North Carolina · Nonprofit
CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH
CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,085,804 to it, the largest being NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ($784,908). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $456k
What Conservation Through Public Health does
Mission
Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) promotes biodiversity conservation by enabling people, gorillas and other wildlife to coexist through improving their health and community livelihoods in and around Africa's protected areas. CTPH has three integrated programs: wildlife health and conservation, community health, and alternative livelihoods implemented through service delivery, education and behavior change communication, research, advocacy, social enterprises and information, communication, and technology (ICT). CTPH champions a One Health and conservation or integrated Population, Health and Environment (PHE) approach that addresses human, animal, and ecosystem health together. CTPH's work primarily focuses on critically endangered gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and other protected areas in Africa where gorillas naturally occur. We also train and advocate for other organizations to adopt our One Health model in savannah and mountain ecosystems in Uganda.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
WILDLIFE HEALTH GOAL 1: INCREASE EARLY DETECTION OF ZOONOTIC DISEASE OUTBREAKS. Results: A comparative pathogen profile is available for 44% (200/459) of the current Bwindi Mountain gorilla population and humans in close contact with mountain gorillas, 100% of people in close contact with gorillas including households, park rangers and Gorilla Guardians have the knowledge base/skills to prevent cross-species disease transmission, Uganda Wildlife Authority has enhanced their visual and spatial monitoring capacity to protect Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP). Activities: A total of 2,263 gorilla fecal samples were collected and analyzed at the Gorilla Health and Community Conservation Centre's (GHCCC) laboratory from January to November 2024, an increase in the average number of samples collected monthly from 198 to 206 from all 28 habituated gorilla groups in the 5 sectors of BINP using non-invasive methods where fresh fecal samples are taken from individual gorilla night nests and on the trails. All gorilla fecal samples from both known and unknown individuals, were analyzed by CTPH laboratory technicians for intestinal helminth parasites and other pathogens at the GHCCC…
$304,955 spentof which $304,955 as grants30% of program spendingCOMMUNITY HEALTH AND CONSERVATION GOAL 2: IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING GORILLA HABITATS IN UGANDA AND EASTERN DRC. Results: Improved community health, hygiene, sanitation, and economic well-being and increased manageable family sizes, translating into reduced incidences of zoonotic diseases. Activities: Through our Village Health and Conservation Team (VHCTs) behaviour change communication approximately 54,000 individuals (51% female, 50% under 18 years of age) in 10,600 households in 59 frontline villages around BINP were reached every quarter. They were taught how to improve household hygiene and health as well as conservation practices. This practical application of integrated health and conservation activities is supporting households to easily identify steps to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce negative impacts on wildlife. The percentage of households around BINP that achieve CTPH's One Health model household green status (at least 9 of the 12 indicators) has increased to 59% in the 3rd quarter of 2024 from only 22% in the first quarter of 2022 when the approach was launched. This outreach was funded by National Geographic Society,…
$276,376 spentof which $276,376 as grants27% of program spendingALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS GOAL 3: ENHANCE ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN CONSERVATION. Results: Communities drive their own conservation initiatives that protect gorilla habitats and conservation. Activities: CTPH in partnership with Global GreenSTEM and with funding from National Geographic Society implemented a unique professional learning model where Bwindi-specific Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics (STEAM) educational materials including a STEM Conservation Action training curriculum were developed. These guide training of the youth and has resulted in a significant improvement in conservation education, awareness, and appreciation. Engaging more than 2,223 Bwindi Youth Guardians of the future in accredited STEAM education founded on practical learning which is also improving their leadership, small projects planning and financial management skills. Gorilla Conservation Coffee (GCCoffee), a social enterprise of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) founded in 2015, has made impactful strides in both community development and gorilla conservation around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Through farm field schools, GCCoffee has provided comprehensive…
$202,074 spentof which $136,138 as grants20% of program spendingADVOCACY AND RESEARCH GOAL 4: INCREASE UPTAKE OF ONE HEALTH APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPORTANT LANDSCAPES. Results: The One Health approach is adopted, scaled, and mainstreamed into policy and development plans by communities and institutions. Activities: In November 2024, CTPH held a stakeholder's workshop at the Gorilla Conservation Camp in Bwindi to highlight the achievements of the One Health Model Household and VHCT initiatives, sharing best practices that have improved health, conservation, and community support around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and reflect on lessons learned throughout the program implementation, open a discussion on the challenges we've faced and the lessons we've learned along the way, helping us improve and adapt for the future and also gathered Stakeholder Recommendations for Future Program improvement. Participants shared their insights and recommendations which will help us shape the next steps and make these programs even more effective and sustainable. The event brought together 45 stakeholders, including representatives from local government, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), local NGOs, and health centers' in-charge officers. CTPH…
$234,678 spentof which $234,678 as grants23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,018,083.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $292k to $431k (+48%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 44% · 2018 22% · 2019 12% · 2020 9% · 2021 16% · 2022 13% · 2023 12% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $387k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 81% · 2022 62% · 2023 89% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH has grown faster than half of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH?
- CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,085,804 to it, the largest being NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ($784,908). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,085,804 in grants to CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH?
- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $784,908 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSERVATION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing