Mountain Journal INC FY2023 filing

Bozeman, MTUnknown exempt organizationEIN 82-1846471Revenue $330K in FY2023

On file with the IRSmountainjournal.orgPo Box 11251 · Bozeman, MT

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Mountain Journal is a powerful voice for public interest journalism and is devoted to celebrating and defending public land heritage of America and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$148K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4K a year · 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$148K
to officers and key staff · 29% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 29% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $54K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$330K
-33% vs prior year
Spent
$513K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$156K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$330K
FY2023▼ -33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$305K
FY2021$321K
FY2022$490K
FY2023$330K
FY2024$149K
Expenses
$513K
FY2023▲ +41%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$213K
FY2021$340K
FY2022$364K
FY2023$513K
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$156K
FY2023▼ -52%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$214K
FY2021$195K
FY2022$321K
FY2023$156K
FY2024−$107K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

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

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $381K Management & general 14% · $71K Fundraising 12% · $62K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $148K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder/Publisher
$148,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Todd Wilkinson—$148,000$145,615——
Joseph O'Connor$106,563————
Todd Wilkinson Ink Co———$97,581—
Emilie Saunders————$48,000

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

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Advocates for public lands and journalism, celebrating and defending heritage.

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1 program · $364K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Mountain journal is an independent on-line publication created to inform and expand public discourse on critical and timely conservation issues in the greater yellowstone ecosystem (gye) including impacts across the northern rockie.

$364Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$330K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$222K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$108K
Investment incomeLn 3$110
Money outPt IX
$513K
Ln 25
Programscol B$381K
Managementcol C$71K
Fundraisingcol D$62K
Owns and owesPt X
$156K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$156K
Total assetsLn 16$157K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a0
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$108K
Investment incomeLn 3$110
Other incomeLn 4–11$222K
Total revenueLn 12$330K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$146K
SavingsLn 2$10K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$156K
Total assetsLn 16$157K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$156K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 664
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$321K$156K
Total assetsLn 16$325K$157K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$1K
Net assetsLn 32$321K$156K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$10K$10K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$361K$250K$63K$49K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$10K$8K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$21K$5K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$500$500
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$37K$36K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$8K$1K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$7K$7K$209$30
TravelLn 17$7K$5K$17$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$1K$38$66
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$17K$17K$100$210
Total functional expensesLn 25$513K$381K$71K$62K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $149K−$107K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $330K$513K−$184K$156K 990 PDF
FY2022 $490K$364K$126K$321K 990 PDF
FY2021 $321K$340K−$19K$195K 990 PDF
FY2020 $305K$213K$92K$214K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $329,744 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $489,846$108,000
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$110
I-11 Other revenue$221,634
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $489,846$329,744
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$10,038
I-15 Salaries and benefits$401,044
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expenses$102,229
I-18 Total expenses$513,311
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $489,846−$183,567
Part VI · Governance no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body0
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $329,744 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $114 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$108,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$108,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $110$110
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $221,366$221,520
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $221,476$329,744
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $513,311 across 14 lines filed
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $10,038$10,038
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $250,010 · Management $62,534 · Fundraising $48,790$361,334
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,444 · Fundraising $1,593$10,037
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,909 · Management $4,887 · Fundraising $3,877$29,673
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $4,002$4,002
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $500$500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $36,232 · Management $1,083$37,315
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,462$7,462
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,720 · Management $1,480 · Fundraising $5,456$14,656
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $6,511 · Management $209 · Fundraising $30$6,750
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,996 · Management $17 · Fundraising $1,748$6,761
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,495 · Management $38 · Fundraising $66$1,599
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,271$6,271
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,603 · Management $100 · Fundraising $210$16,913
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $380,693 · Management $70,848 · Fundraising $61,770$513,311
Part X · Balance sheet $156,730 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $321,126$145,800
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9$9,803
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $3,577$1,127
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $324,712$156,730
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,586$1,127
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,586$1,127
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $321,126$155,603
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $324,712$156,730
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $155,603 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$329,744
XI-2 Total expenses$513,311
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$183,567
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$321,126
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$18,044
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$155,603

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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