EIN 54-1915987

Amazon Conservation Team (ACT)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
16
Year formed
1998
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with indigenous people of tropical South America in conserving the biodiversity of the Amazon rainforest as well as the culture and land of its indigenous people.
Total revenues
$3,261,023
2022
Total expenses
$10,353,096
2022
Total assets
$22,739,793
2022
Num. employees
16
2022

Program areas at ACT

Land rights, protections & management in colombia in 2022, with our technical and legal expertise, wehelped expand four existing indigenousreserves and create four new indigenous reserves. The formal recognition of these ancestral territories helps achieve territorial justice for almost 15,000 sen, inga, kankuamo, embera-kato, koreguaje, and murui muina/uitoto individuals. In total, more than 290,000 acres of ancestral territory were returned to indigenous hands last year. In suriname in 2022, we brought together community forest rangers from brazil, guyana, and suriname for a first regional exchange on community environmental monitoring. The end goal of this and subsequent regional exchanges is to establish a coordinated regional network of community forest rangers to better protect a 84-million-acre, multinational Conservation corridor over the eastern guiana shield. In the future, it is hoped that community rangers will have shared skills and protocols, coordinated information collection and sharing, and a joint early threat detection system. In brazil and colombia in 2022, act identified 240 illegal mining dredges near isolated peoples on the pur river. This information is collected through satellite imagery analysis, overflights, and ground-truthing expeditions.we reported this information to the proper authorities. In colombia in 2022, we facilitated the establishment of three campesino reserves, which provide collective land ownership to smallholder farming families. Located in the departments of cundinamarca and meta, the la tuna, sumapaz, and losada guayabero campesino reserves span a cumulative area of 900,000 acres. These reserves attempt to facilitate peacebuilding, land reform, sustainable food production, and Conservation directly benefiting 14,752 individuals. In colombia in 2022, we provided technical support to the indigenous association aiza and the predio putumayo indigenous reserve in the zoning of a 292,820 acre expanse of their territory for the protection of isolated peoples. This adds to the existing 1.5 million acres of protected zones for isolated peoples in the nearby ro pur national park and the curare indigenous reserve. In brazil in 2022, we bolstered the monitoring and vigilance forces of the wauja and ikpeng peoples to defend the highly vulnerable perimeter of the xingu. In suriname in 2022, we continued training and supporting a force of 42 forest defenders in nine villages that are now better equipped and have improved skills to monitor and protect forests more effectively and in a greater geographic range. We taught them sustainable forest management protocols, how to operate drones, and how to monitor key species using camera traps that are indicators of general biodiversity.
Community livelihoods and well-being in suriname in 2022, together with the ministry of natural resources, we helped the indigenous village of sipaliwini provide clean drinking water for its citizens by supporting the installation of solar-powered infrastructure that transports and filters water from the river. Now, there are 37 taps from which clean water can be accessed in sipaliwini.in suriname in 2022, act continued supporting a collective of women producing wild herbal tea. The desire of the collective is to autonomously produce an environmentally-friendly income stream to support the financial needs of their families and community. Act helped them officially register with suriname's chamber of commerce. Over seven months in 2022, the women produced 37,000 grams of tea and have begun to see modest profits. In colombia in 2022, we established a new nursery to improve forest cover over a 1,395-acre corridor between the la paya and chiribiquete national parks. This nursery is producing 36,000 seedlings of trees native to the area, which will enable 36 indigenous and campesino families to transform deforested cattle pastures into income-generating silvopasture and agroforestry systems.in colombia in 2022, we purchased and installed 156 solar energy lamps for 20 indigenous and campesino communities in the middle caquet river basin, benefitting 780 individuals. We also installed a solar energy system in the providencia nueva community health center in the department of amazonas, benefitting the 1,146 indigenous peoples that the clinic serves. Finally, we installed a solar energy system in the crima headquarters in araracuara, puerto santander, benefitting 500 people from the affiliated communities.in colombia in 2022, act was able to educate and train 41 indigenous health promoters on community healthcare, and purchase 61 health kits with essential biomedical equipment and medicine for indigenous medical practitioners in the department of amazonas. As a result, approximately 8,200 indigenous peoples across eight indigenous reserves now have more skilled, knowledgeable, and adequately supplied primary healthcare providers.
Governance and culture in suriname in 2022, we continued promoting the establishment of collective land rights for indigenous peoples in suriname by working at the grassroots level with local communities and indigenous organizations, and at the institutional level with government entities. We provided legal and technical support to advance these efforts. In suriname in 2022, theindigenouscommunity of kwamalasamutu finishedthe final draft of their community life plan with act's facilitation. Through this process, kwamalasamutu's ~800 residents envisionedtheir collective future and built consensus ontopics such as territorial Conservation, healthcare, culturalrevitalization, and education.the resulting document is an essential tool not only for internal governance and decision-making, but also for selectively engaging in advocacy and partnerships with government agencies and the private sector on their own terms. Eventually, kwamalasamutu'slife plan will be integrated with local and national development plans, and today serves as an example of self-determinationfor other nearby communities.in colombia in 2022, we sponsored 40 youth from two youth bird watching groups, kindi and goac, as they completed 120 hours of bird watching expeditions near mocoa, putumayo. Additionally, for 200 additional indigenous children, act staff led 35 environmental education activities across three municipalities and seven schools. These efforts are intended to foster the next generation of environmental leaders within the indigenous communities we work. In colombia in 2022, act began supporting the development of a new life plan for the 42,408-acre san francisco indigenous reserve that involves improved land use planning and territorial management. Act consolidated and trained a diverse Team of 18 community members to begin this process of improving internal governance for the 1,900-person reserve. In brazil in 2022, act began construction of a new intercultural health center in the village of urunai, located in the tumucumaque region. It will serve as a key space to promote appreciation for indigenous traditional plant medicines and culture. The healthcare provided here will utilize both traditional healing methods and western medicine and will eventually be integrated with the brazilian public healthcare system for indigenous peoples. Once completed, the health center will directly benefit 210 people from the indigenous ethnic groups.

