Form 990 for tax year 2024

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 23 April 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$1,524,596 →changed to $4,543,337

Total expenses

$1,956,027 →changed to $3,219,906

Contributions and grants received

$1,526,879 →changed to $4,264,257

Grants paid

$40,000 →changed to $0

Investment income

$28,425 →changed to $57,131

Other revenue

-$30,708 →changed to $221,949

Total assets, end of year

$1,246,140 →changed to $2,519,740

Total liabilities, end of year

$238,103 →changed to $186,369

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,008,037 →changed to $2,333,371

Program services expenses

$1,487,213 →changed to $2,513,265

Management and general expenses

$128,549 →changed to $158,129

Fundraising expenses

$340,265 →changed to $548,512

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,487,213 →changed to $2,513,265

Totals

Total revenue

$4,543,337

Total expenses

$3,219,906

Contributions and grants received

$4,264,257

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$57,131

Other revenue

$221,949

Total assets, end of year

$2,519,740

Total liabilities, end of year

$186,369

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,333,371

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,513,265

Management and general expenses

$158,129

Fundraising expenses

$548,512

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,513,265

Program services were 78.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• SEE SCHEDULE O.LITIGATION:CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT APPROVALS FOR MINING IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS (BWCAW) WATERSHED. ACTIVITIES - CONTINUED TO SUPPORT STATE MERA CASE, WHICH SAW THE MN DNR RELEASE COURT-REMANDED FINDINGS OF FACT IN MAY 2023, CHALLENGING THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE DNR ON THE ISSUE OF WATER QUALITY; CONTESTED CASE HEARING TOOK PLACE NOVEMBER 2024.LEASE CANCELATION LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY TWIN METALS DISMISSED AND TWIN METALS' SUBSEQUENTLY APPEALED IN 2023. WE CONTINUED TO TRACK THE APPEAL, AND ORAL ARGUMENTS WERE HEARD IN DC COURT OF APPEALS IN JANUARY 2025RESEARCH PROJECT AND POLICY PROPOSALS AND THEIR IMPACT:MONITOR CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT WEBSITES AND PUBLICATIONS TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS RELATED TO MINING IN THE WATERSHED OF THE BWCAW; EVALUATE OR USE CONTRACT SERVICES AS NEEDED TO ASSESS POTENTIAL IMPACTS; DEVELOP FACT SHEETS AND MAPS ON PROPOSALS AND IMPACTS.ACTIVITIES CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT FIELD STUDIES TO ESTABLISH BASELINE CONDITIONS IN HEADWATERS; PROVIDED EXPERT OPINION IN LAWSUITS, LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS; PROVIDED OVER 90% OF DATA USED BY MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY TO INCLUDE BIRCH LAKE ON IMPAIRED WATERS LIST AS IMPAIRED FOR SULFATE POLLUTION , WHICH WAS APPROVED BY EPA IN MAY 2024. EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC:DEVELOP INFORMATION FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION ON PROJECTS AND IMPACTS; DISTRIBUTE VIA PERTINENT CHANNELS SUCH AS WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWS RELEASES, PUBLIC FORUMS, ETC.; RESPOND TO MEDIA INQUIRIES; DEVELOP OTHER OUTREACH MATERIALS AND HOST EVENTS FOR INTERESTED CITIZENS. ACTIVITIES - AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE OR THE ISSUE CHANGES, FACT SHEETS ARE UPDATED AND ADDED TO THE WEBSITE AND DISTRIBUTED ACCORDINGLY. MORE THAN 100 EMAIL ALERTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO SUPPORTER LISTS. AT LEAST 8 PRESS RELEASES PUBLISHED. AT LEAST 10 MAJOR MEDIA PUBLICATIONS INITIATED AND PUBLISHED. WEEKLY POSTINGS ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND LINKEDIN. POSTED AT LEAST 25 BLOGS. HELD DOZENS OF PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENTS IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.

  Expenses $2,513,265

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

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.

• BOUNDARY WATERS ACTION FUND

  501(C)(4) · TO PROTECT MN WILD PLACES AGAINST EVER INCREASING PRESSURES · MN

  Directly controlled by NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS

• CAMPAIGN FUND TO SAVE THE BOUNDARY WATERS PAC

  527 · TO PROTECT MN WILD PLACES AGAINST EVER INCREASING PRESSURES · MN

  Directly controlled by NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

26 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620579349301507

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