Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2020.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
11 people listed on the 990; $192K paid to officers and key staff.
Marla Stark’s $200K as President & Chair of the Board is at the 84th 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marla Stark | $200,210 | $192,436 | $49,230 | — |
| Spencer Collom | $118,150 | — | — | — |
| Toby Suckow | — | — | $112,846 | $106,500 |
| Sara Barnes | $59,377 | — | — | — |
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 The Jmt Wilderness Conservancy executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Protects wilderness, wildlife, and waters along the John Muir Trail.
Questions for The Jmt Wilderness Conservancy
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The mission of the JMT wilderness conservancy is to expand and restore the meadow ecosystems and riparian corridors of the central sierra nevada encompassed by the historic john muir trail, the first and oldest recreational trail in america.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.0M | $3.0M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.2M | $3.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2.2M | $2.8M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $23K | $306K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $192K | $154K | $30K | $8K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $867K | $695K | $135K | $37K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $72K | $58K | $11K | $3K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $159K | $127K | $25K | $7K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $4K | $4K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $42K | $42K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $1.8M | $1.8M | $4K | $34 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $30K | $6K | $22K | $2K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $156K | $143K | $12K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $81K | $75K | $6K | $112 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $3K | $3K | $217 | $4 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $8K | $8K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $123K | $56K | $38K | $29K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $7K | $1K | $5K | $368 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $3.5M | $3.1M | $343K | $87K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 11, 2026 | $4.9M | $4.4M | $451K | $757K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 7, 2025 | $3.8M | $3.5M | $283K | $306K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2024 | $2.2M | $2.3M | −$105K | $23K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 10, 2023 | $967K | $1.2M | −$226K | $128K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jun 13, 2022 | $1.1M | $772K | $354K | $354K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,780,729 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 9 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,780,729 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,498,004 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,144,637 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $305,651 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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