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← SNAKE RIVER FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SNAKE RIVER FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$840,484
Total expenses
$601,441
Contributions and grants received
$592,697
Grants paid
$15,042
Program service revenue
$3,120
Investment income
$246,421
Other revenue
-$1,754
Total assets, end of year
$2,575,354
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,298
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,560,056
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$439,092
Management and general expenses
$83,991
Fundraising expenses
$78,358
Program service expenses (Part III)
$439,092

Program services were 73.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $108,827

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $20,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $463,870

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUMMER PROGRAM REV

    total $3,120 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $81,288 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $81,288

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $165,133

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $165,133

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $165,133 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $165,133

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,027

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,781

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$1,754 · related or exempt -$1,754

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,042 · program services $15,042

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $294,422 · program services $188,684 · management and general $55,105 · fundraising $50,633

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,950 · program services $5,092 · management and general $1,482 · fundraising $1,376

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,774 · program services $19,423 · management and general $5,013 · fundraising $6,338

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,172 · program services $15,228 · management and general $3,868 · fundraising $5,076

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,800 · program services $3,360 · management and general $816 · fundraising $624

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,939 · program services $4,157 · management and general $1,010 · fundraising $772

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,834 · program services $9,834 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,934 · program services $4,154 · management and general $1,009 · fundraising $771

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,911 · program services $13,238 · management and general $3,215 · fundraising $2,458

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,768 · program services $3,768 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,101 · program services $25,101 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,201 · program services $2,241 · management and general $544 · fundraising $416

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $5,852 · program services $0 · management and general $5,852 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: AUTO EXPENSES

    total $927 · program services $927 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $5,271 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $5,271

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $103,148 · program services $103,148 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $36,395 · program services $25,695 · management and general $6,077 · fundraising $4,623

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $107,670 · end of year $86,150

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,017,109 · end of year $1,085,112

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

    $46,868

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

    $46,747

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $202 · end of year $121

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,240,076 · end of year $1,403,971

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $424 · end of year $3,455

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,198 · end of year $11,843

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,057,607 · end of year $2,268,394

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $298,828 · end of year $291,662

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE SNAKE RIVER FUND IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO PROMOTING STEWARDSHIP OF AND RECREATIONAL ACCESS TO THE SNAKE RIVER WATERSHED IN WYOMING, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PARTNERSHIPS, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SNAKE RIVER FUNDS MISSION IS TO PROMOTE STEWARDSHIP OF AND RECREATIONAL ACCESS TO THE SNAKE RIVER WATERSHED IN WYOMING, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PARTNERSHIPS, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.

  • PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECTS: THE SNAKE RIVER FUND (SRF) PROVIDES MONIES TO IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS ON THE UPPER SNAKE RIVER WATERSHED. WE CLEAR AND IMPROVE BOAT RAMPS. WE LEVERAGE MONIES TO HELP FUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS MANAGED BY LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. IN 2025, THE RECREATIONAL EASEMENT MAPPING PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. THIS MAPPING DELINATES EASEMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE SNAKE RIVER CORRIDOR. THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CFJH AND TETON COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION.

    Expenses $283,381 · Grants $15,042

  • WATERSHED/EDUCATION: THE UPPER SNAKE RIVER WATERSHED IS PRISTINE, BUT SEES HEAVY USE ON MANY REACHES. THE SRF PARTICIPATES IN OPPORTUNITIES TO FORMALIZE PROTECTIVE MEASURES, PARTICIPATE IN RESTORATION PROJECTS AND EDUCATE AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING CURRENT ISSUES, ECOLOGY, USE PATTERNS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SRF COLLABORATES WITH OTHER NGOs & LAND MGMT AGENCIES TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISITORS AND LOCALS EACH YEAR. SRF WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO GET UNDERSERVED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE ON TO THE WATER TO PROMOTE THE CONCEPT OF OUTREACH, EDUCATION, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.

    Expenses $153,028

  • PUBLIC LAND TRANSFERS: THE SNAKE RIVER FUND IS COLLABORATING WITH TETON CO AND OTHERS IN THE TRANSFER PROCESS OF MORE THAN 1000 ACRES OF RIPARIAN HABITAT FROM THE BLM TO TETON COUNTY ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER CORRIDOR FROM MOOSE TO SOUTH PARK. THE FUND WILL ENSURE THAT THE PARCELS REMAIN IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP FOR USE AS PUBLIC ACCESS, RECREATION, WILDLIFE HABITAT AND OPEN SPACE. WE ARE PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES AND ADOPTION OF COUNTY MGMT OF THE WILSON TO S. PARK REACH OF THE RIVER.

    Expenses $2,683

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brian Schmidt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brenden Cronin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bobby Griffith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sloane Bergien

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Balogh

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenn Sparks

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dick Stout

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Perk Perkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Heigel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Me Sorci

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Colin Ah

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Orion Hatch

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,400
    From this org
    $121,400
    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

  • TETON CONSERVATION DISTRICT

    $15,042

    STREAMGAUGES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202622179349301282

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