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← ATLANTIC SALMON FEDERATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ATLANTIC SALMON FEDERATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,498,297
Total expenses
$11,418,088
Contributions and grants received
$12,275,097
Grants paid
$2,990
Program service revenue
$233,868
Investment income
$1,990,436
Other revenue
-$1,104
Total assets, end of year
$27,872,803
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,026,331
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,846,472
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,988,074
Management and general expenses
$590,965
Fundraising expenses
$839,049
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,988,074

Program services were 87.5% 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

    $33,495

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $802,516

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,091,410

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,347,676

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $270,385

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Conservation program fees

    total $207,427 · related or exempt $207,427

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Membership dues

    total $26,441 · related or exempt $26,441

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $711,143 · excluded $711,143

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,171,111

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

    securities $17,891,818

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,279,293

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,279,293 · excluded $1,279,293

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $293,135

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

    $802,516

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $293,757

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$622 · excluded -$622

  • 11a · Other revenue: Currency exchange

    total -$482 · excluded -$482

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$482

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,990 · program services $2,990

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $546,713 · program services $319,135 · fundraising $227,578

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,937 · program services $12,060 · fundraising $4,877

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $113,776 · program services $71,925 · fundraising $41,851

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,124 · program services $26,614 · fundraising $15,510

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,260 · program services $9,500 · management and general $6,760

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,029 · management and general $11,029

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $190,000 · fundraising $190,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $107,714 · management and general $107,714

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,148 · program services $2,148

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $160,367 · program services $135,920 · management and general $3,955 · fundraising $20,492

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,058 · management and general $28,058

  • 17 · Travel

    total $86,548 · program services $57,148 · management and general $1,659 · fundraising $27,741

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $57,425 · management and general $57,425

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,022 · management and general $12,022

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $509 · management and general $509

  • 24a · Other expenses: Prog. related projects

    total $7,401,634 · program services $7,401,634

  • 24b · Other expenses: Funding for ASF (CA)

    total $2,615,000 · program services $1,949,000 · management and general $355,000 · fundraising $311,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: Officer liab. insurance

    total $6,834 · management and general $6,834

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,124,680 · end of year $1,600,904

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $929,010 · end of year $269,883

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,691,300 · end of year $1,850,426

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $848,291 · end of year $2,497,067

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $94,372 · end of year $101,645

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

    $3,244,668

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

    $3,056,389

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $195,273 · end of year $188,279

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,951,841 · end of year $12,204,071

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $7,783,616 · end of year $9,160,528

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $862,271 · end of year $2,353,333

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $371,500 · end of year $454,363

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $870,233 · end of year $218,635

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,087,024 · end of year $13,316,660

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,427,355 · end of year $11,529,812

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Atlantic Salmon Federation is dedicated to the conservation, protection and restoration of wild Atlantic salmon and the ecosystems on which their well-being and survival depend.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Scientific research and other wild Atlantic salmon conservation activity

  • Conservation - undertake informational activities to foster understanding of wild Atlantic salmon populations and impediments to their survival.

    Expenses $5,406,576 · Grants $2,990 · Revenue $233,868

  • Scientific research - undertake investigative research to determine wild Atlantic salmon populations and identify solutions to remedy same.

    Expenses $1,691,157

  • Education - inform the public of the results of the Federation's studies and research.

    Expenses $2,890,341

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Taylor

    President & CEO (end 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $117,942
    From this org
    $92,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,659
    Hours/week
    40
  • Christopher T Kit Barrow

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jonathan Berger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert Bonczek

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Topher Browne

    Director (start 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christopher Buckley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Bullock III

    Director (end 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Russell Byers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ann Calder

    Director (start 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hardwick Caldwell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Donald C Christ

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christopher D Clarke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tracey Clarke

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bridget Colman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark Colman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Cornell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Edgar M Cullman Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Chandler Dumaine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jon Eggleston

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark Elliot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Marshall Field Sr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mollie Fitzgerald

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Paul Fitzgerald

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lawrence Flinn Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lloyd Gerry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Parker Gilbert Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Goodman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jason Griswold

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephen T Hibbard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Aaron Kennon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William McLanahan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Mynatt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David E Nichols

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephen O'Brien Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Parsons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Andy Pforzheimer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joseph R Perella

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Chad Pike

    Director (start 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Candace Platt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Charles Reed

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Don Spranger

    Director (start 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Edward L Shugrue III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Thomas Sieniewicz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Smart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lance Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • WB Dixon Stroud Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alex Taylor

    Director (start 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Remy Trafelet

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Thompson

    Director (end 3/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Don Valentine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anne Warren

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Richard J Warren

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Thomas J Watson III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Reed D Webster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert N Wilson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jonathan Winthrop

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eric Roberts

    Vice Chairman/ Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dorothy Shipley

    Vice Chairwomen

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Donald C Calder

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Louie Porta

    President & CEO (start 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amy Wesenberg

    VP Finance/Administration

    Total calculated
    $53,368
    From this org
    $43,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,339
    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.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part II:
The Organization is listing on Form 990 officers and directors who received compensation from an unrelated organization for services rendered to the filing organization; this compensation was paid from Atlantic Salmon Federation Canada.

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
2023
Filed
6 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502209349301500

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