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PASO PACÍFICO10 Years MAKING CONNECTIONS FOR CONSERVATION

Founded in 2005, Paso Pacífico’s mission is to restore and conserve the natural ecosystems of Central America’s Pacific slope by collabo-rating with landowners, local communities and involved organizations to promote eco-system conservation.

B O A R D O F D I R E C TO R SJuan Marco Alvarez, Frank Joyce, Teresa Lang,

Sonia Ortega, Gian Marco Palazio, Diana Pritchard, Lotte Roache, Derek Schlereth,

Christine Schmidt, Phil Torres

Sarah Otterstrom, Ph.D.

Founder and Executive Director

Liza González, M.Sc.

Nicaragua Country Director

Kim Williams-Guillén, Ph.D.

Director of Conservation Science

Cristian José Bonilla MercadoLiessi Lisseth Calero JiménezMarcos Antonio Calero PérezAdriana Suyén Castillo MontoyaCarlos José Chavez GarciaMarvin Elias Chávez MoralesJulio César Collado VanegasJairo Luís Coronado Alemán Darling Idalia Delgado JiménezHector Luís Espinoza AcevedoYazmina de Fátima FloresJosé Felipe Garcia MendezJarinton Javier Garcia PazErick Arturo Guido VanegasOrlando JarquínKaren LacayoMartín LezamaMaura Antonia MartínezNicole Salazar

Julia Jeaneth Martínez VelásquezClaudia Nohemy Perla MedranoMilton ÑamendyMercedes PeñalbaMarcos de Jesús PizarroJuana Zayra Reyes RuízFelix Pedro Reyes YubankMaritza Rivera CentenoJesús Winel Ruíz MoralesMeyer Antonio RodríguezMaría del Carmen Rodríguez GutiérrezIraldo Isaías Sánchez PizarroMarlon Wilfredo Sotelo ReyesClaudia Lucia Torres GarciaEyda Jasneris Torrez HerreraEliéser Antonio Valle DelgadilloJosé Martín VallecilloJosé Francisco Vanegas CortezElena Yajaira Vargas Collado

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Dear Friends,

Thanks to your friendship and support, we saw many successes in our conservation programs in 2015. A pair of threatened yellow-naped Amazon parrots successfully reared three chicks in one of our artificial parrot boxes, which were set up (left) two years ago to provide habitat for this threatened species. We saw over one hundred children grad-uate from our Junior Ranger program, and thanks to new partnerships with the private sector we were able to expand sea turtle protection efforts to more beaches. We also made a major step towards building the Paso del Istmo Biological Corridor by placing a financial deposit on the purchase of a forest property located at the core of the corridor in southwest Nicaragua.

Unfortunately, the 2015 year was also marked by hardship due to the El Niño climate phenomenon that led to a severe drought, impacting hundreds of the tree seedlings we planted earlier in the year and leaving both wildlife and local communities without water. By the year's end, we were witnessing an unprecedented monkey die-off where dozens of howler monkeys were found sick or dead. Our conservation science director, Dr. Kim Williams-Guillén, put together an international emergency response team to identify the cause of mortality while we worked with our Junior Rangers to alleviate the suffering of wildlife by providing water and food for the animals. This sort of crisis reminds us that we are needed in Nicaragua, which is the largest country in Central America but has the lowest level of conservation programs in the region.

As we reflect on the 2015 year, we are also taking a moment to pause and consider that it is the year we celebrate our ten-year mark as an organization. It is hard to believe that a whole decade has passed! It is so humbling to look back and think of all the people who have made this milestone possible. From the beginning, volunteers and friends stepped up to help design projects, write grants, and give time. Our active Board of Directors has provided direction and helped us deter-mine the path forward, and committed staff such as Liza González joined the organization in Nicaragua from early on. Finally, generous donors have provided us with the trust and resources to propel us through the years. We are sincerely grateful to you all.

Time really does fly when you are having fun.

