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← WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,705,061
Total expenses
$1,557,029
Contributions and grants received
$1,663,236
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$35,381
Other revenue
$6,444
Total assets, end of year
$764,278
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,213
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$758,065
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,448,037
Management and general expenses
$77,851
Fundraising expenses
$31,141
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,448,037

Program services were 93.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,555

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,661,681

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,381 · excluded $35,381

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,101

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $3,101

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

    $1,555

  • 11a · Other revenue: LEGAL FEE RECOVERY

    total $6,444 · related or exempt $6,444

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,444

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $98,544 · program services $93,703 · management and general $3,510 · fundraising $1,331

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $931,469 · program services $885,691 · management and general $33,173 · fundraising $12,605

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $44,717 · program services $42,521 · management and general $1,593 · fundraising $603

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $131,885 · program services $125,409 · management and general $4,697 · fundraising $1,779

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $95,152 · program services $90,474 · management and general $3,389 · fundraising $1,289

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,606 · program services $29,606

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,914 · management and general $12,914

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $741 · management and general $741

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,587 · program services $30,587

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,888 · program services $15,888

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,268 · program services $32,268

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,665 · program services $4,665

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,305 · program services $25,959 · management and general $972 · fundraising $374

  • 17 · Travel

    total $57,873 · program services $57,873

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,624 · program services $2,495 · management and general $93 · fundraising $36

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,480 · program services $4,480

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,769 · management and general $16,769

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATION PROCESSING

    total $13,124 · fundraising $13,124

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,418 · program services $6,418

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $241,499 · end of year $487,990

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $366,909 · end of year $262,127

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

    $103,899

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

    $92,413

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,767 · end of year $11,486

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,675 · end of year $2,675

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,405 · end of year $5,513

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,413 · end of year $700

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $610,032 · end of year $758,065

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT IS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE WESTERN WATERSHEDS AND WILDLIFE THROUGH EDUCATION, PUBLIC POLICY INITIATIVES AND LEGAL ADVOCACY.

  • MONITORING -- IDENTIFY DAMAGED WATERSHEDS AND DOCUMENT ABUSIVE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. REPORT THE FOLLOWING: LIVESTOCK NUMBERS ON GRAZING ALLOTMENTS, TURNOUT TIMES, ABUSIVE GRAZING, DEGRADATION OF STREAMS AND STREAM BANKS, DESTRUCTION OF RIPARIAN AND UPLAND HABITAT, DEGRADATION OF CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND SCENIC RESOURCES, ILLEGAL DIVERSIONS OF WATER, NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO WILDERNESS VALUES, ROADLESS AREAS, WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND DESIGNATED WILDERNESS.

    Expenses $810,901

  • RESTORATION AND EDUCATION -- WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY BRINGS THE ORGANIZATIONS CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN TO THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL PRESS AND POLICYMAKERS. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS MORE THAN 450 NEWS STORIES HAVE APPEARED ABOUT THE WORK OF WWP.

    Expenses $347,529

  • LITIGATION -- PROTECT IMPERILED WILDLIFE, PUBLIC LANDS, AND WESTERN WATERSHEDS THROUGH VIGOROUS LITIGATION UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, CLEAN WATER ACT, FEDERAL LAND POLICY MANAGEMENT ACT, AND OTHER STATUTES THAT PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS OVER 4,000 ACRES OF SCHOOL ENDOWMENT LAND LEASEHOLDS OBTAINED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING THAT ARE BEING MANAGED FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT AND CONSERVATION PURPOSES.

    Expenses $289,607

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erik Molvar

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $102,486
    From this org
    $98,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,942
    Hours/week
    40

  • Artemis Eyster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dr John Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dr Bruce Hayse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Kelly Weston

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Allison Jones

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Rose Chilcoat

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Louise Wagenknecht

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
2023
Filed
28 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443029349301184

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