2019-05-03T12:38:50-05:00 2018-12-31 454570537 MARJTAX INCORPORATED 3542 FRUITVALE AVE OAKLAND CA 946022327 990 2018-01-01 263208869 SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL (USA) SURV 5108583950 P O BOX 26345 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94126 DANIEL LAVELLE US DIRECTOR 5108583950 2019-05-02 true MARJORIE WILLIAMS-JONES P00564614 5104826204 2019-05-02 X 76.218.101.188 2019-05-03 12:38:50 CD P C9F1254338109C794B4EB586062621BC285657FD C9F1254338109C794B4EB586062621BC285657FD 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z DANIEL LAVELLE P O BOX 26345 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94126 258696 false X HTTPS://WWW.SURVIVALINTERNATIONAL.ORG/ X 2008 CA SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL IS THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR TRIBAL PEOPLES. WE HELP TRIBAL PEOPLES DEFEND THEIR LIVES, PROTECT THEIR LANDS AND DETERMINE THEIR OWN FUTURES. 4 4 4 0 198854 257802 1380 50 979 844 194 0 201407 258696 0 0 149065 52461 0 5787 54049 107479 203114 159940 -1707 98756 293701 344845 42821 0 250880 344845 X "TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BY ENDEAVORING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, NATIONALITY, OR ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGINS...(SEE SCHED O) false false 127772 "CONSERVATION"(SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION) TRIBAL PEOPLES HAVE BEEN DEPENDENT ON AND MANAGED THEIR ENVIRONMENTS FOR MILLENNIA AND EVIDENCE PROVES THAT THEY ARE BETTER AT LOOKING AFTER THEIR ENVIRONMENT THAN ANYONE ELSE. THEY ARE THE BEST CONSERVATIONISTS AND GUARDIANS OF THE NATURAL WORLD AND AS SUCH WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THEY ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT. BUT TRIBAL PEOPLES ARE BEING ILLEGALLY EVICTED FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATION AND ACCUSED OF "POACHING" BECAUSE THEY HUNT TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. THEY FACE ARREST AND BEATINGS, TORTURE AND DEATH, AT THE HANDS OF ANTI-POACHING SQUADS FUNDED BY BIG WESTERN CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, WHILE BIG GAME TROPHY HUNTERS ARE ENCOURAGED. UNCONTACTED TRIBES CAMPAIGN (SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O) UNCONTACTED TRIBES ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLES ON THE PLANET. WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THEM. BUT WE DO KNOW THERE ARE MORE THAN A HUNDRED AROUND THE WORLD. AND WE KNOW WHOLE POPULATIONS ARE BEING WIPED OUT BY VIOLENCE FROM OUTSIDERS WHO STEAL THEIR LAND AND RESOURCES, AND BY DISEASES LIKE FLU AND MEASLES TO WHICH THEY HAVE NO RESISTANCE. SURVIVAL IS A WORLD AUTHORITY ON UNCONTACTED TRIBES AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGNING FOR THEIR LANDS TO BE PROTECTED SINCE 1969. OUR CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES ARE SIMPLE: PROTECT THEIR LANDS AND ENSURE THEIR RIGHT TO REMAIN UNCONTACTED IS RESPECTED. ONLY THEN WILL THEY, AND THE ENVIRONMENTS ON WHICH THEY DEPEND, CONTINUE TO THRIVE. TRIBAL VOICE SURVIVAL'S TRIBAL VOICE PROJECT GIVES REMOTE TRIBES COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SO THEY CAN SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENTS AND MULTINATIONALS AND OTHERS THAT ARE TRYING TO SILENCE THEM. WE CREATED AND DISSEMINATED A PUBLICITY VIDEO TO INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL AUDIENCES ENCOURAGING THEM TO SEND US THEIR VIDEO CLIPS AND EXPLAINING THAT THE PROJECT CAN HELP GIVE THEM A PLATFORM TO TELL THEIR STORIES IN THEIR OWN WORDS AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD AROUND THE WORLD. 