Gratefully,

Sarah OtterstromExecutive Director

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17,397sea turtle hatchlings released

thanks to our protection

22,080hours spent by Junior Rangers

monitoring wildlife (citizen science)

30,200native trees planted

229number of yellow-naped

Amazon parrots in long-term bird monitoring program

49,040hours that rangers protected

forests and beaches 60%percent increase in

spider monkey densities

3939 birds,163 species

birds observed at Christmas Bird Count

Paso Pacífico founder and Executive Director Sarah Otterstrom was elected an Ashoka Fellow and received this award at a ceremony in Mexico City in November 2015. This recog nition is for the groundbreaking work that Paso Pacífico is doing to connect government, private and citizen sectors in Nicaragua to the natural world. The Ashoka organization was started in 1980 as a way to connect and empower innovative social entrepreneurs.An Ashoka Fellowship is a lifetime award and enables both Dr. Otterstrom and Paso Pacífico to link with a global network of Ashoka Fellows who are deve loping cutting-edge approaches to society's biggest problems. As a part of the Ashoka network, Paso Pacífico will have opportunities to participate in trainings to strengthen our organization and work with experts in the field of social entrepreneurship to build strategies for scaling our programs.

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This past fall, more than 200 people came together to celebrate Paso Pacífico’s ten-year anniversary. Joyful celebrations were held in both Nicaragua and the United States.

We sincerely thank everyone who has helped us reach this milestone.

10th Anniversary Celebrations

Thank You to Our Celebration Sponsors

2 0 1 5 F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T

A n n u a l S u p p o r t & R e v e n u e

Foundation Grants $808,537Event Revenue $13,011Individual Donations $198,951Corporate Contributions $6,112U.S. Government Grants $58,856In-Kind Contributions $82,342Interest & Other Revenue $33,062Total $1,200,871

T H A N K YO U ! G R A C I A S !

A n n u a l E x p e n s e s

Program $858,446Administrative $119,890Fundraising $218,682Total $1,197,018

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Fundraising 18.3%

Administration 10.0%

Programs 71.7%

U.S. Government Grants 4.9%

Interest & Other Revenue 2.8%

Foundation Grants 67.3%

Event Revenue 1.1%

Individual Donations 16.6%

Corporate Contributions 0.5%

In-Kind Contributions 6.9%

Kimi Abruti LeeStafford AcherTamara AdamsBrian & Connie AikensDaniel E. AlbertiMargaret AlldredgeNathan Ameen SkacelAndrew AmondsonPatricia AnderssonWayne ArendtElizabeth BachmanBill & Joan BaileyChris Bailey*Gina & John BattelCarolyn BarberJames BarborakRachael BarkleyWilliam A. BarnesNicelle BeaucheneBarbara Beierl*Meredy Benson-RiceJennifer BeyerSusan L. BeyerBetsy Binnian & Juan BoscoTrisha BlakeFlorence BlecherSharon BoorstinLeonardo BorjaDrs. BortolussiBrandon BosseLaura BowlbyLori & Rob BowlbyPhil BraileyHeather BrandsCarl Bradford StiboltWendy BrenesMelissa BrownMichelle BuchmanJacqui BurgeAnne BussePaul BuzzardHomi Byramji*Kelli ByrneJudy & Frederick ByssheDavid Cabrera & Alexander GrayAlexa CalfeeErin Calfee

Dave & Kathryn CalfeeVickie CampbellSherry Caraballo DorfmanLisabeth CarlisleCamille Carlson*Sean CarneyCrystal CarterCat CartierCharles CaseyRichard CegelskiMel CeleberttiCharlene CernyMei Chan*David Chase & Anne FitzgeraldTom CochraneAlex & Anne Cole Lisa ColeTiffany ColeAllison ConnorBernie ConwayLibby CoppoIndiana CoronelLynn Crew & Aaron Miller*Caroline Cunningham AskewHeather DartAlice DaviesAlexis DavisLaura DekkersDoreen DeRoyLara DolanKaren & Dave Dolkas*Matt & Kate Dolkas* †Peter DolkasJade DoolittleMollie DoughertyAndrea EbbertMichelle EckhartEllen R. EhrlichBeth Elliott LyonsNereide G. EllisNorm & Christine EngstromBronwen EpsteinJoe & Gina EsherickGeneen EstradaShannon Evenstad

