Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$505,158

Total expenses

$485,347

Contributions and grants received

$494,728

Grants paid

$109,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$936

Other revenue

$9,494

Total assets, end of year

$647,163

Total liabilities, end of year

$212,121

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$435,042

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$358,235

Management and general expenses

$118,396

Fundraising expenses

$8,716

Program service expenses (Part III)

$358,235

Program services were 73.8% 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 · 2023

• VOTER EDUCATION AND STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION:MCV PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MONTANA'S LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. EACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE MEET WITH LEGISLATORS AND SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO THEM ON CONSERVATION, ENERGY, AND DEMOCRACY ISSUES. AS THE CONVENER OF THE CONSERVATION WORKING GROUP WITH OUR SISTER ORGANIZATION, THE MCV EDUCATION FUND, MCV LEADS THE CONSERVATION COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT ELECTED LEADERS UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES, HEAR THE CONCERNS OF MONTANANS AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING IN ALIGNMENT WITH MCV'S PRIORITIES. DURING THE SESSION, WE ALSO LEAD EFFORTS TO EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE MONTANANS ON OUR POLICY PRIORITIES. AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONCLUDES, MCV RELEASES ITS ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD TO CELEBRATE MONTANA'S CONSERVATION AND DEMOCRACY CHAMPIONS AND HOLD ALL OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE. DURING OFF-SESSION YEARS, MCV FOLLOWS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS THROUGH THE REGULATORY PROCESS AND PROVIDES COMMENTS TO AGENCIES AND OTHER DECISION MAKERS WHEN RELEVANT. WE EDUCATE VOTERS ON THE RECORDS OF CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS AT EVERY LEVEL BY ENDORSING CANDIDATES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES AND DISSEMINATING ENDORSEMENT GUIDES TO OUR SUPPORTERS.

  Expenses $161,201 · Grants $109,000

• CONSERVATION POLICY AND ACCOUNTABILITY:PROTECTING CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, PUBLIC LANDS, AND DEMOCRACY ARE MCV'S TOP PRIORITIES. MCV HOLDS ELECTED LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE TO PROTECTING MONTANA'S ICONIC LANDSCAPES AND OUTDOOR WAY OF LIFE BY RALLYING SUPPORT FOR POLICIES THAT INVEST IN AND PROTECT CONSERVATION OF OUR PUBLIC LANDS, WILDLIFE, AIR AND WATER. WE CALL OUT LEADERS WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR CONSERVATION COMMITMENTS AND CELEBRATE THOSE WHO CHAMPION OUR ISSUES. MCV ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT PROTECTING EVERY MONTANANS' RIGHT TO VOTE IS CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING OUR WAY OF LIFE AND HOLDS ACCOUNTABLE THOSE THAT ATTACK THAT RIGHT. SIMILARLY, WE CALL OUT OFFICIALS THAT ATTEMPT TO ATTACK OUR STATE CONSTITUTION AND ITS IMPORTANT PROTECTIONS FOR OUR OUTDOOR WAY OF LIFE.

  Expenses $107,468

• OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION:MCV LEVERAGES ITS STATEWIDE MEMBERSHIP TO TAKE ACTION AT CRITICAL MOMENTS FOR CONSERVATION AND DEMOCRACY SUCH AS DURING ELECTIONS, THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND OTHER IMPORTANT DECISION POINTS FOR STATE OR FEDERAL OFFICIALS. WE REACH OUR MEMBERSHIP THROUGH IN-PERSON EVENTS AS WELL AS PRINT, PHONE, AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS. OUR OUTREACH TAKES PLACE STATEWIDE.

  Expenses $89,566

As filed on the 2023 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

• UPPER SEVEN LAW

  $109,000

  PSC LITIGATION

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• MONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND

  501(C)(3) · RESEARCH & EDUCATION TO MT CONSERVATION · MT

• MONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

  527 · POLITICAL CONTRIBUTING ENTITY · MT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202413209349302786

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