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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,702,937
Total expenses
$12,592,869
Contributions and grants received
$12,642,000
Grants paid
$6,720,520
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$60,937
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,746,323
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,424,088
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,322,235
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,840,443
Management and general expenses
$595,577
Fundraising expenses
$156,849
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,840,443

Program services were 94.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,642,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60,937 · excluded $60,937

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,720,520 · program services $6,720,520

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $669,443 · program services $340,451 · management and general $213,473 · fundraising $115,519

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,659,697 · program services $1,475,603 · management and general $180,203 · fundraising $3,891

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $178,996 · program services $166,135 · management and general $12,032 · fundraising $829

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $224,945 · program services $205,336 · management and general $17,150 · fundraising $2,459

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $201,243 · program services $167,424 · management and general $26,452 · fundraising $7,367

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,092 · program services $3,950 · management and general $1,895 · fundraising $247

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $18,306 · program services $18,306

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,272,587 · program services $2,231,652 · management and general $37,181 · fundraising $3,754

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $75,582 · program services $54,547 · management and general $16,020 · fundraising $5,015

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $203,944 · program services $144,414 · management and general $51,326 · fundraising $8,204

  • 17 · Travel

    total $179,161 · program services $145,577 · management and general $26,308 · fundraising $7,276

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,225 · program services $2,620 · management and general $474 · fundraising $131

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,363 · program services $4,493 · management and general $2,571 · fundraising $299

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF MEETING & TRAINING

    total $84,641 · program services $81,116 · management and general $3,525

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $46,450 · program services $37,625 · management and general $6,967 · fundraising $1,858

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $40,674 · program services $40,674

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,028,207 · end of year $6,093,702

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $85,157 · end of year $96,966

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,932 · end of year $3,674

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

    $102,014

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

    $100,788

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,589 · end of year $1,226

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $16,308 · end of year $550,755

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $403,026 · end of year $443,572

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $541,000 · end of year $474,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $506,516

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,396,460 · end of year $3,486,400

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,815,707 · end of year $1,835,835

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BUILDING LEADERS TO PROTECT THE WEST'S LAND, AIR, AND WATER.

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION: BUILDS CHAMPIONS FOR CONSERVATION BY BRINGING NEW VOICES TO THE CONSERVATION DEBATE, IDENTIFYING TIMELY ISSUES, AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT ACTIONS TAKEN BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT IMPACT THE WESTERN UNITED STATES NATURAL RESOURCES.

    Expenses $11,268,557 · Grants $6,290,520

  • SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES: FUNDS PROJECTS THAT COMPLEMENT THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION BUT FALL OUTSIDE TARGETED GEOGRAPHIES.

    Expenses $571,886 · Grants $430,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • BRENDON CECHOVIC

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $268,069
    From this org
    $216,045
    From related orgs
    $7,555
    Other
    $44,469
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,045 + $7,555 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $21,604 + $756 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,526 + $1,583 related
    Filer's total
    $258,175 + $9,894 related

  • SHARA KAPLIN

    CHIEF OF STA

    Total calculated
    $239,758
    From this org
    $188,509
    From related orgs
    $11,939
    Other
    $39,310
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,579 + $11,939 related
    Bonus
    $3,930
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $18,851 + $1,194 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,764 + $2,501 related
    Filer's total
    $224,124 + $15,634 related

  • SARA MOFFAT

    GOVERNMENT R

    Total calculated
    $232,295
    From this org
    $153,762
    From related orgs
    $38,441
    Other
    $40,092
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,903 + $38,441 related
    Bonus
    $3,859
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,376 + $3,844 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,819 + $8,053 related
    Filer's total
    $181,957 + $50,338 related

  • AARON BROWNING

    DIR FED PUBL

    Total calculated
    $224,683
    From this org
    $193,713
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,970
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,833
    Bonus
    $3,880
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $19,371
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,599
    Filer's total
    $224,683

  • LEAH WIENEKE

    COO

    Total calculated
    $208,606
    From this org
    $142,590
    From related orgs
    $19,391
    Other
    $46,625
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,590 + $19,391 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,259 + $1,939 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,365 + $4,062 related
    Filer's total
    $183,214 + $25,392 related

  • SARAH COBLER

    STATE LANDS

    Total calculated
    $199,028
    From this org
    $156,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,028
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,428
    Filer's total
    $199,028

  • NIKI HAWTHORNE

    DIR SPECIAL

    Total calculated
    $178,043
    From this org
    $37,856
    From related orgs
    $97,344
    Other
    $42,843
    Hours/week
    16 + 24 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $37,856 + $97,344 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,786 + $9,734 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,929 + $20,394 related
    Filer's total
    $50,571 + $127,472 related

  • MONICA PIERGROSSI

    PROGRAM DIRE

    Total calculated
    $167,174
    From this org
    $64,660
    From related orgs
    $78,590
    Other
    $23,924
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $64,660 + $78,590 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,466 + $7,859 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $9,599 related
    Filer's total
    $71,126 + $96,048 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 2022, 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.

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
2022
Filed
7 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323059349301822

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