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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: February 2025 Expires: February 2026

Wildlands Network

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

PO Box 243
Salt Lake City, UT, 84110

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Wildlands Network meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
We are an Environmental Nonprofit that aims to reconnect, restore, and rewild North America through science based initiatives and policy reform.

Year, State Incorporated:
1991, UT

Nature is intimately connected. When one component is changed or lost it can have enduring consequences for the entire system. This interdependence is part of what makes our natural world so remarkable, but also emphasizes the importance of ecosystems remaining intact and unaltered. 
It was this understanding that, in 1991, led Michael Soulé, Reed Noss and other preeminent scientists to establish an organization devoted to the continental-scale conservation of core habitat and migration corridors for wildlife. Known today as Wildlands Network, it shares its founders mission of reconnecting, restoring and rewilding North America for the benefit of all species—people included. Its work is founded in science, driven by fieldwork and furthered through strategic policy and partnerships. 

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Wildlands Network's program expenses were:

Programs $2,491,822
Total Program Expenses $2,491,822

Chair of the Board
Fred Koontz

Board Size
15

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Wildlands Network's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Grants and Contributions $2,981,332
Investment Earnings $11,850
Other $6,532
Total Income $2,999,714

Programs: 79% Fundraising: 5% Administrative: 16%

Total Income $2,999,714
Total expenses: $3,162,414
  Program expenses $2,491,822
  Fundraising expenses $150,857
  Administrative expenses $519,735
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-162,700
Beginning Net Assets $2,501,017
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $2,338,317
Total Liabilities $316,536
Total Assets $2,654,853

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Report completed by:
Better Business Bureau Serving the Pacific Southwest