Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1984.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
6 people listed on the 990-EZ.
Clyde Lovett’s $2K as Director, Website Management and Special Projects is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 135 <$100K 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
| Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Lovett | $1,944 | $15,350 | — |
| Wendy Shattil | — | — | $750 |
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.
See Cloud Ridge Naturalists executive salaries →On this list? Claim this org
Something off? Claim to add context
Programs and updates
Educates about nature and publishes environmental science books, donating all profits.
Questions for Cloud Ridge Naturalists
Your first name shows with your question. Cloud Ridge Naturalists answers here, for everyone.
Know this org? Add your story
Book 1
Pacific Flyway: Water Bird Migration from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego (2020, Sasquatch Books, Seattle); authors Audrey DeLella Benedict, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, and Robert W Butler. ISBN: 978-1-63217-134-4 (Library of Congress); Nautilus Silver Award winner in Environmental Nonfiction.
Book 4
The Naturalist Guide to the Southern Rockies: Colorado, Southern Wyoming, and Northern New Mexico (originally published by sierra club books in 1991; printed and released again by falcon publishing in 2008; revised and re-printed from 2010 to present by Cloud Ridge Publishing).
Book 2
Salish Sea: Jewel of the Pacific Northwest (2015, Sasquatch Books and Cloud Ridge Publishing, Seattle authors Audrey DeLella Benedict (Cloud Ridge Naturalists) and Joseph K. Gaydos (SeaDoc Society). ISBN: 978-1-57061-9 85-4 (Library of Congress). Nautilus Gold Award winner.
By the numbers
The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.
Download 990
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $55K | $244K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2023 | $75K | $210K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2022 | $104K | $146K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2021 | Not on file | ||||
| FY2020 | $104K | $67K | $37K | $105K | 990 PDF |
More to add? Claim this org
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit
Names, privacy, and removal requests More
The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.
Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.
We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.
Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.
If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.
Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.
If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.
Your org? Add context
Made it to the end? Claim this org