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SAVE THE YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY

EIN 82-5285730 LIVINGSTON, MT

Revenue 2025
$84,638
Expenses 2025
$69,552

Program services were 57.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C01
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 2242

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 · 2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

SAVE THE YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE LARGE-SCALE GRIZZLY BEAR ECOSYSTEMS AND RECOVERY AREAS SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER THROUGH INCREASING PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT AWARENESS, LEGISLATIVE ACTION, AND PROMOTION OF MIGRATION CORRIDORS TO ENSURE A HEALTHY, GENETICALLY DIVERSE AND STABLE POPULATION OF GRIZZLY BEARS.

  • PRESENTATIONS ARE HELD AT OUTDOOR STORES AND OTHER EVENTS TO SHOWCASE FILMS THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED ABOUT THE ISSUES FACING GRIZZLY BEAR HABITAT AND PROTECTION. TO DATE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS PRODUCED EIGHT FILMS FEATURING PROMINENT WILDLIFE SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING JANE GOODALL AND YVON CHOUINARD, CARL HIAASEN, JEFF BRIDGES, MICHAEL KEATON AND DOUG PEACOCK. THESE "ROAD SHOWS" ALSO INCLUDE PRESENTATIONS BY SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS, AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE WILDLIFE SUPPORT COMMUNITY. DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED AT THESE EVENTS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA (FACEBOOK AND PAYPAL), AND PROMOTIONAL MERCHANDISE IS SOLD. THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUPPORT OF THESE TIME-SENSITIVE ISSUES. THE ORGANIZATION SUCCESSFULLY BLOCKED AN EFFORT BY THE US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND THE STATES OF MONTANA, WYOMING AND IDAHO TO DELIST THE GRIZZLY BEAR FROM ITS STATUS AS "THREATENED" UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT IN 2018. THE ORGANIZATION WAS JOINED IN THIS EFFORT BY MAJOR WILDLIFE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE SIERRA CLUB, AND MORE THAN FIFTY INDIAN TRIBES. AN IMPORTANT STUDY IS NOW BEING CONDUCTED ON WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS IN THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES. THESE CORRIDORS ARE NECESSARY TO CONNECT ISOLATED SMALLER POPULATIONS TO ENSURE GENETIC DIVERSITY NECESSARY FOR THE HEALTH AND SURVIVAL OF THE BEARS. AREAS SUITABLE FOR THIS DISPERSAL OF THE BEAR POPULATION ARE BEING IDENTIFIED. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SPONSORS "BEAR SAFETY AND AWARENESS" PROGRAMS TO FURTHER INVOLVE THE PUBLIC IN PROTECTION OF THIS IMPORTANT SPECIES. THE ORGANIZATION CONCENTRATED EFFORTS IN 2019 ON THE MIGRATION (OR "UNDERPASS") CORRIDOR PROJECT AND A FILM PROJECT. "THE BEAST OF OUR TIME: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GRIZZLY BEARS" FILM FOCUSES ON THE IMPACT AND EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GRIZZLY POPULATION, WHICH IS SEPARATED BY HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND POSES A THREAT TO THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES. POINTS OF VIEW FROM RANCHERS, CLIMATOLOGISTS, BEAR BIOLOGISTS, WRITERS, AND NATIVE ACTIVISTS PROVIDE PROOF OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WILD AREAS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE SPECIES' SURVIVAL AND GENETIC DIVERSITY.THE FILM WAS COMPLETED IN 2021.THE UNDERPASS PROJECT, WHICH SEEKS TO CREATE AND ENHANCE EXISTING WILDLIFE CROSSING STRUCTURES AND DESIGNS TO CREATE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDE A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR AREA LANDOWNERS AND THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE COST OF THE FEASIBILITY REPORT ARE ESTIMATED AT 25-30,000, WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNDERPASS ITSELF IS ANTICIPATED TO BE 150-200,000. THIS PROJECT IS NOW GOING INTO THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PHASE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALL FOR PROJECTS TO PROTECT ENDANGERED WILDLIFE FROM HIGHWAY COLLISIONS WHILE ENSURING GENETIC CONNECTIVITY. AS PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT PROGESS, WE EXPECT THERE TO BE MORE OPPORTUNITES FOR GRANTS.

    Expenses $40,128 · Grants $544 · Revenue $691

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DAN SULLIVAN

    BOARD TREASU

    Total calculated
    $11,500
    From this org
    $11,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICK BASS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARC BEAUDIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LANCE CRAIGHEAD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHUCK WATSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERRY T WILLIAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $84,638
    Expenses
    $69,552
    Contributions
    $83,947
    Grants paid
    $544
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $27,102
    Expenses
    $69,319
    Contributions
    $27,102
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $153,826
    Expenses
    $172,915
    Contributions
    $143,522
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $133,805
    Expenses
    $105,083
    Contributions
    $112,261
    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
    $71,548
    Expenses
    $58,726
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,310

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $52,122
    Expenses
    $37,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,488

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2017

Tax period
1 May 2017 to 30 April 2018
Principal officer
Daniel Sullivan
Mailing address
611 W Callender StLivingston MT 59047
Website
savetheyellowstonegrizzly.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.