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Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust

“Conserve Wyoming’s ranchlands and open spaces.”

25 years on the ground, 121 conservation easements held.

Home groundCheyenne, WY
Founded2001
Tax status501(c)(3)
Led byChristine Adams

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The work

What they do

Land trust conserving working ranch lands adjacent to national forests and BLM. Protects wildlife migration corridors and open spaces.

Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “Natural habitat conservation and sustainable agriculture.” as filed.

Where the money went, FY2025

The work, and what it cost

To support the conservation of Wyoming’s ranchlands through

$380K, 44% of spending

To support the conservation of Wyoming’s ranchlands through the use of agriculture conservation easements.

Read it as they filed it
TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION OF WYOMING'S RANCHLANDS THROUGH THE USE OF AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.

IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.

Follow the dollar

44 cents of every dollar goes to the work

44¢
44¢ the work39¢ keeping the lights on17¢ raising the next dollar

One year’s split is a snapshot, not a verdict. Splits swing hard with land deals, grants, and campaign timing.

$380,008 programs, $338,222 management, $142,604 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.

The people

Who does the work

9paid staff
11volunteers last year
10board members
Christine AdamsExecutive DirectorVolunteer, $0
Jessica CrowderFormer ExecutiveComp $111,192, FY2025
Marissa TaylorBoard ChairVolunteer, 3.3 hrs a week, $0

Chairs the 10-member board.

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 If it’s out of date, tell us.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 the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust? Claim this page.

Those 11 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust is holding your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.

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The filings

14 years of filings

Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.

$10M$20M$751K FY2520112025
Total revenue by fiscal year
YearRevenue
2011$667,860
2012$8,493,530
2013$6,738,743
2014$2,152,218
2015$4,198,043
2016$10,740,879
2017$1,643,842
2018$4,451,118
2019$25,098,894
2020$5,987,232
2021$2,060,147
2022$3,815,897
2023$6,709,540
2025$751,371

From $668K in 2011 to $751K in FY25, across 14 public filings (none on record for 2024). 2019, at $25.1M, stands well above the other years on file.

Their ground

The land they hold

121conservation easements held
300,737acres under them
$15Kspent enforcing them, FY2025

As filed on Schedule D of the FY2025 return. An easement is a permanent deed restriction the trust must monitor and defend, 1,031 staff hours of it last year.

The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.

Where and what
Federal landsU.S. Forest Service · Bureau of Land Management
Active inWyoming
The family, on the record

Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust files 2 related organizations on its return: Wyoming Stock Growers Association (501C5) and Wyoming Stock Growers Endow Trust (501C3). A related organization shares people or purpose; it does not share the books.

Who writes the rules where they work

The Wyoming congressional delegation averages 3 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard

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Ways in

How to help

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The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.

Sources and methodFinancials, headcounts, and program text: IRS Form 990, FY2025 and 13 prior filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, EIN 83-6047954. Leadership and compensation: Form 990 Part VII and the return’s signature block, FY2025 filing. Related organizations: Schedule R of the same filing, matched to our directory by EIN. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-27. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.