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← NEW MEXICO WILD ACTION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEW MEXICO WILD ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$619,428
Total expenses
$472,475
Contributions and grants received
$618,601
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$778
Other revenue
$49
Total assets, end of year
$509,824
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,595
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$409,229
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$443,406
Management and general expenses
$22,740
Fundraising expenses
$6,329
Program service expenses (Part III)
$443,406

Program services were 93.8% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $283,045

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $335,556

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $778 · excluded $778

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $49 · related or exempt $49

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $49

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $231,435 · program services $228,517 · management and general $2,918

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,946 · program services $10,946

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,103 · program services $13,103

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,097 · program services $18,097

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $116,557 · program services $111,047 · management and general $2,589 · fundraising $2,921

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,832 · program services $3,019 · fundraising $2,813

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,551 · program services $79 · management and general $922 · fundraising $550

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,011 · management and general $10,011

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,688 · program services $8,445 · management and general $5,198 · fundraising $45

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,380 · program services $649 · management and general $731

  • 24a · Other expenses: CANDIDATE SUPPORT

    total $29,500 · program services $29,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: OVERHEAD ALLOCATION

    total $20,004 · program services $20,004

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

    total $361 · management and general $361

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $10 · management and general $10

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $245,672 · end of year $509,824

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $80,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,788 · end of year $36,262

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $43,608 · end of year $64,333

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $150,149 · end of year $168,863

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $112,127 · end of year $240,366

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NEW MEXICO WILD ACTION FUND IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING POLICIES THAT PROTECT NEW MEXICO'S WILDERNESS, WILDLIFE, AND WATER.

  • NEW MEXICO WILD ACTION FUND IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED (40%) ON EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND POLICY MAKERS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONSERVE NEW MEXICO'S LANDS, WATER, AND WILDLIFE. PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED BY STAFF, INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, POLITICAL DIRECTOR, POLICY DIRECTOR, AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE NEWSLETTER ARTICLES, SOCIAL MEDIA, PAID ADVERTISEMENTS IN PRINT MEDIA, AND EVENTS. THESE ACTIVITIES FURTHER OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ADVOCATING FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO'S PUBLIC LANDS, WATER AND WILDLIFE BY ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC TO BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT THESE CONSERVATION ISSUES.

    Expenses $344,202 · Revenue $49

  • NEW MEXICO WILD ACTION FUND ALSO CONDUCTS LOBBYING ACTIVITIES (20%) WHEN NECESSARY TO ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY AND LEGISLATION AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS, RELATED TO CONSERVATION OF PUBLIC LANDS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE. LOBBYING ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED BY STAFF, PRIMARILY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, POLITICAL DIRECTOR, POLICY DIRECTOR, AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR. LOBBYING FURTHERS OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE OF ADVOCATING FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO'S PUBLIC LANDS, WATER AND WILDLIFE BY ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE THE PASSAGE OF CONSERVATION LEGISLATION.

    Expenses $99,204

  • DURING ELECTION YEARS, NEW MEXICO WILD ACTION FUND WILL SPEND NO MORE THAN 40% OF ITS BUDGET ON ELECTORAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING COORDINATED AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES WORK, VIA STAFF AND/OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Allison

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $126,205
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $108,537
    Other
    $17,668
    Hours/week
    12 + 28 related
  • Jeremy Vesbach

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brittany Fallon

    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
2023
Filed
5 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522179349301552

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