Kai Ewert*Madelaine FavaRhonda & Oded FehrRob FischerLiz & Reed FishMai FleuryElizabeth FlournoyLila & Dines FranceseJane FurchgottBenjamin Fryer (multiple donations)Anne FogartyGlenn FoutLynn FrostPeter GainsleyMiki GarciaLeila R. GassBarbara GeorgePaul GibbonsAndrew Gilman*James GoetzDebbie GoldsteinLaurie GoldsteinLarissa GoldstonLisa GollingerEric GoodeAaron & Maren GonterGeorge & Amy Gorman*Phil G. GormanPauline GrazianoWilbur GregoryBrooke GregsonDaniel GriffithKatharine GroetheKate GrussingEmily GuevaraSylvana L. GuldottiKatherine GustafsonDebbie Gutierrez*Suzanne HagellMark HalpertStuart C. HansenKathryn Hardy*Shawn HarlanHolly HarmanDouglas HaynesJennie HearnGary & Patricia Hedden

Joan HenehanAdrienne H. HickmanJennifer Hicks*James J. Hill, Jr.Sally HinshawI'Lee HookerTony HookerKara HooperMary Huffman & Sue RiceElaine & Bill HurdRandi JacobsV. JavierTraci JenningsHarriet JernquistLuke JohnsonFrank Joyce & Katy VanDusen ∞Francis JoyceRichard JoyceNicole JurjavcicJohn KellyShannon KennedyStephanie KeylinStephen Killian*Jonathan KingDiana B. KlimasErika KlimeckyAndrew M. KloosterKarl KnoblerAdilia & Jeff KochJennifer Koelz ArmettaWoodwyn Koons & Dmitri SiegelAmber KostoffEsther Kravitz-GoldbergerRachel LaneyJurg Lang & Mary NastroneroTeresa Lang* ∞Steven LangeJeffrey LangstonMcKena LargeLinda LavenderKen & Carol LeandroRandy & Kasia LeavittAsha LeeDavid Lee Robert Lerner

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Andrea LeshRobert LevinBill LewisKatherine LewisKimberly LightChristina Lill-KoohmareyDave LinkRebecca & Levi LloydRowan LommelTravis Longcore Nancy LopezErin LouryJulia LovinCaroline LujanLisa July LynchEleanor LyonGerald W. MackayMichael MahSheila MahonMarla & James Malaspina (multiple donations)Alice MankoffLarry Mankoff*Alan MarshVance MartinDiane Martinez*Jane Matthews SampleDottie MaurerKristine MazzeiMichele McCole MossLarka McCraySiobhan McDevittSharon McGrannKatie McKennaSheila McMahonDuncan MeaneyJulia Marcia MedinaMolly MeekinRodrick Meyer*Melanie Miller*Allison MooreEduardo Morón †*Mary MorrisonMirra MorrisonRyuji MukaeJoseph MurphyChase MurrayBrad Nahill

Shelley NicholsDick & Nancy NobleCarol NorrisMary Ann O’Connor & Stuart MeiklejohnEric OlsonMiguel & Keymi OrdeñanaMiguel Ordeñana III & Janice OrdeñanaBenjamin OrloveSonia Ortega ∞Mary OrsiniEileen O’TooleStephanie OttJoel & Crystal OtterstromKarl & Kate OtterstromPaul & Kristina OtterstromSam & Lori OtterstromGian Marco Palazio ∞Scott PankratzDebi PasrichaShailesh PatelEmily & James PattersonSandra PearsonAlanna PecchiTonya PeraltaKristin PetersenDarcy PetersonRain PerrySteve PettitLinda & Ron PhillipsAlan PolskyEric PonconWendy PowellBettsy PrebbleDonna PrisendorfDiana PritchardWendy Purnell*Markell RahrMark & Kai RainsFlorencia Ramirez*Nuria ReganTim Rich*Mark RichmondLarry & Susan RicksenSeth Riley*Lotte & Kevin Roache*∞Sarah Robinson

