Totals
- Total revenue
- $43,002
- Total expenses
- $50,336
- Contributions and grants received
- $39,183
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $3,819
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $265,696
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,260
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $264,436
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $45,556
- Management and general expenses
- $3,957
- Fundraising expenses
- $823
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $45,556
Program services were 90.5% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$39,183
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$32
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3 · Investment income
total $3,819 · related or exempt $3,819 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $0 · other assets $0
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $2,412 · program services $0 · management and general $2,412 · fundraising $0
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14 · Information technology
total $527 · program services $0 · management and general $527 · fundraising $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $1,018 · program services $0 · management and general $1,018 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Outreach, Membership, Education, & Trails
total $46,379 · program services $45,556 · management and general $0 · fundraising $823
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $60,335 · end of year $54,083
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $93,581 · end of year $41,527
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $9,789 · end of year $2,981
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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
beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $10,267
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,128 · end of year $1,392
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$9,632
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$8,669
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $963 · end of year $963
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $62,013
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $1,046 · end of year $1,046
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $86,007 · end of year $91,424
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year -$198 · end of year $1,260
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18 · Grants payable
end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $228,463 · end of year $244,022
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $32,584 · end of year $20,414
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Poudre Wilderness Volunteers (PWV) is a Larimer County, Colorado nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1996. It assists the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service in managing and protecting wilderness areas within its jurisdiction. To achieve this mission, PWV recruits, trains, equips, and fields hundreds of citizen volunteers to serve as wilderness rangers and hosts, educating the public, and providing other appropriate support to these wild areas. PWV is one of the largest, most effective organizations of its kind in the nation, having an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff. PWV members use education and diplomacy to promote compliance with Wilderness and backcountry regulations and Leave No Trace principles. In addition, PWV maintains an ongoing "Kids in Nature" program and engages in substantive trail restoration caused by cataclysmic flood and wildfire events.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Poudre Wilderness Volunteers (PWV) is a Larimer County, Colorado, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1996. It assists the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service in managing and protecting wilderness areas within its jurisdiction. To achieve this mission, PWV recruits, trains, equips, and fields hundreds of citizen volunteers to serve as wilderness rangers and hosts, educating the public, and providing other appropriate support to these wild areas. PWV is one of the largest, most effective organizations of its kind in the nation, having an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff. PWV members use education and diplomacy to promote compliance with Wilderness and backcountry regulations and Leave No Trace principles. In addition, PWV maintains an ongoing "Kids in Nature" program, a Trails for ALL program for disabled individuals, and engages in substantive trail restoration caused by cataclysmic flood and wildfire events.
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Poudre Wilderness Volunteers (PWV) is a Larimer County, Colorado, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1996 to assist the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the United States Forest Service in managing and protecting the wilderness and backcountry areas within its jurisdiction. To achieve this mission, PWV recruits, trains, equips, and fields citizen volunteers to serve as wilderness rangers and hosts for the purpose of educating the public and providing other appropriate support to these wild areas. The Need Federal appropriations for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) are not sufficient to cover the costs of forest management and conservation. Furthermore, the USFS doesn't have enough staff to adequately patrol and monitor the Wilderness and backcountry trails in our area. Meanwhile, backcountry use within the Canyon Lakes Ranger district continues to rise, reflecting population growth and demographic changes along the front range. The Concept Many duties of a USFS ranger can be accomplished by carefully chosen, well-trained citizen volunteers. PWV recruits local citizens who care about and use the region's outdoor resources. Members commit to a minimum of six days of service each year "hiking or riding with a purpose." PWV members have no law enforcement authority but use education and diplomacy to promote compliance with Wilderness and backcountry regulations as well as Leave No Trace principles. PWV members wear uniform shirts with identifying patches and name badges that make them a highly visible non-official USFS presence on the trails. They are trained to handle various emergency situations that might be encountered in the backcountry. PWV is an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff. The Results PWV has grown from 105 founding members in 1996 to approximately 270 members in 2023. Poudre Wilderness Volunteers patrol approximately 290 miles along 70 trails in 650,000 acres of Wilderness, general National Forest and National Grassland lands. PWV's efforts include establishing a: * Trail Crew to address insufficient USFS funds and personnel to clear fallen trees and other damage to trails. * Weed Crew to help the USFS in locating, controlling, and eradicating noxious weeds. * Kids in Nature Program to support the USFS Kids in the Woods program. * Restoration Program when wildfires and floods ravaged the Canyon Lakes Ranger District. * Trails for ALL Program to foster safe, fun, and education connections to the outdoors for people of all abilities. * Environmental stewardship and public outreach via the activities of other PWV programs such as Adopt-a-Trail and Adopt-a-Highway. PWV in 2023 PWV continued to pursue its mission of assisting the Canyon Lakes Ranger District programs managing and protecting the wilderness and backcountry areas in 2023. In support of our core effort of patrolling trails and engaging the public, we contacted more than 10,200 trail users while completing over 1,700 patrols. These contacts allow us the opportunity to support backcountry users with advice, information, restoration efforts focused on building bridges, constructing rock walls and steps, erosion control on the trails, and information and education on Leave No Trace practices and on USFS regulations. We continued our efforts to maintain trails last year at a high level, removing over 1800 trees from trails and clearing brush and limbs from over 66,500 feet of trails. Furthermore, in 2023 restoration efforts focused on building bridges, constructing rock walls and steps, erosion control on the trails, and installing grade dips and drains. PWV worked 7 days to improve drainage on our trails. We also worked 6 days with the Rocky Mountain Conservancy's Youth Conservation Corps, building 2 bridges. This amounted to 1600 hours of trail work to restore the trails. In 2023 PWV contacted more than 10,200 backcountry users while completing over 1,700 patrols. Total volunteer hours ...................... 29,821 Total number of patrols/reports .......... 1,729 Meaningful contacts w/ trail users ...... 10,254 Fallen trees removed from trails ......... 1,877 Feet of trail cleared of brush/limbs ..... 66,554 Pounds of trash removed ................... 425 Illegal fire rings removed ..................... 69 Violations addressed or reported ......... 567 Patrols identifying or pulling weeds ...... 116 Constructed .... 2 bridges, 145 feet of rock wall, 51 steps, 47 drains, 26 grade dips A Successful and Different Organization PWV has gained regional and national recognition for its contributions, including the Larimer County Environmental Stewardship Award, Take Pride in America Award for Non-profit Organizations, and the USFS Volunteer Group Award. PWV has no political or hidden agendas. Our single purpose is to protect the region's Wilderness and backcountry areas through on-trail service and public education. We are not an environmental advocacy group. PWV has a rigorous and comprehensive training program for its recruits and veteran members. No other organization providing volunteer rangers for the U.S. Forest Service has as many members, provides as many hours on the trail, or does so much without any paid staff.
Expenses $45,556
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Not applicable see prior.
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Not applicable see prior.
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Mark Snyder
Chair/Director/Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Sean Orner
Chair Elect/Director/Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Bruce Williams
Past Chair /Director/Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
James Medlock
Treasurer/Director/Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Ruth Janitscheck
Secretary/Director/Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jeanne Corbin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Pete Ramirez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Rich Cappello
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Joe Cox
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Steve Musial
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jeff Randa
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jim Branch
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jennifer Collins
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Dan Schultenjann
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
- 6 April 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202441149349300849
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