GUANACASTE DRY FOREST CONSERVATION FUND: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
GUANACASTE DRY FOREST CONSERVATION FUND (EIN 94-3280315)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2017-11-09
IRS object ID
201723139349304052
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$5,695,299BOYAmt
EOY$5,982,191EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$98,511BOYAmt
EOY$138,520EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,407,956BOYAmt
EOY$1,523,219EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$12,510,781BOYAmt
EOY$12,069,713EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$132,707BOYAmt
EOY$82,260EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$40,176EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$8,542EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EOY$180,000EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$93,499BOYAmt
EOY$119,675EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$226,206BOYAmt
EOY$430,653EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,155,632BOYAmt
EOY$4,301,498EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,115,521BOYAmt
EOY$3,205,709EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,013,422BOYAmt
EOY$4,131,853EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$12,284,575BOYAmt
EOY$11,639,060EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$12,510,781BOYAmt
EOY$12,069,713EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$1,081,449ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$386,304NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$49,630PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,373,550CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,030,429CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,430,048CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,333,584CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,258,049CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$13,425,660TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,373,550CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$6,030,429CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,430,048CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,333,584CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,258,049CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$13,425,660TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$7,254,345SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$6,171,315PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$111,303CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$152,978CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$222,661CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$196,468CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$176,369CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$859,779TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$6,392CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$11,444CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$21,008CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$261CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$39,105TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$76,226CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$62,994CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$115,286CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$600CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$117,945CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$373,051TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$14,697,595TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$908,407GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.41990PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.41760PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSupport Schedule: Additional Supplemental InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationINFORMATION REGARDING RESTATEMENT OF PRIOR YEAR SCHEDULE A DATADURING THE AUDIT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S 2014 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE OUTSIDE AUDITORS DETERMINED THAT THE ASSETS HELD IN A TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN CANADA SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE ORGANIZATION. THIS TRUST FUND WAS ESTABLISHED AND FUNDED IN 2011, FOR THE BENFIT OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE SCHEDULE A DATA FOR PRIOR YEARS HAS BEEN RESTATED TO REFLECT BOTH THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS TRUST FUND, AND THE ANNUAL EARNINGS OF THE FUND.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub ExhibitionYes (X)CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly RsrchYes (X)CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used PreservationYes (X)CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets SalefalseSolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$7,357,068BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$72,468ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$477,328InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$8,781AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$7,898,083EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$6,706,063BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$741,771ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$80,553InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$10,213AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$7,357,068EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,826,371BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$3,712,087ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$272,726InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$99,935OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$5,186AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$6,706,063EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,919,404BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$843,142ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$310,345InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$239,975OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$6,545AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$2,826,371EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,877,559BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$41,845ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$49,215InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$44,197OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$5,018AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$1,919,404EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.47700BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.52300PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgYes (true)EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$63,842OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$63,842BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$207,089OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$120,608DepreciationAmt
Book Value$86,481BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$150,323TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmtMethod ValuationMethodValuationCd
ICON LEASING 12$18,997F
INVENTRUST PROPERTIES CORP$28,757F
HIGHLANDS REIT$3,784F
GREENBACKER RENEWABLE ENERGY LLC$86,982F

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmt
DEPOSITS
FMV OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ICFC TRUST$1,519,853
OTHER RECEIVABLES$3,366
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$1,523,219TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
AGENCY DONATION FUNDS HELD$112,925
DEPOSITS HELD$6,750
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$119,675TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,133,854TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$386,304NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$135,000DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue-$109OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$521,195RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,612,659RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$37,413InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$37,413RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,650,072TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,828,999TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$135,000DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included-$109OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$134,891ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,694,108ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$37,413InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$37,413ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,731,521TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 1a: If organization elected under SFAS 116 to not report are, historical treasures, oTHE ORGANIZATION HOLDS TROPICAL FOREST LAND THAT IT HAS ACQUIRED FOR PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS AND SPECIES. THIS LAND IS DEDICATED FOR FUTURE INCORPORATION INTO THE COSTA RICAN NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM (OR SOME OTHER VEHICLE) FOR ITS PRESERVATION IN PERPETUITY. THE LAND IS USED FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AS WELL AS PUBLIC EXHIBITION TO VISITORS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1997, THE ORGANIZATION HAS SPENT SOME $13 MILLION ON LAND ACQUISITIONS THAT ARE NOT SHOWN AS ASSETS ON THE BALANCE SHEET. IT HAS ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL LAND DONATIONS WHICH ARE ALSO NOT REFLECTED AS ASSETS ON THE BALANCE SHEET.THE TEXT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOOTNOTE REGARDING COLLECTIONS READS AS FOLLOWS:GDFCF scientists and parataxonomists have discovered, catalogued, and preserved hundreds of thousands of biological specimens collected on lands owned by the government of Costa Rica and GDFCF. These specimens are formally the property of Costa Rica, but are collected and studied under research permits from the Costa Rican government. Nearly all have been exported from ACG with formal government export permits, with the consent of the Costa Rican government, for donation to various national or international biodiversity institutions for use in research, education, and exhibitions. None have been sold or are destined for sale.The approximately 35,000 acres of land acquired by GDFCF are held as a collection intended for public exhibition, education, and/or research in furtherance of public service. The lands are protected, kept unencumbered, cared for, and preserved. They are subject to GDFCFs and related organizations policy that requires the proceeds of land sales, should any ever occur, to be used to acquire other land for collections.Not-for-profit accounting principles state that an organization that holds items that meet the definition of a collection has the option not to capitalize such collection items. In conformity with GAAP, none of the land received through donation or by purchase has been capitalized; cash or related assets held for future land purchases are reflected in the temporarily restricted net asset portion of the accompanying Statement of Financial Position. GDFCF received no donated land during 2016 and 2015..