Katherine RooksNoel RoweSarah RudeenSteve RutledgeMary RuppAdam RumackDebby & Rob RuskinAngie RutherfordFrancie RutherfordRick Rutherford & Sarah Otterstrom Robert & Diane RutherfordSarah Rutherford-BundyMarian SabetyAmy SahnNicole Salazar †Sheridan SamanoCaroline SayreJan & Vic SchachterBenjamin SchapiroDerek Schlereth ∞Christine Schmidt* ∞George SchmidtLizzie SchwartzMark Schwartz & Sharon StraussSunni ScrivnerMary SealfonJim SemanCarrie SeversonArthur ShapiroCarrie A. ShawAlana SheerenSally SheridanJody SherrardAlex & Sarah SheshunoffMelissa ShumakeMary Catherine & John Siebel Marilyn W. SimJasmit Singh RangrKitty SklaverBarbara SladeJordan & David SmithKim & Bill SmithPhillip SmithRichard SmithStephanie Smith

William R. SmithBarbara SnodgrassArlene SpringerTanya StaplesPatricia A. StarrAndrew L. SternEric StoenHubbard StoutKevin SudeithStacey Sutter*Connie SweenCarole Sylvester GrayMary L. TanseyAmy TherrienJanice ThomasPhillip TorresSandra TorresNomi & Fritz TrapnellAnne TrockmanNancy Van ZwalenburgMitzi Vaughn*Elena VizankoCarolyn VondriskaRobert E. Wall IIIYing-Ling WangDavid WardropNate WeberJessica WelbornSusan WhiteMatt WhitmireMichelle WilliamsChris WilsonDoug Wilson & Mariliz RomanoElizabeth WilsonKaj WinjeRoland H. WoernerGinger WoolleyKenneth & Athelia WoolleyMandy WultschHeather YorkTiffany YuLou YufanBradley Zlotnick

* monthly & quarterly donors† staff ∞ board

2 0 1 5 S U P P O R T E R S ( C O N T I N U E D )

USAP. O. Box 1244 • Ventura, CA 93002-1244Phone: 1-805-643-7044Email: info@pasopacifico.orgWeb: www.pasopacifico.org

NICARAGUACarretera a Masaya Km 12.4 Residencial Villas del Prado, Casa No. 7 Managua, Nicaragua Phone: +505-2279-8423

We are grateful to the organizations, foundations, and businesses that generously supported Paso Pacífico in 2015.

NONPROFIT ORGUS POSTAGE PAIDOJAI CAPERMIT NO. 170

AmazonSmileAssociation of Zoos & AquariumsAqua Wellness ResortBrandywine ZooThe Carolyn GlasoeBailey FoundationCASCO SafetyCAVUCharity Partners FoundationCoca-Cola FEMSAConservation, Food and Health Foundation, Inc.CONTENDDesk YogiDetroit Zoological SocietyDisney Conservation FundEjército de NicaraguaHenry and Iris Englund FoundationGoodshop2015 Graduates of the Pierre and Marie Curie SchoolGuacalito de la IslaIndustrias del Continente S.A.Instituto Nicaragüense de TurismoInter-American Development Bank— Multilateral Investment Fund

Let’s Talk CaliforniaLoro Parque FundaciónGreater Los Angeles Zoo Association— GLAZALoyal Bigelow and Jedidiah Dewey FoundationMaisons Du MondeMan & Nature FoundationThe Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation FundMinisterio de Educacion, NicaraguaMinisterio de Salud, NicaraguaMunicipio de Cardenas, NicaraguaMunicipio de San Juan del Sur, NicaraguaMaree Noble/Elizabeth Stumpf Memorial FoundationMesoamerican Society for Biology and ConservationMinisterio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales, NicaraguaMorgan’s Rock Hacienda & EcolodgeNew England Biolabs FoundationOak Grove SchoolOceanic Society

PatagoniaParque Marítimo El Coco, NicaraguaPayPal Giving FundPrimate Conservation, Inc.Policía Nacional de NicaraguaPrince Bernhard Nature FundProjets Plus ActionsRancho SantanaRed de Reservas Silvestres Privadas, NicaraguaRed Nacional para la Conservación de Tortugas Marinas, NicaraguaThe Rufford FoundationSEE TurtlesSurf Industry Manufacturers Association— Environmental FundTurtle Island Restoration NetworkUniversity of California, DavisU.S. Embassy, NicaraguaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—Amphibians in Decline FundU.S. Forest Service—International Institute for Tropical Forestry Waitt FoundationWoodtiger Fund

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