2025-11-11T15:55:09-05:00 2024-12-31 270612219 INTEGRITY SQUARED CPA'S 709 S ALBANY BOLIVAR MO 656132403 990 2024-01-01 271225118 QUAIL AND UPLAND WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC QUAI 4173455960 PO BOX 947 BUFFALO MO 65622 CRAIG ALDERMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4173455960 2025-11-05 true CHELSEA L ABERCROMBIE CPA P01077449 4173262052 2025-11-05 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z DEREK FONG PO BOX 947 BUFFALO MO 65622 166374 false X WWW.QUWF.NET X 2009 MO MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR WILDLIFE AND CLEAN STREAMS, ONE ACRE, ONE STREAM, AT A TIME. 4 4 5 0 80193 111860 71077 54492 18 22 0 151288 166374 2500 0 760 1500 50538 72804 0 0 79141 81381 132939 155685 18349 10689 106819 117059 1785 0 105034 117059 X MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR WILDLIFE AND CLEAN STREAMS, ONE ACRE, ONE STREAM, AT A TIME. false false 22296 19596 QUWF NATIONAL WILDLIFE SEED PROGRAM CONTINUES AS A CRITICAL PORTION OF QUWF. IT IS DISTRIBUTED TO BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONSERVATION NGO'S AND STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES AS A FOOD SOURCE FOR ALL UPLAND WILDLIFE, AND SONGBIRDS. THE SEED IS NOT TO BE USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES OR FOR CROP HARVEST. THE SEED IS PROVIDED AT TRANSPORTATION COST ONLY FROM THE SEED MILLS ONLY WHICH IS AN 85 TO 95% SAVINGS TO THE LANDOWNER, STATE OR OTHER NGO. COVID DID CAUSE AND STILL CAUSES A SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGE AS THIS SEED IS THE EXCESS NOT PURCHASED BY AG CUSTOMERS. IN 2023, 1760 , 80 POUND BAGS, WERE DELIVERED WHICH PLANTED 1,000 ACRES OF NEW WILDLIFE FOOD SOURCES, AND AFFECTING 20,000 ADDITIONAL ACRES. SINCE 2010, THE QUWF SEED PROGRAM HAS DELIVERED 180 TRACTOR TRAILER LOADS, WITH A VALUE OF 5,400,000.00. IT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND PLANTED ON OVER 375,619 ACRES IN 21 DIFFERENT STATES AFFECTING OVER 7,512,192 MILLION ACRES FOR WILDLIFE. AG VALUE (COP OR FEED) OF THE SEED CORN TODAY (2024) IS 819.00 PER BAG. 13270 4410 THE RESTOCKING OF THE WILD RUFF GROUSE BEGAN WITH 300 BIRDS RELOCATED IN 2018, 2020 AND 2021. OVER 115,000 ACRES OF PRIVATE LANDS WERE HEAVILY MANAGED WITH TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT AND 10,000 ACRES OF THE MISSOURI DEPT. OF CONSERVATION. THE VALUE OF THE SUM 110 LANDOWNERS IS CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED AT OVER 18 MIL, THE QUWF GROUSE CHAPTER AND QUWF HAVE INVESTED NEARLY 2.0 MIL AND THE STATE OF MO OVER 2 MILLION. THE RUFF GROUSE WAS NEAR EXPIRATION (EXTINCTION) IN MO, IT WAS AND IS A NATIVE SPECIES. THE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WITH QUWF COMMITTED TO 25 ADDITIONAL YEARS OF HABITAT WORK TO PROVIDE A SOLID FUTURE OF THE SPECIE IN MO. THE MDC PROVIDES A STATE GRANT TO FUND A FULL-TIME BIOLOGIST AT QUWF TO MANAGE THE TWO CONSERVATION COOPS IN MISSOURI AND TO WORK WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS FOR QUAIL AND UPLAND HABITAT RESTORATION. THESE COOPS REPRESENT OVER 120,000 ACRES OF HABITAT UNDER INTENSE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES GUIDED BY QUWF. QUWF IS CONDUCTING A 3-YEAR GROUND NESTING BIRD PREDATORY STUDY (2023 WAS YEAR 1) TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF