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← NEW MEXICO CHAPTER OF THE FDN FOR NORTH AMERICAN WILD SHEEP

Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Filed by NEW MEXICO CHAPTER OF THE FDN FOR NORTH AMERICAN WILD SHEEP.

Totals

Total revenue
$71,214
Total expenses
$47,817
Contributions and grants received
$19,000
Grants paid
$21,825
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
$3,600
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$43,124
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
$5,490
Total assets, end of year
$242,840
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$242,840
Program service expenses (Part III)
$47,818

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

TO PROMOTE WILD SHEEP CONSERVATION IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THE NM WSF IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING WILD SHEEP POPULATIONS, PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC,FEDERAL/STATE LEGISLATORS AND YOUNG CITIZENS ONSUSTAINABLE USE AND THE CONSERVATION BENEFITS OF HUNTING WHILE PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF THE HUNTER AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN NEW MEXICO, AS WELL AS OTHER STATES AND PROVINCES IN THE US AND CANADA. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF NM WSF IS TO ASSIST IN THE PROPOGATION AND SCIENTIFIC BASED CONSERVATION OF WILD SHEEP FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ALL CITIZENS, AS WELL AS THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF THE SPECIES ITSELF.

  • CONDUCTED THE TWO 26TH ANNUAL BIGHORN SHEEP PERMIT RAFFLES FOR THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH. CO-SPONSORED THE WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION SHEEP SHOW IN JANUARY 2025. ATTENDED AND CO-SPONSORED THE ANNUAL WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION TECHNICAL CONSERVATION SUMMIT IN FT LAUDERDALE, FL. WE SPONSORED 10 NEW MEXICO AOUDAD AND 10 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK YOUTH HUNTERS FOR THE NM DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH, WHICH WE DO ANNUALLY. WE ARE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN NEW MEXICO THAT PROVIDES THIS SPONSORSHIP. PROVIDED THE FOOD AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FOR THE RED ROCK BIGHORN SHEEP GROUND CENSUS TEAM. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTHEASTERN NM CHAPTER OF SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL, THE WATER FOR WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, THE WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, WE DONATED FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE BLM "NORTH OSO" WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHUPADERA MOUNTAINS IN CENTRAL NM. THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN MID 2025. BY PROVIDING THIS ADDITIONAL WATER THERE IS NOW A PERMANENT HERD OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN THE CHUPADERA MTS. MULE DEER, MT. LIONS AND MANY OTHER SPECIES OF WILDLIFE ALSO BENEFIT FROM THESE WATER DEVELOPMENTS. WE PROVIDED VOLUNTARY LABOR TO THE BLM FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE AREA AROUND ANOTHER WILDLIFE WATER PROJECT, "LOS OJOS". WE WORKED WITH THE SOCORRO BLM TO SECURE GRANT-IN-AID FUNDS FROM THE WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION FOR ADDITIONAL WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENTS AND BIGHORN SHEEP DISEASE RESEARCH. A TOTAL OF $110,000 WAS GRANTED TO THE BLM/ NEW MEXICO WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TURNER FOUNDATION, WE DONATED HIGH QUALITY HUNTING BINOCULARS TO ALL THE YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ON THE VERMEJO RANCH. WE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS 0F THE NM YOUTH HUNTERS' EDUCATION CHALLENGE (NM YHEC) WHICH WAS HELD IN RATON, NM IN JUNE OF 2025. THIS EVENT IS HELD ONCE A YEAR FOR KIDS AGES 7-18 TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR HUNTING, MARKSMANSHIP AND SAFETY SKILLS. WE MADE SUBSTANCIAL DONATIONS TO THE ALBERTA WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION FOR BIGHORN SHEEP HABITAT RESTORATION AND TO THE WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION APPEAL FOR RELOCATING A LARGE HERD OF BIGHORN SHEEP BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL HABITAT. WE PROVIDED A WSF "WOMEN HUNT" PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP AT THE WSF SHEEP SHOW IN RENO, NV.

    Expenses $47,818 · Grants $21,825

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

Listed in Part IV

  • Robert McNiel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ed Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gt Nunn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mike Goodart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael Hand

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Donny MacDougall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bryan Bartlett

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • James V Travis

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2025
Filed
18 February 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202610499349200621

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