Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1995.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
4 people listed on the 990-EZ; $145K paid to officers and key staff.
Brooks Fahy’s $145K as Executive Director is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1221 $100K–1M animals 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Fahy | $145,000 | $145,010 | $145,000 | $95,000 | $95,000 |
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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Programs and updates
Advocates for native predators, teaching coexistence and ending wildlife conflict.
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General Support and Public Education
Ongoing collaboration, advocacy and outreach with the public, the media, elected officials, state and federal wildlife agency personnel, and environmental/conservation groups to end America's war on wildlife and promote science-based, common sense approaches for people and predators to co-exist.
Predator Protection
OVERVIEW: Continued to speak out against America's wrongful maligning, persecuting and killing of native predators. In March 2023 we took a stand against House GOP "extinction bills" to strip ESA protections for bears and wolves and preclude judiciary review. In August 2023 we joined with 35 groups formally petitioning the Dept.
Wolf Protection
In 2023 we continued our campaign to galvanize public outrage and action to restore federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region where the slaughter of wolves continues unabated, pushing the species to functional extinction.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $175K | $114K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2023 | $314K | $211K | $103K | $156K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $197K | $201K | −$4K | $53K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $140K | $153K | −$14K | $57K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $121K | $187K | −$66K | $71K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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