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CLARK FORK COALITION

EIN 36-3428665 MISSOULA, MT

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Revenue 2023
$2,245,943
Expenses 2023
$2,825,503

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C012
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 7593

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE CLARK FORK WATERSHED.

  • UPPER CLARK FORK (UCF) & BITTERROOT INITIATIVES: IN THE UCF THE COALITION IS WORKING TO BRING ABOUT A WORLD-CLASS CLEANUP AND RESTORATION BY PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH, PUBLIC PROCESSES, AND TRACKING OF SUPERFUND CLEANUP, AND THROUGH STREAM RESTORATION PROJECTS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND BY ADVANCING POLICY AND OTHER TOOLS TO BOOST HEALING AND RESILIENCE IN THE UCF BASIN. IN THE BITTERROOT THE COALITION IS BOOSTING THE HEALTH OF THIS SUBBASIN BY INCREASING FLOWS, REDUCING SEDIMENT, AND RESTORING FISH PASSAGE IN HIGH-PRIORITY TRIBUTARIES.

    Expenses $1,428,776 · Revenue $16,778

  • WATERSHED WIDE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT INITIATIVES:THROUGH ITS WATERSHED WIDE WORK THE COALITION PROTECTS CLEAN WATER BY DEFENDING WATER PROTECTION LAWS, PREVENTING NEW CONTAMINATION, AND IMPROVING WATER MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES. IT ALSO FOCUSES ON FLOW RESTORATION, MANAGEMENT OF WATER RIGHTS AND LEASES, RIVER CLEANUPS, WATER QUALITY MONITORING, BEAVER-RELATED PROJECTS, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND UPDATES ON RIVER-RELATED ISSUES.

    Expenses $606,647 · Revenue $35,687

  • MIDDLE CLARK FORK: IN THE MIDDLE CLARK FORK THE COALITION IS FOSTERING AND ADVOCATING FOR A WATER ETHIC THAT MAKES CLEANUP, RESTORATION, AND PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY WATERWAYS A CENTRAL GOAL IN THE FACE OF LINGERING CONTAMINATION, RAPID GROWTH, AND LANDSCAPE CHANGE. THE COALITION IS FOCUSED ON THREE CAMPAIGNS IN THIS REGION: CLEANJUP OF THE SHUTTERED SMURFIT-STONE PULP MILL SITE, RESTORATION OF LOWER GRANT CREEK, AND RIVER-SMART PLANNING FOR THE URBAN RIVER CORRIDOR IN MISSOULA. AT SMURFIT, THE COALITION IS ADVOCATING FOR TIMELY AND SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND CLEANUP OF HAZARDOUS WASTE DUMPS, REMOVAL OF CRUMBLING BERMS, AND RESTORATION OF THE FLOODPLAIN. AT GRANT CREEK, THE COALITION IS IMPLEMENTING A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN VISION FOR RESTORING THE CREEK IN ADVANCE OF DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR THE AREA. ON THE URBAN RIVER CORRIDOR, CFC IS PROMOTING RIVER-SMART PLANNING AND WATERSHED LITERACY THROUGH DYNAMIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND THROUGH PROMOTING PLANNING PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE PROTECTION OF WATERWAYS A CENTRAL GOAL.

    Expenses $382,081

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Brent Taylor

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenni Chaffin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cody Harris

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Morris

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Kiely

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dustin Leftridge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elaine Caton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jen Harrington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joellen Shannon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katelyn Hepburn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katrina Mullan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Snodgrass

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Parker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Knudsen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,469
    From this org
    $146,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,032
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,437
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,032
    Filer's total
    $156,469

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,245,943
    Expenses
    $2,825,503
    Contributions
    $2,169,215
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,968,455
    Expenses
    $2,132,231
    Contributions
    $1,908,198
    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
    $2,066,465
    Expenses
    $1,958,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,162,530
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,371,880
    Expenses
    $2,351,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,276,432
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,396,486
    Expenses
    $1,938,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,460,091
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,437,369
    Expenses
    $1,788,447
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,214,134
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,586,913
    Expenses
    $1,326,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,450,155
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,307,187
    Expenses
    $1,426,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,339,382
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,445,254
    Expenses
    $1,567,475
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,468,609
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,872,924
    Expenses
    $1,554,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,666,844
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,250,087
    Expenses
    $1,148,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,253,747
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,008,609
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,151,955

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • CLARK FORK RESTORATION LLC

    RANCH OWNERSHIP/MANAGEMENT · MT · income -$3,542 · assets $170,019

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.