Junglekeepers
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
AS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, JUNGLEKEEPERS IS PROUD TO PRESENT A DESCRIPTION HIGHLIGHTING OUR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON. OUR INITIATIVES ALIGN WITH OUR MISSION TO PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY, SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND COMBAT DEFORESTATION AND ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING.
- Income
- $4.8 million
- Spending
- $3.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- 7.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $99,500, chairman/chief philanthrop
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 80% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 7.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 10% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 29% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 32% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 8 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 68 out of 100. Higher than 19% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $1.0 million spent. LAND PROTECTION (INCLUDING RANGER PROGRAM)JUNGLEKEEPERS DEPLOYS A FULL-TIME RANGER FORCE TO ACTIVELY PATROL, MONITOR, AND DEFEND ITS PROTECTED CONCESSIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL LOGGING, GOLD MINING, LAND INVASION, NARCO-TRAFFICKING, AND ROAD INCURSION IN THE MADRE DE DIOS REGION OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION GREW A TEAM FROM APPROXIMATELY 12 RANGERS TO OVER 30 RANGERS, RECRUITED FROM LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORTED BY PERSONNEL WITH MILITARY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUNDS, WORKING OUT OF THREE MAIN RANGER STATIONS AND MULTIPLE REMOTE OUTPOSTS ALONG THE LAS PIEDRAS RIVER. RANGERS CONDUCT FOOT AND RIVER PATROLS COVERING HUNDREDS OF MILES PER YEAR, OPERATE DRONE SURVEILLANCE, DEPLOY CAMERA TRAP GRIDS, AND USE SMART PATROL REPORTING SOFTWARE TO TRACK THREAT PATTERNS AND GENERATE DATA-DRIVEN PATROL COVERAGE. WHEN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IS DETECTED, RANGERS COORDINATE WITH PERU'S GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES FOR REMEDIATION, INCLUDING CLOSURE OF ILLEGAL ROADS, AND EVICTION OF ILLEGALS. MEMBERS FROM PARTNER INDIGNEOUS COMMUNITIES, SERVE AS TRAINED "COMMUNITY GUARDS," EXTENDING THE MONITORING NETWORK AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL OWNERSHIP OF CONSERVATION OUTCOMES. THE RANGER PROGRAM ALSO MAINTAINS A PROTECTIVE BUFFER ZONE AROUND THE TERRITORY OF THE NOMOLE (MASHCO PIRO), AN UNCONTACTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE REGION, COORDINATING WITH FENAMAD AND PERU'S MINISTRY OF CULTURE ON PROTOCOLS TO PREVENT DANGEROUS CONTACT.
- $1.5 million spent. LAND ACQUISITIONJUNGLEKEEPERS ACQUIRES CONCESSIONS AND LAND TITLES IN PERU'S MADRE DE DIOS REGION TO PERMANENTLY PROTECT HIGH-PRIORITY AMAZON RAINFOREST ALONG THE LAS PIEDRAS RIVER CORRIDOR. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS THROUGH ITS PERUVIAN ENTITY, LED BY INDIGENOUS CONSERVATIONISTS, TO SECURE CONCESSIONS MOSTLY BY PURCHASING EXISTING CONCESSIONS FROM PRIVATE HOLDERS, CONVERTING TIMBER AND AGRICULTURAL CONCESSIONS INTO PERMANENT CONSERVATION AREAS. BY SECURING OWNERSHIP OF THESE CRITICAL AREAS, JUNGLEKEEPERS EFFECTIVELY SHIELD THEM FROM THE THREAT OF DEFORESTATION AND ENCROACHMENT, PRESERVING VITAL HABITATS FOR COUNTLESS SPECIES OF PLANTS, ANIMALS AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES SOME OF WHICH REMAIN IN VOLUNTARY ISOLATION. IN 2025, JUNGLEKEEPERS CONTINUED EXPANDING ITS PROTECTED FOOTPRINT, HAVING GROWN FROM APPROXIMATELY 99,000 ACRES IN 2024 TO OVER 135,000 ACRES BY THE END OF 2025. ALL ACQUISITIONS ARE CONDUCTED WITH RIGOROUS DUE DILIGENCE, INCLUDING LAND STATUS VERIFICATION AND CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL INDIGENOUS LEADERS TO ENSURE NO CONFLICT WITH COMMUNITY TERRITORIES. THIS PROGRAM FORMS THE LEGAL BACKBONE OF THE TARGETED 300,000-ACRE CORRIDOR TO HELP CONNECT MANU NATIONAL PARK, ALTO PURUS NATIONAL PARK, AND THE TAMBOPATA RESERVE.
