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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$883,759
Total expenses
$1,068,391
Contributions and grants received
$829,118
Grants paid
$120,300
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$54,641
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,726,034
Total liabilities, end of year
$117,634
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,608,400
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$804,660
Management and general expenses
$178,152
Fundraising expenses
$85,579
Program service expenses (Part III)
$804,660

Program services were 75.3% 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

    $829,118

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $54,641 · excluded $54,641

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $120,300 · program services $120,300

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,052 · program services $33,015 · management and general $66,031 · fundraising $11,006

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $421,365 · program services $391,377 · management and general $6,059 · fundraising $23,929

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,204 · program services $46,631 · management and general $722 · fundraising $2,851

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $54,744 · program services $45,199 · management and general $6,039 · fundraising $3,506

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $28,516 · program services $28,516

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,061 · management and general $54,061

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,502 · program services $2,434 · management and general $16,461 · fundraising $1,607

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,021 · program services $36,402 · management and general $5,651 · fundraising $4,968

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,718 · program services $16,978 · management and general $12,186 · fundraising $3,554

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,770 · program services $30,776 · management and general $1,833 · fundraising $1,161

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,769 · program services $9,732 · fundraising $37

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,758 · management and general $2,758

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $40,625 · program services $17,415 · management and general $434 · fundraising $22,776

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $12,671 · program services $9,756 · management and general $1,871 · fundraising $1,044

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $12,199 · program services $5,368 · management and general $122 · fundraising $6,709

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $9,100 · program services $5,545 · management and general $1,668 · fundraising $1,887

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,016 · program services $5,216 · management and general $2,256 · fundraising $544

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $678,675 · end of year $630,802

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $175,866 · end of year $42,665

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,169 · end of year $6,449

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

    $6,713

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

    $6,713

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,795,095 · end of year $2,011,963

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $63,114 · end of year $34,155

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,880 · end of year $86,457

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $61,308 · end of year $31,177

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,325,365 · end of year $2,444,441

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $298,366 · end of year $163,959

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT MOUNTAIN LIONS SURVIVE AND FLOURISH IN THE WILD. WE DO THIS WORK BY CHAMPIONING BROAD PROTECTIONS FOR MOUNTAIN LIONS AND THEIR HABITATS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, FOSTERING APPRECIATION OF MOUNTAIN LIONS AND THE ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND CULTIVATING PROACTIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED COEXISTENCE FOR PEOPLE AND LIONS.

  • COEXISTENCE - THE MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION CULTIVATES PROACTIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED COEXISTENCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF BOTH PEOPLE AND LIONS. WE WORK IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT LIVING WITH LIONS IS NOT JUST POSSIBLE, BUT SIMPLE. THE MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION PROVIDES INFORMATION, TOOLS, AND ADVICE ABOUT PROTECTING LIONS TO A RANGE OF PEOPLE - FAMILIES, FARMERS AND RANCHERS, STATE AGENCY PERSONNEL, JOURNALISTS, RURAL DECISION MAKERS, AND MORE - TO HELP COMMUNITIES LIVE PEACEFULLY AMONG LIONS, ADDRESS COUGAR ENCOUNTERS AS THEY OCCUR, AND GIVE MOUNTAIN LIONS EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO FLOURISH. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024, THE MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION RESPONDED WITH PRO-PROTECTION INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO MANY DOZENS OF INCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SUCH AS LION SIGHTINGS, SUSPECTED DEPREDATIONS, AND LION MORTALITIES. WE ALSO DISSEMINATED INFORMATION TO HOBBY FARMERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRODUCER COMMUNITY THAT HELPED THEM COEXIST PEACEFULLY WITH THEIR LION NEIGHBORS.

    Expenses $137,209 · Grants $99

  • OUTREACH AND EDUCATION - THE MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION FOSTERS APPRECIATION OF MOUNTAIN LIONS AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. MOUNTAIN LIONS ARE AN INDISPENSABLE KEYSTONE SPECIES. HOWEVER, LIKE MANY TOP CARNIVORES, MOUNTAIN LIONS SUFFER FROM SOME WIDELY HELD, BUT FALSE AND HARMFUL MISCONCEPTIONS. OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH DISPELS THOSE MYTHS AND MISINFORMATION AND HELPS PEOPLE TO SEE MOUNTAIN LIONS AS A VITAL APEX SPECIES DESERVING PRESERVATION RATHER THAN EXPLOITATION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024, THE MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION REACHED MORE PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAN EVER BEFORE THROUGH ITS STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT OF AUDIENCES VIA IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS, REFOCUSED SOCIAL MEDIA, THE WEBSITE, REVAMPED EMAILS, NEW WEBINAR CONTENT, AND PUBLICATIONS. A HIGHLIGHT NEW PUBLICATION WAS THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO RECENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON MOUNTAIN LIONS.

    Expenses $406,528 · Grants $100,102

  • PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY - THE MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION CHAMPIONS BROAD PROTECTIONS FOR MOUNTAIN LIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WORKING WITH POLICYMAKERS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS, WE EMPOWER OUR MEMBERS AND PARTNERS TO ADVOCATE FOR STRONG PROTECTION FOR MOUNTAIN LIONS AND THEIR HABITATS. FROM SUPPORTING MEASURES THAT REDUCE HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT TO PUSHING FOR STRONGER, MORE SCIENCE-BASED REGULATIONS ON HUNTING AND TRAPPING, WE ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, MAKING PRO-LION VOICES HEARD. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024, THE MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION AND ITS MEMBERS AND PARTNERS ADVOCATED FOR PROACTIVE, SCIENCE-BASED PROTECTIONS FOR MOUNTAIN LIONS IN ALMOST EVERY WESTERN STATE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN CALIFORNIA, WE JOINED WITH PARTNERS TO PROTECT THE HABITAT CONSERVATION FUND; IN UTAH, WE CONTINUED OUR LAWSUIT TO OVERTURN HB469; IN WASHINGTON, WE SUCCESSFULLY WON REDUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNT ON LION HUNTING ALLOWED IN THAT STATE; AND IN TEXAS, WE SUPPORTED A COALITION TO WIN THE FIRST-EVER RESTRICTIONS ON HUNTING AND TRAPPING OF TEXAS'S MOUNTAIN LIONS.

    Expenses $242,938 · Grants $15,099

  • Expenses $17,985 · Grants $5,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bob McCoy

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Bruce Rylander

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Donald Molde

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Chris Tromborg

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Toby Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fauna Tomlinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Lyles

    EXECUTIVE DIR

    Total calculated
    $110,052
    From this org
    $98,335
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,717
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • FIN & FUR FILM PRODUCTIONS

    $100,000

    FILM PRODUCTION

  • CATS AREN'T TROPHIES

    $20,000

    ADVOCACY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540559349300739

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