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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,492,560
Total expenses
$1,308,505
Contributions and grants received
$1,475,253
Grants paid
$64,508
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,962
Other revenue
$345
Total assets, end of year
$1,425,681
Total liabilities, end of year
$173,635
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,252,046
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,052,619
Management and general expenses
$141,597
Fundraising expenses
$114,289
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,052,619

Program services were 80.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,475,253

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,962 · excluded $16,962

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $345 · excluded $345

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $345

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $64,508 · program services $64,508

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $371,820 · program services $264,458 · management and general $63,843 · fundraising $43,519

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $86,065 · program services $61,214 · management and general $14,778 · fundraising $10,073

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,316 · program services $4,025 · management and general $95 · fundraising $196

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $375,873 · program services $351,377 · management and general $8,025 · fundraising $16,471

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $197,004 · program services $142,522 · management and general $26,625 · fundraising $27,857

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,190 · program services $22,593 · management and general $4,208 · fundraising $4,389

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,000 · program services $4,197 · management and general $533 · fundraising $270

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,780 · program services $13,389 · management and general $1,655 · fundraising $736

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,941 · program services $2,495 · management and general $308 · fundraising $138

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,372 · program services $1,891 · management and general $3,741 · fundraising $1,740

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $10,000 · program services $8,394 · management and general $1,067 · fundraising $539

  • 24b · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $4,742 · program services $1,216 · management and general $2,407 · fundraising $1,119

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAILING LIST

    total $103 · program services $74 · management and general $14 · fundraising $15

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $131,791 · program services $110,266 · management and general $14,298 · fundraising $7,227

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,282,536 · end of year $669,304

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $384,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,615 · end of year $365,105

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

    $36,859

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

    $30,087

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,145 · end of year $6,772

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $287,305 · end of year $168,590

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,045

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,017,991 · end of year $625,752

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $626,294

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND WORKS WITH PARTNERS AND LAWMAKERS TO INFLUENCE POLICY RELATED TO PUBLIC LANDS. THIS INCLUDES PUBLIC LANDS' ROLE AS PART OF THE CLIMATE SOLUTION, THEIR IMPORTANCE IN ADDRESSING THE EXTINCTION CRISIS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL PEOPLE BEING TO ENJOY THEIR BENEFITS.

  • THE ACTION FUND HAS ACHIEVED SUCCESS IN MOVING FORWARD IMPORTANT LEGISLATION FOR PUBLIC LANDS INCLUDING THE GREAT OUTDOORS AMERICA ACT AND OTHER IMPORTANT BILLS THAT HAVE ADVANCED OUR MISSION. IT HAS ALSO SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSED NUMEROUS MEASURES THAT WOULD SET ITS MISSION BACK. IT HAS HELD DECISION MAKERS ACCOUNTABLE, IN AN EFFORT TO BOTH ADVANCE OR STOP LEGISLATION AND CREATE A BETTER POLITICAL CLIMATE FOR OUR WORK.

    Expenses $1,052,619 · Grants $64,508

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Mantell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Greg Avis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Barron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Carl Ferenbach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Jacqueline Mars

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Molly McUsic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Jamie Williams

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $438,404
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $392,544
    Other
    $45,860
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $377,236 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $15,308 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $18,300 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,560 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $438,404 related

  • David Seabrook

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $309,132
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $270,837
    Other
    $38,295
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $248,337 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $2,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $20,500 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,682 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,613 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $309,132 related

  • Deborah Liu

    VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $289,858
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $248,554
    Other
    $41,304
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $227,054 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $20,500 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,521 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,783 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $289,858 related

  • Maria Handley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM MAR '23)

    Total calculated
    $191,174
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $154,584
    Other
    $36,590
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $134,084 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $20,500 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,658 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,932 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $191,174 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

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.

  • THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY

    501(C)(3) · CONSERVATION · DC

  • THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND-PAC

    527 · CONSERVATION ADVOCACY · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
22 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431619349300603

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