- $47,000 spent. BRAZIL NUTSJUNGLEKEEPERS OPERATES A SUSTAINABLE BRAZIL NUT HARVESTING PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAS PIEDRAS RIVER, PROVIDING DIRECT INCOME TO COMMUNITY FAMILIES WHILE CREATING A POWERFUL ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO KEEP THE FOREST STANDING INTACT. BRAZIL NUT TREES (BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA) ARE A KEYSTONE AMAZONIAN SPECIES THAT ONLY REPRODUCE IN PRIMARY, UNDISTURBED FOREST, MAKING THE PROGRAM A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN COMMUNITY LIVELIHOODS AND FOREST CONSERVATION. JUNGLEKEEPERS COORDINATES THE HARVEST OF BRAZIL NUTS ON ITS OWN CONCESSIONS, ASSISTS WITH LOGISTICS ALONG THE RIVER CORRIDOR, AND SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES BY HIRING LOCALS DIRECTLY, SUPPORTING THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND THEIR OWN PRODUCTION. BY INTEGRATING CONTROLLED, SUSTAINABLE NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT HARVESTING INTO THE CONSERVATION CONCESSION MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES THAT INTACT RAINFOREST HAS MEASURABLE ECONOMIC VALUE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN IT.
- $241,250 spent. 1. AMAZON SHELTERAMAZON SHELTER IS DEDICATED TO RESCUING AND REHABILITATING WOUNDED AND ORPHANED ANIMALS AFFECTED BY THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF LOGGING, GOLD MINING, AND ROAD EXPANSION IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST. THE SHELTER PROVIDES CRITICAL CARE TO ANIMALS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE FACE CERTAIN DEATH OR CAPTIVITY, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON SPECIES SUCH AS HOWLER MONKEYS, SPIDER MONKEYS, AND OTHER NATIVE WILDLIFE. IN 2025, JUNGLEKEEPERS SUPPORTED AMAZON SHELTER BY FUNDING ITS OPERATIONAL COSTS, HELPING TO BUILD AND ESTABLISH ITS FIRST-EVER ON-SITE VETERINARY CLINIC, AND COORDINATING VOLUNTEER OUTREACH TO EXPAND THE SHELTER'S CAPACITY TO CARE FOR INJURED AND ORPHANED ANIMALS. THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, JUNGLEKEEPERS AIMS TO ENHANCE THE SHELTER'S ABILITY TO REHABILITATE AND EVENTUALLY REINTRODUCE ANIMALS BACK INTO THEIR NATURAL HABITATS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF THE AMAZON ECOSYSTEM.EXPENSES: $33,0002. COCINANDO Y CONSERVANDOCOCINANDO Y CONSERVANDO ("COOKING AND CONSERVING") IS A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM RUN BY JUNGLEKEEPERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAS PIEDRAS RIVER. THE PROGRAM USES SUSTAINABLE COOKING WORKSHOPS, NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION, AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY WOMEN AND YOUTH, IN CONSERVATION VALUES ROOTED IN THEIR OWN TRADITIONS AND FOREST-BASED FOOD SYSTEMS. QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS ADDRESS FOOD PREPARATION USING SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED FOREST PRODUCTS, REINFORCE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITY NUTRITION, AND SUPPORT THE TRANSMISSION OF TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE FROM ELDERS TO YOUNGER GENERATIONS. THE PROGRAM COMPLEMENTS JUNGLEKEEPERS' BROADER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MODEL, IN WHICH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE NOT PASSIVE BENEFICIARIES BUT ACTIVE CO-CREATORS OF CONSERVATION STRATEGY. COCINANDO Y CONSERVANDO HELPS BUILD LASTING COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN PROTECTING THE RAINFOREST AS A LIVING RESOURCE AND CULTURAL HOMELAND.EXPENSES: $8,0003.CONSERVATION STORYTELLING AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMTHE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND DRIVE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR JUNGLEKEEPERS' CONSERVATION INITIATIVES. THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES CREATING COMPELLING STORIES ABOUT OUR WORK, THE ECOSYSTEMS WE PROTECT, AND THE SPECIES WE SAFEGUARD, MOSTLY VIA VIDEO. THESE STORIES HIGHLIGHT THE URGENCY OF OUR MISSION, THE IMPACT OF OUR EFFORTS, AND THE CRITICAL NEED FOR SUPPORT. JUNGLEKEEPERS UTILIZES THESE MEDIA ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR WEBSITE, AND TARGETED CAMPAIGNS, TO ENGAGE DONORS, PARTNERS, AND THE PUBLIC. THE GOAL IS TO INSPIRE ACTION, ATTRACT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND EXPAND OUR NETWORK OF ADVOCATES. BY STRATEGICALLY DISTRIBUTING THIS CONTENT, WE AIM TO INCREASE VISIBILITY FOR THE LAS PIEDRAS CORRIDOR AND OUR ONGOING CONSERVATION WORK, ENSURING THAT OUR MESSAGE REACHES A BROAD AUDIENCE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT.EXPENSES: $200,250
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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