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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FEDERATION OF STATE CONSERVATION VOTER LEAGUES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$447,255
Total expenses
$417,960
Contributions and grants received
$441,657
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$15,351
Investment income
$204
Other revenue
-$9,957
Total assets, end of year
$553,851
Total liabilities, end of year
$138,620
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$415,231
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$245,941
Management and general expenses
$145,775
Fundraising expenses
$26,244
Program service expenses (Part III)
$245,941

Program services were 58.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $46,747

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $394,910

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENTS/MEETINGS

    total $15,351 · related or exempt $15,351

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $204 · excluded $204

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,142

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $46,747

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $21,099

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$9,957 · excluded -$9,957

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $48,394 · program services $24,904 · management and general $18,061 · fundraising $5,429

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $162,142 · program services $93,416 · management and general $48,361 · fundraising $20,365

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,908 · management and general $1,908

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,459 · management and general $7,459

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,296 · program services $3,904 · management and general $13,942 · fundraising $450

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,003 · program services $1,962 · management and general $41

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $64,063 · program services $40,116 · management and general $23,947

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,064 · program services $16,795 · management and general $269

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,157 · program services $48,161 · management and general $1,996

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,948 · program services $309 · management and general $4,639

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,655 · program services $213 · management and general $2,442

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,482 · program services $13,711 · management and general $771

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $263 · program services $100 · management and general $163

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,241 · management and general $6,241

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES/REGISTRATIONS

    total $7,449 · program services $2,320 · management and general $5,129

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $5,128 · program services $30 · management and general $5,098

  • 24c · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS/SUBS

    total $4,734 · management and general $4,734

  • 24d · Other expenses: SMALL EQUIPMENT

    total $574 · management and general $574

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $195,117 · end of year $274,124

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $258,824 · end of year $259,028

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $38,184 · end of year $20,699

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $873 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,071 · end of year $28,827

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $91,991 · end of year $109,793

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $385,936 · end of year $415,231

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS WORKS TO PROTECT OUR CLIMATE, OUR CLEAN AIR AND WATER, OUR PUBLIC LANDS, OUR COMMUNITIES AND FUTURE GENERATIONS BY SUPPORTING LEADERS WHO FIGHT FOR CONSERVATION AND BY HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE LEADERS WHO DO NOT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS WORKS TO PROTECT OUR CLIMATE, CLEAN AIR AND WATER, AND PUBLIC LANDS.

  • VOTERS EDUCATION AND STATE CAMPAIGN: MCV PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MONTANA'S LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION WE MEET WITH LEGISLATORS AND SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO THEM ON CONSERVATION ISSUES. AS THE CONVENER OF THE CONSERVATION WORKING GROUP WITH ITS SISTER ORGANIZATION THE MCV EDUCATION FUND, MCV LEADS THE CONSERVATION COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT ELECTED LEADERS UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES, HEAR THE CONCERNS OF MCV'S MEMBERS AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING FOR MCV'S PRIORITIES. DURING THE SESSION, WE ALSO LEAD CAMPAIGNS TO EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE VOTERS ON OUR POLICY PRIORITIES.AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONCLUDES, MCV RELEASES ITS ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD TO CELEBRATE MONTANA'S CONSERVATION CHAMPIONS AND HOLD ALL OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR ANTI-CONSERVATION DECISIONS. DURING OFF-SESSION YEARS, MCV FOLLOWS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS THROUGH THE REGULATORY PROCESS AND PROVIDES COMMENTS TO AGENCIES WHEN RELEVANT.

    Expenses $110,670 · Revenue $15,351

  • CONSERVATION POLICY AND ACCOUNTABILITY:PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS, CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER CONTINUE TO BE MCV'S TOP PRIORITIES. MCV HOLDS ELECTED LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE TO PROTECTING MONTANA'S ICONIC LANDSCAPES AND OUTDOOR WAY OF LIFE. WE DO THIS WORK BY RALLYING SUPPORT FOR POLICIES THAT INVEST IN AND PROTECT CONSERVATION OF OUR PUBLIC LANDS, WILDLIFE, AIR AND WATER CALLING OUT LEADERS WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR CONSERVATION COMMITMENTS AND BY CELEBRATING THOSE WHO CHAMPION OUR ISSUES.

    Expenses $73,781

  • OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION:MCV LEVERAGES ITS STATEWIDE MEMBERSHIP TO TAKE ACTION AT CRITICAL MOMENTS FOR CONSERVATION SUCH AS DURING ELECTIONS AND THROUGHOUT LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. WE REACH OUR MEMBERSHIP THROUGH IN-PERSON ACTIVATION EVENTS AS WELL AS PRINT AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS. OUR OUTREACH TAKES PLACE STATEWIDE.

    Expenses $61,490

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

Listed in Part VII

  • WHITNEY TAWNEY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,080
    From this org
    $44,314
    From related orgs
    $58,686
    Other
    $4,080
    Hours/week
    23 + 17 related

  • JOCK CONYNGHAM

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 3 related

  • SALLY ERICSSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA WOOD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLINT SUMMERS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS SAEGER

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANI HOWLETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL LOMBARDI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHOREN BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

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
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349302634

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