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← ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$454,686
Total expenses
$282,888
Contributions and grants received
$454,686
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$704,311
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,875
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$644,436
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$202,211
Management and general expenses
$68,797
Fundraising expenses
$11,880
Program service expenses (Part III)
$202,211

Program services were 71.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $270

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $454,416

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $21,456 · program services $15,663 · management and general $3,432 · fundraising $2,361

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $143,923 · program services $120,195 · management and general $23,530 · fundraising $198

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,197 · program services $3,508 · management and general $684 · fundraising $5

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,934 · program services $11,661 · management and general $2,270 · fundraising $3

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,716 · program services $12,112 · management and general $1,299 · fundraising $305

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $426 · management and general $426

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,106 · management and general $6,106

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,215 · program services $2,800 · management and general $12,415

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,677 · program services $1,453 · management and general $2,176 · fundraising $48

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,313 · program services $7,223 · management and general $2,601 · fundraising $8,489

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,612 · program services $19,394 · management and general $3,878 · fundraising $340

  • 17 · Travel

    total $96 · program services $96

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,750 · program services $6,250 · management and general $500

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,766 · program services $1,770 · management and general $978 · fundraising $18

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $8,600 · management and general $8,502 · fundraising $98

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $101 · program services $86 · fundraising $15

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $689,167 · end of year $703,902

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $409

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,773 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $206,756 · end of year $59,875

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $406,904 · end of year $533,202

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $65,734 · end of year $111,234

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION (AWLA) DEPLOYS CITIZEN SUPPORT TO REALIZE POLITICAL CHANGE, LEGISLATIVE GAINS AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT ALASKA'S WILD LANDSCAPES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AWLA DEPLOYS CITIZEN SUPPORT TO REALIZE POLITICAL CHANGE, LEGISLATIVE GAINS AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT ALASKA'S WILD LANDSCAPES.

  • FEDERAL ADVOCACY - AWLA ADVOCATES FOR AND AGAINST LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS, BASED ON HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT ALASKA'S PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS, WHICH ARE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT ALL AMERICANS HAVE A SHARED OWNERSHIP STAKE IN. RECENT EFFORTS HAVE INCLUDED SUPPORTING MEASURES AIMED AT BLOCKING DRILLING AND RESTORING PROTECTIONS FOR THE ARCTIC REFUGE AND SEEKING TO CODIFY A 2001 NATIONAL RULE AIMED AT PROTECTING ROADLESS AREAS IN THE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM. AWLA HAS WORKED IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSALS TO PROTECT BRISTOL BAY AND STOP THE PEBBLE MINE AND TO PREVENT THE PRIVATIZATION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES ON ALASKA PUBLIC LANDS.

    Expenses $202,211

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Myke Bybee

    TREASURER UNTIL JAN 2025, PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Athan Manuel

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JAN 2025, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jean Flemma

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JAN 2025, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Betsy Loyless

    PRESIDENT UNTIL JAN 2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amelia Morales

    SECRETARY UNTIL JAN 2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kit Deslauriers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 10 related

  • Ellen Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Pat Pourchot

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Richard Spener

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JAN 2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Campion

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JAN 2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristen Miller

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $209,015
    From this org
    $16,925
    From related orgs
    $166,051
    Other
    $26,039
    Hours/week
    3.7 + 36.3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $16,925 + $166,051 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $555 + $5,445 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,854 + $18,185 related
    Filer's total
    $19,334 + $189,681 related

  • Mladen Mates

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $147,882
    From this org
    $5,136
    From related orgs
    $131,823
    Other
    $10,923
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 38.5 related

  • Andrew Moderow

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $124,750
    From this org
    $27,403
    From related orgs
    $86,777
    Other
    $10,570
    Hours/week
    9.6 + 30.4 related

  • Monica Scherer

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CAMPAIGNS

    Total calculated
    $122,080
    From this org
    $1,073
    From related orgs
    $106,206
    Other
    $14,801
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 39.6 related

  • Christopher Konish

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $119,864
    From this org
    $291
    From related orgs
    $116,070
    Other
    $3,503
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

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

None.

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 I, LINE 3
ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE (A RELATED ORGANIZATION THAT SHARES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) UTILIZES COMPARABLE PAY INFORMATION TO DETERMINE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE MOST RECENT COMPENSATION REVIEW WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY 2025.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621749349300732

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