Nonprofit · EIN 94-3015360
MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · SACRAMENTO, CA 95812
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $725,489 | $1,217,258 | -$491,769 | $2,379,810 | $79,713 | $2,300,097 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $883,759 | $1,068,391 | -$184,632 | $2,726,034 | $117,634 | $2,608,400 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $669,149
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $56,340
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $153,257
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $102,292
- Other salaries and wages
- $521,822
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $763,123
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $43,971
- Accounting fees
- $56,747
- Occupancy
- $31,527
- Travel
- $38,479
- Program services (functional)
- $947,843
- Management and general (functional)
- $195,138
- Fundraising (functional)
- $74,277
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,726,034
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,379,810
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $79,713
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,300,097
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,220,790
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,119,784
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $180,313
- Gross receipts
- $725,489
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 27
- Year formed
- 1986
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Lyles | Executive | 40 | $102,292 |
| Bob McCoy | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Chris Tromborg | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Toby Cooper | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Don Molde | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Fauna Tomlinson | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Sullivan | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce Rylander | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| John Ziegler | Director Officer | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRENT LYLES | EXECUTIVE DIR Officer | 40 | $98,335 | $11,717 |
| BOB MCCOY | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE RYLANDER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DR DONALD MOLDE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DR CHRIS TROMBORG | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH SULLIVAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TOBY COOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FAUNA TOMLINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1896, SACRAMENTO, CA 95812-1896
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Bob McCoy, 2180 N Street 9230, Sacramento, CA 95816
- Signed the 990
- Bob McCoy, Chairman
- Phone
- (916) 442-2666
- Website
- mountainlion.org
- Return prepared by
- Bilotta CPA LLC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-3015360 or by the name MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
The Mountain Lion Foundation's mission is to ensure that mountain lions survive and flourish in the wild. We do this work by championing broad protections for mountain lions and their habitats across the United States, fostering appreciation of mountain lions and the ecological significance, and cultivating proactive, community-based co-existence for people and lions.
Program accomplishments
- PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY The Mountain Lion Foundation champions broad protections for mountain lions across the United States. Working with policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels, we empower our members and partners to advocate for strong protections for mountain lions and their habitats. From supporting measures that reduce human-wildlife conflict to pushing for stronger, science-based regulations on hunting and trapping, we are on the front lines, making sure mountain lions voices are heard. In fiscal year 20242025, the Mountain Lion Foundation, along with its members and partners, continued to advocate for proactive, science-based protections for mountain lions in almost every western state.Expenses $447,011 · grants $46,906
- OUTREACH AND EDUCATION The Mountain Lion Foundation fosters appreciation of mountain lions and their ecological significance. Mountain lions are an indispensable keystone species. However, like many top carnivores, mountain lions suffer from some widely held, but false and harmful misconceptions. Our educational outreach dispels those myths and misinformation and helps people to see mountain lions as a vital apex species deserving preservation rather than exploitation. In fiscal year 2024-2025, the Mountain Lion Foundation reached more people across the country than ever before through its strategic engagement of audiences via in person presentations, refocused social media, the website, revamped emails, new webinar content, and publications. The publication was the essential guide to recent scientific research on mountain lions.Expenses $350,592 · revenue $9,172
- COEXISTENCE THE - Mountain Lion Foundation cultivates proactive, community-based coexistence for the protection of both people and lions. We work in communities across the United States to highlight the fact that living with lions is not just possible, but simple. The Mountain Lion Foundation provides information, tools, and advice about protecting lions to a range of people families, farmers and ranchers, state agency personnel, journalists, rural decision makers, and more to help communities live peacefully among lions, address cougar encounters as they occur and give mountain lions everything they need to flourish. In fiscal year 2024-2025, the Mountain Lion Foundation responded with protective information and advice to many dozens of incidents across the country such as lion sightings, suspected depredations, and lion mortalities. We also disseminated information to hobby farmers and other members of the producer community that helped them coexist peacefully with their lion neighbors.Expenses $145,925
- LOBBYING - In 20242025, the Mountain Lion Foundation achieved notable advocacy milestones by opposing harmful legislative efforts like Californias SB 818, supporting Colorados Proposition 91 to ban mountain lion trophy hunting, and actively participating in state legislative hearings (e.g., SB 427). They expanded public engagement through their Coexistence Ambassador Program in 11 states and reinforced legal advocacy through efforts such as a lawsuit against Utahs H.B. 469 Wildlife Related Amendments. Their strategies combined grassroots mobilization, expert testimony, educational campaigns, and legal action to influence public policy and protect mountain lions.Expenses $4,315
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 94-3015360
- 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
- 1986
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D013)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,379,810
- Income (IRS master file)
- $725,489
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $725,489 | $1,217,258 | $2,379,810 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $883,759 | $1,068,391 | $2,726,034 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $734,843 | $700,474 | $2,721,919 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $505,393 | $817,590 | $2,483,549 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | 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 94-3015360).
Questions about MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION is 94-3015360.
- Is MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1986.
- Are donations to MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION 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 MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Bob McCoy.
- Who are the officers and directors of MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 9 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $102,292 (Brent Lyles, Executive).
- How much revenue does MOUNTAIN LION FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $725,489, expenses of $1,217,258 and total assets of $2,379,810 at year end.
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