Saving Nature Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Saving nature is a non-profit corporation granted tax-exempt status with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization. The organization focuses on nature in crisis in biodiversity hotspots, where poverty and environmental destruction drive species extinctions and hardships for local communities. We work in the world's most important and threatened forests to reconnect isolated fragments, restoring ancient migration routes and highway canopies destroyed by human actions. We do this by creating wildlife corridors with native trees. Our projects are a mix of natural regeneration and tree planting. We select wildlife corridors that offer the greatest leverage in reconnecting the last standing forest remnants. Our corridors link isolated habitats to rescue biodiversity and preserve critical ecosystems. By liberating species marooned in fragments too small for their long-term survival, we unlock the potential for genetic rescue, expand access to resources, and reduce human-wildlife conflict. Led by dr. Stuart pimm, doris duke professor of conservation at duke university, our conservation projects are firmly rooted in science, focusing on areas with the highest concentration of species at imminent risk of extinction. With our leadership in conservation science, saving nature can provide important insights into the most effective interventions that align with nestle's climate goals and conserve biodiversity. Biodiversity to identify areas for biodiversity rescue, we deploy scientific data to pinpoint the best locations to intervene narrowing down hotspots spanning hundreds of thousands of square kilometers to target the most critical locations for practical action generally areas of less than 5,000 hectares. Our approach distills the success factors needed for effective conservation into actionable interventions, focusing on the highest number of threatened, endemic, and small-ranged species; the elevational gradients where they concentrate, the patterns of deforestation, and the immediate threats to the last standing forests. Our data sources include species distribution maps from the iucn (mammals and amphibians) and birdlife international and ebird (birds); endangered species data from the iucn red list; and satellite imagery from google earth and our drone flights. By draping heat maps of these data over 3d habitat visualizations, we get a clear picture of areas needing the most immediate action. Our tactical mapping of exactly where forest restorations can have the greatest impacts was featured in american scientist (see pimm sl, jenkins cn. (2019) american scientist. 107(3):162-9.). Climate changeour approach is a simple, effective, and scalable solution to fighting climate change. Restoring degraded land and reconnecting isolated forests absorbs atmospheric carbon emissions and helps species adapt to climate change by finding safe harbors. The forests we restore soak up co2 for 20 years or more. Indeed, increasing evidence suggests that they will continue to do so for much longer, though at a slower rate. In addition, the corridors we create liberate species trapped and isolated in increasingly inhospitable habitats. Reconnecting forests create escape routes for species seeking higher ground in an era of climate change.tree plantingwe plant the right trees in the right places to safeguard biodiversity, protect nature, and fight climate change. To date, we have planted over 5 million trees in our projects around the world. On average, we plant 1,675 trees per acre, comprising hundreds of unique species of native trees - fruit trees, nesting trees, pioneer species, and succession species. Importantly, we support nurseries run by the local communities, providing employment opportunities in restoring our lost forests. When you total up the cost of collecting and growing the saplings, weeding, planting, and watering, our costs average $2 per tree.long-term vision saving nature conducts extensive due diligence in selecting our conservation pa

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 84.5%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: $99.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Pass
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 47% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 31.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings