Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1984.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
64 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
28 people listed on the 990; $190K paid to officers and key staff.
Jenn Mackey’s $93K as Interim Executive Director (co-Ed Sep-Dec) is at the 22nd 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Epperson | — | $97,303 | $95,150 | $95,150 | $80,512 | — |
| Jenn Mackey | $93,276 | $74,648 | — | — | — | — |
| Richard J Bowers | — | — | — | — | — | $87,675 |
| Alex Jeffers | $86,046 | $63,139 | — | — | — | — |
| Gabriel Epperson | — | — | — | — | — | $66,671 |
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
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Preserves and cares for natural lands for future generations.
Questions for Whatcom Land Trust
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Legal Securement of Land
Permanent land protections are secured through outright purchases, gifts and transfers, including those that have created 15 parks and preserves, the establishment of conservation easements for farmland, wildlife habitat, and other purposes.
Legal Securement of Land
Permanent land protections are secured through outright purchases, gifts and transfers, including those that have created 15 parks and preserves, the establishment of conservation easements for farmland, wildlife habitat, and other purposes.
Land stewardship and restoration that increase landscape connectivity, improve ecosystem biodiversity and restore natural systems to support the recovery of key fish and wildlife species. In fiscal year 2022, the Trust monitored, managed, and reported on 6,000 acres of Trust-owned property across Whatcom County; worked with over 100…
Land stewardship and restoration that increase landscape connectivity, improve ecosystem biodiversity and restore natural systems to support the recovery of key fish and wildlife species. In fiscal year 2022, the Trust monitored, managed, and reported on 6,000 acres of Trust-owned property across Whatcom County; worked with over 100…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $2.2M | $1.7M | $548K | $32.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $2.4M | $1.4M | $978K | $31.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $1.9M | $1.1M | $751K | $30.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $2.6M | $1.1M | $1.5M | $30.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $3.3M | $970K | $2.3M | $29.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $2.4M | $1.0M | $1.4M | $26.8M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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