Transcript of BBT Report 2014 1-30-15
- 1. Billion BabyTurtles 2014 Annual ReportBillionBaby
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- 2. Billion BabyTurtles 2014 Annual Report Key Numbers Total
Baby turtles saved to date: 264,000 Baby turtles saved in 2014:
140,000 Turtle Projects Supported: 7 Species protected: 4 Dear
Supporters, Partners, & Friends, As we wrap up our second full
year of Billion Baby Turtles, we are more excited than ever about
the impact we are having and the potential for dramatic growth in
the support we provide going forward. This year, our individual
donations, School Fundraising Contest, and product sales are all up
significantly over 2013 though our sponsorship funding for 2013 has
declined as initial start-up funds were spent. We expect an
increase in sponsorships in 2015 as we grow existing partnerships
and add in several new partners. Over this past year, we moved SEE
Turtles and Billion Baby Turtles to the Oceanic Society, Americas
first ocean conservation organization (founded in 1969). This
change will help to generate more income for turtle hatchlings
through our conservation tours and we expect to significantly grow
our support from tours in 2015 and beyond. We want to thank all of
the individuals, students, travelers, and sponsors that helped make
the first year of Billion Baby Turtles a successful one. Only
9,999,736,000 more hatchlings till we reach our long-term goal! -
Brad & J. Brad Nahill and Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, SEE Turtles
Co-Founders Cover Photo & Above Right | Hal Brindley
- 3. Turtle Project Locations Hatchlings Saved Detailed Summary
Organization Hatchlings Saved Species Country University of
Michoacan 53,000 Green Mexico Eastern Pacific Hawksbill 6,000
Hawksbill El Salvador, Nicaragua Initiative (ICAPO) Cuba Marine
Research and 50,000 Green Cuba Conservation Latin American Sea
Turtles 9,100 Leatherback Costa Rica Las Tortugas Research Station
11,000 Leatherback Costa Rica Sea Turtle Conservancy 7,000
Leatherback Panama Flora, Fauna y Cultura 3,800 Green, Loggerhead
Mexico TOTAL: 139,900 4 species 6 countries
- 4. How Billion BabyTurtlesWorks Billion Baby Turtles supports
sea turtle conservation organizations that work to protect sea
turtle hatchlings across Latin America. The funds go towards paying
local residents to patrol important turtle nesting beaches,
protecting turtles that come up to nest, and ensuring that the eggs
are protected. How Does Billion Baby Turtles Work? SEE Turtles
raises funds for turtle hatchling conservation from individuals,
school fundraisers, green businesses, and commissions from our sea
turtle tours. The funds are used to cover the costs of hiring local
residents to patrol turtle nesting beaches and protecting the
turtles and their nests. At some projects, the cost to protect a
hatchling is more than $1, in some places its less. We balance
those costs so that the average comes out to $1 per hatchling
saved. Where Do The Donations Go? This funding goes to
community-based turtle organizations at key nesting beaches. In
addition, the funds are used to build and maintain hatcheries where
the eggs are protected until they hatch and are released to the
ocean. We also use 10% of the funds to provide scholarships for
students to visit turtle conservation projects near their homes. We
have started with our current partners whose work we know
intimately and we prioritize nesting beach projects that are newer
(less than 5 years old) with less stable sources of funding and
more immediate threats like poaching. Learn more about our partners
here. Will You Really Save A Billion Hatchlings? A billion is a
very big number. We will ever reach it? Who knows, but we feel that
an ambitious goal is important and that the title will help to draw
