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ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD ROCKIES INC

EIN 81-0455740 MISSOULA, MT

Revenue 2024
$364,633
Expenses 2024
$415,529

Program services were 96.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C300
Classification
1000
Street
317 E SPRUCE ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO SECURE THE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF THE WILD ROCKIES BIOREGION THROUGH CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT AND THE APPLICATION OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC MODELS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SECURE THE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF THE WILD ROCKIES BIOREGION THROUGH CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT AND THE APPLICATION OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC MODELS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.

  • ECOSYSTEM DEFENSE. OUR MISSION IS TO SECURE THE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF THE WILD ROCKIES BIOREGION THROUGH CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT AND THE APPLICATION OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC MODELS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW. OUR PUBLIC LANDS BELONG TO ALL OF US, AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT THE IMMEASURABLE VALUE OF OLD-GROWTH FORESTS, SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS, AND FRESHWATER RIVERS AND LAKES FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME. TO FULFILL THIS MISSION WE COMMENT AND SUBMIT COMMENTS MOSTLY ON PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LANDS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND A FEW PROJECTS ON STATE LANDS IN MONTANA. IF THE GOVERNMENT IGNORES OUR COMMENTS, WE OFTEN HIRE ATTORNEYS TO FILE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. WE ALSO WROTE A BILL BEFORE CONGRESS, THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION ACT, H.R. 2420 IN THE HOUSE AND S. 1198 IN THE SENATE.

    Expenses $225,155

  • OUTREACH. THE ALLIANCE TALKS TO THE PRESS ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR EFFORTS. WE HAVE BEEN QUOTED IN MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND OCCASIONALLY IN EUROPE. WE ALSO REGULARLY WRITE COLUMNS FOR NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS LIKE COUNTERPUNCH, BUT COLUMNS BY THE ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD ROCKIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAVE ALSO APPEARED IN THE NY TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST. OUR COLUMNS ARE ALSO PRINTED FREQUENTLY IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. WE DO THIS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT HABITAT FOR NATIVE SPECIES IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.

    Expenses $170,923

  • MEMBER SERVICE ACTIVITIES. THE ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD ROCKIES HAS MEMBERS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD ROCKIES TO FURTHER OUR MISSION. TO KEEP OUR MEMBERS INFORMED, WE HAVE A WEBSITE, FACEBOOK PAGE, AND A TWITTER ACCOUNT. WE REGULARLY MAIL OR EMAIL OUR MEMBERS TO UPDATE THEM ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES AND TO REMAIN THEM TO CHECK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. WE ALSO MEET WITH OR TALK TO OUR MEMBERS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO EDUCATE THEM OR ASK THEM TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS THROUGH THEIR OWN COMMENTS.

    Expenses $6,430

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Paul Edwards

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary McFarlane

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Berry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Garrity

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $105,808
    From this org
    $87,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,457
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $364,633
    Expenses
    $415,529
    Contributions
    $363,335
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $191,505
    Expenses
    $413,129
    Contributions
    $186,968
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $456,825
    Expenses
    $270,160
    Contributions
    $456,499
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $209,707
    Expenses
    $255,511
    Assets (EOY)
    $148,961
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $222,707
    Expenses
    $179,995
    Assets (EOY)
    $194,765
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $278,059
    Expenses
    $189,470
    Assets (EOY)
    $152,048
  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $174,243
    Expenses
    $201,469
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,525
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $168,436
    Expenses
    $144,542
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,751
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $180,295
    Expenses
    $127,044
    Assets (EOY)
    $60,028
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $119,236
    Expenses
    $129,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,777
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $131,836
    Expenses
    $184,092
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,901

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.