Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$405,657

Total expenses

$491,265

Contributions and grants received

$351,993

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$71,491

Other revenue

-$17,827

Total assets, end of year

$1,156,711

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,682

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,154,029

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$378,050

Management and general expenses

$112,670

Fundraising expenses

$545

Program service expenses (Part III)

$378,050

Program services were 77.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION (WWA) HAD FOUR MAJOR PUBLIC LANDS CAMPAIGNS IN 2024: BRIDGER-TETON, SHOSHONE, BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST, AND THE BLMS RED DESERT CONTINUE TO BE LANDSCAPES OF FOCUS IN 2024. THESE CAMPAIGNS INVOLVED EDUCATING OUR MEMBERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SCHOOL GROUPS, BUSINESSES, DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE FUTURE OF THESE WILD PLACES, CURRENT MANAGEMENT, PLAN REVISIONS, AND DRAFT LEGISLATION DISCUSSIONS. WWA GAVE PRESENTATIONS ON THE VALUE OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO AFORMENTIONED GROUPS, INCLUDING TEACHING ABOUT THE CULTURAL HISTORY AND ECOLOGY ALONG WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THIS WILD HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. CONCERNED CITIZENS WROTE COMMENTS ON DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLANS, PROPOSED PROJECTS, PRODUCED LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AND ATTENDED PUBLIC MEETINGS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGMENT BASED ON OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS. WWAS OUTREACH WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS, EMAIL ALERTS, BROCHURES, NEWSLETTERS, AND TABLING EVENTS. IN ADDITION, WWA INFORMED THE PUBLIC THROUGH OUR FREE OUTINGS, WEBSITE, BLOG POSTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WHILE SERVING TO PROTECT WYOMINGS PUBLIC WILDLANDS, WWA STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPPORTERS ALSO VOLUNTEERED ON STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS ON NATIONAL FORESTS AND BLM LANDS. WWA ALSO PROVIDED 14 ACTION ALERTS TO MEMBERS WHEN PROPOSED ACTIONS CONCERNED WYOMING WILDLANDS.

  Expenses $315,102

• IN 2024, WWA HAD OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS ON 25 TOTAL DIFFERENT OUTINGS ACROSS THE STATE. OUTINGS LED PARTICIPANTS INTO AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF LANDSCAPES BOASTING ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, AND NOT YOUR AVERAGE ROCK AND ICE POTENTIAL WILDERNESS. IN ADDITION, OVER 75 TOTAL STUDENTS WENT ON 10 VARIOUS OUTDOOR ADVENTURES THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN ONE OF THE THREE SHERIDAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL OUTDOOR CLUBS. IN ADDITION, WWA PROVIDED THREE PUBLIC LAND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES WITH SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOL TO A TOTAL OF 40 STUDENTS. OTHER OUTREACH EVENTS INCLUDED: FIVE LIVE BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVALS ACROSS THE STATE AND ANOTHER YEAR OF HOSTING BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL IN SHERIDAN.

• IN 2024, WWA CONTINUED TO ELEVATE THE STEWARDSHIP PILLAR OF OUR MISSION. WWA WAS ABLE TO INVOLVE UPWARDS OF 90 VOLUNTEERS AND OVER 1,300 VOLUNTEER HOURS WHICH ALLOWED US TO: CONDUCT SOLITUDE MONITORING PROJECTS IN FOUR DESIGNATED WILDERNESS AREAS, PROMOTE YOUTH ADVOCACY, CONDUCT USER CREATED TRAIL INVENTORIES IN 10 SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS AND REMOVE 4.5 MILES OF DOWNED BARBWIRED FENCE ON FOREST AND BLM WILDERNESS STUDY AREA LAND. TRAINING PROTOCOLS FOR SOLITUDE MONITORING AND USER CREATED TRAIL INVENTORIES WERE PROVIDED THROUGH EIGHT COLLABORATIVE FOREST SERVICE AND WWA LED TRAININGS.

• IN 2024, WWA CONTINUED TO ELEVATE THE EDUCATION PILLAR OF OUR MISSION. WWA PROVIDED 14 WILDERNESS EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH EVENTS. WWA HELPED MAINTAIN THREE OUTDOOR CLUBS AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS WITH A FOCUS ON EDUCATION, STEWARDSHIP, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION. THE PROGRAM IS BEING LED BY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND HAS UPWARDS OF 100+ STUDENTS INVOLVED IN EXPLORING THEIR BACKYARD: THE BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST. AROUND 80% OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THESE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES (I.E. CLIMBING, MOUNTAIN BIKING, SKIING, FLY FISHING) FOR THE FIRST TIME. WWA IS PROUD TO HELP SUPPORT AN EFFORT TO GET OUR YOUTH CONNECTED WITH THE OUTDOORS, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY CREATE WILDLAND ADVOCATES IN THE FUTURE.WWA PROVIDED SIX LIVE FILM FESTIVALS TO EDUCATE AROUND CONSERVATION INITIATIVES AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE: OVER 360 PARTICIPANTS AT THE SHERIDAN BANFF CENTRE MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, 100+ PARTICIPANTS AT THE SHERIDAN BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL, AND OVER 200+ PARTICIPANTS AT THE LARAMIE, LANDER, AND PINEDALE BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL. IN 2024, WWA CONTINUED TO SERVE AND FILL LEADERSHIP ROLES ON COLLABORATIVE, DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AROUND THE STATE: BRIDGER-TETON WORKING GROUP, HOME FOR ALL WORKING GROUP, THE ROCK SPRINGS RMP GOVERNORS TASK FORCE, KIP IT PUBLIC WYOMING COALITION, AND THE SHERIDAN COUNTY AGRICULTURE/NATURAL RESOURCES/PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE. WWA EDUCATES COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR SUPPORTERS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT AND PROPOSED LEGISLATION. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS GATHERED FROM WWA EMAILING ALERTS, NOTICES, COMMENT PORTALS, AND PUBLIC MEETING UPDATES.ADDITIONALLY, WWA HOSTED AND/OR ATTENDED MULTIPLE VIRTUAL AND LIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE PERSONALIZED COMMENTS AROUND LARGE-SCALE PLANS, SUCH AS THE ROCK SPRINGS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SHOSHONE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN. MANY CONSTITUENTS FIND VALUE IN THESE WILD LANDSCAPES, AND WWA INFORMS THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO STAY ENGAGED AND HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD.WWA CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND DESIGNATED WILDERNESS BY TRAVELING TO DC TWICE IN 2024, INITIATING 18 MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND STAFF, JOINING 24 PARTNERS AND 62 INDIVIDUALS TO PROMOTE AND CELEBRATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WILDERNESS ACT. WWA CONTINUED TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN 2024 AROUND COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, WITH A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT, FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND CONSERVATION GROUPS ALSO WORKING IN THESE LANDSCAPES. PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS INCLUDED: STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS, SEVERAL FILM SCREENING EVENTS, OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OUTINGS, 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ACT CELEBRATIONS AND INITIATIVES, INFORMATIONAL EVENTS, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT MEETINGS, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON VARIOUS PANELS AND PRESENT DURING CONSERVATION AND WILDERNESS CONFERENCES.

  Expenses $62,948

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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