Impact

RMCC, like most non-government organizations, regularly looks inward to assess its impact on an overarching mission of advancing wild cat conservation world wide. Our target animals, the snow leopard and mountain lion, may occur on opposite sides of the globe but their issues and challenges are quite similar. The metrics of our success are measured in research results (papers, book chapters, documentary videos) and the number of people affected by our outreach and education programs.

One measure of RMCC’s success is simply its longevity, having survived in the NGO world for almost 20 years. Most of RMCC’s revenue comes as donations and competitive grants, never an easy process. As a small organization overheads are small as well, an assuring attribute to discerning donors.

While it is possible to quantify certain aspects of RMCC’s efforts over the years, it is near impossible to know the multi-tiered impact of conserving apex predators. A healthy population of mountain lions and snow leopards is intrinsically a reflection of a healthy population of all below them in the food chain. This realization helped to frame RMCC’s tag line and guiding principle: Wildlife Conservation from the Top Down.