Who We Are
Read about the people behind Dhole Conservation Fund.
Our Board
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Chelsea Davis – Has worked with captive canids (wolves, foxes, African wild dog, coyotes and yes dholes) for over 10 years. Chelsea has also worked as a field tech in a variety of wildlife projects, traveling around the globe to aid in conservation projects. Working in the non-profit sector for over a decade and with special conservation project training, Chelsea decided to open a project for a animal close to heart but so one that she felt need some attention. She has a B.S in Animal Science form UC Davis, and a GIS professional certificate. She currently works for Washington State University in the research sector.
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Bonnie McDonald - After working as a wildlife biologist across the West, Bonnie settled in Gardiner, Montana in 2015. She has worked with a variety of species, from wolves, cougars, and coyotes to elk and sage-grouse. She has a B.S. in General Biology from the University of California, San Diego and is currently working on her M.S. in Wildlife Ecology at Utah State University. Bonnie spent hundreds of hours observing elk to gather behavioral data for her research on prey vigilance behavior in a multi-predator system. While living in Gardiner, she has worked as an ecotourism wildlife guide, and most recently as biological research technician for Yellowstone National Park.
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Sandra Gonzales – Picture and bio coming soon
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Financials
The Dhole Conservation Fund keeps overhead as low as possible. Although we can’t eliminate all expenses that aren’t 100% dhole driven (government and bank fees add up) we do try to limit them. We do not have a physical office; we rely on virtual platform.
2021:
Last year we had some tax filing help due to past filings not being done by our pervious bookkeeper. To avoid these issues in the future our founder took a crash course in basic bookkeeping and works with a tax preparer who specializes in non-profit filings to hopefully be able to do the filings in the future and lower this expense. Even that in 2021 we switched our focus on education and over 50% of our expenses went to Education activities. Our gift shop expense ends up bringing more revenue to the organization so those are more investments than expenses.
2021:
Last year we had some tax filing help due to past filings not being done by our pervious bookkeeper. To avoid these issues in the future our founder took a crash course in basic bookkeeping and works with a tax preparer who specializes in non-profit filings to hopefully be able to do the filings in the future and lower this expense. Even that in 2021 we switched our focus on education and over 50% of our expenses went to Education activities. Our gift shop expense ends up bringing more revenue to the organization so those are more investments than expenses.
