Totals
- Total revenue
- $204,656
- Total expenses
- $292,512
- Contributions and grants received
- $204,362
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $294
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $176,670
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $989
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $175,681
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $204,145
- Management and general expenses
- $39,432
- Fundraising expenses
- $48,935
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $204,145
Program services were 69.8% 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
$204,362
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3 · Investment income
total $294 · excluded $294
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $119,092 · program services $72,830 · management and general $23,177 · fundraising $23,085
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $79,431 · program services $79,431
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $2,363 · program services $2,363
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $7,814 · program services $7,814
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $16,299 · program services $16,299
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $5,556 · management and general $5,556
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $27,428 · program services $2,128 · fundraising $25,300
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $562 · program services $549 · management and general $13
-
14 · Information technology
total $2,963 · program services $2,590 · management and general $373
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $8,181 · program services $7,080 · management and general $551 · fundraising $550
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $61 · program services $39 · management and general $22
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $110 · management and general $110
-
23 · Insurance
total $1,183 · program services $688 · management and general $495
-
24a · Other expenses: Board retreat
total $5,804 · management and general $5,804
-
24b · Other expenses: Donor Cultivation
total $5,522 · program services $5,334 · management and general $188
-
24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $3,926 · program services $3,926
-
24d · Other expenses: Payroll processing fees
total $2,528 · management and general $2,528
-
24e · All other expenses
total $3,689 · program services $3,074 · management and general $615
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $263,093 · end of year $176,070
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $600 · end of year $600
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,414
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,414
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $110 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $266 · end of year $989
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $263,537 · end of year $175,681
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
We unite, support and cultivate local, tribal and state elected officials in the Interior West (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming) and in the Ohio River Valley (Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia) to protect land, air and water and build healthy, sustainable and resilient communities.
Activities or mission (Part I)
We unite, support and cultivate local, tribal and state elected officials in the Interior West and in the Ohio River Valley to protect land, air and water and build healthy, sustainable and resilient communities.
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $185,039
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WLN's democracy program supports local, tribal, and state elected officials across the Interior West and Ohio River Valley in overseeing and strengthening free, fair, and safe democratic processes in their communities. The program provides officials with resources, peer engagement, and action opportunities related to election administration, civic participation, voting rights, and the defense of democratic norms and institutions. WLN works from the conviction that strong environmental protection depends on participatory democracy, and that local officials are uniquely positioned to defend both.In 2025, WLN organized officials in both networks to submit public comments to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission opposing a proposed rulemaking that would require documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form, a change that could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. WLN also publicly condemned politically motivated attacks on elected officials in Pennsylvania and Minnesota, affirming that public servants deserve to serve their communities free from harassment, intimidation, and harm, and that civil discourse is foundational to democratic participation.WLN conducted targeted fundraising throughout 2025 to resource a dedicated democracy program coordinator position, successfully securing the funding needed for that role. The program coordinator will implement expanded democracy programming in 2026, including webinars, tools, and resources addressing topics such as closing the funding gap for local elections, coordination between local governments and state election agencies, and election interference at the federal level. This infrastructure investment positions WLN to significantly deepen its democracy work in both the Interior West and Appalachian networks in the coming year.WLN grew its overall network membership by nearly 10 percent in 2025, adding 85 new leaders and partners across all 11 states, and sent 12 or more newsletters and action alerts connecting officials with breaking news, engagement opportunities, and resources at the intersection of environmental protection and democracy.
Expenses $19,106
As filed on the 2025 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
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Gwen Lachelt
Past Exec. Dir.
- Total calculated
- $62,110
- From this org
- $59,301
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,809
- Hours/week
- 35
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Liane Jollon
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $56,982
- From this org
- $50,625
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,357
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Elise Jones
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lauren Pagel
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Don Schreiber
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Victor Snover
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Juanita Vero
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amber Torres
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shelly Fyant
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 17 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202610769349300826
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