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← MEG AND BERT RAYNES WILDLIFE FUND

Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by MEG AND BERT RAYNES WILDLIFE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$71,290
Total expenses
$78,870
Contributions and grants received
$70,982
Grants paid
$77,181
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$160
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$148
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$169,881
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$169,881
Program service expenses (Part III)
$77,181

Program services were 97.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

To initiate, augment or simply fund projects or activities to help maintain viable and sustainable wildlife populations in to the future, especially in WY and Jackson Hole, through support of research, education, habitat protection and restoration.

  • The Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund gave a recordnumber of grants in 2022. It provided 13 grants fora total of $77,181. The majority of them were $5,000

    Expenses $77,181 · Grants $77,181

  • or less, with one at $6,000 to continue vital raptorresearch, and another of $23,000 to the JH WildlifeFoundation Nature Mapping, a citizen science program

  • supported by the Raynes Wildlife Fund since its inception.Our small grants provide vital support to graduate studentsand professional biologists researching ways (Sch O cont'd)

  • (Con't from Pg 2 Program Service Accomplishments: to understand and steward the wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in NW Wyoming. Grantees studied migratory patterns and populations of bighorn sheep and mule deer in and outside Grand Teton National Park, birds including harlequin ducks and sagebrush bird species, and smaller creatures such as salamanders (do they bio luminesce?), butterflies, and ectoparasites; along with public outreach projects: an artistic "Greater Yellowstone Area Seasonal AlmanacX and "Sporting Lead Free" to reduce toxic lead shot used by hunters. We continue to increase awareness of the Fund. In 2022, we sent out 2-3 e-news to over 500 donors, grantees, and organizations with mutual interests. Our website is being enhanced. Also, our annual requests through Old Bill's, the community-wide philanthropic effort coordinated by Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, has become more personalized and effective. As we have more and more requests each year for our funds, we continue to strive to increase donor awareness and generosity. And to continue the legacy of conservation established by our namesake Meg and Bert Raynes.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • Mary Lohuis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Susan Marsh

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann Harvey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frances Clark

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joe Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Franz Camenzind

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alyson Courtemanch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Patla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Collister

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2022
Filed
19 April 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202321179349200517

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