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← WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,073,382
Total expenses
$2,000,862
Contributions and grants received
$1,914,271
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$18,065
Other revenue
$141,046
Total assets, end of year
$629,223
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$620,623
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,698,723
Management and general expenses
$243,123
Fundraising expenses
$59,016
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,698,723

Program services were 84.9% 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

    $1,914,271

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $30,320

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,065 · excluded $18,065

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,852

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,852

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,852 · related or exempt $4,852

  • 11a · Other revenue: LEGAL FEE RECOVERY

    total $132,199 · excluded $132,199

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,995 · excluded $3,995

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $136,194

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $104,993 · program services $104,993

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,241,717 · program services $1,067,624 · management and general $143,304 · fundraising $30,789

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $78,816 · program services $68,599 · management and general $8,370 · fundraising $1,847

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $126,469 · program services $103,610 · management and general $19,701 · fundraising $3,158

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $111,824 · program services $94,308 · management and general $15,071 · fundraising $2,445

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $104,640 · program services $104,640

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,846 · management and general $18,846

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $915 · fundraising $915

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $100 · management and general $32 · fundraising $68

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,762 · program services $3,345 · management and general $417

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $24,054 · program services $17,779 · management and general $1,259 · fundraising $5,016

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,452 · program services $27,627 · management and general $6,945 · fundraising $4,880

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,165 · program services $3,413 · management and general $752

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $29,001 · program services $15,371 · management and general $13,630

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,511 · program services $51,883 · management and general $1,584 · fundraising $1,044

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $31,892 · program services $31,892

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,639 · program services $3,639

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,212 · management and general $13,212

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROCESSING FEES

    total $8,854 · fundraising $8,854

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $290,775 · end of year $197,987

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $252,482 · end of year $425,913

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

    $98,577

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

    $93,454

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,762 · end of year $5,123

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,875 · end of year $200

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,091 · end of year $8,404

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $700 · end of year $196

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $548,103 · end of year $570,623

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $50,000

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROTECT AND RESTORE WESTERN WATERSHEDS AND WILDLIFE THROUGH EDUCATION, PUBLIC POLICY INTIATIVES 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 - DEGREDATION OF STREAMS AND STREAM BANKS - DESTRUCTION OF RIPARIAN AND UPLAND HABITAT - DEGREDATION OF CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND SCENIS RESOURCES - ILLEGAL DIVERSIONS OF WATER - NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO WILDERNESS VALUES, ROADLESS AREAS, WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND DESIGNATED WILDERNESS.

    Expenses $951,285

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

    Expenses $407,694

  • 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 ACREAS OF SCHOOL ENDOWMENT LAND LEASEHOLDS OBTAINED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING THAT ARE BEING MANAGED FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT AND CONSERVATION PURPOSES.

    Expenses $339,744

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erik Molvar

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $122,356
    From this org
    $104,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,363
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rose Chilcoat

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Helena Edelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Artemis Eyster

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Hayes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Holt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allison Jones

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • John Persell

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Ribe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Roth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
24 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202632399349301403

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