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Selway-Bitterroot Foundation INC FY2022 filing

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Boise, ID501(c)(3)Since 2010Environment EIN 27-2868220Revenue $716K in FY2022

On file with the IRSselwaybitterroot.org322 E Front St Ste 401, 83702-7373 · Boise, IDTax-exempt since Sep 2010Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To connect citizens and communities to assist in the stewardship of the Selway-Bitterroot and frank church river of no return wilderness and surrounding wildlands.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$81K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $53K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$81K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $18K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$27K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$716K
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$572K
To programs
81%
Net assets
$446K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$716K
FY2022▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$489K
FY2021$632K
FY2022$716K
FY2023$654K
FY2024$816K
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$572K
FY2022▲ +0.6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$433K
FY2021$568K
FY2022$572K
FY2023$724K
FY2024$825K
FY2025$1.0M
Net assets
$446K
FY2022▲ +48%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$238K
FY2021$302K
FY2022$446K
FY2023$374K
FY2024$370K
FY2025$502K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2010.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $461K Management & general 15% · $86K Fundraising 4% · $25K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $81K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Sally Ferguson
Executive Director
$80,600Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Nancy Feldman
Past Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Joni Stright
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Carlos Diaz
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jane Holman
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ed Krumpe
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tom Kovalicky
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ryan Ghelfi’s $102K as Executive Director is at the 30th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ryan Ghelfi$102,125$92,500$76,927———
Sally Ferguson——$24,970$80,600$78,000$76,145

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Leads volunteer wilderness projects, educates on wildland values, and mentors future leaders.

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2 programs · $461K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Training of wilderness steward interns.

$231Kprogram expense
02

Coordination, support, and training of volunteers for wilderness trail maintenance and improvement.

$231Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
National Wilderness Stewardship AllianceFY2025$18K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$18K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$716K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$693K
Other incomeLn 4–11$18K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$572K
Ln 25
Programscol B$461K
Managementcol C$86K
Fundraisingcol D$25K
Owns and owesPt X
$446K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$426K
Total assetsLn 16$474K
LiabilitiesLn 26$27K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$693K
Government grantsLn 1e$350K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$18K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$889
Total revenueLn 12$716K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$149K
SavingsLn 2$277K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$426K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Total assetsLn 16$474K
LiabilitiesLn 26$27K
Net assetsLn 32$446K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$259K$426K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$19K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$316K$474K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K$27K
Net assetsLn 32$302K$446K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5K$5K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$83K$67K$13K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$203K$163K$30K$10K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$1K$248$83
Other employee benefitsLn 9$28K$22K$4K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$32K$25K$5K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$20$15$5
Accounting feesLn 11c$27K$27K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$6K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$4K$1K$540
Information technologyLn 14$8K$6K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$10K$10K
TravelLn 17$38K$34K$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$2K$430$430
InsuranceLn 23$337$337
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$103K$102K$398$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$15K$890$755
Total functional expensesLn 25$572K$461K$86K$25K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.1M$1.0M$132K$502K 990 PDF
FY2024 $816K$825K−$10K$370K 990 PDF
FY2023 $654K$724K−$69K$374K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $716K$572K$144K$446K 990 PDF
FY2021 $632K$568K$64K$302K 990 PDF
FY2020 $489K$433K$56K$238K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $716,067 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $612,530$693,428
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,175$4,948
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $15,062$17,691
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $631,767$716,067
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$4,950
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $358,418$347,829
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $209,731$218,991
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $568,149$571,770
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $63,618$144,297
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $716,067 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,534 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$33,758
VIII-1e Government grants$349,606
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$310,064
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$693,428
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,837$5,837
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$889−$889
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $16,157$16,157
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,534 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $21,105$716,067
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $571,770 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,950$4,950
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $66,734 · Management $12,513 · Fundraising $4,171$83,418
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $162,583 · Management $30,485 · Fundraising $10,161$203,229
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,324 · Management $248 · Fundraising $83$1,655
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $22,124 · Management $4,148 · Fundraising $1,383$27,655
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,498 · Management $4,780 · Fundraising $1,594$31,872
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $15 · Management $5$20
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $26,791$26,791
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,086 · Management $2,028$8,114
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,777 · Management $1,079 · Fundraising $540$5,396
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,618 · Fundraising $2,407$8,025
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,715$9,715
IX-17 TravelPrograms $34,186 · Management $1,899 · Fundraising $1,899$37,984
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,006 · Management $430 · Fundraising $430$2,866
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $337$337
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $101,746 · Management $398 · Fundraising $1,197$103,341
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,757 · Management $890 · Fundraising $755$16,402
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $461,119 · Management $86,031 · Fundraising $24,620$571,770
Part X · Balance sheet $473,838 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $145,894$148,933
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $113,244$277,424
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $37,582$45,140
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $475$475
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $18,718$1,866
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $315,913$473,838
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,844$27,472
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $13,844$27,472
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $302,069$446,366
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $302,069$446,366
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $315,913$473,838
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $446,366 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$716,067
XI-2 Total expenses$571,770
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$144,297
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$302,069
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$446,366

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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