more attention - it already is doing so! We do know that we can
save tens or even hundreds of thousands of turtles over the next
year and grow that number every year. How Much Do You Keep For
Administrative Costs? We send 90% of donations to our partners and
our sponsor, Oceanic Society (and formerly The Ocean Foundation),
keeps 10% for administrative purposes (basically what the costs for
staff time tracking donations and expenses). The costs for product
sales and donation gifts (primarily postage, office supplies,
credit card fees, and merchandise costs) are deducted from
individual donations and product sales. Photo Credit | Hal
Brindley
- 5. Organizations Supported Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative
The hawksbill turtles of the Pacific coast of the Americas are one
of the worlds most endangered sea turtle populations. Known by
their Spanish acronym ICAPO, this organization is leading efforts
to bring this turtle back from the brink in El Salvador and in
Nicaragua in partnership with Fauna & Flora International. In
2014, we helped to save 6,000 hatchlings and to date, we have
helped raise enough funds to protect a total of 36,000 hawksbill
hatchlings! Visit their website for more information. Photo Credit
| Hal Brindley Flora, Fauna y Cultura This community-based
organization works to protect nesting sea turtles at 11 beaches
along Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. Our funding has helped to support
a project that employs young Mayan adults to patrol the beach at
Tulum National Park, protecting green and loggerhead turtles. This
funding has helped to save roughly 3,800 hatchlings in 2014 and
roughly 6,800 hatchlings total. Our Yucatan SEE Turtles tours also
benefit their work. Visit their website for more information (in
Spanish). Las Tortugas Research Station This leatherback turtle
conservation project is based on the Central Caribbean coast of
Costa Rica. For more than a decade, Costa Rican conservationist
Stanley Rodriguez has worked to end egg poaching on a 3 mile
stretch of beach. To date, our tours have provided roughly $10,000
in funds for this project, protecting roughly 15,000 hatchlings in
two years, and have brought more than 100 volunteers to work along
this beach. Learn more about Las Tortugas here.
- 6. Photo Credit | Hal Brindley Latin American Sea Turtles
(LAST) The mission of Latin American Sea Turtles is to improve the
conservation status of the marine turtles in Costa Rica, with
emphasis on the Caribbean region. Their projects include nesting
beach conservation projects in the Osa Peninsula and elsewhere. To
date, we have donated more than $10,000 to protect more than 18,000
leatherback turtle hatchlings along Costa Ricas Caribbean coast and
sent dozens of volunteers to participate in their projects. Visit
their website for more information. Cuba Marine Research &
Conservation This project is part of The Ocean Foundation and works
with Cuban researchers to support the conservation of green turtles
at Guanahacabibes National Park. This park is the countrys second
most important green turtle nesting beach. In 2014, our funding
helped to save roughly 50,000 hatchlings at this project and 64,000
total. Visit their website for more information. Organizations
Supported Sea Turtle Conservancy This project addresses a critical
threat facing leatherbacks at Soropta Beach, Panama, while
establishing a long-term, in-situ research and recovery program for
this critically-endangered species that is staffed by locally
trained and hired beach monitors. The 14-km Soropta Beach hosts 600
leatherback nests/year, making it one of the most densely nested
beaches in the region. In 2014, we helped to protect roughly 7,000
nests and 13,500 hatchlings over the past 2 years.
