Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,091,257

Total expenses

$1,124,710

Contributions and grants received

$1,090,667

Grants paid

$4,750

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$590

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$787,715

Total liabilities, end of year

$68,926

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$718,789

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$849,321

Management and general expenses

$143,586

Fundraising expenses

$131,803

Program service expenses (Part III)

$849,321

Program services were 75.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• WITH THE HELP OF OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE WORKED TO HEAL THE LAND IN 2022 AND EXPANDED OUR PROGRAMS WITH NEW SONORAN STAFF AND A COLLABORATIVE OFFICE AT THE UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SIERRA.OUR FOTOFAUNA PROGRAM CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTING OVER 5,000 IMAGES AND A RECORD 942 CHECKLISTS FROM THEIR WILDLIFE CAMERAS IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO. THE PROGRAM IDENTIFIES WILDLIFE PRESENCE ACROSS THE REGION TO INFORM PROTECTION. WE NOW HAVE DATA SPANNING MORE THAN 370 MILES FROM NORTH OF PHOENIX TO HERMOSILLO. A PAIR OF CAMPING TRIPS IN ARIZONA AND SONORA WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR PATH OF THE JAGUAR INTERNSHIP. IN ITS THIRD YEAR, THE INTERNSHIP HOSTED 11 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM MEXICO, THE TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION, AND THE U.S. THEY SHARED VIEWS OF THE BORDERLANDS, SURVEYED SPRINGS, LEARNED EROSION-CONTROL TECHNIQUES, AND BUILT CONNECTIONS FOR FUTURE CAREERS IN CONSERVATION. IN 2022, 32 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 975 HOURS TO REMOVE VINCA MAJOR (PERIWINKLE), AN INVASIVE PLANT, FROM THE CREEKBEDS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA'S ARAVAIPA CANYON PRESERVE. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE ALSO HOSTED NUMEROUS WEBINARS AND EVENTS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN LEARNING ABOUT THE SKY ISLANDS, INCLUDING SUPPORTING THE FIRST EVER SKY ISLANDS FESTIVAL IN MOCTEZUMA, SONORA.

  Expenses $424,661 · Grants $2,750

• OUR BORDER WILDLIFE STUDY IS DOCUMENTING THE REMARKABLE WILDLIFE COMMUNITY LIVING ALONG 30 MILES OF THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER WITH AN ARRAY OF MORE THAN 100 CAMERAS. IN 2022, WE EXPANDED THE STUDY TO INCLUDE THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND SAN PEDRO RIVER, AND WE COLLECTED 1 MILLION PHOTOS 50,000 OF WHICH DOCUMENTED WILDLIFE. THE STUDY ALSO BORE WITNESS LATE IN THE YEAR TO ARIZONA'S FAILED ATTEMPT TO BUILD AN ILLEGAL WALL WITH HUNDREDS OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS. FOOTAGE FROM THE STUDY'S CAMERAS SHOWED HEAVY EQUIPMENT TEARING UP OAK TREES IN THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST ALONG 3.5 MILES OF THE BORDER. IN MAY, PEOPLE WORLDWIDE SAW THE DEVASTATION AND WASTE CREATED BY THE BORDER WALL THROUGH A DOCUMENTARY PRODUCED BY THE NEW YORKER. SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE AND ITS ALLIES HOSTED A VIRTUAL SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION OF THE FILM, "AMERICAN SCAR. AND IN OCTOBER, WILDLIFE LOVERS ANSWERED OUR CALL TO DOCUMENT THE REGION'S BEST DARK-SKY HABITAT AND OPPOSE NEW STADIUM LIGHTS IN PLACE AT THE BORDER. VOLUNTEERS RECORDED THEIR OBSERVATIONS USING THE GLOBE AT NIGHT APP.

  Expenses $297,262 · Grants $2,000

• AS CLIMATE CHANGES AND WE SEE MORE HEAT WAVES, DROUGHTS, AND WILDFIRES, SPRINGS CAN ACT AS REFUGES WHERE PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE PROTECTED. SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE WORKS WITH VOLUNTEERS TO SURVEY CONDITIONS, THREATS, AND RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES AT THESE PRECIOUS WATER SOURCES. IN 2022, WE SURVEYED 377 SEEPS AND SPRINGS THAT WILDLIFE RELY ON IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO.WE ALSO WORKED TO HEAL TUCSON'S SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, WHICH HAD 120,000 ACRES BURN IN 2020'S BIGHORN FIRE. WE COMPLETED SURVEYS OF ALL SPRINGS ABOVE 7,000 FEET IN THE FIRE'S FOOTPRINT TO DEVELOP RESTORATION PLANS TO KEEP WATER FLOWING. IN THE WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS AT KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK, WE BEGAN RESTORATION OF A HILLSLOPE SPRING BY REMOVING INVASIVE PLANTS AND REPAIRING WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY FENCING TO EXCLUDE CATTLE. ANOTHER EXCITING DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED ON OUTREACH WITH KIDS. PARENTS AND TEACHERS NOW HAVE A NEW TOOL TO GET CHILDREN EXCITED ABOUT FINDING AND PROTECTING SPRINGS IN THE SKY ISLANDS. WE CREATED THE JUNIOR SPRING SEEKER BOOKLET WITH HELP FROM STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. THE BOOKLET IS FILLED WITH FUN FACTS, PICTURES, AND GAMES THAT TEACH KIDS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL WATER SOURCES AND THE SPECIES THAT DEPEND ON THEM.

  Expenses $127,398

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

7 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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