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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WESTERN CONSERVATION ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,373,855
Total expenses
$3,009,878
Contributions and grants received
$4,372,500
Grants paid
$1,907,300
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,355
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,047,052
Total liabilities, end of year
$136,336
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,910,716
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,829,302
Management and general expenses
$166,081
Fundraising expenses
$14,495
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,829,302

Program services were 94.0% 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

    $345,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,027,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,355 · excluded $1,355

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,907,300 · program services $1,907,300

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $136,679 · program services $51,720 · management and general $72,203 · fundraising $12,756

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $281,468 · program services $237,790 · management and general $43,678

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $88,457 · program services $75,332 · management and general $13,125

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,192 · management and general $1,192

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $510,386 · program services $499,550 · management and general $10,836

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,036 · management and general $8,036

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,468 · program services $1,468

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER OPERATIONAL EXP.

    total $74,623 · program services $55,873 · management and general $17,011 · fundraising $1,739

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $269 · program services $269

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,581,771 · end of year $2,776,470

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $270,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $556 · end of year $582

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $164,623 · end of year $136,336

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $120,965

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $39,099 · end of year $85,247

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,507,640 · end of year $2,825,469

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INCREASE THE STRENGTH, EFFECTIVENESS AND POLITICAL POWER OF THE WESTERN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT.

  • EDUCATION AND OTHER: BRINGING GREATER RELEVANCE TO THE WESTERN US CONSERVATION COMMUNITY THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $2,527,307 · Grants $1,657,300

  • SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES: FUNDS PROJECTS THAT COMPLEMENT THE WCAS MISSION BUT FALL OUTSIDE GEOGRAPHIES THAT WCA HAS HISTORICALLY FOCUSED ON.

    Expenses $301,995 · Grants $250,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • BRENDON CECHOVIC

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $298,573
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $250,000
    Other
    $48,573
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $250,000 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,688 + $21,312 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,898 + $15,675 related
    Filer's total
    $11,586 + $286,987 related

  • SHARA KAPLIN

    CHIEF OF STA

    Total calculated
    $251,905
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $210,000
    Other
    $41,905
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $210,000 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,799 + $18,201 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,996 + $14,909 related
    Filer's total
    $8,795 + $243,110 related

  • LEAH WIENEKE

    CHIEF OPS OF

    Total calculated
    $239,898
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $188,307
    Other
    $51,591
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $188,307 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $18,831 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $32,760 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $239,898 related

  • AARON BROWNING

    PROGRAM DIRE

    Total calculated
    $230,798
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $198,527
    Other
    $32,271
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $198,527 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $19,853 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $12,418 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $230,798 related

  • MONICA PIERGROSSI

    PROGRAM DIRE

    Total calculated
    $189,993
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $163,250
    Other
    $26,743
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $163,250 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $16,325 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $10,418 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $189,993 related

  • BRENNAN BILBERRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • LISA PAWLEK JAGUZNY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

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. 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

  • 1a · Payments for business use of a personal residence
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3
THE CEO, TOP MANAGEMENT AND STAFF COMPLETE AN ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS. DOCUMENTATION FROM THIS REVIEW IS USED BY THE CEO AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, IN THE CASE OF THE CEO, TO DETERMINE SALARY AMOUNTS OR SALARY INCREASES. SALARY FOR THE CEO IS SET BASED ON THE BOARD'S EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF SALARY LEVELS IN COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS/POSITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION IS A RELATED ORGANIZATION OF WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION. IN 2023, WCA SHARED STAFF WITH WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION THROUGH A COST-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. WCF PAID ALL COMPENSATION AND WCA PROMPTLY REIMBURSED WCF FOR ITS SHARE OF ALLOCABLE COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT. THE BOARD AND/OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION'S CEO.

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.

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
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202443179349306594

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