- 7. SchoolFundraisingContest20 schools including 500 students
participated in our second annual school fundraising contest, which
grew significantly since 2013! Here are the results:
InstructorFunds RaisedSchool Natalia Poida 500 Gilkey International
Middle School Tim Shortty 253 Worthington Hooker School Stacy
Stapleton 390 Jefferson Elementary (MO) Karen Brown 175 LW Conder
Elementary Michelle Aspinwall 170 Fusion Academy Melanie Jenkins
182 Deltona High School Catherine Schafer 25 Thurgood Marshall
Elementary Kathy Kathy Kneebone 152 Swanton Elementary School
Vanessa Gilley 100 Eufaula Elementary School Greyson Rudovsky 236
Delaware School for the Deaf Kim Lockett 1,352 Joaquin Moraga
Intermediate Cindy Rathberger 190 Silverwood School Trish Healey
451 Jefferson Elementary (CA) Kristi Jones110McCormick Elementary
Kimberly Williams 140 Smithtown High School Rhonda Gatewood 100
TEACH Homeschool Daniel Wood 450 Cincinnati Country Day School Andi
Wong 150 Rooftop Alternative School Patricia Fogel 100 Deerfield
Beach Middle School Total5,226 Photo|HalBrindley Key Numbers 20
schools; 500 participating students $5,226 raised + Natures Path
$3,000 match Lead Sponsor Promotional Partners Koteli Bags,
EcoLunchboxes, Wilde Animals
- 8. Mexico: Baja Whale Watching & Turtle Research Baja
Kayaking & Turtle Research Whale Sharks & Sea Turtles of
the Yucatan Cuba: Cuba Sea Turtle Adventure SEE Turtles promotes
sea turtle conservation tours and volunteer expeditions that
generate income for community-based organizations that protect
local turtle populations. Every tour benefits Billion Baby Turtles
partners through both a donation to the local organization in the
destination (at least 100 hatchlings save per traveler) as well as
often including volunteer help from travelers, fees paid for
turtle-based activities, and income spent in local communities. SEE
Turtles Tours that benefit Billion Baby Turtles:
SeaTurtleConservationTours Photo Credit | Hal Brindley Costa Rica:
Leatherback Sea Turtle Volunteer Vacation Costa Rica Green Turtle
Research Costa Rica Ocean Wildlife Expedition Nicaragua: Nicaragua
Hawksbill Volunteer Trip
- 9. Billion Baby Turtles is an initiative of SEE Turtles, a
project of the Oceanic Society. Our goal is to raise funds for
community-based sea turtle nesting beach conservation projects
around the world. SEE Turtles is a non-profit organization that
supports wildlife conservation through travel, volunteer programs,
& educational programs. To date, we have generated more than
$500,000 for wildlife and our volunteers have worked more than
2,000 work shifts to protect sea turtles. Photo Credit | Hal
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- 10. Sponsors Photo Credit | Hal Brindley Sarah Otterstrom Roni
Yarnot Naomi Pollack Amanda Gilloti Robert Weiss Christina Yew Judy
Karwacki Robert & Joyce Asher The Breen Family Nancy Chestek
Maria Leonor Sardinha Ann Alspaugh Aaron Thomas Stephanie Mednansky
John Wilson Conchy Bretos Deborah Joy Sarah Nichols* Jodie Remick*
Patricia Mast* Helen Moraller* Amanda Livingston* Marisa Landsberg*
Beverly Skinner Pete Schumacher Carroll Harrington Roseanne Shank *
Monthly Donors Individual Donors (at least $100 donated in 2014)
PuraKai Organic Clothing 10 forTurtles Slow Coast World Nomads/
Footprints Foundation PuraVida Bracelets
- 11. 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Financial Report Income raised in 2014
Individuals: $7,558 Sponsors: $16,524 Schools: $7,149 Product
sales: $1,785 Adoptions: $970 SEE Turtles Tours: $6,000 Total
Raised: $50,542 Expenses Grants for Hatchling Protection: $31,700
Billion Baby Turtles Expenses: $4,227 Funds Carried Over to 2015:
$5,215 Donations and Fees Paid to Partners from Tours: $6,000
Administrative Costs: $3,400 Total Expenses: $50,542 * Several
sponsor contributions from 2014 are pending Individuals Other
Schools Product Sales Adoptions Administrative Costs Grants for
Hatchling Protection Donations and Fees Paid to Partners from Tours
BBT Expenses Funds Carried Over to 2015 | | | | | | | | | Income
Sponsors | | SEE Turtles Tours | 20.5% 15% 33% 14% 3.5% 2% 12%
62.7% 8.4% 10.3% 11.9% 6.7% Expenses
- 12. Contact Information www.BillionBabyTurtles.org BillionBaby
Turtles BillionBaby Turtles 800-215-0378 Photo Credit | Hal
Brindley