Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$84,985

Total expenses

$44,238

Contributions and grants received

$26,000

Grants paid

$20,350

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

$4,645

Investment income (line 4)

— not reported

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$47,860

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

$6,480

Total assets, end of year

$219,443

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$219,443

Program service expenses (Part III)

$44,238

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• CONDUCTED THE TWO 25TH ANNUAL BIGHORN SHEEP PERMIT RAFFLES OR THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH. CO-SPONSORED THE WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION SHEEP SHOW IN JANUARY 2024. ATTENDED AND CO-SPONSORED THE ANNUAL WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION ECHNICAL CONSERVATION SUMMIT INALBERTA, CANADA. SPONSORED 10 NEW MEXICO PRONGHORN ANTELOPE AND8 ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK YOUTH HUNTERS FOR THE NM DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH, WHICH WE DO ANNUALLY. WE ARE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN NEW MEXICO THAT PROVIDES THIS SPONSORSHIP. PROVIDED THE FOOD AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FOR THE RED ROCK BIGHORN SHEEP GROUND CENSUS TEAM. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTHEASTERN NM CHAPTER OF SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL AND NM BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS, WE DONATED FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE BLM "UPPER BLUE" WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHUPADERA MOUNTAINS IN CENTRAL NM. THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN EARLY 2024. BY PROVIDING THIS ADDITIONAL WATER THERE IS NOW A PERMANENT HERD OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN THE CHUPADERA MTS. MULE DEER, MT. LIONS AND MANY OTHER SPECIES OF WILDLIFE ALSO BENEFIT FROM THESE WATER DEVELOPMENTS. WE PROVIDED VOLUNTARY LABOR TO THE BLM FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE AREA AROUND ANOTHERWILDLIFE WATER PROJECT, "LOS OJOS". WE WORKED WITH THE SOCORRO BLM AND THE TAOS PUEBLO TO SECURE GRANT-IN-AID FUNDS FROM THE WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION FOR ADDITIONAL WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENTS AND BIGHORN SHEEP DISEASE RESEARCH. A TOTAL OF $250,000 WAS GRANTED TO THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TURNER FOUNDATION, WE DONATED HIGH QUALITY HUNTING BACKPACKS AND SHOOTING TRIPODS TO ALL THE NMDGF YOUTH HUNTING ARTICIPANTS. WE PROVIDED SUPPORT AND DONATED 200 CAPS WITH CUSTOM EMBROIDERY TO ALL PARTICIPANTS OFTHE NM YOUTH HUNTERS' EDUCATION CHALLENGE (NM YHEC) WHICH WAS HELD IN RATON, NM IN JUNE OF 2024. THIS EVENTIS HELD ONCE A YEAR FOR KIDS AGES 7-18 TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR HUNTING, MARKSMANSHIP AND SAFETY SKILLS. PARTIALLY SPONSORED THE WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION'S WOMEN HUNT"HUNT FEST", WHICH WAS HELD IN 5 LOCATIONS IN NEW MEXICO, COLORADO AND NEVADA. WE PURCHASED AND DISTRIBUTED 50 OUTDOOR SIGNS IN THE NM SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. THE SIGNS WERE PROVIDED TO THE NMDGF AND THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FORESTTO HELP EDUCATE HUNTERS IN THE FIELD ON HOW TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BIGHORN AND BARBARY SHEEP.

  Expenses $44,238 · Grants $20,350

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: 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 on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

18 February 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202500499349200535

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