Snow Leopard Trust

The Snow Leopard Trust

Formation	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Founder	Helen Elaine Freeman
Type	Nonprofit
Tax ID no.	91-1144119
Legal status	501(c)(3)
Focus	Snow leopard conservation
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington
Region	China, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, and Pakistan
Membership	2500
Board President	Rhetick Sengupta
Executive Director	Charudutt "Charu" Mishra, PhD
Board of directors	Rhetick Sengupta; Gayle Podrabsky; Gary Podrabsky; Barbara Blywise; Lisa Dabek, PhD; Todd George; Jed Gorden, MD; James Platts; Brad Rutherford; Stephen Sparrow
Website	snowleopard.org

The Snow Leopard Trust is the largest and oldest organization working solely to protect the endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and its habitat in 12 countries of Central Asia. The trust is a non-profit organization with its headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The present total population of snow leopards in the wild is estimated at between 3,920 and 6,390.^[1]