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THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE

EIN 82-0525968 DRIGGS, ID

Revenue 2024
$632,234
Expenses 2024
$965,838

Program services were 75.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C60
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 368

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

EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO REAWAKEN OUR DEEP CONNECTION TO WILDLIFE AND NATURE THROUGH RECONNECTION ECOLOGY, EXPANDING OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE ALL LIVING BEINGS AND MOVING US TO PROTECT THRIVING HABITATS FOR ALL LIFE.

  • EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE PROVIDED CARE FOR RESCUED NATIVE WILDLIFE OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM BY PROVIDING SHELTER, FOOD, WATER, AND VETERINARY CARE FOR 27 WILD ANIMALS, 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR UNDER LICENSES FROM THE USDA AND IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. EARTHFIRE COMPLETED THE BUILD OF TWO NEW BEAR GARDENS, AND PERFORMED MAINTENANCE ON STRUCTURES FOR OUR WOLVES, BISON, COYOTES, FOXES, COUGAR, AND PORCUPINE. WE WORKED TO IMPROVE HABITATS, PROVIDED ESSENTIAL ENRICHMENT, MONITORED THEIR BEHAVIORS, AND UPDATED NUTRITIONAL CARE BASED ON LATEST RESEARCH. THROUGH IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, WE PROVIDED SMALL MAMMAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO.

    Expenses $633,831

  • EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE CONTINUED TO IMPROVE INCREASED WEBSITE FUNCTIONALITY, SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, WRITTEN EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND INFORMATIONAL PRINT MEDIA. WE DISTRIBUTED ALMOST 5,000 E-NEWSLETTERS EACH MONTH AND APPROXIMATELY 1,000 SEMI-ANNUAL PRINTED MAGAZINES TO OUR SUPPORTERS. FOURTEEN EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS ABOUT OUR WORK WERE PROVIDED TO NATIONAL AND GLOBAL AUDIENCES VIA ONLINE ORGANIZATIONS OR IN-PERSON CONFERENCES.

    Expenses $80,831

  • EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE CONTINUED TO EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR LOCATION BY LEADING TWO HOUR PRIVATE, GUIDED VISITS FOCUSED ON CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, AND WILD ANIMALS. WE HOSTED ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO ASSIST WITH CONSERVATION EFFORTS VIA ART AND OTHER PROJECTS TO FURTHER SHARE OUR MISSION AND CONSERVATION APPROACH OF RECONNECTION ECOLOGY.

    Expenses $12,716 · Revenue $33,990

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.

  • Allan N Blitz EdD

    CHAIR/VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • R Dale Preator

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Lund

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philbin Schulz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $632,234
    Expenses
    $965,838
    Contributions
    $578,843
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,575,281
    Expenses
    $866,932
    Contributions
    $2,554,254
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,285,001
    Expenses
    $839,315
    Contributions
    $2,267,941
    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
    $2,526,699
    Expenses
    $631,110
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,856,374

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $515,635
    Expenses
    $812,935
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,030,972

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,340,070
    Expenses
    $947,848
    Assets (EOY)
    $818,876

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $344,681
    Expenses
    $372,133
    Assets (EOY)
    $414,956

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $524,612
    Expenses
    $345,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $442,616

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $320,297
    Expenses
    $327,373
    Assets (EOY)
    $261,358

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $223,158
    Expenses
    $278,068
    Assets (EOY)
    $268,501

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $320,365
    Expenses
    $270,656
    Assets (EOY)
    $323,245

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $254,631
    Expenses
    $216,669
    Assets (EOY)
    $274,474

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