PREDATORS ON THE CRITICALLY LOW POPULATIONS OF QUAIL AND TURKEY NEST SURVIVAL. QUWF HAS INSTITUTED A NEW INTERN PROGRAM USING COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH THE COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS, TO POST SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION ON VARIOUS WILDLIFE SPECIES, THEIR HABITAT REQUIREMENTS, POPULATION DENSITIES, AND GENERAL EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC 107388 142346 CHAPTER CONSERVATION HABITAT WORK WITH HIGH DESERT GUZZLERS IN THE WEST IS ONGOING. QUWF MAINTAINS 280 HIGH DESERT GUZZLERS (WATER GATHERING DEVICES FOR WILDLIFE) IN 4 STATES THAT AFFECT MILLIONS OF ACRES OF SENSITIVE HABITAT. EACH GUZZLER IS WORTH 8,500.00. MAINTENANCE OR NEW GUZZLER COSTS ARE BORN BY THE CHAPTERS AND QUWF FUNDRAISERS. ALL LABOR IS DONATED. ANOTHER QUWF COOP IN CENTRAL OREGON HAS EXCEPTIONAL SUCCESS IN RESTORING AND PRESERVING A 500+ ACRE LOCATION INCLUDING BRINGING A WATER LINE IN FOR THE WILDLIFE, PLANTING COVER TREES AND FOOD PLOTS FOR DEER, ELK, CHUKAR, MOUNTAIN QUAIL, PHEASANT AND MULE DEER. EACH YEAR 60 VOLUNTEERS CAMP REMOTELY FOR 4 DAYS TO COMPLETE A MAJOR UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AREA. THIS VOLUNTEER TIME IS WORTH 200,000 ALL BY ITSELF. TOTALLY SPONSORING FFA YOUTH PROGRAMS IN ALL HIGH SCHOOLS IN MANY COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND MISSOURI CONTINUES TO BE THE CORE INVESTMENT OF QUWF CHAPTERS. OUR YOUTH CAMPS CONTINUE TO EXPAND TO NEARLY 2,500 YOUTH IN 2023 WITH HABITAT SEMINARS, YOUTH HUNTS FOR DOVE, DEER, DUCK AND HUNTER SAFETY. 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IT IS DISTRIBUTED TO BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONSERVATION NGO'S AND STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES AS A FOOD SOURCE FOR ALL UPLAND WILDLIFE, AND SONGBIRDS. THE SEED IS NOT TO BE USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES OR FOR CROP HARVEST. THE SEED IS PROVIDED AT TRANSPORTATION COST ONLY FROM THE SEED MILLS ONLY WHICH IS AN 85 TO 95% SAVINGS TO THE LANDOWNER, STATE OR OTHER NGO. COVID DID CAUSE AND STILL CAUSES A SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGE AS THIS SEED IS THE EXCESS NOT PURCHASED BY AG CUSTOMERS. IN 2023, 1760 , 80 POUND BAGS, WERE DELIVERED WHICH PLANTED 1,000 ACRES OF NEW WILDLIFE FOOD SOURCES, AND AFFECTING 20,000 ADDITIONAL ACRES. SINCE 2010, THE QUWF SEED PROGRAM HAS DELIVERED 180 TRACTOR TRAILER LOADS, WITH A VALUE OF 5,400,000.00. IT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND PLANTED ON OVER 375,619 ACRES IN 21 DIFFERENT STATES AFFECTING OVER 7,512,192 MILLION ACRES FOR WILDLIFE. AG VALUE (COP OR FEED) OF THE SEED CORN TODAY (2024) IS 819.00 PER BAG. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B THE RESTOCKING OF THE WILD RUFF GROUSE BEGAN WITH 300 BIRDS RELOCATED IN 2018, 2020 AND 2021. OVER 115,000 ACRES OF PRIVATE LANDS WERE HEAVILY MANAGED WITH TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT AND 10,000 ACRES OF THE MISSOURI DEPT. OF CONSERVATION. THE VALUE OF THE SUM 110 LANDOWNERS IS CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED AT OVER 18 MIL, THE QUWF GROUSE CHAPTER AND QUWF HAVE INVESTED NEARLY 2.0 MIL AND THE STATE OF MO OVER 2 MILLION. THE RUFF GROUSE WAS NEAR EXPIRATION (EXTINCTION) IN