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← WYOMING WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WYOMING WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$313,455
Total expenses
$305,034
Contributions and grants received
$92,268
Grants paid
$7,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$49,433
Other revenue
$171,754
Total assets, end of year
$1,280,935
Total liabilities, end of year
$338,015
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$942,920
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$273,499
Management and general expenses
$31,535
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$273,499

Program services were 89.7% 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

    $15,020

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $20,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $57,248

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,852 · excluded $37,852

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $543,920

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

    securities $532,339

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $11,581

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,581 · excluded $11,581

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $512,504

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $340,750

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $171,754 · excluded $171,754

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,000 · program services $7,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $70,417 · program services $59,854 · management and general $10,563

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,958 · program services $18,958

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,962 · program services $6,143 · management and general $819

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,500 · management and general $3,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,752 · management and general $7,752

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,000 · program services $6,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,860 · management and general $6,860

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,374 · program services $9,374

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,548 · program services $10,548

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,041 · management and general $2,041

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT SHEEP PROJECTS

    total $112,971 · program services $112,971

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIFE MEMBER EXPENSES

    total $33,948 · program services $33,948

  • 24c · Other expenses: SOCIAL MEDIA

    total $6,600 · program services $6,600

  • 24d · Other expenses: WEBSITE COSTS

    total $2,103 · program services $2,103

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,794 · end of year $75,551

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $204,532 · end of year $11,201

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $911,847 · end of year $1,194,183

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $5,777

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $332,238

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,124,173 · end of year $942,920

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE INCREASING POPULATIONS OF INDIGENOUS WILD SHEEP ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT, TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST THE DECLINE OR EXTINCTION OF SUCH SPECIES AND TO FUND PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF THESE POPULATIONS, KEEPING ALL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO A MINIMUM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE INCREASING POPULATIONS OF INDIGENOUS WILD SHEEP IN NORTH AMERICA AND SAFEGUARD AGAINST DECLINE AND EXTINCTION OF SUCH SPECIES.

  • GRANTS TO VARIOUS FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS, INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS UNIVERSITIES FOR DISEASE STUDIES, HABITAT IMPROVEMENT, AND VARIOUS OTHER STUDIES RELATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF WILD SHEEP. CAPTURES AND STUDIES RELATED TO VARIOUS HERDS AROUND THE STATE OF WYOMING.

    Expenses $112,971

  • EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION MAILED TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS WEBSITE SUPPORT. MEETINGS AND NETWORKING WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT INFLUENCE ON WILD SHEEP. SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLICATION MATERIAL COSTS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERSHIP OF GRANT IN AID PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED. COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FOUNDATION PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $160,528 · Grants $7,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sam Lockwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Owens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Hoobler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John W Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Pope

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katie Cheesbrough

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,417
    From this org
    $70,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Kurt Eisenach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bralli Clifford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Bruce Perryman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Butler

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Zachary McDermott

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
13 October 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522869349301527

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