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.GDFCF HAS THREE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUNDS:1) A FUND ESTABLISHED TO FINANCE FUTURE GENERAL OPERATION EXPENDITURES, AS NEEDED. 2) A FUND ESTABLISHED TO FINANCE THE FUTURE OPERATION OF THE PARATAXONOMIST PROGRAM.3) A FUND TO FINANCE THE FUTURE HIRING OF A SCIENCE DIRECTOR FOR THE PARATAXONOMIST PROGRAM.GDFCF IS ALSO THE BENEFICIARY OF A TRUST ESTABLISHED BY A CANADIAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HOLD FUNDS AS A PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND TO SUPPORT GDFCF'S PARATAXONOMIST PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO THESE THREE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUNDS, GDFCF HAS ESTABLISHED THREE BOARD DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT FUNDS THAT MIRROR AND SUPPLEMENT THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUNDS.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionCOSTA RICARegionTxt
Offices1OfficesCnt
Employee50EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedSEE FORM 990, PART IIITypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services ProvidedSEE FORM 990, PART IIISpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$1,521,205RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices1SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees50SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office1TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee50TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$1,521,205SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$1,521,205TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionCOSTA RICARegionTxt
Purpose Of GrantSEE FM 990 PT IIIPurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant$283,829CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash DisbursementWIREMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustYes (true)InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside USFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTHE PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION PERSONALLY SUPERVISE THE FUNDING OF ALL GRANTS AND ARE CONTINUALLY INVOLVED IN THE OVERSIGHT OF RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY THE GRANTS.ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonDAN JANZENPersonNm
Relationship With OrgPRESIDENTRelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan PurposeCASH ADVANCELoanPurposeTxt
Loan To OrganizationYes (X)LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal$8,542OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due$8,542BalanceDueAmt
DefaultfalseDefaultInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalfalseBoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written AgreementfalseWrittenAgreementInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due$8,542TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution3ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$112,490NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesMARKET QUOTEMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, EtBOARD MEMBERS JANZEN AND HALLWACHS ARE MARRIED.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessPRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEW TAX RETURN PRIOR TO FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableCOPIES OF THE ORGANIZATION'S IRS EXEMPTION LETTER, ITS ANNUAL TAX RETURNS. AND ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE POSTED ON ITS WEBSITE. THE ORGANIZATION WILL ALSO PROVIDE A PAPER COPY OF ITS EXEMPTION APPLICATION, ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, AND/OR ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION THAT REQUESTS IT.
COSTA RICA PAYROLLPAYROLL EXPENSE REPORTED ON LINE 7 OF PART X CONSISTS OF WAGES PAID TO 39 EMPLOYEES WORKING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS PARATAXONOMISTS IN COSTA RICA. THESE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN EMPLOYEE COUNT ON PAGE 1 OF THE RETURN OR LINE 2A OF PART V, AS THEIR WAGES ARE NOT INCLUDED ON UNITED STATES PAYROLL TAX RETURNS. .
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IN COSTA RICAThe organization's mission centers around the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG)-- a large decentralized conservation area of the Costa Rican Ministry of Environment and Energy, located in northwestern Costa Rica. The ACG contains about 375,000 species in its dry forest, cloud forest and rain forest ecosystems. This is roughly 2.5% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity and 60% of the species that occur in Costa Rica. GDFCF IS LEADING THE EFFORT TO CATALOGUE ALL OF THE SPECIES IN THE ACG THROUGH A BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY USING DNA BARCODING. GDFCF projects and initiatives include raising money for land purchases to increase the size of ACG, salaries and operations costs for ACG staff, infrastructure and maintenance, education/research/restoration/protection/management projects and programs, and any similar action that will assist ACG to survive biologically and sociologically. The GDFCF may also assist any project, program or activity elsewhere that will increase the chances of ACG survival. FOR MORE DETAILS ON THESE ACTIVITIES (AND THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS DESCRIBED IN PART III) SEE THE WEBSITES AT: - WWW.GDFCF.ORG - www.acguanacaste.ac.cr.
RESTATEMENT OF 2016 BALANCE SHEETTHE ORGANIZATION RESTATED ITS 12/31/2015 BALANCE SHEET TO CORRECT THE ACCOUNTING FOR PREPAID RENTS..

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