Wild Montana
“To protect Montana’s wild places and quality of life.”
The work
What they do
Protecting Montana’s wild public lands, clean waters, and native wildlife.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “WILD MONTANA ACTION FUND BUILDS THE POLITICAL POWER NECESSARY FOR PROTECTING AND CONSERVING PUBLIC LANDS AND WILD PLACES ACROSS THE STATE BY ELEVATING THE VOICES OF MONTANANS WHO CHERISH OUR OUTDOOR WAY OF LIFE.”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Pressing the policymakers
$233KWILD MONTANA ACTION FUND ORGANIZES AND MOBILIZES MONTANANS AND SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC LANDS TO: ADVANCE LEGISLATION THAT SAFEGUARDS PUBLIC LANDS, PROTECT ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC LANDS, FIND SOLUTIONS FOR FUNDING PUBLIC LANDS,...
Including $1,250 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
WILD MONTANA ACTION FUND ORGANIZES AND MOBILIZES MONTANANS AND SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC LANDS TO: ADVANCE LEGISLATION THAT SAFEGUARDS PUBLIC LANDS, PROTECT ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC LANDS, FIND SOLUTIONS FOR FUNDING PUBLIC LANDS, AND HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY DO NOT STAND UP FOR PUBLIC LANDS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
85 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 Wild Montana is nowhere near one.
Backed on the record by Wilburforce Foundation, latest filing FY24.
$232,804 programs, $34,455 management, $5,169 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Succeeds Amanda Lockridge in the officer table.
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. This one caught a changing of the guard in the act: the FY2025 officer table lists Amanda Lockridge, the return itself is signed by John Todd. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at Wild Montana? Claim this page.
Those 6 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Wild Montana is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 7The filings
6 years of filings
6 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $4,200 |
| 2020 | $319,777 |
| 2021 | $117,514 |
| 2022 | $177,300 |
| 2023 | $146,185 |
| 2025 | $207,981 |
From $4K in 2019 to $208K in FY25, across 6 public filings.
Fights alongside Earthjustice (1 shared case), National Trust for Historic Preservation (1 shared case) and The Wilderness Society (1 shared case). Same case, same side, on the federal docket.
Wild Montana files one related organization on its return: Wild Montana Voter Fund (527). A related organization shares people or purpose; it does not share the books.
The Montana congressional delegation averages 7 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
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Ways in
How to help
85 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
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68 years on the ground, 6 volunteers, 85 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.