Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $527,018
- Total expenses
- $560,833
- Contributions and grants received
- $391,019
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $95,568
- Investment income
- $2,392
- Other revenue
- $38,039
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,028,865
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $11,281
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,017,584
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $472,665
- Management and general expenses
- $50,550
- Fundraising expenses
- $37,618
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $472,665
Program services were 84.3% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$11,912
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$379,107
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2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS & EVENTS
total $95,568 · related or exempt $95,568
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3 · Investment income
total $2,392 · related or exempt $2,392
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6a · Gross rents
personal property $1,000
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6c · Rental income or loss
personal property $1,000
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $1,000 · excluded $1,000
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$47,429
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$10,390
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $37,039 · related or exempt $37,039
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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
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $69,809 · program services $59,297 · management and general $6,398 · fundraising $4,114
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $248,565 · program services $211,136 · management and general $22,779 · fundraising $14,650
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $21,931 · program services $18,629 · management and general $2,010 · fundraising $1,292
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $8,234 · program services $7,318 · management and general $896 · fundraising $20
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,306 · program services $1,120 · management and general $6,288 · fundraising $8,898
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,590 · program services $799 · management and general $1,791
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14 · Information technology
total $16,378 · program services $14,798 · management and general $1,460 · fundraising $120
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $21,680 · program services $21,680
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17 · Travel
total $4,277 · program services $2,011 · management and general $2,266
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $6,765 · management and general $579 · fundraising $6,186
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $48,256 · program services $48,256
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23 · Insurance
total $24,014 · program services $22,793 · management and general $1,221
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24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE & FEED
total $22,960 · program services $22,960
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24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $13,682 · program services $13,134 · fundraising $548
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24c · Other expenses: WORKERS COMPENSATION
total $9,897 · program services $8,799 · management and general $1,055 · fundraising $43
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24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE
total $7,766 · program services $7,766
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24e · All other expenses
total $17,723 · program services $12,169 · management and general $3,807 · fundraising $1,747
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $544,588 · end of year $442,563
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $42,032 · end of year $10,116
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $53,206 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $7,835 · end of year $15,748
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,146,113
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$585,675
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $435,730 · end of year $560,438
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $23,186 · end of year $5,742
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $8,804 · end of year $5,536
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2 · end of year $3
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $644,671 · end of year $697,269
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $406,728 · end of year $320,315
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
PROVIDING LIFELONG SANCTUARY TO NON-RELEASABLE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM WILDLIFE WHILE PROVIDING A MESSAGE OF EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION.
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YWS provides lifelong care to wildlife native to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks has deemed as unable to survive if released back into their natural habitats. The wildlife were injured, orphaned, or habituated to humans. Providing lifelong care includes safe habitats, food, and medical care. As of 2024, resident species included: American Black Bear, American Badger, Bobcats, Gray Wolf, Coyote, Red Fox, Bison, Racoon, Sandhill Crane, Turkey Vulture, Crow, Raven, Owl, Raptors and Corvid, and Salamander
Expenses $398,253
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The wildlife residents at YW have unique stories of survival creating an opportunity for public education. As indicated by our mission, sharing a message of education and conservation is a focus of the organization. During 2024, YWS conducted school programs,tours and encounters. The full program reached over 4,415 students through programming and thousands of visitors participating in keeper talks. The program continued to grow in 2024 and was supported by two educators, one full-time and one part-time, to serve the demand for environmental and wildlife programs, and to service area schools.
Expenses $74,412
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Br WalkerBR WALKER
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $69,809
- From this org
- $69,809
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 45
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Aimee RomeijnAIMEE ROMEIJN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.5
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Lindsey KillhamLINDSEY KILLHAM
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.5
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Susan BurySUSAN BURY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 12
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Susan RobbinsSUSAN ROBBINS
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dave PauliDAVE PAULI
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Dr Alyson MikeDR ALYSON MIKE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.5
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Sue CrossSUE CROSS
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.5
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Victoria PorterVICTORIA PORTER
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25.4
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Samantha ThomasSAMANTHA THOMAS
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Holly LucaraHOLLY LUCARA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.5
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533169349309053
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