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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$757,823
Total expenses
$759,199
Contributions and grants received
$755,268
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$27,291
Investment income
-$49,695
Other revenue
$24,959
Total assets, end of year
$705,201
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,271
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$700,930
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$471,069
Management and general expenses
$190,992
Fundraising expenses
$97,138
Program service expenses (Part III)
$471,069

Program services were 62.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $264,102

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $491,166

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES

    total $27,291 · related or exempt $27,291

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$49,695 · related or exempt -$50,327 · excluded $632

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $53,679

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $28,720

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $24,959 · excluded $24,959

  • 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.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $414,656 · program services $256,512 · management and general $100,097 · fundraising $58,047

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,967 · management and general $7,967

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,826 · management and general $34,826

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,876 · program services $22,998 · management and general $9,213 · fundraising $4,665

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,727 · program services $167 · management and general $1,170 · fundraising $390

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,906 · management and general $9,906

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,326 · program services $1,453 · management and general $4,939 · fundraising $934

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,654 · program services $34,097 · management and general $288 · fundraising $2,269

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,766 · program services $1,862 · management and general $4,554 · fundraising $350

  • 20 · Interest

    total $300 · program services $519 · management and general -$219

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,950 · program services $13,235 · management and general $4,040 · fundraising $675

  • 24a · Other expenses: INTERN STIPENDS

    total $54,506 · program services $54,504 · management and general $2

  • 24b · Other expenses: FIELD SUPPLIES, TOOLS & FOOD

    total $30,270 · program services $30,216 · management and general $54

  • 24c · Other expenses: PACK STOCK REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $29,208 · program services $29,208

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $12,211 · program services $4,220 · management and general $253 · fundraising $7,738

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $58,050 · program services $22,078 · management and general $13,902 · fundraising $22,070

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $199,899 · end of year $239,237

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $371,064 · end of year $323,129

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $111,546 · end of year $81,096

  • 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

    end of year $0

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

    $42,357

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $42,357 · end of year $42,357

  • 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

    beginning of year $22,921 · end of year $19,382

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,300 · end of year $959

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $26,778

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,403 · end of year $3,312

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $702,306 · end of year $700,930

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION BMWF HAS BEEN SERVING THE WILDERNESS RECREATION COMMUNITY FOR OVER TWENTY (20) YEARS BY ORGANIZING AND LEADING PROJECTS THAT CLEAR TRAILS AND PRESERVE THE WILDERNESS ECOSYSTEM BY RESTORING DAMAGED AREAS AND REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES. BMWF WORKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL AMERICANS HAVE ACCESS TO MONTANA'S BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS COMPLEX, THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE WILDERNESS SYSTEM AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR PLACES. EACH YEAR 300 TO 350 BMWF VOLUNTEERS, AGES 12 TO 80, PARTICIPATE IN 40 TO 60 WILDERNESS PROJECTS. PROJECTS ARE ACCOMPLISHED IN COORDINATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE ON TRAILS AND LAND WITHIN THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS COMPLEX. MANY BMWF PROJECTS INTRODUCE YOUTH TO THE WILDERNESS, AND FOR SOME, IT IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. SINCE ITS INCORPORATION IN 1998, THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION BMWF AND ITS VOLUNTEERS HAVE CLEARED OVER 5,500 MILES OF TRAIL AND TREATED 100'S OF ACRES OF INVASIVE SPECIES. THE VAL

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION CONNECTS AMERICANS WITH THEIR WILDERNESS HERITAGE BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO AND STEWARDSHIP OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR PLACES - MONTANA'S BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS COMPLEX, THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE WILDERNESS SYSTEM. WE HELP HUNDREDS OF HARD-WORKING VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING YOUTH, DEVELOP A LAND ETHIC AND GIVE BACK TO THE WILDERNESS BY OPENING TRAILS. RESTORING HEAVILY USED AREAS, MAINTAINING HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND FIGHTING WEEDS. ACTIVE WILDERNESS STEWARDSHIP IS OUR MISSION.

  • STEWARDSHIP - THE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS THAT BMWF COORDINATES ARE INVALUABLE TO THE WILDERNESS RECREATIONAL COMMUNITY INCLUDING HUNTERS, ANGLERS, HIKERS, BACKPACKERS, HORSEMEN, AND PACKERS. EACH YEAR BMWF ENGAGES AN AVERAGE OF 304 VOLUNTEERS, AGES 12 TO 80, IN CONSERVATION PROJECTS. PROJECTS INVOKE A SENSE OF PRIDE FOR MONTANA'S MOST TREASURED LANDSCAPE. BOTH YOUTH AND ADULT VOLUNTEERS HAVE LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES. IN 2022, 369 BMWF VOLUNTEERS WORKED A TOTAL OF 8,104 HOURS ON 61 PROJECTS, CLEARING 3,145 DOWNED TREES, MAINTAINING 451 MILES OF TRAIL, AND CONDUCTING 68.5 ACRES OF WEED SUPPRESSION. THE TOTAL VALUE OF LABOR DONATED TO PUBLIC LANDS BY BMWF VOLUNTEERS IN 2022 WAS $463,461

    Expenses $416,565

  • INTERNSHIPS - IN 2022, BMWF PROVIDED 11 COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE YOUTH WITH WILDERNESS CONSERVATION INTERNSHIPS WHERE THEY WORKED SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH FOREST SERVICE WILDERNESS RANGERS.

    Expenses $54,504

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Roy Jacobs

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Eyer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Knupp

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Vitale

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Gayner

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morgan Marks

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Corrie Williamson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caleb Stewart

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Belanger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Harwell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Schatz

    Trustee

    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
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333179349301483

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