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WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND

EIN 82-1742996 WASHINGTON, DC

Largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2024
$1,441,502
Expenses 2024
$1,523,521

Program services were 84.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
1801 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW 200

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 · 2024

Mission

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND WORKS WITH PARTNERS AND LAWMAKERS TO INFLUENCE POLICY RELATED TO PUBLIC LANDS. THIS INCLUDES PUBLIC LANDS' ROLE AS PART OF THE CLIMATE SOLUTION, THEIR IMPORTANCE IN ADDRESSING THE EXTINCTION CRISIS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL PEOPLE BEING TO ENJOY THEIR BENEFITS.

  • THE ACTION FUND HAS ACHIEVED SUCCESS IN MOVING FORWARD IMPORTANT LEGISLATION FOR PUBLIC LANDS INCLUDING THE GREAT OUTDOORS AMERICA ACT AND OTHER IMPORTANT BILLS THAT HAVE ADVANCED OUR MISSION. IT HAS ALSO SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSED NUMEROUS MEASURES THAT WOULD SET ITS MISSION BACK. IT HAS HELD DECISION MAKERS ACCOUNTABLE, IN AN EFFORT TO BOTH ADVANCE OR STOP LEGISLATION AND CREATE A BETTER POLITICAL CLIMATE FOR OUR WORK.

    Expenses $1,282,583 · Grants $62,500

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.

  • Michael Mantell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Greg Avis

    DIRECTOR (TO JUN '25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Barron

    DIRECTOR (TO MAR '25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Brendon Cechovic

    DIRECTOR (FROM MAY '25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carl Ferenbach III

    DIRECTOR (TO JUN '25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Charles E Frank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacqueline Mars

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Juan Martinez

    DIRECTOR (FROM MAY '25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Jim Messina

    DIRECTOR (FROM MAY '25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Diane Parrish

    DIRECTOR (FROM NOV '24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Jamie Williams

    PRESIDENT (TO SEP '24)

    Total calculated
    $398,814
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $374,838
    Other
    $23,976
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $336,374 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $38,464 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,276 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $398,814 related

  • David Seabrook

    COO

    Total calculated
    $402,350
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $373,570
    Other
    $28,780
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $344,237 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $29,333 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,080 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $402,350 related

  • Diane Webb

    SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $226,223
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $212,057
    Other
    $14,166
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $212,057 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,698 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,468 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $226,223 related

  • Maria Handley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $223,252
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $202,024
    Other
    $21,228
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $202,024 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,622 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,606 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $223,252 related

  • Tracy Stone-Manning

    PRESIDENT (FROM FEB '25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

  • Deborah Liu

    VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $116,794
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $116,794
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $134 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $116,660 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $116,794 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,441,502
    Expenses
    $1,523,521
    Contributions
    $1,441,502
    Grants paid
    $62,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,225,182
    Expenses
    $1,223,883
    Contributions
    $1,199,158
    Grants paid
    $65,192
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,492,560
    Expenses
    $1,308,505
    Contributions
    $1,475,253
    Grants paid
    $64,508

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
    $935,426
    Expenses
    $1,126,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,360,296

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $935,426
    Expenses
    $1,126,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,360,296

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,543,185
    Expenses
    $1,845,755
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,633,877

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,693,213
    Expenses
    $1,806,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,980,760

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,693,213
    Expenses
    $1,806,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,980,760

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,310,658
    Expenses
    $505,951
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,724,605

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,845,513
    Expenses
    $1,454,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $976,247

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $527,500
    Expenses
    $61,782
    Assets (EOY)
    $527,202

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY

    501(C)(3) · CONSERVATION · DC

  • THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND-PAC

    527 · CONSERVATION ADVOCACY · DC

Declared as related by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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.