Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$3,751,868

Total expenses

$1,613,983

Contributions and grants received

$2,945,601

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$804,247

Investment income

$2,020

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$5,059,400

Total liabilities, end of year

$656,652

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,402,748

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,340,387

Management and general expenses

$260,310

Fundraising expenses

$13,286

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,340,387

Program services were 83.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• MT. ADAMS COMMUNITY FOREST AND WORKING LANDS CONSERVATION - THE MT. ADAMS COMMUNITY FOREST PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON CONSERVING WORKING FORESTS IN THE REGION BY ACQUIRING PRIORITY LANDS INTO LOCALLY-BASED, NON-PROFIT OWNERSHIP. 2023-24 WAS FOCUSED ON CONTINUED EFFORTS TOWARD ADDITIONAL LAND PURCHASES AND 800 ADDITIONAL ACRES WERE PURCHASED AND ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY FOREST. MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING COMMUNITY FOREST PROPERTIES OCCURRED FOCUSED ON RESTORING FOREST HEALTH, REDUCING WILDFIRE RISK AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. APPROXIMATELY 150 ACRES WERE BURNED VIA CONTROLLED BURNS TO REDUCE FUELS AND IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT.

  Expenses $820,698 · Revenue $433,101

• COLLABORATIVE LAND STEWARDSHIP AND FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES WORK OCCURS ACROSS VARIOUS PROJECTS LED BY MT. ADAMS RESOURCE STEWARDS, TO INCLUDE:STEWARDSHIP CREW AND FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES - WE CONTINUED OUR STEWARDSHIP FIELD CREW PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH AREA LAND MANAGERS AND HOME OWNERS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH, REDUCE WILDFIRE DANGER TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ENHANCE HABITAT.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.APPROXIMATELY 15 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED ON 2023-24 PROJECTS INCLUDED MULTIPLE DEFENSIBLE SPACE/WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION PROJECTS, MORE THAN A DOZEN PRESCRIBED BURNS, FIVE NON-COMMERCIAL THINNINGS, ONE TREE PLANTING PROJECTS, AND FIVE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE ASSISTED IN ESTABLISHING AND GROWING THE MT. ADAMS PRESCRIBED BURN ASSOCIATION TO ASSIST PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN CONDUCTING CONTROLLED BURNS TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND RESTORE ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES. AND WE HELD OUR FIRST PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING EXCHANGE THAT PROVIDED CLASSROOM AND FIELD COURSEWORK OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD TO OVER 30 PARTICIPANTS.SOUTH GIFFORD PINCHOT COLLABORATIVE GROUP AND CAPACITY SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL LANDS MANAGEMENT - WE SERVE AS FISCAL SPONSORS AND ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH GIFFORD PINCHOT COLLABORATIVE GROUP THAT WORKS WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE TO PLAN PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RURAL COMMUNITY WELL-BEING. OUR STAFF ALSO WORK WITH THE USFS TO SUPPORT THEM WHEN CAPACITY GAPS EMERGE AND DURING THIS TIME PERIOD MARS EMPLOYED TWO TECHNICIANS THAT SUPPORT A FOREST SERVICE PRE-SALES CREW WITH FIELD PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES.COOPERATIVE LAND STEWARDSHIP ON WILDLIFE REFUGE AND OTHER LANDS - THE ADMINISTRATION OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO MANAGE FORESTLANDS ON A NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IS ANOTHER MAJOR FOCUS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE 2023-24 PRIMARILY INVOLVED MONITORING EFFORTS OF PAST AND FUTURE EFFORTS INVOLVING THE INSTALLATION OF 70 PLOTS DURING THE 2023 FIELD SEASON. THESE EFFORTS ARE ALSO EXTENDED TO SMALL FOREST LAND OWNERS AND LAND CONSERVANCIES TO PROVIDE THEM SUPPORT TO MANAGE THEIR FORESTS FOR MULTIPLE VALUES, INCLUDING BROADER SOCIETAL BENEFITS SUCH AS IMPROVED WILDLIFE HABITAT AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. WORK OCCURRED WITH THE YAKAMA NATION DURING THIS TIME PERIOD TO IMPLEMENT WATERSHED RESTORATION EFFORTS BY CONSTRUCTING BEAVER DAM ANALOGUES IN TWO DISTINCT WATERSHEDS.

  Expenses $315,216 · Revenue $188,742

• INVASIVES CONTROL AND NATIVE SPECIES RECOVERY - THIS REPORT SPANS THE FOURTH AND FIFTH FIELD SEASON INVOLVING THIS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE IN RECOVERY OF THE FEDERALLY LISTED OREGON SPOTTED FROG BY HIRING PERSONNEL TO ASSIST WITH EGG MASS SURVEYS AND CONTROL OF NON-NATIVE PREDATORS OF THE FROG. OREGON SPOTTED FROG EGG MASSES HAVE REBOUNDED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD FROM AS LOW AS 200 TO OVER 1400 INDICATING A STRONG BENEFIT FROM THE REMOVAL OF OVER 80,000 INVASIVE BULLFROGS FROM THE SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING BEAVER RELOCATION PLANNING EFFORTS IN S. WASHINGTON.

  Expenses $204,473 · Revenue $182,404

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

7 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202511289349300201

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