Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $364,346
Total expenses: $391,236
Contributions and grants received: $323,392
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $44,762
Other revenue: -$3,808
Total assets, end of year: $1,135,318
Total liabilities, end of year: $8,179
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,127,139
Program services expenses (Part IX): $299,949
Management and general expenses: $90,851
Fundraising expenses: $436
Program service expenses (Part III): $299,949

Program services were 76.7% 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.

1b · Membership dues

$49,927
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$3,000
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$270,465
3 · Investment income

total $36,673 · related or exempt $36,673
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $32,323
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $24,234
7c · Gain or loss

securities $8,089
7d · Net gain or loss

total $8,089 · related or exempt $8,089
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$5,028
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$8,836
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$3,808

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $6,154 · program services $4,615 · management and general $1,539
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $208,042 · program services $166,434 · management and general $41,608
9 · Other employee benefits

total $15,810 · program services $11,973 · management and general $3,702 · fundraising $135
10 · Payroll taxes

total $18,241 · program services $14,593 · management and general $3,648
11c · Fees: accounting

total $12,341 · management and general $12,341
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $2,014 · program services $500 · management and general $1,514
13 · Office expenses

total $8,475 · program services $5,589 · management and general $2,832 · fundraising $54
14 · Information technology

total $152 · program services $129 · management and general $23
16 · Occupancy

total $6,145 · program services $4,633 · management and general $1,452 · fundraising $60
17 · Travel

total $15,582 · program services $11,686 · management and general $3,740 · fundraising $156
23 · Insurance

total $4,465 · program services $909 · management and general $3,556
24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES

total $61,468 · program services $61,468
24b · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP EXPENSE

total $12,568 · program services $12,568
24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

total $9,029 · program services $1,438 · management and general $7,591
24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

total $5,227 · management and general $5,227
24e · All other expenses

total $5,523 · program services $3,414 · management and general $2,078 · fundraising $31

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $208,261 · end of year $165,373
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $946,750 · end of year $968,245
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $1,700 · end of year $1,700
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$51,834
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$51,834
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $2,682 · end of year $8,179
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,154,029 · end of year $1,127,139

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION WORKS TO PROTECT WYOMING'S PUBLIC WILD LANDS TO ENSURE A FUTURE OF WILD PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE.

THE WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATIONS HAD THREE MAJOR PUBLIC LANDS CAMPAIGNS IN 2025: THE BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT ROCK SPRINGS PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING CAMPAIGN. THESE CAMPAIGNS INVOLVED EDUCATING OUR MEMBERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SCHOOL GROUPS, BUSINESSES, DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE FUTURE OF THESE WILD PLACES, CURRENT MANAGEMENT, PLAN REVISIONS, AND DRAFT LEGISLATION DISCUSSIONS. WWA GAVE PRESENTATIONS ON THE VALUE OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS. CONCERNED CITIZENS WROTE COMMENTS ON DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLANS, PROPOSED PROJECTS, PRODUCED OP-EDS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AND ATTENDED PUBLIC MEETINGS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT BASED ON OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS. WWA'S OUTREACH WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS, EMAIL ALERTS, BROCHURES, NEWSLETTERS, AND TABLING EVENTS. WWA INFORMED THE PUBLIC THROUGH PUBLICIZED OUTINGS, THE WILDWYO.ORG WEBSITE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WHILE SERVING TO PROTECT WYOMING'S PUBLIC WILDLANDS WWA STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPPORTERS VOLUNTEERED ON MULTIPLE STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS ON NATIONAL FORESTS AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS. WWA PROVIDED 24 ADVOCACY ACTION ALERTS, 198 POSTCARDS TO LAWMAKERS, AND OVER 753 PETITION SIGNATURES DEFENDING THE ROCK SPRINGS BLM PLAN, THE ROADLESS RULE AND THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE.

Expenses $295,238
IN 2025, WWA HOSTED SEVERAL OUTINGS ACROSS THE STATE. OUTINGS LED PARTICIPANTS INTO AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF LANDSCAPES BOASTING ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS, AND POTENTIAL WILDERNESS LANDSCAPES. IN ADDITION, WWA ATTENDED SEVEN CLASSES TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO 80 STUDENTS ON TOPICS INCLUDING LEAVE NO TRACE, PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT, AND WILDERNESS. WWA ALSO HOSTED THE BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL IN SHERIDAN WITH OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS.
IN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO ELEVATE OUR STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS. WWA INVOLVED OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTING OVER 700 HOURS AND 40 DATA COLLECTIONS. 4 WILDERNESS AMBASSADORS SPENT OVER 300 HOURS MONITORING AND CLEARING TRAILS, EDUCATING FOREST VISITORS, INSTALLING SIGNS, AND GATHERING IMPORTANT MANAGEMENT DATA. ONE WILDERNESS STEWARD MONITORED THE CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS THROUGH A COSTSHARE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WWA AND THE BIGHORN NATIONAL FOREST. THROUGH OUTINGS AND PROJECTS WWA PROMOTED YOUTH ADVOCACY AND CONDUCTED USER-CREATED TRAIL INVENTORIES IN THE BIGHORN AND SHOSHONE NATIONAL FORESTS. TRAINING PROTOCOLS FOR SOLITUDE MONITORING AND USER-CREATED TRAIL INVENTORIES WERE PROVIDED THROUGH SIX COLLABORATIVE FOREST SERVICE AND WWA-LED TRAININGS.
IN 2025, WWA CONTINUED TO SERVE AND FILL LEADERSHIP ROLES ON COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AROUND THE STATE, INCLUDING THE BRIDGER-TETON WORKING GROUP, THE WYOMING BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT COALITION, AND THE KEEP IT PUBLIC WYOMING COALITION. WWA EDUCATES COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR SUPPORTERS AROUND PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT AND PROPOSED LEGISLATION. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS GATHERED FROM WWA EMAIL ALERTS, NOTICES, COMMENT PORTALS, PUBLIC MEETING UPDATES, AND POSTCARD CAMPAIGNS. ADDITIONALLY, WWA HOSTED AND ATTENDED MULTIPLE VIRTUAL AND LIVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE PERSONALIZED COMMENTS AROUND LARGE SCALE PLANS, SUCH AS THE ROCK SPRINGS BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE RESCISSION. MANY CONSTITUENTS FIND VALUE IN THESE WILD LANDSCAPES AND WWA INFORMS THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO STAY ENGAGED AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. WWA CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, DESIGNATED WILDERNESS, THE PUBLIC LANDS RULE AND THE ROADLESS RULE BY TRAVELING TO DC TWICE IN 2025. INITIATING 14 MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND STAFF. WWA CONTINUED TO MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN 2025 AROUND COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, WITH A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON TRIBAL, FEDERAL AGENCY AND CONSERVATION GROUP ENGAGEMENT WHO ALSO WORK ON THESE LANDSCAPES. PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS INCLUDED STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS, FILM SCREENING EVENTS, OUTDOOR RECREATION OUTINGS, INFORMATIONAL EVENTS, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT MEETINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON VARIOUS PANELS AND PRESENT DURING CONSERVATION FORUMS.

Expenses $4,711

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

Listed in Part VII

JENNIFER MANS

BLM WILDLAND

Total calculated

$0
BART KOEHLER

ADVISORY COU

Total calculated

$0
DAN STALKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
PETER STAHL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
DEBORAH CLEMENS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
PEGGIE DEPASQUALE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
IVA MOSS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
ARIEL KAZUNAS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
BARRY REISWIG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
ANDREA HARRINGTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0
AARON BANNON

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$6,154

From this org

$6,154

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

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: 2025v4.0
Source object: 202622229349302052

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