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← WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,955,171
Total expenses
$13,894,191
Contributions and grants received
$14,789,000
Grants paid
$6,618,271
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$166,171
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,928,047
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,544,832
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,383,215
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,981,091
Management and general expenses
$723,294
Fundraising expenses
$189,806
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,981,091

Program services were 93.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • BRENDON CECHOVIC

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $298,573
    From this org
    $213,125
    From related orgs
    $36,875
    Other
    $48,573
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,125 + $36,875 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $21,312 + $3,688 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,675 + $7,898 related
    Filer's total
    $250,112 + $48,461 related

  • SHARA KAPLIN

    CHIEF OF STA

    Total calculated
    $251,905
    From this org
    $182,006
    From related orgs
    $27,994
    Other
    $41,905
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,006 + $27,994 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $18,201 + $2,799 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,909 + $5,996 related
    Filer's total
    $215,116 + $36,789 related

  • LEAH WIENEKE

    CHIEF OPS OF

    Total calculated
    $239,898
    From this org
    $149,151
    From related orgs
    $39,156
    Other
    $51,591
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,151 + $39,156 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,915 + $3,916 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,374 + $8,386 related
    Filer's total
    $188,440 + $51,458 related

  • AARON BROWNING

    DIR FED PUBL

    Total calculated
    $230,798
    From this org
    $189,280
    From related orgs
    $9,247
    Other
    $32,271
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,280 + $9,247 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $18,928 + $925 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,438 + $1,980 related
    Filer's total
    $218,646 + $12,152 related

  • MONICA PIERGROSSI

    PROGRAM DIRE

    Total calculated
    $189,994
    From this org
    $60,838
    From related orgs
    $102,412
    Other
    $26,744
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $60,838 + $102,412 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,084 + $10,241 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $10,419 related
    Filer's total
    $66,922 + $123,072 related

  • BRENNAN BILBERRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • LISA PAWLEK JAGUZNY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • CHRIS KILLINGSWORTH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MOLLY MCUSIC

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM ROBERTS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Answered yes

  • 1a · Payments for business use of a personal residence
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION IS A RELATED ORGANIZATION OF WESTERN CONSERVATION ACTION ("WCA"). IN 2023, WCA SHARED STAFF WITH WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION THROUGH A COST-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. WCF PAID ALL COMPENSATION AND WCA PROMPTLY REIMBURSED WCF FOR ITS SHARE OF ALLOCABLE COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT. WCF, AS THE COMMON PAYMASTER, NOT WCA, ISSUES THE W-2S. THE BOARD AND/OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION'S CEO. WCA PAYS FOR ITS SHARE OF ANY OTHER OVERHEAD OR OTHER EXPENSES REASONABLY ALLOCATED TO ITS ACTIVITIES.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202423179349306852

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