Nonprofit · EIN 94-3202140
WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC
Tax-exempt · HAILEY, ID 83333
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,073,382 | $2,000,862 | $72,520 | $629,223 | $8,600 | $620,623 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,914,801 | $2,124,763 | -$209,962 | $553,894 | $5,791 | $548,103 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,705,061 | $1,557,029 | $148,032 | $764,278 | $6,213 | $758,065 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,914,271
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $18,065
- Net rental income
- $4,852
- Other revenue
- $141,046
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $104,993
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,241,717
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,663,819
- Professional fundraising fees
- $915
- Legal fees
- $104,640
- Accounting fees
- $18,846
- Occupancy
- $29,001
- Travel
- $54,511
- Depreciation
- $3,639
- Program services (functional)
- $1,698,723
- Management and general (functional)
- $243,123
- Fundraising (functional)
- $59,016
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $553,894
- Total assets, end of year
- $629,223
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,600
- Net assets, end of year
- $620,623
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,123
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $570,623
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $50,000
- Gross receipts
- $2,073,382
- Employees
- 18
- Year formed
- 1993
- State of legal domicile
- ID
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERIK MOLVAR | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $104,993 | $17,363 |
| ROSE CHILCOAT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| HELENA EDELSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ARTEMIS EYSTER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE HAYES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES HOLT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALLISON JONES | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN PERSELL | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TOM RIBE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY ROTH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERIK MOLVAR | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $97,197 | $14,465 |
| DR JOHN CARTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSE CHILCOAT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ARTEMIS EYSTER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR BRUCE HAYSE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES HOLT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALLISON JONES | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| LOUISE WAGENKNECHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| KELLY WESTON | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERIK MOLVAR | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $98,544 | $3,942 |
| ARTEMIS EYSTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| DR JOHN CARTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| DR BRUCE HAYSE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| KELLY WESTON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| ALLISON JONES | VICE-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSE CHILCOAT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| LOUISE WAGENKNECHT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1770, HAILEY, ID 83333-1770
- In care of
- % TERI STEWART
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ERIK MOLVAR, PO BOX 1770, HAILEY, ID 833331770
- Signed the 990
- ERIK MOLVAR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (208) 788-2290
- Return prepared by
- BOUNTIFUL PEAK ADVISORS
Mission
TO PROTECT AND RESTORE WESTERN WATERSHEDS AND WILDLIFE THROUGH EDUCATION, PUBLIC POLICY INTIATIVES AND LEGAL ADVOCACY.
Program accomplishments
- MONITORING - IDENTIFY DAMAGED WATERSHEDS AND DOCUMENT ABUSIVE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. REPORT THE FOLLOWING: - LIVESTOCK NUMBERS ON GRAZING ALLOTMENTS - TURNOUT TIMES - ABUSIVE GRAZING - DEGREDATION OF STREAMS AND STREAM BANKS - DESTRUCTION OF RIPARIAN AND UPLAND HABITAT - DEGREDATION OF CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND SCENIS RESOURCES - ILLEGAL DIVERSIONS OF WATER - NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO WILDERNESS VALUES, ROADLESS AREAS, WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND DESIGNATED WILDERNESS.Expenses $951,285
- RESTORATION AND EDUCATION - WESTERN WATERHEDS PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY BRINGS THE ORGANIZATION'S CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN TO TEH ATTENTION OF NATIONAL PRESS AND POLICYMAKERS. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, MORE THAN 450 NEWS STORIES HAVE APPEARED ABOUT THE WORK OF WWP.Expenses $407,694
- LITIGATION - PROTECT IMPERILED WILDLIFE, PUBLIC LANDS, AND WESTERN WATERSHEDS THROUGH VIGOROUS LITIGATION UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, CLEAN WATER ACT, FEDERAL LAND POLICY MANAGEMENT ACT, AND OTHER STATUTES THAT PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS OVER 4,000 ACREAS OF SCHOOL ENDOWMENT LAND LEASEHOLDS OBTAINED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING THAT ARE BEING MANAGED FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT AND CONSERVATION PURPOSES.Expenses $339,744
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 94-3202140
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1994
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C013)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $629,223
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,073,382
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $2,073,382 | $2,000,862 | $629,223 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,914,801 | $2,124,763 | $553,894 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,705,061 | $1,557,029 | $764,278 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,526,916 | $1,555,276 | $624,850 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 94-3202140).
Questions about WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC
- What is the EIN of WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC is 94-3202140.
- Is WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
- Are donations to WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ERIK MOLVAR.
- Who are the officers and directors of WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $104,993 (ERIK MOLVAR, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,073,382, expenses of $2,000,862 and total assets of $629,223 at year end.
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