Grants made by ACT

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Borderlands Restoration NetworkSupport Health Initiative for Comcaac Indigenous Group During Covid-19 Pandemic$140,000

Who funds Amazon Conservation Team (ACT)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Marisla FoundationGeneral Support$250,000
New Venture FundEnvironmental Programs$235,500
Charles Stewart Mott FoundationTo Provide Modern Solar Kits To Remote Communities in the Colombian Amazon and Begin Discussing Universal Renewable Electrical Energy in the Country's Isolated Zone.$150,000
...and 37 more grants received totalling $1,365,330

Personnel at ACT

NameTitleCompensation
Karla Lara-OteroChief Financial Officer$132,933
Mark J PlotkinPresident$200,000
Karla LaraSenior Director , Finance and Operations
Crisbellt AlvaradoDirectorr , Finance and Operations$111,500
Angie BolzanManager , Grants and Development / Coordinator , Grants and Development
...and 7 more key personnel

Financials for ACT

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$4,133,540
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$615,152
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-1,617,416
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$129,747
Total revenues$3,261,023

Form 990s for ACT

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-08-21990View PDF
2021-122022-08-10990View PDF
2020-122021-09-07990View PDF
2019-122021-02-05990View PDF
2018-122019-09-27990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Data update history
December 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 8 new grant, including a grant for $250,000 from The Marisla Foundation
October 1, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
September 30, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
September 24, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $15,085 from Give Lively Foundation
August 21, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsResearch centersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Science and technology
Characteristics
Political advocacyConducts researchOperates internationallyNational levelGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
101 Park Washington CT
Falls Church, VA 22046
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Website URL
amazonteam.org/ 
Phone
(703) 522-4684
Facebook page
AmazonConservationTeam 
Twitter profile
@amazonteamorg 
IRS details
EIN
54-1915987
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1998
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
U00: Science and Technology Research: General
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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