Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$735,537

Total expenses

$653,081

Contributions and grants received

$705,324

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$793

Other revenue

$29,420

Total assets, end of year

$484,391

Total liabilities, end of year

$7,167

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$477,224

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$446,059

Management and general expenses

$66,853

Fundraising expenses

$140,169

Program service expenses (Part III)

$446,059

Program services were 68.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• NATURE MAPPING JACKSON HOLE PROGRAM: A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM WITH THE GOALS OF: 1) KEEPING COMMON SPECIES COMMON; 2) INCREASING CITIZENS' KNOWLEDGE OF AND APPRECIATION FOR WILDLIFE IN TETON COUNTY, WYOMING; 3) ENGAGING CITIZENS IN LONG-TERM WILDLIFE DATA COLLECTION; 4) INFORMING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS THAT FAVOR WILDLIFE SUSTAINABILITY; AND 5) CONTRIBUTING DATA TO THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT'S WILDLIFE OBSERVATION SYSTEM TO AUGMENT STATE DATA. THROUGH 2024, WE HAVE RECORDED MORE THAN 103,000 WILDLIFE OBSERVATIONS WITH MORE THAN 1,300 TRAINED CITIZEN SCIENTISTS SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009. IN 2024, CITIZEN SCIENTISTS RECORDED MORE THAN 300 VERIFIED WILDLIFE OBSERVATIONS DURING THE SUMMER SEASON ALONE. WE BANDED 726 INDIVIDUAL BIRDS AT OUR MONITORING AVIAN PRODUCTIVITY AND SURVIVORSHIP (MAPS) BIRD BANDING STATIONS. THE MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD NESTBOX MONITORING PROJECT SAW A 30% INCREASE IN FLEDGLINGS BANDED COMPARED TO 2023, GROWING FROM 60 TO 78 BANDED YOUNG. MOOSE DAY WAS HEAVILY IMPACTED BY A MAJOR SNOWSTORM, RESULTING IN ONLY 33 DATA POINTS COLLECTED.

  Expenses $186,365

• WILDLIFE FRIENDLIER FENCING PROGRAM: IMPROVING LANDSCAPE PERMEABILITY FOR MIGRATING WILDLIFE THROUGH MODIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF FENCES. THROUGH 2024, WE HAVE IMPROVED MORE THAN 267 MILES OF FENCES TO BENEFIT WILDLIFE. IN 2024, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 82 HOURS ACROSS 12 PROJECTS, WITH 85 VOLUNTEERS REMOVING OR MODIFYING 23.11 MILES OF DERELICT FENCING IN WYOMING AND IDAHO. THIS INCLUDED 13.8 MILES OF SEASONAL FENCE DROPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT MIGRATION AND HABITAT HEALTH.

  Expenses $156,102

• GIVE WILDLIFE A BRAKE: UTILIZING VARIOUS MITIGATION TOOLS, WE AIM TO REDUCE WILDLIFE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS ON OUR ROADWAYS AND INCREASE LANDSCAPE PERMEABILITY FOR WILDLIFE NEEDING TO MOVE ACROSS ROADS. THESE TOOLS INCLUDE DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARDS, FIXED RADAR SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS, SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS, AND WILDLIFE CROSSING STRUCTURE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION. WE ALSO COMPILE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE WILDLIFE-VEHICLE COLLISION REPORT IN THE COUNTY TO INFORM TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS. BETWEEN MAY 2022 AND APRIL 2023, 156 MULE DEER, 38 ELK, 8 MOOSE, AND 3 BIGHORN SHEEP WERE KILLED ON TETON COUNTY ROADS. IN 2024, JHWF ADVOCATED FOR AND SUPPORTED WILDLIFE CROSSING EFFORTS ON THE WYOMING 22 CORRIDOR PROJECT, MONITORED DEVELOPMENT AT THE STILSON LOT TO INCREASE CROSSING SUCCESS, AND PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CROSSINGS ON NORTH HIGHWAY 89.

  Expenses $49,467

• BEAR WISE JACKSON HOLE: A DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT, BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST, GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, AND JACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION. WE ARE A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BEARWISE WYOMING PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES, OUTREACH, AND COORDINATION INTENDED TO KEEP BEARS WILD AND PEOPLE SAFE. IN 2024, JHWF AND PARTNERS LAUNCHED A NEW BEAR WISE JACKSON HOLE WEBSITE AND DISTRIBUTED THE "JACKSON HOLE IS BEAR COUNTRY" BOOKLET TO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING NEW COUNTY AND TOWN REGULATIONS, ASSISTING WITH BEAR-RESISTANT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CONDUCTING OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS TO REDUCE CONFLICTS AND PROMOTE COEXISTENCE.

  Expenses $54,125

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2024

Filed

29 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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