Soda Mountain Wilderness Council
“Protect the wildlands of the Cascade-Siskiyou region.”
The work
What they do
Advocacy for Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and surrounding BLM wilderness. Works on monument protections, old-growth, and biodiversity.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “WILDLANDS PROTECTION, EDUCATION”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Keeping wilderness wild
$305KPROTECTING AND PROMOTING WILDERNESS IN THE SODA MOUNTAIN/PILOT ROCK AREA, AND EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Read it as they filed it
PROTECTING AND PROMOTING WILDERNESS IN THE SODA MOUNTAIN/PILOT ROCK AREA, AND EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
92 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 Soda Mountain Wilderness Council is nowhere near one.
Backed on the record by Wilburforce Foundation, latest filing FY24.
$305,212 programs, $26,535 management, $0 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
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 Soda Mountain Wilderness Council? Claim this page.
Those 12 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Soda Mountain Wilderness Council is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 13The 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 | $148,263 |
| 2012 | $106,050 |
| 2013 | $156,293 |
| 2014 | $194,254 |
| 2015 | $258,335 |
| 2016 | $306,037 |
| 2017 | $334,167 |
| 2018 | $324,349 |
| 2019 | $274,865 |
| 2020 | $266,118 |
| 2021 | $287,154 |
| 2022 | $251,877 |
| 2023 | $309,460 |
| 2025 | $346,009 |
From $148K in 2011 to $346K in FY25, across 14 public filings.
The Oregon congressional delegation averages 87 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
92 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
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35 years on the ground, 12 volunteers, 92 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.