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"TO RELIEVE POVERTY MALNUTRITION AND ILL HEALTH AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. "TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS INCLUDING ILO CONVENTIONS 107 AND 169). "TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY, INSTITUTIONS AND WAYS OF LIFE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND TO PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH. "TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT PERTAINING TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. ------------ PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENT 1 "CONSERVATION"(CONTINUATION) BUT TRIBAL PEOPLES ARE BEING ILLEGALLY EVICTED FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATION AND ACCUSED OF "POACHING" BECAUSE THEY HUNT TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. THEY FACE ARREST AND BEATINGS, TORTURE AND DEATH, AT THE HANDS OF ANTI-POACHING SQUADS FUNDED BY BIG WESTERN CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, WHILE BIG GAME TROPHY HUNTERS ARE ENCOURAGED. BUT TARGETING TRIBAL HUNTERS DIVERTS ACTION AWAY FROM TACKLING THE TRUE POACHERS - CRIMINALS CONSPIRING WITH CORRUPT OFFICIALS. TARGETING TRIBAL HUNTERS HARMS CONSERVATION. SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL IS LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ABUSE OF TRIBAL PEOPLES IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATION: FOR TRIBES, FOR NATURE, FOR ALL HUMANITY. BEST CONSERVATIONISTS WITH EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE PLANET'S BIODIVERSITY FOUND IN INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES, SURVIVAL CONTINUED TO PUSH THE MESSAGE THAT TRIBAL PEOPLES ARE THE WORLD'S BEST, AND ORIGINAL, CONSERVATIONISTS. WE RELEASED AN OPEN LETTER ON WORLD TIGER DAY FROM THE CHENCHU IN AMBRABAD TIGER RESERVE, INDIA, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR KEY ROLE IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT: "OUR ANCESTORS TAUGHT US ONLY ONE THING: LOVE AND RESPECT THE FOREST." AFTER OBSERVING A DRASTIC INCREASE IN DEVASTATING FOREST FIRES IN KARNATAKA, INDIA, WE PUBLICIZED THE SOLIGA TRIBE'S WARNINGS THAT THIS INCREASE WAS PREVENTABLE AND LIKELY LINKED TO THE FACT THAT THEIR INDIGENOUS FORESTRY METHODS WERE BANNED. FOR WORLD RHINO DAY WE RELEASED AN EXCLUSIVE VIDEO FROM KAZIRANGATIGER RESERVE, IN WHICH PRANAB FROM THE MISING TRIBE EXPLAINED HIS PEOPLE'S CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROTECTING THE RHINO FOR MILLENNIA. EXPOSING THE CRIMES OF GREEN MILITARIZATION AFTER EXAMINING FIGURES FROM KAZIRANGATIGER RESERVE IN INDIA, WE OBSERVED A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN BOTH REPORTED KILLINGS OF SUSPECTED POACHERS AND KILLINGS OF RHINOS SINCE SURVIVAL LAUNCHED OUR CAMPAIGN AND LOCAL PEOPLE BRAVELY STARTED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. THIS IS A FANTASTIC RESULT AND CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT MILITARIZED CONSERVATION METHODS AND ASSOCIATED "SHOOT TO KILL" POLICIES ARE NOT NECESSARY TO CONSERVE RHINOS. SURVIVAL PUSHED FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS TO BE FIRMLY AT THE CENTER OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT TACKLING IWT, AND RELEASED A LETTER FROM CHARLES NSONKALI, A LOCAL NGO WORKER IN CAMEROON, TO PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY. THE LETTER CALLED FOR AN END TO THE HORRIFIC ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY THE CONSERVATION INDUSTRY AND HIGHLIGHTED THAT, AS WELL AS THE VIOLENCE SUFFERED, THE EXCLUSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IS ALSO COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE TO CONSERVATION'S AIMS. A VIDEO ABOUT PRINCE WILLIAM'S CONSERVATION TRIP TO AFRICA WAS WIDELY CRITICIZED AFTER SURVIVAL DREW ATTENTION TO ITS LACK OF AFRICAN VOICES AND PERPETUATION OF A "WHITE SAVIOR" STEREOTYPE. WE USED THE MEDIA SPLASH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND COLONIAL MENTALITY OF MANY LARGE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS. CONGO BASIN TRIBES IN 2018, SURVIVAL