wire transfer 0 Final report and publications. Central America and the Caribbean Costa Rica. Support for The Oncilla Project threat reduction projects. 12515 Wire transfer 0 Monthly and final reports and publications. Russia and the newly independent States Manul Working Group. Support for leading manul conservation across the Asian steppe. 12515 Wire transfer 0 Final report, website updates, frequent communication. South Asia Myanmar. Support for fishing cat conservation threat reduction projects. 10675 Wire transfer 0 Final report, frequent communication. Sub-Saharan Africa Uganda. African Golden Cat Working Group conservation project. 9096 Wire transfer 0 Final report, website updates, frequent communication. South Asia India. Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance project to reduce threats to fishing cats. 8046 Wire transfer 0 Final report, frequent communication, videos. South America Peru. Pampas Cat Working Group in situ conservation projects. 5001 Wire transfer 0 Final report, website posts, frequent communication. 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 1 All grants are made using the same bank transfer platform. Permanent records are kept. Recipients agree to the terms and conditions in written documents describing the nature of the conservation activities. The accounting method is cash. All funds were invested in full in a wild cat conservation projects that take the form of threat reduction projects. Projects are monitored through frequent online written and voice communications. Additionally, most projects are visited annually by Jim Sanderson, PhD, Founder and Director of the Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation. The Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation provides no salary Jim Sanderson or the two board members. Overhead remains less than 2%. Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 All grants are made using the same bank transfer platform. Permanent records are kept. Recipients agree to the terms and conditions in written documents describing the nature of the conservation activities. The accounting method is cash. All funds were invested in full in a wild cat conservation projects that take the form of threat reduction projects. Projects are monitored through frequent online written and voice communications. Additionally, most projects are visited annually by Jim Sanderson, PhD, Founder and Director of the Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation. The Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation provides no salary Jim Sanderson or the two board members. Overhead remains less than 2%. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b (1) $14,561.72 grants to Fishing cat conservation projects and to create the Clouded leopard Working Group in Nepal. (2) $12,701.96 was provided to the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund to cover funding shortfalls to small cat projects. (3) $12,656.14 was provided to two colleagues in Chile for Andean cat and Guigna conservation projects. (4) $12,015.00 was provided to a colleague in Russia for the Manul Working Group. (5) $10,675.00 grant was made to a partner in Myanmar for projects to reduce threats to Fishing cats. (6) $9,095.81 grant was made to a colleague in Uganda for the African golden cat project. (7) $8,045.69 grants were made to Fishing cat projects in India. (8) $4,015.00 grant was made to a Pampas cat project in Peru. (9) $4,015.00 grant was made to a Clouded leopard, Asiatic golden cat, and Marbled cat conservation project in Bhutan. (10) $3,025.00 was sent to Mongolia for the Manul conservation project. (11) $3,015.00 was sent to our partner in Pakistan for Fishing cat conservation. (12) $1,111.96 was sent to Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance to support the social media efforts. (13) $672.92 was used to visit Wildlife Conservation Network in California. (14) $527.16 was used to cover final expenses incurred during the second global Small Cat Conservation Summit in Sri Lanka in 2019. (15) $29.44 was used to purchase a book needed to create a geographic range map of the Fishing cat. The three most expensive projects totaling $71,330.56 are listed on Form 990. The above 15 projects total $96,162.80. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Compliance was assured by the founder and director of SWCCF. SWCCF has no employees and only works with in situ colleagues. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Policy documents are in PDF form and are provided upon request. The forms are late because they were not filed electronically. Form 990 and accompanying forms were completed 19 January 2021. Paper forms were mail and then received by the IRS 16 February 2021. All forms were returned to SWCCF on 20 August 2021. The forms were forwarded to James Sanderson and received on 8 November 2021. Forms are now prepared and will be filed electronically.