Nonprofit · EIN 83-2290091
THE WYLDLIFE FUND
Tax-exempt · BUFFALO, WY 82834
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $5,351,996 | $2,727,609 | $2,624,387 | $5,746,418 | $0 | $5,746,418 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,512,050 | $2,268,358 | $1,243,692 | $3,157,154 | $0 | $3,157,154 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,851,457 | $1,675,089 | $176,368 | $1,937,587 | $8,340 | $1,929,247 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,589,081
- of which government grants
- $60,651
- Program service revenue
- $363,652
- Investment income
- $151,345
- Net income from fundraising events
- $247,918
- Other revenue
- $247,918
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $2,103,768
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $173,949
- Other salaries and wages
- $19,734
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $204,616
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $18,950
- Occupancy
- $5,600
- Travel
- $16,789
- Program services (functional)
- $2,450,612
- Management and general (functional)
- $140,979
- Fundraising (functional)
- $136,018
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,157,154
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,746,418
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $5,746,418
- Publicly traded securities
- $713,990
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $834,643
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,911,775
- Gross receipts
- $5,438,213
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 85
- Year formed
- 2019
- State of legal domicile
- WY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER MCBARNES | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $144,226 | $26,722 |
| MARK WILSON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JANET MARSCHNER | TREASURER/SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PETE DUBE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TAYLOR PHILLIPS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG HILL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FAITH HAMLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN MASTERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGI BRUCE | EX OFFICIO DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRIS MCBARNES | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $138,001 | $11,027 |
| MARK WILSON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JANET MARSCHNER | TREASURER/SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RALPH BROKAW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETE DUBE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TAYLOR PHILLIPS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG HILL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FAITH HAMLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN NESVIK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGI BRUCE | EX OFFICIO DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRIS MCBARNES | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $135,188 | $11,931 |
| MARK WILSON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JANET MARSCHNER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PENELOPE MALDONADO | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETE DUBE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TAYLOR PHILLIPS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG HILL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FAITH HAMLIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN NESVIK | EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRAIN TYRRELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 890, BUFFALO, WY 82834-0890
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- BREANNA BALL, 137 NORTH MAIN ST, BUFFALO, WY 82834
- Signed the 990
- BREANNA BALL, VICE PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (307) 634-2994
- Website
- HTTPS://THEWYLDLIFEFUND.ORG/
- Return prepared by
- MHP ADVISORY SERVICES LLC
Mission
TO UNITE PEOPLE TO ADVANCE WYOMING WILDLIFE HABITAT, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION.
Program accomplishments
- WILDLIFE AND ROADWAYS INITIATIVE: SUPPORTING THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT AND THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WILDLIFE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS ACROSS WYOMING. BY INVESTING IN STATEWIDE PRIORITY WILDLIFE OVERPASSES, UNDERPASSES, AND EXCLUSIONARY FENCING, WE AIM TO ENHANCE SAFETY FOR BOTH DRIVERS AND WILDLIFE, ENSURING A SMOOTHER JOURNEY FOR ALL.Expenses $910,706 · grants $910,706
- HABITAT ENHANCEMENTS: INVESTING IN ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN VITAL HABITATS AND MIGRATION CORRIDORS FOR WYOMING'S WILDLIFE. EFFORTS INCLUDE COMBATING INVASIVE ANNUAL GRASSES, INSTALLING WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY FENCING, RESTORING STREAMBEDS, ENHANCING WETLANDS, AND IMPLEMENTING OTHER PRACTICAL MEASURES THAT PROMOTE WILDLIFE HEALTH AND IMPROVE HABITAT CONNECTIVITY.Expenses $1,069,851 · grants $1,069,851
- WESTERN CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: A DYNAMIC PROGRAM WHICH BUILDS LEADERSHIP CAPACITY FOR A DIVERSITY OF PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION FOR THE FUTURE. IN 2020, THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED AFTER IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT NATIONAL AND OTHERLEADERSHIP PROGRAMS WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR CONSERVATION TRAINING.Expenses $376,942 · grants $91,500 · revenue $363,652
- INSPIRE A KID: TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF OUTDOOR CONSERVATIONISTS AND LEADERS. SUPPORTING A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE INSPIRE A KID CAMPS HOSTED BY THE WYLDLIFE FUND AND THE MAURY BROWN KIDS FISHING DAY. ADDITIONALLY, SUPPORTING INSPIRE A KID INITIATIVES THROUGH THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT TO HELP ACHIEVE THIS CRITICAL GOAL.Expenses $93,113 · grants $31,711 · revenue $151,345
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 83-2290091
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,746,418
- Income (IRS master file)
- $5,438,213
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $5,351,996 | $2,727,609 | $5,746,418 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,512,050 | $2,268,358 | $3,157,154 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,851,457 | $1,675,089 | $1,937,587 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,337,686 | $1,007,383 | $1,761,219 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 83-2290091).
Questions about THE WYLDLIFE FUND
- What is the EIN of THE WYLDLIFE FUND?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE WYLDLIFE FUND is 83-2290091.
- Is THE WYLDLIFE FUND tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
- Are donations to THE WYLDLIFE FUND tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE WYLDLIFE FUND file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of THE WYLDLIFE FUND due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE WYLDLIFE FUND last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE WYLDLIFE FUND?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names BREANNA BALL.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE WYLDLIFE FUND?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 9 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $144,226 (CHRISTOPHER MCBARNES, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does THE WYLDLIFE FUND have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,351,996, expenses of $2,727,609 and total assets of $5,746,418 at year end.
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