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WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE INC

EIN 53-0196629 COLCHESTER, VT

Revenue 2024
$6,196,651
Expenses 2024
$6,935,049

Program services were 82.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2800
Street
PO BOX 815

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

FOUNDED IN 1911, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, INC. (WMI) IS A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA'S WILDLIFE AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT COORDINATION - WMI ADMINISTERS THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK CONSERVATION PLAN, NORTHEAST REGIONAL CONSERVATION NEEDS PROGRAM, AND THE NEW ENGLAND COTTONTAIL CONSERVATION RECOVERY PLAN IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION, WMI PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, COORDINATION AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION FOR REGIONAL AND NATIONAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND HUNTING HERITAGE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THE REVENUE TOTAL ABOVE EXCLUDES GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF APPROXIMATELY $3.8M THAT ARE USED TO FUND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND ARE REPORTED IN PART VIII, LINE 1 AS CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Expenses $5,355,752 · Grants $808,572 · Revenue $1,648,856

  • INFORMATION AND EDUCATION - ADMINISTRATION AND HOSTING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFERENCE, A FIVE DAY CONFERENCE, WHICH INFORMS AND EDUCATES MORE THAN 1,100 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING LEADERS OF FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ACADEMICIANS. THE REVENUE TOTAL ABOVE EXCLUDES CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIPS OF $290,002, WHICH ARE REPORTED IN PART VIII, LINE 1 AS CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Expenses $388,652 · Revenue $377,007

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Steven Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $6,420
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,420
    Hours/week
    1

  • Howard Vincent

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas Painter

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scot Williamson

    VP, ASST. SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $269,321
    From this org
    $240,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,970
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,351
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,970
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $269,321

  • Jimmy Bullock

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Keith Balfourd

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tony Wasley

    PRESIDENT & ASST. TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $286,192
    From this org
    $255,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,692
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $286,192

  • Robert Model

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carter Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Parker Pauley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Dunfee

    DIR. OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $181,570
    From this org
    $152,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,843
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,727
    Filer's total
    $181,570

  • Jonathan Gassett PhD

    SOUTHEASTERN FIELD REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $201,214
    From this org
    $170,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,714
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $201,214

  • William Moritz

    MIDWEST FIELD REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $122,426
    From this org
    $116,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,830
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ann Forstchen

    RELEVANCY SPECIALIST

    Total calculated
    $139,788
    From this org
    $116,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,000
    Hours/week
    40

  • Melanie Kunkel

    WILDLIFE HEALTH COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $103,617
    From this org
    $100,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,018
    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. 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
    $6,196,651
    Expenses
    $6,935,049
    Contributions
    $4,108,877
    Grants paid
    $808,572
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,674,841
    Expenses
    $6,217,231
    Contributions
    $3,461,403
    Grants paid
    $17,445
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,965,642
    Expenses
    $5,434,822
    Contributions
    $3,064,456
    Grants paid
    $3,325

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
    $5,821,824
    Expenses
    $5,090,505
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,841,271

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,995,599
    Expenses
    $4,121,378
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,050,218

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,038,715
    Expenses
    $4,685,808
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,740,666

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,529,873
    Expenses
    $4,728,072
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,500,233

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,685,050
    Expenses
    $5,709,907
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,498,205

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,772,064
    Expenses
    $5,561,731
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,588,211

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,047,200
    Expenses
    $5,011,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,946,072

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,479,416
    Expenses
    $5,178,619
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,118,290

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,756,270
    Expenses
    $5,024,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,651,214

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,083,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,395,780

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

  • CHASE & CHASE CONSULTING

    $153,150

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

  • BRANDT INFORMATION SERVICES LLC

    $150,000

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

  • DJ CASE AND ASSOCIATES

    $137,927

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

  • THE PEREGRINE FUND

    $89,350

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

  • JEFF SHAW CONSULTING

    $54,425

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

  • OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

    $50,000

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

  • ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES

    $50,000

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

  • CENTRAL FLYWAY COUNCIL

    $30,872

    2024 ARCTIC GOOSE JOINT VENTURE FUNDS

  • RESPONSIVE MANAGEMENT

    $27,331

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

  • HUNTERS OF COLOR

    $25,000

    2024 MULTI-STATE CONSERVATION GRANT

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

Where these grants went next →

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.