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← ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,009,193
Total expenses
$3,578,388
Contributions and grants received
$3,706,004
Grants paid
$138,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$257,778
Other revenue
$45,411
Total assets, end of year
$10,749,946
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,236,012
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,513,934
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,493,340
Management and general expenses
$570,721
Fundraising expenses
$514,327
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,493,340

Program services were 69.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,384,422

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,321,582

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $85,510

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $258,003 · excluded $258,003

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $43,591

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $43,591

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $43,591 · excluded $43,591

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,545,035

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

    securities $5,545,260

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$225

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$225 · excluded -$225

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDITS AND REWARDS

    total $1,820 · excluded $1,820

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,820

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $117,500 · program services $117,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $21,000 · program services $21,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $210,501 · program services $155,771 · management and general $8,420 · fundraising $46,310

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,299,461 · program services $918,784 · management and general $230,361 · fundraising $150,316

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $29,181 · program services $19,409 · management and general $6,393 · fundraising $3,379

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $120,495 · program services $82,305 · management and general $22,841 · fundraising $15,349

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $125,055 · program services $88,906 · management and general $20,056 · fundraising $16,093

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,228 · program services $1,113 · management and general $19,115

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,704 · management and general $41,704

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $133,485 · program services $133,485

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,047 · management and general $24,047

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $430,196 · program services $321,370 · management and general $46,028 · fundraising $62,798

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $95,615 · program services $91,129 · fundraising $4,486

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,374 · program services $16,478 · management and general $10,863 · fundraising $23,033

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $196,090 · program services $142,214 · management and general $11,873 · fundraising $42,003

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $204,809 · program services $142,309 · management and general $34,819 · fundraising $27,681

  • 17 · Travel

    total $86,309 · program services $72,686 · management and general $10,598 · fundraising $3,025

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $202,554 · program services $130,729 · management and general $70,552 · fundraising $1,273

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,000 · program services $11,508 · management and general $2,094 · fundraising $2,398

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL

    total $111,487 · program services $14,042 · fundraising $97,445

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,461 · program services $11,200 · management and general $77 · fundraising $4,184

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $13,874 · management and general $201 · fundraising $13,673

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING AND DEVELOPMEN

    total $12,962 · program services $1,402 · management and general $10,679 · fundraising $881

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $346,195 · end of year $119,289

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,581,373 · end of year $2,184,544

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,001,374 · end of year $761,877

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,823 · end of year $27,939

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,142 · end of year $66,616

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

    $27,745

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

    $27,745

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,865,975 · end of year $6,451,225

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,457,097 · end of year $1,138,456

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $67,802 · end of year $66,751

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,343,700 · end of year $1,169,261

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,191,598 · end of year $8,173,089

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $684,879 · end of year $1,340,845

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROTECT ALASKA'S WILD LANDS AND WATERS BY INSPIRING BROAD SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL POLICY ACTION.

  • REFUGE - THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE HAS BEEN A PRIMARY FOCUS OF AWL SINCE ITS FOUNDING. EVER SINCE CONGRESS VOTED TO OPEN UP THE ARCTIC REFUGE COASTAL PLAIN FOR OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION IN 2017, AWL'S PRIMARY GOAL HAS BEEN RESTORING PROTECTIONS WHILE STOPPING AND LIMITING DAMAGE FROM ANY AND ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. TO SECURE THIS GOAL, AWL WORKS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SECURE A WILDERNESS DESIGNATION AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS FROM THE 2017 TAX ACT, ALONG WITH OTHER POLICIES THAT PROTECT REFUGE LANDS FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE USES. AWL'S WORK INCLUDES EDUCATING AND MOBILIZING AMERICANS INCLUDING ALASKANS IN THEIR MEMBER AND SUPPORTER NETWORK, WHILE AWL ALSO LEADS LIKEMINDED ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WHO ARE ALSO SEEKING LONG-TERM PROTECTIONS FOR THIS ICONIC LANDSCAPE.

    Expenses $1,373,806 · Grants $68,916

  • NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE ALASKA (NPRA) - ALASKA'S WESTERN ARCTIC IS HOME TO INCREDIBLE BIODIVERSITY, FEATURING SOME OF THE LONGEST MIGRATIONS LEFT ON EARTH. AT THE SAME TIME, THE NPRA IS INCREASINGLY THE FOCUS OF OIL AND GAS COMPANIES WHO SEEK TO EXTRACT BILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL IN THE DECADES TO COME. AFTER WORKING WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO BETTER PROTECT THIS LANDSCAPE, AWL IS NOW FOCUSED ON KEEPING THOSE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE, ALONG WITH TELLING THE STORY OF WHAT IS AT STAKE IF CURRENT PROTECTIONS ARE LOST. ON TOP OF DEPLOYING AWL'S NETWORKS OF SUPPORTERS, AWL IS ALSO HELPING TO CREATE AND LEAD ELEVATION STRATEGIES THAT INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THIS RELATIVELY UNKNOWN AREA OF ALASKA'S ARCTIC, WHILE OPPOSING OIL AND GAS PROJECTS THAT WOULD LOCK THE REGION INTO OIL PRODUCTION THROUGH THE 2050S AND BEYOND.

