WILDLIFE JUSTICE COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $3.6M · expenses $3.4M · assets $285K

Also known as

INVESTIGATIONS INC

EIN

93-3384174

Address

1201 WILSON BOULEVARD C O WEWORK, ARLINGTON, VA 22209-2300

Website

HTTPS://WILDLIFEJUSTICE.ORG/INVESTIGATIONS

NTEE code

T99 Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C. (Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations) published (IRS Business Master File)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

September 2024 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

THE WILDLIFE JUSTICE COMMISSION STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT COMBINING HARD EVIDENCE THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS WITH EFFECTIVE DIPLOMACY WILL HELP GOVERNMENTS BRING THE WILDLIFE TRAFFICKERS TO ACCOUNT AND PUT AN END TO THE DEVASTATING ILLEGAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED AND VULNERABLE SPECIES.OPERATING GLOBALLY, OUR WORK REFLECTS THE TRANSNATIONAL NATURE OF THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE AND TYPICALLY COVERS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES WITHIN EACH INVESTIGATION. WHEN SELECTING A CASE, WE SEEK TO FULFIL OUR MISSION TO DISRUPT AND HELP DISMANTLE THE CRIMINAL NETWORKS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST IMPACT.OUR INVESTIGATIONS ARE AT THE BASIS OF ALL OUR WORK. METICULOUS, THOROUGHLY AND STRICTLY PLANNED AND DILIGENTLY DOCUMENTED, SOME TAKE OVER TWO YEARS TO GATHER ACCURATE, COMPELLING AND ACTIONABLE EVIDENCE OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF THE NETWORKS TRAFFICKING WILDLIFE. WE MAKE USE OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE EMPLOYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AROUND THE WORLD. THIS ALLOWS US TO PROV

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

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Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

State business registration

• WILDLIFE JUSTICE COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS INC. VA, Employee benefit plan sponsor (Form 5500), Filed for plan year 2025

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