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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$513,218,073
Total expenses
$485,674,486
Contributions and grants received
$297,896,714
Grants paid
$437,706,178
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$468,818,223
Management and general expenses
$12,732,616
Fundraising expenses
$4,123,647
Program service expenses (Part III)
$468,818,223

Program services were 96.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JENNIFER MULL NEUHAUS

    CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATSY ISHIYAMA

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN A TOMKE

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICIA BAUMAN

    DIRECTOR (THRU 03/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK BEZOS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE CULPEPPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J MICHAEL CLINE

    DIRECTOR (THRU 07/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRYSTAL ECHO HAWK

    DIRECTOR (THRU 07/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RALPH B EVERETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLAS FONALLEDAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • H DALE HALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL TUDOR JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EADDO KIERNAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN LANCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY MACKINNON

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REUBEN MARK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDITH MCBEAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JASON METROKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIT MONCRIEF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHARINE OVERLOCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHIEF ANNE RICHARDSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY ROBBINS TOWERS

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDWIN R RODRIGUEZ JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD W SPINRAD PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FEDERICO STUBBE SR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICTORIA TSCHINKEL

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK J VALLELY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KC WALSH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTHA WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY TRANDAHL

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,418,915
    From this org
    $1,360,277
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,638
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $703,927
    Bonus
    $286,554
    Other
    $369,796
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,638
    Filer's total
    $1,418,915

  • TOKUNBO FALAYI

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $611,616
    From this org
    $495,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $115,830
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $380,665
    Bonus
    $98,710
    Other
    $16,411
    Deferred
    $79,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,030
    Filer's total
    $611,616

  • GLORIA LETT

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $503,297
    From this org
    $469,774
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,523
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $380,000
    Bonus
    $71,820
    Other
    $17,954
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $523
    Filer's total
    $503,297

  • HOLLY BAMFORD

    CHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $598,567
    From this org
    $492,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $106,540
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $399,315
    Bonus
    $76,658
    Other
    $16,054
    Deferred
    $73,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,980
    Filer's total
    $598,567

  • DANIEL J STRODEL

    CHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $500,385
    From this org
    $465,855
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,530
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $379,600
    Bonus
    $71,744
    Other
    $14,511
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,530
    Filer's total
    $500,385

  • THOMAS KELSCH

    SENIOR VP, GEBF

    Total calculated
    $645,459
    From this org
    $579,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,732
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $370,195
    Bonus
    $184,098
    Other
    $25,434
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,732
    Filer's total
    $645,459

  • DAMON A BROWN

    VP, INFORMATION STRATEGY & MANA

    Total calculated
    $515,601
    From this org
    $458,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,138
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $367,574
    Bonus
    $69,975
    Other
    $20,914
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,138
    Filer's total
    $515,601

  • TIMOTHY DICINTIO

    SENIOR VP, IDEA

    Total calculated
    $577,113
    From this org
    $454,661
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $122,452
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $370,195
    Bonus
    $71,155
    Other
    $13,311
    Deferred
    $89,472
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,980
    Filer's total
    $577,113

  • JACQUELINE COTTRELL

    VP, COMM., BOARD ENGMT & EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $445,579
    From this org
    $410,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,123
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $331,200
    Bonus
    $70,389
    Other
    $8,867
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,123
    Filer's total
    $445,579

  • ADDISON DANA

    VP. INVESTMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $530,264
    From this org
    $395,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $134,940
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $324,115
    Bonus
    $62,899
    Other
    $8,310
    Deferred
    $99,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,380
    Filer's total
    $530,264

  • BETH CHRIST SMITH

    VP, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $464,479
    From this org
    $341,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $123,060
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,115
    Bonus
    $76,106
    Other
    $4,198
    Deferred
    $87,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,980
    Filer's total
    $464,479

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 — 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B:
THE ORGANIZATION HAS A NON-QUALIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (SERP) FOR ITS CEO, JEFF TRANDAHL. THIS CONTRIBUTION IS AN UNVESTED EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION. SERP INTERESTS ARE FORFEITED BY THE PARTICIPANT IF THE PARTICIPANT VOLUNTARILY TERMINATES EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO THE VESTING DATES SPECIFIED UNDER THE SERP. SERP INTERESTS ARE HELD IN A TRUST SUBJECT TO THE CLAIMS OF THE FOUNDATION'S BANKRUPTCY CREDITORS. IN THE EVENT OF A FOUNDATION BANKRUPTCY, PARTICIPANTS WOULD BECOME GENERAL UNSECURED CREDITORS OF THE FOUNDATION. THE SERP IS A NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN, WHICH MEANS THAT PARTICIPANTS DO NOT RECEIVE THE TAX BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPANTS IN TAX QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS. FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER CURRENT LAW, INTERESTS UNDER THOSE ARRANGEMENTS ARE REPORTABLE AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION WHEN THEY BECOME VESTED, EVEN IF THOSE AMOUNTS ARE NOT YET PAYABLE TO THE PARTICIPANT (AND EVEN IF THOSE AMOUNTS ARE NEVER PAID TO THE PARTICIPANT). IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN A 457(F) RETIREMENT PLAN AND RECEIVED A NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION FROM THAT PLAN DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023. JEFFREY TRANDAHL $64,095 THE SERP'S DESIGN WAS REVIEWED AND OPINED UPON AS REASONABLE BY AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT. THE SERP WAS APPROVED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES/COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
PART I, LINE 7:
BONUSES PAID ARE REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B (II). BONUSES ARE CONSIDERED IN THE INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION STUDIES AND ARE USUALLY PAID WITHIN A FIXED RANGE. THIS PLAN IS DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE PERFORMANCE THAT ATTAINS PREVIOUS YEAR GOALS AND REWARDS PERFORMANCE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDS STATED GOALS.
PART II, LINE 1, COLUMN C:
RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO CONSISTS OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO THE 403B PLAN WHICH IS BASED ON THE SAME EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FORMULA APPLICABLE TO ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 September 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501999349300110

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