Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,774,808
- Total expenses
- $4,517,082
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,055,424
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $535,101
- Investment income
- $117,041
- Other revenue
- $67,242
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,797,206
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $659,959
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,137,247
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,690,761
- Management and general expenses
- $1,139,172
- Fundraising expenses
- $687,149
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,690,761
Program services were 59.6% 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
$4,055,424
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$46,121
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2a · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $533,979 · related or exempt $533,979
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2b · Program service revenue: SYNDICATION FEES
total $1,122 · related or exempt $1,122
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3 · Investment income
total $86,646 · excluded $86,646
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,019,264
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $988,869
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $30,395
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $30,395 · excluded $30,395
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11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING
total $56,645 · related or exempt $56,645
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11b · Other revenue: OTHER
total $10,597 · related or exempt $10,597
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11e · Other revenue, total
$67,242
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $190,867 · management and general $112,366 · fundraising $78,501
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,849,180 · program services $1,223,771 · management and general $382,921 · fundraising $242,488
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $67,946 · program services $46,218 · management and general $9,605 · fundraising $12,123
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $305,030 · program services $201,955 · management and general $50,103 · fundraising $52,972
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $163,492 · program services $99,730 · management and general $37,603 · fundraising $26,159
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11g · Fees: other
total $594,782 · program services $67,893 · management and general $357,925 · fundraising $168,964
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13 · Office expenses
total $49,725 · program services $2,928 · management and general $43,524 · fundraising $3,273
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16 · Occupancy
total $4,465 · program services $3,893 · management and general $572
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17 · Travel
total $98,750 · program services $34,013 · management and general $29,173 · fundraising $35,564
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24a · Other expenses: FREELANCE COSTS
total $623,805 · program services $623,805
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24b · Other expenses: MATERIAL COSTS & MAILING
total $390,703 · program services $319,376 · management and general $24,561 · fundraising $46,766
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $117,053 · program services $21,724 · management and general $85,606 · fundraising $9,723
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24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
total $61,284 · program services $45,455 · management and general $5,213 · fundraising $10,616
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $205,422 · end of year $304,210
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,176,444 · end of year $1,192,348
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $256,100 · end of year $410,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $525 · end of year $4,275
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $29,025 · end of year $19,874
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $827,553 · end of year $866,499
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $213,741 · end of year $292,861
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $414,417 · end of year $367,098
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,103,994 · end of year $1,237,931
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $762,917 · end of year $899,316
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO INFORM AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE WEST'S DIVERSE NATURAL AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES.
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PUBLICATION OF HIGH COUNTRY NEWS, A MAGAZINE AND WEBSITE COVERING THE WEST'S SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES. HIGH COUNTRY NEWS COVERS 12 WESTERN STATES, REACHING 36,000+ SUBSCRIBERS.
Expenses $2,690,761 · Revenue $535,101
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Samaria JaffeSAMARIA JAFFE
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Estee Rivera MurdockESTEE RIVERA MURDOCK
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Peter SchoenburgPETER SCHOENBURG
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Fatima LunaFATIMA LUNA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Bryan PollardBRYAN POLLARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Raynelle RinoRAYNELLE RINO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jim SpencerJIM SPENCER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rich StolzRICH STOLZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Andy Wiessner Retired Sept 2025ANDY WIESSNER RETIRED SEPT 2025
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Chris WinterCHRIS WINTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Luis TorresLUIS TORRES
EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Greg HanscomGREG HANSCOM
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $172,649
- From this org
- $148,125
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,524
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $148,125
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,335
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,189
- Filer's total
- $172,649
-
Gary LoveGARY LOVE
MARKETING DI
- Total calculated
- $140,172
- From this org
- $120,015
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,157
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Jennifer SahnJENNIFER SAHN
EDITOR IN CH
- Total calculated
- $124,681
- From this org
- $107,276
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,405
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- SCHEDULE J, PART III
- THE COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR THE TOP OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND IN LINE WITH EXTERNAL COMPENSATION REVIEWS CARRIED OUT REGULARLY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES BY EMPLOYER'S COUNCIL.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 7 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202601889349301675
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