Great Old Broads for Wilderness
“Use the voices and activism of elders to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands.”
8 comments to the agencies, 81 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Grassroots wilderness advocacy. Organizes stewardship projects and campaigns on BLM, USFS, and other public lands. Volunteers monitor wilderness conditions and advocate for protections.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
The program, as they filed it
$407K, 81% of spendingGreat Old Broads for Wilderness protected public lands with its network of largely older women leaders in 2025.
Read it as they filed it
GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS PROTECTED PUBLIC LANDS WITH ITS NETWORK OF LARGELY OLDER WOMEN LEADERS IN 2025. WITH MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE ORGANIZATION COUNTED ON VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED NEARLY 50,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS TO LEAD HANDS-ON STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES, EDUCATE COMMUNITIES, ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE, AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS. THE ORGANIZATIONS GRASSROOTS LEADERS HOSTED OR PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 450 LOCAL EVENTS, LED 110 ACTIVITIES FOR CITIZEN SCIENCE AND HARM REMEDIATION ON PUBLIC LANDS. FOUR REGIONAL OR NATIONAL EVENTS SUPPORTED BY STAFF BROUGHT TOGETHER LEADERS FROM ACROSS COMMUNITIES TO SHARE EXPERIENCES AND LEARN TOGETHER. AS A RESULT OF THIS WORK, THE ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTED TO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS FOR PUBLIC LANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
81 cents of every dollar goes to the work
A good sign, not a scorecard: what matters is the extremes, and this is nowhere near one.
$406,805 programs, $82,318 management, $16,171 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The backers
Backed on the record by Western Conservation Foundation and Wilderness Society, latest filing FY24.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at Great Old Broads for Wilderness? Claim this page.
Those 3,115 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Great Old Broads for Wilderness is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
15 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $280,878 |
| 2012 | $182,994 |
| 2013 | $325,153 |
| 2014 | $466,664 |
| 2015 | $728,317 |
| 2016 | $394,307 |
| 2017 | $495,517 |
| 2018 | $766,783 |
| 2019 | $334,982 |
| 2019 | $1,022,098 |
| 2020 | $645,246 |
| 2021 | $949,107 |
| 2022 | $852,857 |
| 2023 | $882,525 |
| 2025 | $888,950 |
From $281K in 2011 to $889K in FY25, across 15 public filings (none on record for 2024).
In court
Fights alongside Sierra Club (3 shared cases), Grand Canyon Trust (2 shared cases), National Parks Conservation Association (2 shared cases), Natural Resources Defense Council (2 shared cases) and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (2 shared cases) and 11 more. Same case, same side, on the federal docket. Their dockets on CourtListener.
The record
On the record with the agencies
8 comments on federal decisions since 2023, each filed under the group’s own name on regulations.gov. The latest on decisions we track:
Year by year
The record, in order
- 1989Great Old Broads for Wilderness is formed.the directory; the return’s own formation year is 1998
- 2017S. Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Burke: plaintiff, closed.the docket
- 2022Garfield County v. Biden: intervenor, closed.the docket
- First appears in Western Conservation Foundation’s grants.the funder’s return
- 20231 comment to the Bureau of Land Management, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- First appears in Wilderness Society’s grants.the funder’s return
- 20253 comments, most to the Fish and Wildlife Service, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20264 comments, most to the Bureau of Land Management, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
Green, a funder’s return. Hollow, a filing. Every row is a record we hold: 2 federal cases with the group on the docket, 8 comments filed under its own name, 2 funders whose returns name it. Nothing here is written from memory.
Their ground
The places they defend
Joined the coalition that fought wind development on Molok Luyuk and campaigned to add the ridge to the monument.
Who’s defending it In the fight · On watchCanyons of the Ancients National MonumentThe Durango-based national office chartered a Montezuma County chapter specifically to support the monument with archaeological site stewardship, trail work, and comments on grazing and oil and gas oversight.
Who’s defending itMost urgent first: open comment windows, then live federal cases, then the threat level. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Give on their site ↗Show upVolunteer with themFind their volunteer door on their own site.
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