Wild Montana
“To protect Montana’s wild places and quality of life.”
10 comments to the agencies, 85 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Protecting Montana’s wild public lands, clean waters, and native wildlife.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
The program, as they filed it
$233K, 85% of spendingWild 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…
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 for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
85 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.
$232,804 programs, $34,455 management, $5,169 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The backers
Backed, each with its source, by Wilburforce Foundation, Whitefish Community Foundation, Fanwood Foundation and 10 others, latest filing FY25.
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 If it’s out of date, tell us.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 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.
Find your way inThe filings
6 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year as filed. Point at or tap 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 $4,200 in 2019 to $208K in FY25, across 6 public filings (none on record for 2024).
The returns as e-filed with the IRS, 3 years:
- FY2025Download the return
- FY2024Download the return
- FY2023Download the return
Source: IRS Form 990 e-file data, each return by its IRS object id, served by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. A year in the chart without a link here is read from a later return’s own history table; its return is on ProPublica’s page for the group.
In court
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. Their dockets on CourtListener.
The record
On the record with the agencies
10 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
In order
- 1958Wild Montana is formed.the directory; the return’s own formation year is 2019
- 2011Montana Wilderness Association v. Gene Terland: plaintiff, closed.the docket
- 2022First appears in Wilburforce Foundation’s grants.the funder’s return
- 2023First appears in the grants of Fanwood Foundation and James J And Helen M Mccaffery Charitable Foundation Trust.the funders’ returns
- 20241 comment to the Fish and Wildlife Service, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- First appears in the grants of Whitefish Community Foundation, High Stakes Foundation, Hugh And Jane Ferguson Foundation, John N Conyngham And Lou Cconyngham Family Charitable Foundat and Mcbride Family Foundation.the funders’ returns
- 20251 comment to the Bureau of Land Management, under the group’s own name.regulations.gov
- 20268 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 comes from a public record: 2 federal cases with the group on the docket, 10 comments filed under its own name, 13 funders whose returns name it. Nothing here is written from memory.
Their ground
Wild Montana is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
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 3 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
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Where you can help them
- Mon, Nov 16 · EventRaise a Glass for the Blackfoot: A River Runs Through It Act Community NightBlackfoot River Brewing
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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