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← WESTERN LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WESTERN LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,576,444
Total expenses
$3,942,187
Contributions and grants received
$4,484,142
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$51,874
Investment income
$40,428
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,467,282
Total liabilities, end of year
$113,175
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,354,107
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,997,601
Management and general expenses
$654,549
Fundraising expenses
$290,037
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,997,601

Program services were 76.0% 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)

    $1,183,037

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,301,105

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS/OTHER

    total $26,654 · related or exempt $26,654

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $25,220 · related or exempt $25,220

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40,428 · excluded $40,428

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,337,482 · program services $1,846,191 · management and general $335,165 · fundraising $156,126

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $338,491 · program services $201,552 · management and general $79,060 · fundraising $57,879

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $214,227 · program services $161,054 · management and general $37,944 · fundraising $15,229

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,155 · program services $827 · management and general $292 · fundraising $36

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $119,969 · program services $85,855 · management and general $30,355 · fundraising $3,759

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $2,380 · program services $1,879 · management and general $342 · fundraising $159

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $357,585 · program services $255,903 · management and general $90,477 · fundraising $11,205

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $85,967 · program services $64,920 · management and general $9,070 · fundraising $11,977

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $59,318 · program services $46,377 · management and general $5,776 · fundraising $7,165

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,525 · program services $9,925 · fundraising $600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $286,646 · program services $220,440 · management and general $43,714 · fundraising $22,492

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,538 · management and general $11,538

  • 24a · Other expenses: ON LAND MAGAZINE EXPENS

    total $60,305 · program services $60,305

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $40,351 · program services $36,506 · management and general $2,156 · fundraising $1,689

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $7,976 · program services $1,566 · management and general $6,371 · fundraising $39

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $2,936 · program services $2,936

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,336 · program services $1,365 · management and general $2,289 · fundraising $1,682

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $791,810 · end of year $563,313

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,012,171 · end of year $42,845

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $453,797 · end of year $415,293

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $742,314 · end of year $886,484

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $47,596 · end of year $33,408

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,525,939

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $327,691 · end of year $113,175

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,665,431 · end of year $1,579,705

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,054,566 · end of year $1,774,402

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • STEWARDSHIP: FACILITATING THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION AMONG PRACTITIONERS TO INFORM AND SUPPORT THE STEWARDSHIP OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. INCLUDES FORUMS, FIELD TOURS, WEBINARS, PUBLICATIONS AND FILMS. ALSO INCLUDES ENSURING SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS BROADLY AVAILABLE TO LAND MANAGERS. ESTABLISHING A WEBSITE TO SERVE AS A PLATFORM FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. THIS PROGRAM AFFECTS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $2,453,278 · Revenue $51,874

  • POLICY: SEEKING OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND. INCLUDING ISSUES SUCH AS FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT, FOREST AND RANGELAND HEALTH, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. THE PROGRAM AFFECTS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $358,938

  • COMMUNICATION: WORKING TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF WORKING LANDS AND PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP, AND TO IMPROVE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON THESE ISSUES. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH MULTIPLE CHANNELS,INCLUDING FILM MEDIA OUTREACH, NEWSLETTERS, PUBLIC SPEAKING, WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, PUBLICATIONS AND THROUGH A DIVERSE NETWORK OF PARTNERS. THIS PROGRAM AFFECTS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $185,385

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dan

    WALDVOGLE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.38
  • Wendy Millet

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.38
  • Becky Hatfield-Hyde

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.38
  • Bob Budd

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.38
  • Jeff Laszlo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Joel Bernstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Paul Vahldiek Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Mary Anne Dingus

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.38
  • Kelly Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Gus Holm

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Tom Page

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Dallas May

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Judy Lopez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Valerie Gordon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Justin Howe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.48
  • Rob Lindner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.15
  • Chris Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.03
  • Lesli Allison

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $169,909
    From this org
    $164,960
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,949
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,960
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,949
    Filer's total
    $169,909
  • Rachael Robinson

    CHIEF OPER OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $157,725
    From this org
    $153,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,594
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,131
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,594
    Filer's total
    $157,725
  • Hallie Mahowald

    CHEIF PROGRAMS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $123,992
    From this org
    $120,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,611
    Hours/week
    40
  • Louis Wertz

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,374
    From this org
    $118,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,564
    Hours/week
    40
  • Erik Kalsta

    WORKING WILD CHALLENGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $103,327
    From this org
    $100,349
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,978
    Hours/week
    40
  • Morgan Wagoner

    WATER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $106,309
    From this org
    $103,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,096
    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. 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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641749349300019

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