MO, IT WAS AND IS A NATIVE SPECIES. THE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WITH QUWF COMMITTED TO 25 ADDITIONAL YEARS OF HABITAT WORK TO PROVIDE A SOLID FUTURE OF THE SPECIE IN MO. THE MDC PROVIDES A STATE GRANT TO FUND A FULL-TIME BIOLOGIST AT QUWF TO MANAGE THE TWO CONSERVATION COOPS IN MISSOURI AND TO WORK WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS FOR QUAIL AND UPLAND HABITAT RESTORATION. THESE COOPS REPRESENT OVER 120,000 ACRES OF HABITAT UNDER INTENSE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES GUIDED BY QUWF. QUWF IS CONDUCTING A 3-YEAR GROUND NESTING BIRD PREDATORY STUDY (2023 WAS YEAR 1) TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF PREDATORS ON THE CRITICALLY LOW POPULATIONS OF QUAIL AND TURKEY NEST SURVIVAL. QUWF HAS INSTITUTED A NEW INTERN PROGRAM USING COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH THE COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS, TO POST SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION ON VARIOUS WILDLIFE SPECIES, THEIR HABITAT REQUIREMENTS, POPULATION DENSITIES, AND GENERAL EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C CHAPTER CONSERVATION HABITAT WORK WITH HIGH DESERT GUZZLERS IN THE WEST IS ONGOING. QUWF MAINTAINS 280 HIGH DESERT GUZZLERS (WATER GATHERING DEVICES FOR WILDLIFE) IN 4 STATES THAT AFFECT MILLIONS OF ACRES OF SENSITIVE HABITAT. EACH GUZZLER IS WORTH 8,500.00. MAINTENANCE OR NEW GUZZLER COSTS ARE BORN BY THE CHAPTERS AND QUWF FUNDRAISERS. ALL LABOR IS DONATED. ANOTHER QUWF COOP IN CENTRAL OREGON HAS EXCEPTIONAL SUCCESS IN RESTORING AND PRESERVING A 500+ ACRE LOCATION INCLUDING BRINGING A WATER LINE IN FOR THE WILDLIFE, PLANTING COVER TREES AND FOOD PLOTS FOR DEER, ELK, CHUKAR, MOUNTAIN QUAIL, PHEASANT AND MULE DEER. EACH YEAR 60 VOLUNTEERS CAMP REMOTELY FOR 4 DAYS TO COMPLETE A MAJOR UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AREA. THIS VOLUNTEER TIME IS WORTH 200,000 ALL BY ITSELF. TOTALLY SPONSORING FFA YOUTH PROGRAMS IN ALL HIGH SCHOOLS IN MANY COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND MISSOURI CONTINUES TO BE THE CORE INVESTMENT OF QUWF CHAPTERS. OUR YOUTH CAMPS CONTINUE TO EXPAND TO NEARLY 2,500 YOUTH IN 2023 WITH HABITAT SEMINARS, YOUTH HUNTS FOR DOVE, DEER, DUCK AND HUNTER SAFETY. WE WORK IN HABITAT OF ELK, MULE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION IS A MEMBER OSUPPORTED ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A ALL MEMBERS ARE VOLUNTEERS, NOT COMPENSATED, MEMBERS CAN ELECT A STATE CHAIRMAN; IF THERE ARE ENOUCH CHAPTERS, OTHERWISE APPOINTED UNTIL THERE ARE ENOUGH CHAPTERS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO MANAGEMENT BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C A REVIEW IS PERFORMED AT THE ANNUAL BOARD EMMBER MEETING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A A COMPARABILITY STUDY WAS PERFORMED USING DATA FROM THREE COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS. QUWF IS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THOSE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. QUWF IS THE PARENT ORGANIZATION FOR THE GROUP FILING AND ENSURES ALL CHAPTERS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS AND THEY ARE FILED UNDER A SEPARATE EIN AS THE GROUP. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 1,336