Organizations Filed Purposes:
TUSK IS DEDICATED TO WORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE WHILE MITIGATING POVERTY AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT AFRICA. OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, THE WORLD'S WILDLIFE POPULATION HAS DECREASED BY MORE THAN HALF AND SOME OF THE PLANET'S MOST ICONIC SPECIES ARE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. FUELED BY THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY - THE DESTRUCTION OF AFRICA'S NATURAL RESOURCES HAS REACHED AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL. THIS THREATENS NOT ONLY AFRICA'S WILDLIFE BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE, FABRIC OF AFRICAN SOCIETY. BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, TUSK IS COMBINING CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE - ONE STEP AT A TIME. AT TUSK, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER 25 YEARS TO PROTECT AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. OUR APPROACH IS TO INVEST IN THREE CORE AREAS - DIRECT WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.THE FIRST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IS FUNDING 'BOO
THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO TUSK TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LISTED PROGRAMS:AT THE BATELEURS; CONSERVATION LOWER ZAMBEZI, LILONGWE WILDLIFE CENTRE; SAVE VALLEY CONSERVATION; SOUTH LUANGWA CONSERVATION SOCI; VULTURE PROTECTION; LEP SANGA SCHOOL; NOMAD TRUST IN TANZANIA; SINGITA TRUST (WATER PROJECT); EWASO LION PROJECT; C3 MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AFRICAN WILDLIFE COLLEGE; LAMU TURTLE, KENYA; MALI ELEPHANT PROJECT; CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION CENTER; SPACE FOR GIANTS; STOP IVORY; OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY; MAASAILAND PRES TRUST; WALIKALI (DRC); CERCOPAN; MKOMAZI PROJECT; OLARE OROK CONSERVANCY; UGANDA CONSERVATION FUND; NORTHERN RANGELANDS TRUST; PAINTED DOG CONSERVATION; KOIYAKI GUIDE SCHOOL.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ellen C Oconnell | EXCUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $18,345 |
| John Lukas | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Timothy Jackson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Suzanne Fehsenfeld | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Glenda Burkhart | CO-CHAIRMAN | 0.5 | $0 |
| Wendy Breck | CO-CHAIRMAN | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mark Franklin | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| John Heminway | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sarah Fairbairn | DIRECTOR/SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Charles Mayhew | DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
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