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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,620,859
Total expenses
$1,776,122
Contributions and grants received
$1,029,716
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$586,411
Investment income
$531
Other revenue
$4,201
Total assets, end of year
$689,036
Total liabilities, end of year
$474,236
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$214,800
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,411,582
Management and general expenses
$351,070
Fundraising expenses
$13,470
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,411,582

Program services were 79.5% 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)

    $510,908

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $518,808

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RESEARCH EDUC OUTREACH

    total $586,309 · related or exempt $586,309

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MILEAGE INCOME

    total $102 · related or exempt $102

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $554 · related or exempt $554

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $23

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$23

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$23 · related or exempt -$23

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $4,201 · related or exempt $4,201

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,201

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $66,447 · program services $49,835 · management and general $16,612

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $869,341 · program services $652,695 · management and general $216,646

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $15,751 · program services $13,268 · management and general $2,483

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $55,021 · program services $32,476 · management and general $22,545

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,728 · program services $61,556 · management and general $18,172

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $63,277 · program services $51,221 · management and general $12,056

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,456 · management and general $10,456

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $909 · program services $747 · management and general $162

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,119 · program services $4,285 · management and general $834

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,121 · program services $4,291 · management and general $697 · fundraising $133

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $33,242 · program services $22,057 · management and general $11,185

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $68,752 · program services $52,434 · management and general $12,890 · fundraising $3,428

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,898 · program services $21,135 · management and general $763

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,398 · program services $2,276 · management and general $2,122

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,865 · management and general $9,865

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,549 · program services $19,549

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,289 · program services $8,971 · management and general $6,673 · fundraising $645

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $357,581 · program services $357,581

  • 24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

    total $33,441 · program services $33,090 · management and general $351

  • 24c · Other expenses: PHONE

    total $9,998 · program services $7,739 · management and general $2,259

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EVENTS

    total $9,264 · fundraising $9,264

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,675 · program services $16,376 · management and general $4,299

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $330,885 · end of year $300,193

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $27,491 · end of year $27,504

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $331,441 · end of year $296,278

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

    $151,571

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

    $92,071

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $47,245 · end of year $59,500

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,559 · end of year $5,561

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,362 · end of year $93,848

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $107,813 · end of year $169,275

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $132,025 · end of year $109,177

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $114,271 · end of year $101,936

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $356,150 · end of year $214,800

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES, MANAGERS AND SCIENTISTS TO INNOVATE SOLUTIONS THROUGH MOUNTAIN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PRACTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES, MANAGERS AND SCIENTISTS TO INNOVATE SOLUTIONS THROUGH MOUNTAIN RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PRACTICE.

  • MOUNTAIN STUDIES INSTITUTE MOBILIZED NEARLY 3,000 VOLUNTEERS AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITY SCIENCE INITIATIVES IN 2025 TO COMPLEMENT THE WORK OF OUR RESEARCHERS IN MONITORING FOREST, WATER, AND WILDLIFE HEALTH. WITH STAFF SUPPORT AND AUNIQUELY DESIGNED SET OF PROTOCOLS, VOLUNTEERS GAVE THEIR TIME TO MONITOR BIGHORN, PIKA AND THE ENDANGERED PAGOSA SKYROCKETAS WELL AS SUPPORT WATER QUALITY TESTING. OUR TEAM OF SCIENTISTS WORKED ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN REGION TO INCREASECOVERAGE OF SNOWPACK AND FOREST MONITORING, IMPLEMENT SNOW SMART FORESTRY INITIATIVES, ADVANCE LOW TECH ECOLOGICALRESTORATION IN KEY AREAS, AND HELP BUILD CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO INTEGRATE SCIENCE INTO THEIR PLANNING ANDDECISION-MAKING. WE PARTNERED WITH FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS TO ADVANCEENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EDUCATION ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.

    Expenses $1,411,582 · Revenue $591,143

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Wesley Berg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cal Joyner

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michelle Furi

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Aaron Kimple

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Asa Bjorklund

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Deanne Gallegos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Miriam Gillow-Wiles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Bill Hesford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mary Beth Miles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Adrea C Bogle

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,424
    From this org
    $14,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Melissa May

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $52,023
    From this org
    $52,023
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
27 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622259349300727

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