LAUNCHED OUR CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE PROPOSED MESSOKDJA NATIONAL PARK IN THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO, WHICH IS GOING AHEAD WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF BAKA PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA, AMIDST NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HORRIFIC ABUSE AND TORTURE BY PARK GUARDS. AS PART OF ONGOING EFFORTS TO PRESSURE SUPPORTERS OF THE PARK, INCLUDING WWF NETHERLANDS, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE UNDP, WE URGED SURVIVAL SUPPORTERS TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN ONLINE. AS A RESULT, MANY SUPPORTERS CALLED FOR WWF TO RESPECT THE BAKA'S HUMAN RIGHTS ON YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK AND TWITTER, HELPING TO PILE ON THE PRESSURE. WE FURTHER INVESTIGATED THE LEGALITY OF CONTRACTS REGARDING THE PARK'S CREATION AND RELEASED A POWERFUL JOINT STATEMENT DENOUNCING "COLONIAL CONSERVATION- AND LAND THEFT ALONGSIDE FOUR LOCAL NGOS WORKING IN THE REGION. STAFF BROUGHT THE STATEMENT TO THE CONGO BASIN FOREST PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE IN BELGIUM AND HANDED IT DIRECTLY TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE MINISTER OF FOREST ECONOMY IN THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO - A MESSAGE THAT WAS DIFFICULT TO IGNORE. TRIBAL PEOPLE'S TESTIMONIES, AS ALWAYS, WERE KEY TO THE CAMPAIGN IN 2018. WE RELEASED THREE NEW TRIBAL VOICE VIDEOS DIRECT FROM MESSOKDJA, FEATURING BAKA SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE PROPOSED PARK AND THE APPALLING ABUSE THEY HAVE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF WWF-FUNDED PARK GUARDS. WE PUBLISHED LETTERS FROM THE BAKA AND CREATED A SHORT FILM EXPOSING THE GRIM REALITY OF COLONIAL CONSERVATION, WHICH REACHED TWO MILLION VIEWERS. WE CREATED AN ADDITIONAL SHORT FILM FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON THE ILLEGAL CREATION OF MESSOKDJA AND HOW THE BAKA ARE AFFECTED BY IT, WHICH WAS ALSO HUGELY SUCCESSFUL AND WAS SEEN BY OVER A MILLION PEOPLE. --------------------- PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENT 2 UNCONTACTED TRIBES CAMPAIGN (CONTINUATION) AMAZON UNCONTACTED FRONTIER THE UNCONTACTED FRONTIER IS AN AREA STRADDLING THE BRAZIL-PERU BORDER AND IS HOME TO THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF UNCONTACTED TRIBAL PEOPLES IN THE WORLD. IT IS THEREFORE A VITALLY IMPORTANT REGION AND IN 2018, WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF THOSE THREATENED BY MINERS, LOGGERS AND OTHERS SEEKING TO IMPOSE UNWANTED CONTACT, WHICH CAN BE DEADLY. IN AUGUST, FUNAI (BRAZIL'S INDIGENOUS AFFAIRSDEPARTMENT) RELEASED DRONE FOOTAGE OF UNCONTACTED INDIANS IN THE JAVARI VALLEY INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, IN THE WESTERN BRAZILIAN AMAZON. SURVIVAL HARNESSED THE RESULTING MEDIA ATTENTION TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING UNCONTACTED TRIBES' LANDS AND WAS QUOTED WIDELY IN COVERAGE OF THE STORY, INCLUDING BY FOX NEWS, METRO AND SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE. FOOTAGE THAT PROVES THE EXISTENCE OF UNCONTACTED TRIBES HAS AND CONTINUES TO BE VITAL IN THE ONGOING BATTLE FOR UNCONTACTED TRIBES' RIGHTS. AW AND THE GUARDIANS OF THE AMAZON, BRAZIL THE AW HAVE BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS OF SURVIVAL'S CAMPAIGNS OVER THE YEARS. THEY LIVE IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON; SOME ARE UNCONTACTED WHILE SOME LIVE IN SETTLED VILLAGES AND HAVE CONTACT WITH OUTSIDERS. A GROUP OF THEIR CONTACTED GUAJAJARA NEIGHBORS ACT AS "GUARDIANS OF THE AMAZON." SURVIVAL CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE GUARDIANS TO PROTECT THEIR LAND FROM ILLEGAL LOGGERS AND RANCHERS AND DEFEND THEIR UNCONTACTED AW NEIGHBORS. SURVIVAL CELEBRATED A MAJOR SUCCESS IN 2014 WHEN LOGGERS WERE EVICTED