Wildlife Alliance Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Environmental educationwildlife alliance conducts outreach and education programs to increase environmental awareness among local communities, schools, government agencies, and the general public. Kouprey express mobile environmental education unit our kouprey express mobile environmental education unit (ke) delivers environmental curricula to educate schoolchildren and teachers about conservation. The ke aims to build capacities and understanding of not only biodiversity, the environment, and the threats facing wildlife. As the ke remains the only mobile environmental project in cambodia, it is uniquely positioned to achieve exactly this, by bringing structured environmental education to rural communities where formal education is often very basic and literacy is much lower than urban areas. Offering a comprehensive environmental experience to each school and village it visits, students learn about wildlife protection, deforestation, and climate change through classroom lessons, discussions, games, art, interactive performances and field trips to phnom tamao wildlife rescue center, while the team works one on one with teachers to provide them with training and reusable curricula for their classes. Communities are also engaged in this transformational experience through community night shows which provide interactive, environmentally themed entertainment to increase local awareness. Ke works with communities on a daily basis through the presence of nearby ranger stations and raises awareness through billboard campaigns and special events. Ke provides quality, replicable, easy-to-learn, and resource-efficient student lessons, capacity building for teachers, and informal education for entire households in communities who would otherwise not have such opportunities. Our work is intricately linked to policy and advocacy. Wildlife alliance has always made it a priority to work closely with all levels of government to ensure their full support and participation in our conservation operation. We work with national, sub-national, and provincial authorities to ensure the long-term effectiveness of our campaigns and good governance at each level. Private sector involvement is also crucial to our endeavor. We currently have good working relationships with most of the companies having economic land concessions around our project areas. This has allowed us to negotiate keeping key passages of the elephant corridor free from plantation development while preserving mountaintop forest cover for watershed integrity. Preserving stakeholder buy-in is only part of an awareness campaign, however. Within cambodia, wildlife alliance supports a nationwide billboard-and-signage campaign that promotes our 24-hour wildlife crime hotline and awareness of protected forest areas. We have also created several public service announcements and commercials for television, and provided international training for logistics professionals on how they can contribute to our work by disrupting supply chains. Wildlife alliance recognizes the importance of investing in environmental education and outreach programs as a way to ensure the long-term success of our conservation efforts. Equipping tomorrow's leaders with the tools for tomorrow's challenges is a necessary component to safeguarding our natural heritage. Outreach and capacity buildingpublic engagement is the critical building block on which wildlife alliance aims to sustain proactive conservation of cambodia's threatened wildlife and forests. Reaching thousands of people each year, the kouprey express and wildlife rapid rescue teams collaborate to engage rural communities in wildlife protection and raise awareness about the devastating effects of the illegal wildlife trade and other environmental threats and promote protection of habitat and species by inspiring a conservation ethic and greater understanding of resource use. These teams advance the issues of conservation and wildlife law enforcement in cambodi

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • 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: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 64.6%; rating input score 65; 18th 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -27.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.62; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings