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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,156,180
Total expenses
$3,225,455
Contributions and grants received
$462,299
Grants paid
$2,867,542
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,693,881
Total assets, end of year
$21,198,815
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,198,815
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,211,524
Management and general expenses
$13,931
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,211,524

Program services were 99.6% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $462,299

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,867,542

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $173,661

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,693,881 · related or exempt $2,693,881

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,867,542 · program services $2,867,542

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,931 · management and general $13,931

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $251,120 · program services $251,120

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $69,275 · program services $69,275

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAXES

    total $23,287 · program services $23,287

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $300 · program services $300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $19,825,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,825,000 · end of year $19,825,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,443,090 · end of year $1,373,815

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,268,090 · end of year $21,198,815

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY, ENGAGE IN CONSERVATION FORESTRY AND TO CARRY ON OTHER CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATION AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY. WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY PROTECTS OUTSTANDING RIVER ECOSYSTEMS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY ACQUIRES LAND TO CONSERVE CRITICAL HABITAT, PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR COMPATIBLE USE AND ENJOYMENT, AND COOPERATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SECURE THE HEALTH OF WHOLE ECOSYSTEMS.

  • WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY WAS FORMED IN 2013 TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY. IN DECEMBER 2013, WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY ACQUIRED 8,489 ACRES OF LAND ALONG TRIBUTARIES TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S KLAMATH RIVER. IN MARCH 2015, WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY PURCHASED AN ADDITIONAL 6,479 ACRES OF LAND. WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY NOW OWNS 14,968 ACRES OF LAND, INCLUDING 8,524 ACRES IN THE BLUE CREEK SALMON SANCTUARY AND 6,444 ACRES WITHIN THE YUROK TRIBAL COMMUNITY FOREST. IN 2016, WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY INITIATED A CARBON OFFSET PROJECT ON THESE LANDS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2006 ("AB 32"). CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.SINCE 2017, WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY HAS BEEN ISSUED 1,348,831 CALIFORNIA COMPLIANT OFFSET CREDITS. OF THESE, 851,066 OFFSETS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO A CALIFORNIA COVERED ENTITY, 238,300 OFFSETS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO OFFSET BROKERAGE FIRMS AND 259,465 HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO THE BUFFER POOL AS REQUIRED BY THE FOREST CARBON PROJECT PROTOCOL. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, WRC WAS ISSUED 127,653 CALIFORNIA COMPLIANT OFFSET CREDITS OF WHICH 103,097 WERE SOLD TO OFFSET BROKERAGE FIRMS AND 24,556 WERE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BUFFER POOL. THE YUROK TRIBE IS NOW CO-MANAGING THESE LANDS WITH WESTERN RIVERS FORESTRY AND IN LINE WITH OUR CONSERVATION VISION. THESE LANDS WILL ULTIMATELY BE CONVEYED TO THE YUROK TRIBE TO HELP ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF SALMON AND STEELHEAD THROUGHOUT THE KLAMATH SYSTEM AND PROTECT VITAL WILDLIFE HABITAT WITHIN ONE OF THE MOST BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE REGIONS ON THE PLANET.

    Expenses $3,211,524 · Grants $2,867,542 · Revenue $2,693,881

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sue Doroff

    BOARD PRESIDENT (THRU 06/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $334,779
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $279,129
    Other
    $55,650
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $270,712 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $8,417 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,300 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,350 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $334,779 related

  • Nelson Mathews

    BOARD PRESIDENT (BEG. 07/01/24)

    Total calculated
    $244,927
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $200,036
    Other
    $44,891
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $194,712 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,324 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,750 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,141 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $244,927 related

  • Bill Brown

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jim Smith

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2.5 related

  • Peter Colby

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $158,600
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,527
    Other
    $34,073
    Hours/week
    1 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $119,257 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $5,270 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,391 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,682 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $158,600 related

  • Julia Turrini

    BOARD SECRETARY (BEG. 5/4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Juliette Harding

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $193,014
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $158,001
    Other
    $35,013
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $154,904 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $3,097 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,150 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,863 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $193,014 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

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

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
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349306167

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