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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROTECT OUR WINTERS ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$771,755
Total expenses
$727,905
Contributions and grants received
$771,755
Grants paid
$21,077
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$107,115
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,700
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,415
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$529,003
Management and general expenses
$144,620
Fundraising expenses
$54,282
Program service expenses (Part III)
$529,003

Program services were 72.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $771,755

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,077 · program services $21,077

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $220,044 · program services $158,124 · management and general $45,021 · fundraising $16,899

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,207 · program services $11,646 · management and general $3,316 · fundraising $1,245

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,252 · program services $900 · management and general $256 · fundraising $96

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $878 · program services $631 · management and general $180 · fundraising $67

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $28,845 · program services $20,728 · management and general $5,902 · fundraising $2,215

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,217 · program services $9,498 · management and general $2,704 · fundraising $1,015

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $43,406 · program services $31,191 · management and general $8,881 · fundraising $3,334

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,662 · program services $37,843 · management and general $10,775 · fundraising $4,044

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $193,572 · program services $139,101 · management and general $39,605 · fundraising $14,866

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $534 · program services $383 · management and general $110 · fundraising $41

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $56,085 · program services $40,303 · management and general $11,475 · fundraising $4,307

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,379 · program services $991 · management and general $282 · fundraising $106

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,552 · program services $9,020 · management and general $2,568 · fundraising $964

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $23,217 · program services $16,684 · management and general $4,750 · fundraising $1,783

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,431 · program services $4,621 · management and general $1,316 · fundraising $494

  • 24a · Other expenses: ALLIANCE SUPPORT

    total $25,631 · program services $18,418 · management and general $5,245 · fundraising $1,968

  • 24b · Other expenses: CAMPAIGNS

    total $5,372 · program services $3,860 · management and general $1,099 · fundraising $413

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING & SUMMITS

    total $3,000 · program services $2,156 · management and general $614 · fundraising $230

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $2,544 · program services $1,828 · management and general $521 · fundraising $195

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $40,900 · end of year $107,115

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,121 · end of year $17,723

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $67,214 · end of year $77,977

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WORKS TO MAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE A TOP POLICY PRIORITY FOR THE OUTDOOR SPORTS COMMUNITY.

  • BY ILLUSTRATING THE UNMISTAKABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATE AND THE OUTDOORS, THE VERY ELEMENT THAT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER, THE POW ACTION FUND TURNED THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY'S SHARED LOVE OF WILD PLACES INTO THE POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO DRIVE POSITIVE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. POW AF IS LASER-FOCUSED ON FORMING RELATIONSHIPS WITH KEY DECISION-MAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE OUR PRIORITIES ARE ON THEIR AGENDA. WE KNOW THAT THE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE EXIST, AND OUR CAMPAIGN WORK FOCUSES ON FINDING THE POLITICAL WILL TO PUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES INTO ACTION.

    Expenses $529,003 · Grants $21,077

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeremy Jones

    PRESIDENT & FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Delaplane

    CHAIR (AS OF 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Chieffo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kjersten Forseth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Gilchrist

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lukas Haynes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monica Piergrossi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Udall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Sprague

    CEO (AS OF 1/24)/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $244,185
    From this org
    $239,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,583
    Hours/week
    3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,602
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,583
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $244,185

  • Daniel Stiles

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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 II
THE CEO AND TREASURER ARE COMPENSATED THROUGH PROTECT OUR WINTERS, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION. THE METHODS USED TO DETERMINE THE CEO'S COMPENSATION ARE: A) COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY, AND B)APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. FOR THE YEAR ENDED 12/31/2024, THE ACTION FUND REIMBURSED PROTECT OUR WINTERS FOR THE CEO'S ALLOCABLE SHARE OF COMPENSATION.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503179349310015

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