Form 990 for tax year 2022
Filed by WESTERN STATES ENDURANCE RUN FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,217,009
- Total expenses
- $1,157,014
- Contributions and grants received
- $884,480
- Grants paid
- $6,433
- Program service revenue
- $208,243
- Investment income
- $34,941
- Other revenue
- $89,345
- Total assets, end of year
- $507,398
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $31,872
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $475,526
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,066,399
- Management and general expenses
- $88,168
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,447
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,066,399
Program services were 92.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$884,480
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$242,125
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2a · Program service revenue: Race Entry Fees
total $200,743 · related or exempt $200,743
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2b · Program service revenue: Licensing Fee
total $7,500 · related or exempt $7,500
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3 · Investment income
total $10,474 · excluded $10,474
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $24,467
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $24,467
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $24,467 · excluded $24,467
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$89,345
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $89,345 · excluded $89,345
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $3,433 · program services $3,433
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $3,000 · program services $3,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $115,681 · program services $104,781 · management and general $8,720 · fundraising $2,180
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $8,731 · program services $6,986 · management and general $1,590 · fundraising $155
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11g · Fees: other
total $48,791 · management and general $48,791
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $28,602 · program services $23,938 · management and general $4,552 · fundraising $112
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13 · Office expenses
total $6,082 · management and general $6,082
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16 · Occupancy
total $30,588 · program services $30,588
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17 · Travel
total $39,684 · program services $39,684
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $41,736 · program services $33,492 · management and general $8,244
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23 · Insurance
total $10,202 · program services $9,182 · management and general $1,020
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24a · Other expenses: Race Expenses
total $576,545 · program services $576,545
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24b · Other expenses: Trail Preservation
total $114,462 · program services $114,462
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24c · Other expenses: Race Day Broadcast
total $94,028 · program services $94,028
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24d · Other expenses: Medical Research
total $25,089 · program services $25,089
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24e · All other expenses
total $10,360 · program services $1,191 · management and general $9,169
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $69,022 · end of year $95,362
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $14,129 · end of year $87,735
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$9,252
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$9,252
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $331,838 · end of year $324,301
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $6,980 · end of year $31,872
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $408,009 · end of year $475,526
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
To be a leader in the sport of ultrarunning and promote its personal and community benefits through trail stewardship, research, and providing a life-changing experience.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To promote sport through its annual race, medical research, and trail stewardship.
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Successfully completed the 50th annual Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in June 2023. Increased worldwide engagement with over 31 hours of continuous livestream broadcast with 530,000 views globally from 122 countries. There were 320 finishers with a finish rate of 86.5%. Improved runner tracking with Starlink internet satellite connections to augment runner safety.
Expenses $905,644 · Grants $6,433 · Revenue $208,243
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Completed the first year of a multi-year project with US Forest Service to re-route and improve 6 miles of the Western States trail in the Granite Chief Wilderness Area, a federally designated Wilderness Area. Successfully completed annual trail work on 100 miles of the Western States trail using our volunteer steward program, a partnership between Western States Endurance Run Foundation, US Forest Service, Auburn State Recreation Area and Western States Trail Foundation, modeled after the Pacific Crest Trail Association.Worked in partnership with the US Forest Service, Auburn State Recreation Area and the Western States Trail Foundation, to restore 16 miles of trail damaged in the Mosquito fire in the fall of 2022. Included both financial commitment from WSER and coordinated volunteer work on trail.
Expenses $135,666
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Financed a medical study at the 2023 Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run entitled: "Acute and Chronic Effects of Ultramarathon Participation on Vascular Health" conducted by researchers from the Biodynamics and Human Performance Laboratory at Georgia Southern University. The results of this study will be published in medical journals for the benefit of the medical community, runners and the general public.The WSER Foundation hosted a pre-race medical conference at Palisades Tahoe with 40 attendees. The Foundation's Medical Director presented zoom conferences to discuss medical issues of concern for WSER entrants and published a case report entitled "Four Cases of Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis in Ultramarathoners" in the 2023 Journal of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.
Expenses $25,089
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Billy Yang
Director
- Total calculated
- $8,121
- From this org
- $8,121
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Diana Fitzpatrick
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Tim Twietmeyer
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Christopher Gaylord
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Karl Hoagland
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Kara Teklinski
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Charles Savage
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gary Towle MD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Mo Livermore
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Denis Zilaff
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John Trent
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Magdalena Boulet
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tia Bodington
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Allyson Thomas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dylan Bowman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Craig Thornley
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $107,520
- From this org
- $102,625
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,895
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 9 July 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202411929349301481
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