San Juan Mountains Association
“Assist public land management agencies in the San Juan region through education and stewardship.”
The work
What they do
Cooperating association for the San Juan National Forest and BLM lands in southwest Colorado. Operates visitor centers and interpretive programs.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “To empower visitors and locals to explore, learn about, and protect the spectacular public lands of Southwest Colorado.”
Where the money went, FY2024
The work, and what it cost
Keeping the wild alive
$750KEducation Outreach programs are various types of environmental education and activities that take participants from awareness of the environment to knowledge about it, address attitudes and skills, and, finally, bring pa...
Including $116,653 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
Education Outreach programs are various types of environmental education and activities that take participants from awareness of the environment to knowledge about it, address attitudes and skills, and, finally, bring participants to action. These programs include but are not limited to; wildflower walks, llama treks, noxious weeds, fire awareness, mountain lion awareness, school field trips, teacher workshops, youth camps, bird watching, nature hikes, reforestation of burn areas, and many other classes and activities for all ages.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Keeping the wild alive
$396KVisitor Centers - to man 13 US Forest Service and 1 Bureau of Land Management offices with persons and materials to educate, assist, inform, and direct visitors about the public lands available in the area and the proper...
Including $359,447 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
Visitor Centers - to man 13 US Forest Service and 1 Bureau of Land Management offices with persons and materials to educate, assist, inform, and direct visitors about the public lands available in the area and the proper use of those lands. Also host, in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Wildlife, hunter information booths during hunting season, approximately 800 hunters were informed. Also work with the State of Colorado to provide search and rescue cards to persons going into the back country. There were approximately 140,000 visitors, and the visitor information specialists assisted them.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Keeping wilderness wild
$67KOutdoor Volunteers is a program that recruits, trains, and coordinates a core of volunteers.
Including $31,302 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
Outdoor Volunteers is a program that recruits, trains, and coordinates a core of volunteers. These volunteers do a variety of jobs, including but not limited to trail information specialists, wilderness information specialists, trial maintenance work, hunter information specialists, wild horse herd monitoring, public lands road, and campsite restoration. There were over 3,950 volunteer hours.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
81 cents of every dollar goes to the work
That ratio is a good sign, not a scorecard. Plenty of great groups run leaner and lumpier. What matters is the extremes, and San Juan Mountains Association is nowhere near one.
$1,213,010 programs, $241,549 management, $49,679 fundraising. Form 990, FY2024.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at San Juan Mountains Association? Claim this page.
Those 563 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If San Juan Mountains Association is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 564The filings
14 years of filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $796,250 |
| 2012 | $857,800 |
| 2013 | $1,513,766 |
| 2014 | $932,175 |
| 2015 | $1,369,150 |
| 2016 | $1,379,941 |
| 2017 | $1,345,328 |
| 2018 | $1,835,383 |
| 2019 | $1,200,715 |
| 2020 | $1,124,804 |
| 2021 | $1,154,488 |
| 2022 | $1,258,001 |
| 2023 | $1,458,261 |
| 2024 | $1,458,839 |
From $796K in 2011 to $1.5M in FY24, with no missed filing in 14 years.
The Colorado congressional delegation averages 60 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
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38 years on the ground, 563 volunteers, 81 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.