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← GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,142,794
Total expenses
$8,956,891
Contributions and grants received
$7,482,195
Grants paid
$4,227,042
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$591,297
Other revenue
$69,302
Total assets, end of year
$26,639,508
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,519,455
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,120,053
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,857,239
Management and general expenses
$814,937
Fundraising expenses
$284,715
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,857,239

Program services were 87.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $7,949

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,474,246

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $197,080

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $591,297 · excluded $591,297

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $51,546

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $51,546

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $51,546 · excluded $51,546

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,587

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $7,949

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,214

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$627 · excluded -$627

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $18,383 · related or exempt $18,383

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,383

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,227,042 · program services $4,227,042

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $273,345 · program services $218,179 · management and general $35,535 · fundraising $19,631

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,313,693 · program services $1,811,718 · management and general $413,963 · fundraising $88,012

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $101,245 · program services $79,301 · management and general $18,051 · fundraising $3,893

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $354,326 · program services $278,218 · management and general $62,619 · fundraising $13,489

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $197,258 · program services $154,780 · management and general $34,372 · fundraising $8,106

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $30,799 · program services $18,062 · management and general $12,737

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,000 · program services $11,729 · management and general $8,271

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $79,150 · management and general $79,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $635,661 · program services $559,402 · management and general $45,684 · fundraising $30,575

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,500 · program services $36,516 · management and general $3,116 · fundraising $4,868

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $97,100 · program services $66,023 · management and general $21,008 · fundraising $10,069

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $135,884 · program services $116,318 · management and general $13,431 · fundraising $6,135

  • 17 · Travel

    total $109,687 · program services $86,654 · management and general $11,967 · fundraising $11,066

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $20,235 · program services $20,107 · management and general $49 · fundraising $79

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $88,258 · program services $61,437 · management and general $9,486 · fundraising $17,335

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,357 · management and general $29,249 · fundraising $8,108

  • 24a · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $56,026 · program services $27,526 · management and general $1,035 · fundraising $27,465

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $49,532 · program services $38,816 · management and general $4,165 · fundraising $6,551

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $20,109 · program services $17,097 · management and general $2,014 · fundraising $998

  • 24d · Other expenses: DIRECT FUNDRAISING

    total $20,037 · fundraising $20,037

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $45,647 · program services $28,314 · management and general $9,035 · fundraising $8,298

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $877,247 · end of year $498,313

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $27,412 · end of year $877,112

  • 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 $52,694 · end of year $74,903

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

    $3,245,156

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $992,422

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,340,993 · end of year $2,252,734

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,482,530 · end of year $22,714,540

  • 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

    beginning of year $6,510,232 · end of year $221,906

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $279,543 · end of year $203,754

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,160 · end of year $3,900

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $1,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $313,775 · end of year $311,801

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,792,303 · end of year $17,460,265

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,903,327 · end of year $7,659,788

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION WORKS WITH ALL PEOPLE TO PROTECT THE LANDS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM, NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • LAND & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION GREATER YELLOWSTONE'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS STITCH TOGETHER A STUNNING TAPESTRY OF HABITAT FOR THE REGIONS CELEBRATED WILDLIFE. GYC CONSERVES THE MOST CRITICAL PARTS OF THIS LANDSCAPE THROUGH ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS AND BUILDING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR POLICIES THAT PROTECT KEY LANDS. CURRENT PRIORITIES INCLUDE PROTECTING LANDS FROM A PROPOSED GOLD MINE, SECURING NEW PROTECTIONS FOR WILDLIFE MIGRATION ROUTES, AND SAFEGUARDING CORE GRIZZLY BEAR HABITAT. GYC ALSO PLAYS A LEAD ROLE IN PROTECTING THE REGIONS ICONIC WILDLIFE, WITH A FOCUS ON GRIZZLY BEARS, BISON, AND MIGRATING UNGULATES LIKE ELK, MULE DEER, AND PRONGHORN. GYC SECURES FUNDING FOR NEW WILDLIFE HIGHWAY CROSSINGS, PREVENTS CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE, ADVOCATES FOR SCIENCE-BASED WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, AND RESTORES BISON TO THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS ON TRIBAL AND SELECT PUBLIC LANDS.

    Expenses $6,847,624 · Grants $4,227,042

  • CLIMATE CHANGE & WATER PROTECTION AS THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACCELERATE ACROSS THE REGION, THE COLD CLEAN WATER THAT BRINGS LIFE TO GREATER YELLOWSTONE ARE UNDER THREAT. TO BUILD REGIONAL RESILIENCY AND PROTECT WILDLIFE AND HABITAT FROM THE MOUNTING CHALLENGES OF A RAPIDLY CHANGING CLIMATE, GYC FOCUSES ON ADVANCING POLICIES AND PROJECTS THAT PROTECT AND RESTORE KEY WATERWAYS AROUND THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM. CURRENT PRIORITIES INCLUDING PROTECTING 325 MILES OF RIVERS IN MONTANA THROUGH FEDERAL LEGISLATION, AND PARTNERING WITH SCIENTISTS, GOVERNMENT, TRIBES, AND LANDOWNERS ACROSS THE REGION TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND POLICIES THAT BUILD RESILIENCY TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, WITH A FOCUS ON RIVERS.

    Expenses $531,947

  • TRIBAL CONSERVATION PRIORITIES & PARTNERSHIPS GYC RECOGNIZES THE WESTERN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT HAS HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED AND IGNORED DIVERSE VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. GYC SEEKS TO CHANGE THIS PARADIGM BY WORKING WITHIN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND TRIBAL-CENTERED PROGRAMS TO HONOR INDIGENOUS CONSERVATION PRIORITIES, ADVANCE TRIBAL RIGHTS, AND RETURN INDIGENOUS ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO THE LANDSCAPE. THIS INCLUDES REVITALIZING THE BIG WIND RIVER, BUILDING CAPACITY WITHIN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES BY INVESTING IN INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP, AND EXPANDING THE CULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF BUFFALO. GYCS INDIGENOUS STAFF MEMBERS LEAD THIS WORK FROM THEORGANIZATIONS OFFICE ON THE WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION IN WYOMING.

    Expenses $477,668

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • SCOTT CHRISTENSEN

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $231,617
    From this org
    $201,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,083
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,534
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,637
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,446
    Filer's total
    $231,617

  • MELISSA RICHEY

    DIR. DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $145,538
    From this org
    $123,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,320
    Hours/week
    40

  • CRAIG BENJAMIN

    DIR. CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $130,393
    From this org
    $127,866
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,527
    Hours/week
    40

  • NANCY WATTERS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RICK JOHNSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANE SPENCER

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL GADSDEN

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HANNIBAL ANDERSON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JUDITH HEILMAN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ABI DEVAN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HESTER DILLON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BEA GORDON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KITTY GRISWOLD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CRAIG GROVES

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS JALKUT

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS JOHNS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAN WENK

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BILL MOLISKI

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW MOORE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEI RATZ

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIANA SIMMONS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JIM SPENCER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEORGIE STANLEY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAN VERMILLION

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTINA DAWSON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANU SHARMA

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER WILSON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510729349300146

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