KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER

Financials

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, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 102, ASHLAND, OR 97520-0004

In care of

% KLANATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

MICHAEL DOTSON, PO BOX 102, ASHLAND, OR 97520

Signed the 990

MICHAEL DOTSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(541) 488-5789

Website

https://www.kswild.org/

Return prepared by

Myra Villella Consulting LLC

Mission

KS Wilds mission is to protect and restore wild nature in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southwest Oregon and northwest California.

Program accomplishments

• Rogue Riverkeeper: Our Rogue Riverkeeper program downsized in 2023, as long-standing grantors and foundations pulled back support following the completion of our campaign on Jordan Cove LNG. However, our personnel still managed to advocate for, and support, measures that promote clean water and fish habitat. Rogue Riverkeeper worked with community members to officially name and protect Blue Heron Creek in Phoenix. We also sought and received protection for a springs complex in the same area that would have been paved and built upon. The unhoused population living along riparian areasespecially along Bear Creek continues to be a challenge that crosses jurisdictions and authorities. As a small non-profit organization, Rogue Riverkeeper participated in collaboratives like the Bear Creek Restoration Initiative where partners including Jackson County and other city representatives work to protect the ecological function of Bear Creek and its riparian area while supporting humane and safe conditions for all community members. We helped pass the Living with Beaver bill that will help private landowners improve waterways and wetlands in the state. Jet boats on the Upper Rogue remained a challenge. Aside from our standard water quality oversight work, Rogue Riverkeeper spent a significant amount of time focused on a community engagement effort around jet boat usage in the upper Rogue River, near Medford. Through a partnership with the state of Oregon and Portland States Oregon Kitchen Table, Rogue Riverkeeper was part of a months-long community engagement project to collect and gather input on recreation and conflicts along a stretch of the upper Rogue where jet boats have been seen more and more. At the heart of the issue was a commercial operator who was working out of a state park without special use permits. Several hundred individuals participated in community meetings and public comment periods to address the impacts of jet boats on the stretch of the Rogue, and Oregons Kitchen Table published a report that helped the Oregon State Marine Board create new guidelines and rules for the use of jet boats in the Rogue River near TouVelle State Park. Rogue Riverkeeper also participated in limited lobbying efforts at the state level, when we helped secure new protections for beavers in Oregon. Rogue Riverkeeper staff sent out numerous action alerts and submitted public testimony at the Oregon statehouse in support of measures that would restrict beaver trapping on public lands throughout the state of Oregon.
  Expenses $128,049
• ForestWatch Program: KS Wild worked with local community groups in the Applegate Valley to address concerns with the Bureau of Land Management proposing to log old-growth forests near the community of Wiliams. KS Wild participated in the public commenting period and made numerous attempts to amend the plan, but the BLM moved forward with what we perceived as illegal steps. In 2024, a federal court sided with KS Wild, claiming the environmental impacts across 19,000 acres of old-growth forests were not sufficiently addressed. In California, KS Wild continued working with the Klamath National Forest to address post-fire restoration efforts in the footprint of the River Complex Fire that burned through 200,000 acres of public forests in 2022. KS Wild supported the agencys efforts to address roadside salvage and limited road reconstruction efforts outside the community of Cecilville. The agency amended many of their proposed actions due to our involvement and limited its work in older forest stands that did not see major impacts from the fire.
  Expenses $89,452
• National Forest Land Management and Planning For the past three years, KS Wild has been working with national and regional partners to address national rule-making efforts that would conserve mature and old-growth forests across the county (including in our region). KS Wild was part of the national Climate Forest coalition, which set out to engage in a rulemaking effort called the National Old-Growth Amendment (NOGA). KS Wild helped deliver more than 1,000 local supportive comments during a comment period in 2024, which saw more than 1 million people nationwide write in support of protecting our mature and old growth forests from industrial logging. NOGA was an effort by the US Forest Service to address conservation priorities on every national forest across the country. KS Wild also worked closely with the Our Great Northwest Forests coalition to address the US Forest Services Northwest Forest Plan Amendment. KS Wild attended, and commented at, numerous Federal Advisory Committee meetings, where public comments were accepted on a proposed amendment to the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan. This effort was intended to modernize the 1994 agreement that covers 18 million acres of national forests in the Pacific Northwest, where the Northern spotted owl calls home. The amendment was focused primarily on climate-smart forestry adaptation, mature and old-growth protections, as well as engaging Tribal communities and nations in decision-making. KS Wild wrote technical comments and submitted them during a 120-day public comment period, which launched in November 2024. Wildlife: As a member of the Southern Oregon Wildlife Crossing Coalition, KS Wild worked in partnership with other groups to help secure funding for the first wildlife overpass in Oregon! The Mariposa Preserve Overcrossing received $33 million in federal funding from the US Highway Administration, which will benefit the construction of a wildlife overpass on Interstate 5 near the Oregon-California border. The planned construction would not start until 2027-2028, but we are working with partners to help host a semi-annual conference to address wildlife crossings and migration routes in the two-state region.
  Expenses $185,157
• ALL OTHER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS & OUTREACH Our Public Lands and You (PLAY) projects focused on small volunteer restoration efforts across US Forest and BLM lands in the region. We hosted several stewardship events with more than 50 volunteers in attendance.. We were able to hone in on key areas of interest where our volunteers and collaboration with the USFS and BLM will make the most impact: Days Gulch Botanical Areas ,Alex Hole (proposed botanical area) , Cascade-Siskiyou National Monuments mardon skipper enclosures and the Mariposa Preserve,Siskiyou Crest meadows.
  Expenses $137,891

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.

IRS record

EIN

93-1246139

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

2000

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Environment (C42)

Assets (IRS master file)

$972,720

Income (IRS master file)

$876,829

Filing history

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 93-1246139).

Questions about KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER

What is the EIN of KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER?

The employer identification number (EIN) of KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER is 93-1246139.

Is KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2000.

Are donations to KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER 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 KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MICHAEL DOTSON.

Who are the officers and directors of KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 9 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $91,000 (MICHAEL DOTSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $841,049, expenses of $770,840 and total assets of $972,720 at year end.

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