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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WILD LANDSCAPES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,384,750
Total expenses
$2,655,274
Contributions and grants received
$3,398,641
Grants paid
$753,138
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$13,891
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$502,593
Total liabilities, end of year
$97,085
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$405,508
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,337,391
Management and general expenses
$258,013
Fundraising expenses
$59,870
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,337,391

Program services were 88.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $814,797

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,583,844

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $345,485

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $359,376

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$13,891

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$13,891 · excluded -$13,891

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $69,078 · program services $69,078

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $684,060 · program services $684,060

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $153,383 · program services $153,383

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $294,891 · program services $246,854 · management and general $39,490 · fundraising $8,547

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,915 · program services $2,517 · management and general $10,453 · fundraising $945

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,814 · program services $29,846 · management and general $3,314 · fundraising $654

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $275,203 · program services $218,453 · management and general $56,750

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,765 · program services $38,040 · management and general $20,054 · fundraising $671

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $666,347 · program services $579,355 · management and general $44,215 · fundraising $42,777

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $57,404 · program services $33,465 · management and general $20,144 · fundraising $3,795

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,020 · program services $2,500 · management and general $4,520

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,334 · program services $1,932 · management and general $5,335 · fundraising $67

  • 17 · Travel

    total $315,667 · program services $270,052 · management and general $43,201 · fundraising $2,414

  • 20 · Interest

    total $11,400 · program services $7,012 · management and general $4,388

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,993 · program services $844 · management and general $6,149

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,792 · end of year $352,593

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $213,789 · end of year $150,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,652 · end of year $97,085

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $113,689 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $104,240 · end of year $405,508

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WILDLANDSCAPES INTERNATIONAL IS DEDICATED TO CONSERVING LARGE AND CONNECTED LANDSCAPES GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT TO WILDLIFE AND CRUCIAL TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY IS TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES, CONSERVATIONISTS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, RANCHERS, FORESTERS, FISHERFOLK, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO PROTECT HABITATS FOR WIDE-RANGING WILDLIFE. TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF SCALE AND COMPLEXITY, WILDLANDSCAPES IS SCIENCE-BASED, COLLABORATIVE, EFFICIENT, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL.

  • WILD LANDSCAPES INTERNATIONAL IS COMMITTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EXPANSIVE, ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPES THAT PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN BOTH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND THE WELL-BEING OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES. OUR CONSERVATION APPROACH CENTERS ON EMPOWERING A DIVERSE SPECTRUM OF STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING COMMUNITIES, CONSERVATIONISTS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, RANCHERS, FORESTERS, FISHERFOLK, AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, TO SAFEGUARD HABITATS CRITICAL FOR A WIDE ARRAY OF WILDLIFE. OUR STRATEGY IS FIRMLY GROUNDED IN SCIENCE, FOSTERING COLLABORATION, OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY, AND DISPLAYING ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT TO ADDRESS THE FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES OF SCALE AND COMPLEXITY. IN 2023, OUR IMPACTFUL EFFORTS SPANNED ACROSS SEVERAL KEY REGIONS. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE PROTECTED 14,000+ ACRES OF NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST AND SECURED A CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDOR. IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES, WE ADVANCED THE ACQUISITION OF 11,142 ACRES, SAFEGUARDING THEM FROM DEVELOPMENT AND PURSUING THE PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS FOR OVER 458,000 ACRES. IN ALASKA, WE SECURED AN AGREEMENT FOR A VISITOR CENTER AT THE INTERSECTION OF THREE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES. INTERNATIONALLY, WE UNITED STAKEHOLDERS IN KENYA TO CONNECT RHINO CONSERVANCIES, FACILITATING RHINO SPECIES EXPANSION. IN SOUTH AFRICA, WE SECURED FUNDS TO CONSERVE 1,425 ACRES OF ENDANGERED RENOSTERVELD HABITAT. IN INDIA, WE PARTNERED WITH AARANYAK FOR COMMUNITY CONSERVATION IN KARBI ANGLONG.

    Expenses $2,337,391 · Grants $753,138

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stuart Watson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melanie Coffin Seely

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $11,025
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,025
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Seely

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William W Ambrose

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Krista Mitchell Cornell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Houghton

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,358
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,358
    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402789349301205

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