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Form 990-PF for tax year 2023

Filed by RICKETTS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,100,739
Total expenses
$946,379
Contributions and grants received
$3,100,000
Contributions, gifts and grants paid
$576,141
Fair market value of assets, end of year
$2,937,504

Listed in Part VIII

  • J Joe Ricketts

    President, Secretary and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alfred Levitt

    Secretary and General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Walter G Wehtje

    Director of Conservation

    Total calculated
    $92,742
    Compensation
    $74,105
    Benefit plans
    $18,637
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VIII of the Form 990-PF: 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 paid on this return

Grants paid, cash basis (Part I, line 25, column (d))
$576,141
As filed, and sometimes filed as 0.
Grants paid, Part XV total (line 3a)
$576,141
The foundation's own total of the grants it itemizes.

These are the grants the foundation paid during the year. The “Contributions, gifts and grants paid” total above is the figure on the foundation's books. This return marks the cash method, under which a grant is recorded when it is paid. Even so, the books total and the cash figures in this section can differ, and column (d) is sometimes filed as 0.

  • Wyoming Wetlands Society

    $250,000

    Jackson, WY

    Preserve and protectWY wetlands; in particulartrumper swan habitat.

  • The Greater Yellowstone Coalition

    $162,750

    Bozeman, MT

    Efforts to stop theYellowstone Boundary Gold Mine and protect native species

  • American Forests

    $109,860

    Washington, DC

    Support use of forestsfor social equity andmanagement of climate change.

  • University of Montana

    $36,531

    Denver, CO

    Fund research regardingnongame mammel and birdspecies.

  • Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

    $15,000

    Brighton, CO

    Continued researchregarding bird population declinesand corrective actions.

  • Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative

    $2,000

    Jackson, WY

    Sponsor 2023 Wildlifesymposium to promotewildlife conservation.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_pf
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433169349101733

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