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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,082,083
Total expenses
$3,570,515
Contributions and grants received
$4,894,020
Grants paid
$842,316
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$188,063
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,773,848
Total liabilities, end of year
$746,121
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,027,727
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,431,326
Management and general expenses
$1,984,039
Fundraising expenses
$155,150
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,431,326

Program services were 40.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,575,997

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,318,023

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,855

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $188,063 · excluded $188,063

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $842,316 · program services $842,316

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $388,582 · program services $11,122 · management and general $373,753 · fundraising $3,707

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $534,789 · program services $15,844 · management and general $512,436 · fundraising $6,509

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,882 · management and general $28,882

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,547 · program services $1,774 · management and general $60,773

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $46,475 · management and general $46,475

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,699 · management and general $34,699

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $151,787 · management and general $151,787

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,060,130 · program services $464,299 · management and general $465,831 · fundraising $130,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $177 · management and general $99 · fundraising $78

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,165 · program services $881 · management and general $11,283 · fundraising $1

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $57,212 · program services $5 · management and general $55,168 · fundraising $2,039

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,223 · program services $9,543 · management and general $14,329 · fundraising $351

  • 17 · Travel

    total $123,870 · program services $56,346 · management and general $56,602 · fundraising $10,922

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $73,713 · program services $29,196 · management and general $43,444 · fundraising $1,073

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,519 · management and general $37,519

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,217 · management and general $4,217

  • 24a · Other expenses: WRITE OFFS

    total $50,000 · management and general $50,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $28,956 · management and general $28,956

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES & FEES

    total $3,008 · management and general $3,008

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROF. DEVELOPMENT

    total $2,365 · management and general $2,365

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,883 · management and general $2,413 · fundraising $470

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $627,953 · end of year $1,245,888

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $7,045,062

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,777,207 · end of year $268,895

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,860 · end of year $26,691

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

    $222,565

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

    $40,286

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $163,248 · end of year $182,279

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $5,033

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $68,288 · end of year $545,527

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $200,594

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,065,980 · end of year $5,862,727

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $450,000 · end of year $2,165,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION FOR AMERICA'S PUBLIC LANDS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CHARTERED BY CONGRESS. ITS MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) BY ENCOURAGING, ACCEPTING AND MANAGING PRIVATE DONATIONS TO BENEFIT BLM PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. AS THE OFFICIAL CHARITABLE PARTNER OF THE BLM, THE FOUNDATION SERVES AS A CONVENER, PARTNER AND FUNDRAISER CATALYST TO HELP ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AMERICA'S PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS TODAY, AND FOR THE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1

  • AS THE OFFICIAL CHARITABLE PARTNER OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM), THE FOUNDATIONFOR AMERICA'S PUBLIC LANDS SERVES AS A CONVENER, PARTNER, AND FUNDRAISING CATALYST TO HELP ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AMERICA'S PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS TODAY, AND FOR THE FUTURE.FOUNDED IN 2022, WE WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE BLM, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND PARTNERS TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS AND INSPIRE MORE PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH THE OUTDOORS. EACH UNIQUE AND TRULY SPECIAL SCENIC RIVER, WILDERNESS AREA, MONUMENT, HISTORIC TRAIL, CONSERVATION AREA, AND WORKING LAND HOLDS A STORY OF ITS OWN.

    Expenses $1,431,326 · Grants $842,316

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Laurel Sayer

    BOARD CHAIR (FROM 07/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Steve Bullock

    CHAIR, THEN DIR. (TRANS @ 07/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Maite Arce

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Stacy Leeds

    TREAS., THEN DIR. (TRANS @ 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kirk Dupps

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Scott Gwilliam

    DIRECTOR (FROM 07/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jessica Turner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Paul Vigano

    DIRECTOR (FROM 07/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Val Cole

    DIRECTOR (FROM 07/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • I Ling Thompson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $333,327
    From this org
    $315,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,832
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,944
    Bonus
    $17,551
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,832
    Filer's total
    $333,327
  • Paula Neira

    TREAS, VP FINANCE & OPS (FROM 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $55,256
    From this org
    $55,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Zhang

    CHIEF DEV. OFFICER (FROM 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $152,443
    From this org
    $152,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,336
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $107
    Filer's total
    $152,443

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

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES RECEIVED SIGNING BONUSES: I LING THOMPSON $17,551 DAVID ZHANG $10,000 PAULA NEIRA $10,000

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523079349300517

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