FROM THE AW'S LAND, BUT THE AW FACED RENEWED THREATS FROM LOGGING IN 2018, FUELED BY THE DRY SEASON AND ANGER OVER ONGOING EFFORTS TO PROTECT THEIR LAND. THE GUARDIANS ASKED FOR SURVIVAL'S SUPPORT TO PROTECT THE AW FROM VIOLENT ATTACKS AND WE RESPONDED RAPIDLY, REQUESTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT OPEN AN URGENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE SITUATION. AN EL PAS ARTICLE WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH SURVIVAL RESEARCHERS HELPED TO PILE PRESSURE ON BRAZIL'S INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (FUNAI) AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (IBAMA) TO ACT. THE ARTICLE ALONG WITH SURVIVAL'S LETTERS CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE GUARDIANS PROMPTED THE GOVERNMENT TO SEND A TEAM TO INVESTIGATE. SURVIVAL CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE GUARDIANS TO PATROL THE FORESTS, COLLECT MATERIAL AND INVESTIGATE CRIMES. IN MAY, THE GUARDIANS DESTROYED A LOGGERS' TRUCK BELONGING TO A NOTORIOUS LOGGING GANG, WHICH THEY EXPELLED FROM THEIR FOREST. WE PUBLICIZED THEIR ESSENTIAL WORK AND THE POSITIVE RESULTS OF THEIR OPERATIONS WHILE CONTINUING TO LOBBY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT. HOWEVER, THE GUARDIANS ALSO FACED ONGOING VIOLENCE IN 2018. SEVERAL GUAJAJARA LEADERS WERE ATTACKED AND ONE WAS KILLED, WE SUSPECT BY LOGGERS AND THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ONGOING LAND CONFLICT. IN ONE VIOLENT ATTACK, THE GUARDIANS MANAGED TO FORCE THE LOGGERS TO SURRENDER, DESPITE BEING GREATLY OUTNUMBERED. AT THE END OF 2018, SOME MEMBERS OF THE AW TRIBE DECIDED TO JOIN THEIR GUAJAJARA NEIGHBORS AND BECOME GUARDIANS TOO. THEY BEGAN WORK TO CREATE PATHS BETWEEN THEIR SEPARATE COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE REGION FOR INVASIONS MORE SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY. THE GUARDIANS SAY: "WE PATROL, WE FIND THE LOGGERS, WE DESTROY THEIR EQUIPMENT AND WE SEND THEM AWAY. WE'VE STOPPED MANY LOGGERS. IT'S WORKING." ----------------- PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENT 3 TRIBAL VOICE (CONTINUATION) IN 2018 SURVIVAL'S TRIBAL VOICE PROJECT GREW RAPIDLY, AND WE RECEIVED A HUGE NUMBER OF VIDEOS FROM FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE MANAGEMENT OFFICER REVIEWS THE 990 WITH THE TAX PREPARER. A COMPLETE COPY OF THE FINAL 990 DRAFT, WITH ALL SCHEDULES IS DELIVERED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS VIA EMAIL IN PDF FORMAT A WEEK PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C PER SECTION 6 ARTICLE 12 OF THE AGENCY BYLAWS, "EACH DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER AND MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS SHALL ANNUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS SUCH PERSON: A) HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, B) HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, C) HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AND D) UNDERSTANDS THE ORGANIZATION IS CHARITABLE AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION IT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECIDES THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF THE MANAGING OFFICER. THE BOARD, WHICH CONSISTS OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS, HAS ASSESSED FAIR AND EQUITABLE COMPENSATION BASED ON COMPENSATION OF MANAGING OFFICER OF AGENCIES OF SIMILAR SIZE, FIELD AND LOCATION TO SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL USA. THE BOARD ALSO CONDUCTS REGULAR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF THE MANAGING OFFICER. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE MANAGING OFFICER DETERMINES THE SALARY AND/OR WAGES OF ALL OTHER STAFF, BASED ON CURRENT MARKET COMPENSATION PRACTICES AND THE MINIMUM WAGE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO ANYONE UPON REQUEST.