    Expenses $550,859 · Grants $7,197

  • ARCTIC DEFENSE CAMPAIGN - AWL HOUSES THE CENTRAL STAFF AND SERVES AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THIS COLLABORATIVE CAMPAIGN EFFORT INVOLVING NATIONAL AND STATE-BASED CONSERVATION GROUPS AS WELL AS INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS BASED IN ALASKA. THIS RECENTLY EXPANDED COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IS NOW AIMED AT PROTECTING BOTH THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE-ALASKA AND THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FROM OIL EXTRACTION THREATS.

    Expenses $389,622 · Grants $60,000

  • TONGASS - IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA, THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST HAS ALREADY TRANSITIONED TO A POST-CLEAR CUT LOGGING ECONOMY, BUT FOR THE PAST DECADE, POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT HAVE LAGGED BEHIND. AFTER ACHIEVING STRONGER PROTECTIONS IN YEARS PAST, TODAY AWL IS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING THE ROADLESS RULE'S APPLICABILITY IN THE FOREST, AND THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM LARGE SCALE, CLEAR CUT OLD GROWTH LOGGING. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, AND TO KEEP PUBLIC LANDS PUBLIC IN THE REGION, AWL WORKS CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS BOTH NATIONALLY AND IN ALASKA TO PUSH BACK AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PRIVATIZE PUBLIC LANDS IN THIS FOREST.RAPID DEFENSE - DEFENDING ALASKA'S PUBLIC LANDS REQUIRES CONSTANT ATTENTION. SOME THREATS LIKE DRILLING THE ARCTIC REFUGE ARE HIGH PROFILE, AND GARNER PUBLIC SCRUTINY THAT AWL WILL HELP TO SUPPORT THROUGH THEIR LONG RUNNING ADVOCACY EFFORTS DESCRIBED ABOVE. HOWEVER, OTHER THREATS TO THE INTEGRITY OF ALASKA'S PUBLIC LANDS ARE NOT AS OBVIOUS, THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS OR VIA ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION. WITH AWL'S POLICY EXPERTISE AND OFFICE IN ALASKA, AWL IS WELL EQUIPPED TO ANALYZE PUBLIC LAND THREATS STATEWIDE, WHILE AWL SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKS TO INFLUENCE FEDERAL DECISIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC.

    Expenses $179,053 · Grants $2,387

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • KIT DESLAURIERS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 2 related

  • JOHN STERLING

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • YVONNE BESVOLD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBBIE MILLER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TONI ARMSTRONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELLEN FERGUSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • BRIAN O'DONNELL

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/31/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JODY JUNEBY POTTS-JOSEPH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHAD BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREG MOGA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMY ROBERTS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARETH MARTINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA COLLINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NIKKI BUFFA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEONARD STEINBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TONYA GARNETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAT POURCHOT

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/31/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KRISTEN MILLER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $209,015
    From this org
    $166,051
    From related orgs
    $16,925
    Other
    $26,039
    Hours/week
    36.3 + 3.7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,051 + $16,925 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,445 + $555 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,185 + $1,854 related
    Filer's total
    $189,681 + $19,334 related

  • MLADEN MATES

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $147,882
    From this org
    $131,823
    From related orgs
    $5,136
    Other
    $10,923
    Hours/week
    38.5 + 1.5 related

  • CHRISTOPHER KONISH

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOP

    Total calculated
    $119,864
    From this org
    $116,070
    From related orgs
    $291
    Other
    $3,503
    Hours/week
    39.9 + 0.1 related

  • MONICA SCHERER

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CAMPAIGNS

    Total calculated
    $122,080
    From this org
    $106,206
    From related orgs
    $1,073
    Other
    $14,801
    Hours/week
    39.6 + 0.4 related

  • ANDREW MODEROW

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $124,750
    From this org
    $86,777
    From related orgs
    $27,403
    Other
    $10,570
    Hours/week
    30.4 + 9.6 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202631609349301453

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