Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$144,518

Total expenses

$207,500

Contributions and grants received

$181,463

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$717

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

-$37,547

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

-$115

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$374,464

Total liabilities, end of year

$414

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$374,050

Program service expenses (Part III)

$165,529

Program services were 79.8% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• CARCASS REMOVAL - MVRG's carcass removal program is operated on the east side of Madison County covering over 150 square miles and currently servicing 40+ landowners (ranchers and small acreage livestock owners). It is operated by the MVRG Project Director with MVRG's dump trailer and her pickup. The carcasses once removed are brought to the carcass compost site. Removing carcasses from ranches and small acreages reduces predator and scavenger conflicts with ranchers and the general public.

  Expenses $23,800

• WEED BIO CONTROL- The Madison County Biocontrol project continues to be one of the most successful in the state. In 2023, the crew collected and released over 85,000 specialized insects, surveyed and mapped dozens of properties and spoke with many landowners. The project also is an important partner in the statewide study of a new biocontrol for Canada thistle. In 2023, we revisited and monitored 17 sites, re-inoculated 13, and spent 3 days in the field harvesting infected plant materials in the fall. This work was done in Beaverhead, Gallatin, and Madison counties.

  Expenses $16,301

• WEED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION- In 2023 the Committee worked to bring noxious weed awareness to the community by participating in the Jack Creek Youth Camp, providing monthly articles to the Madisonian newspaper via Natural Resource News and producing and distributing our scenic and educational calendar. We also offered an adult education workshop on Noxious Weeds and participated in a private applicator training.

  Expenses $9,315

• CO-OPERATIVE WEED CONTROL PROJECTS- We partnered with the Madison County Weed Board on a special project in Meadow Creek watershed near McAllister. The Weed Committee helped facilitate this project by performing extensive outreach to landowners, communicating with commercial applicators, surveying and mapping. Our crew also participated in the annual Bear Trap Spray Day, a large cooperative effort that brings together public land managers and the public.

  Expenses $16,301

• NOXIOUS WEED COORDINATION - The MVRG Weed Committee works closely and coordinates with professionals across the state (and often throughout the West). The Project Coordinator is the SW MT Biocontrol Representative, participates in statewide biological control steering committee meetings and the SW Area of the MT Weed Control Association's Council. We also have agreements with both the Bureau of Land Management and the MT Department of Transportation. The Committee also spends much time working with other public and private land managers to address noxious weed issues in the region.

  Expenses $4,657

• CARCASS COMPOST SITE - The site is managed by the Bar MZ Ranch and the MVRG Project Director. There are substantial costs associated with placing carcasses in the bunkers, monitoring the carcass decomposition process and keeping the electric fenced enclosure maintained, turning the piles, and materials for mixing to make the compost. DEQ training session for proper management are currently on-line and help with maintain the site accreditation.

  Expenses $71,366

• EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - MVRG partners in the Winter RoundTable Series which brings presenters together with local ranchers and others of the public to share ideas relevant to current challenges and new concepts for rancher profitability and land use health. The pandemic last year encouraged us to try live virtual presentations which we then posted as You Tube videos. Our 4 presentations last year have had over 750 views on-line We were a partner in the Wildlife Series Summer Presentations... The new website was completed in 2021 for sharing programs and activities. MVRG is active in safety trainings for people working livestock, interacting with carnivores, and operating farm machinery... Trail camera follow up: Cameras were distributed in 2020 to monitor and confirm carnivore activity on summer grazing pastures. MVRG contacts the people with the cameras and gets the picture cards for downloading the pictures. Battery replacement and confirming the cameras are placed and in use Active in the CRC(Conflict Reduction Consortium) a western states group working to find solutions to pressures on working lands... Carcass Management Technical Advisory Committee member for NRCS and FSA program innovation and implementation protocols Virtual presenter at several on-line meetings regarding conflict prevention strategies and current challenges facing ranchers and open space fragmentation Rancher Handbook mailings.

  Expenses $23,789

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

9 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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