Wild Sheep Foundation
“Put and keep wild sheep on the mountain.”
The work
What they do
Bighorn sheep habitat conservation, disease research, transplanting programs, and hunting heritage. Works on USFS, BLM, and NPS lands in western mountains.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN HABITAT FOR THE NORTHERN AMERICAN WILD SHEEP TO BENEFIT OF HUNTERS AND NON HUNTERS”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Keeping the wild alive
$2.2MTO SECURE AND MAINTAIN HABITAT FOR THE NORTHERN AMERICAN WILD SHEEP, TO BENEFIT OF HUNTERS AND NON NUNTERS
Read it as they filed it
TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN HABITAT FOR THE NORTHERN AMERICAN WILD SHEEP, TO BENEFIT OF HUNTERS AND NON NUNTERS
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
100 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 Sheep Foundation is nowhere near one.
$2,246,207 programs, $0 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 WSF? Claim this page.
The 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 | $689,491 |
| 2012 | $690,921 |
| 2013 | $651,777 |
| 2014 | $652,633 |
| 2015 | $711,527 |
| 2016 | $682,268 |
| 2017 | $749,158 |
| 2018 | $495,314 |
| 2019 | $716,349 |
| 2020 | $757,360 |
| 2021 | $986,275 |
| 2022 | $1,116,914 |
| 2023 | $1,208,661 |
| 2025 | $2,009,959 |
From $689K in 2011 to $2.0M in FY25, across 14 public filings. The 2025 peak of $2.0M reads like one-time gifts, so trust the line, not the peak.
The record
On the Hill
Wild Sheep Foundation has hired federal lobbyists: 30 filings from 2019 to 2026, naming 2 bills. The filings, at the Senate.
Most filed on natural resources.
Across the 10 states where they work, the congressional delegations average 54 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
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49 years on the ground, 100 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.