ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC (EIN 81-0421425)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-05-13
IRS object ID: 202131339349300043
Schema version: 2020v4.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-05-13T08:47:30-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	410746749	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8390 EAST CRESCENT PARKWAY SUITE	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	300	AddressLine2Txt
City	GREENWOOD VILLAGE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80111	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	810421425	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ROCK	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4065234500	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	MISSOULA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59808	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SHANE CRONK	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO/TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4065234500	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-05-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	SHANE	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	CRONK	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SARAH HINTZ	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00492291	PTIN
Phone	3037795710	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-05-10	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	R KYLE WEAVER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	MISSOULA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59808	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$125,244,652	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Group Exemption	9462	GroupExemptionNum
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.RMEF.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1984	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF ELK, OTHER WILDLIFE, THEIR HABITAT AND OUR HUNTING HERITAGE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	163	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	12000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$1,454,176	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$44,815,965	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$34,143,237	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$10,838,591	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$25,254,990	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,730,485	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$8,364,784	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$620,420	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$649,486	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$59,005,461	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$68,412,497	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$4,636,065	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$4,133,479	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$13,035,318	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$13,126,189	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$313	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$13,705,754	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$35,937,232	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$44,757,918	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$53,608,928	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$62,017,586	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,396,533	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$6,394,911	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$104,253,020	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$115,073,136	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$7,471,808	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$8,699,201	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$96,781,212	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$106,373,935	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MISSION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION (RMEF) IS TO ENSURE THE FUTURE OF ELK, OTHER WILDLIFE, THEIR HABITAT AND OUR HUNTING HERITAGE. OUR MISSION INCLUDES FOUR CORE PROGRAMS; LAND PROTECTION, HUNTING HERITAGE, HABITAT STEWARDSHIP AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$28,636,546	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$19,676,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION: REPRESENTS LAND ACQUISITIONS, CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, LAND EXCHANGES AND DONATIONS, AND HUNTER AND PUBLIC ACCESS RELATED PROJECTS. RMEF IDENTIFIES AND PRIORITIZES THE MOST CRUCIAL ELK WINTER AND SUMMER RANGES, MIGRATION CORRIDORS, AND CALVING AREAS USING GIS MAPPING, A 100-POINT RANKING SYSTEM, PARTNERSHIPS, AND FIELD-BASED PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE. THE HIGHEST PRIORITY HABITAT OR ACCESS AREAS ARE PROTECTED THROUGH ACQUISITION OR EASEMENT. ACQUISITIONS ARE THEN USUALLY CONVEYED TO A GOVERNMENT AGENCY FOR MANAGEMENT. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ALLOW LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT THEIR LAND IN PERPETUITY FROM DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER USES THAT COULD DIMINISH THE HABITAT VALUE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$8,934,410	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$974,429	GrantAmt
Revenue	$3,095,545	RevenueAmt
Desc	HUNTING HERITAGE: REPRESENTS GRANTS AND OTHER COSTS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN HUNTING AND OTHER OUTDOOR PURSUITS THROUGH SKILLS INSTRUCTION, MENTORING, CONSERVATION OUTREACH AND HUNTING RELATED PRODUCT.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,758,151	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$2,811,567	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,029,269	RevenueAmt
Desc	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP: REPRESENTS PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE ESSENTIAL FORAGE, WATER, AND COVER COMPONENTS OF WILDLIFE HABITAT. TYPES OF PROJECTS INCLUDE RESTORING ASPEN COMMUNITIES, FIGHTING THE SPREAD OF NOXIOUS WEEDS, BOOSTING LAND PRODUCTIVITY WITH PRESCRIBED BURNING, AND THINNING OF FORESTS. RMEF FUNDS WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS WELL AS FENCING PROJECTS TO PROVIDE BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$856,515	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$347,483	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT: REPRESENTS ENGAGEMENT THROUGH ADVOCACY, COLLABORATION, RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT WITH A FOCUS ON KEY MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES SUCH AS WILDLIFE DISEASE, POPULATION DYNAMICS, MIGRATION CORRIDORS, ELK ECOLOGY AND PREDATOR MANAGEMENT.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$856,515	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$347,483	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$44,185,622	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (1)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (1)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (1)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (1)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	276	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	163	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (1)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (1)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DE	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ID	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NE	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TX	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SHANE CRONK CFOTREASURER	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	4065234500	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	MISSOULA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59808	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (29 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
R KYLE WEAVER
PRESIDENT & CEO	50.00	5.00	Yes (X)	$380,382	$0	$89,329
RODNEY TRIEPKE
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF IT	50.00	5.00		$188,240	$0	$23,914	Yes (X)
BLAKE HENNING
CHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER	50.00	5.00		$165,244	$0	$33,812	Yes (X)
STEVE DECKER
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER	50.00	5.00		$167,254	$0	$18,879	Yes (X)
CHAD FRANKLIN
MANAGING DIR OF FIELD OPERATIONS	50.00	5.00		$151,680	$0	$33,079	Yes (X)
GRANT PARKER
GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY	50.00	5.00	Yes (X)	$148,030	$0	$33,329
SHANE CRONK
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/TREASURER	50.00	5.00	Yes (X)	$143,618	$0	$32,531
ANDERSON SMITH
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT	50.00	5.00		$120,680	$0	$30,579		Yes (X)
KIRK MURPHY
DIRECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS - NW	50.00	5.00		$122,164	$0	$21,164		Yes (X)
JENNIFER DOHERTY
DIRECTOR OF LANDS	50.00	5.00		$107,630	$0	$30,739		Yes (X)
TROY SWEET
DIRECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS - SW	50.00	5.00		$106,517	$0	$30,533		Yes (X)
RALPH CINFIO III
DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES	50.00	5.00		$102,262	$0	$30,651		Yes (X)
FRED LEKSE
CHAIR	10.00	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
MARK BAKER
VICE CHAIR	10.00	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
CHARLIE DECKER
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
TIMOTHY DELANEY
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
TW GARRETT
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
NANCY HADLEY
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
NANCY HOLLAND
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
ERIC JOHNSON
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
KENT JOHNSON
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
DONNA MCDONALD
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
BILL PINE
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
DENNIS RADOCHA
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
TOM ROBINSON
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
DAVE STEPHENS
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
SCOTT SWASEY
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
DR MARTIN VAVRA PHD
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
MICHAEL WRIGHT
DIRECTOR	5.00	1.00		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,903,701	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$408,539	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	12	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
USDA FOREST SERVICE
PO BOX 6200-09	PORTLAND	OR	98228	HABITAT ENHANCEMENT	$1,151,856
ROSS GROUP INC
6636 CHURCH STREET	DOUGLASVILLE	GA	30134	MEMBERSHIP DATABASE DESIGN & HOSTING	$413,744
FEDERAL EXPRESS
PO BOX 94515	PALATINE	IL	60094	SHIPPING	$381,015
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF FISH WILDLIFE & PA
PO BOX 200701	HELENA	MT	59620	HABITAT ENHANCEMENT	$323,163
COLORADANS PROTECTING WILDLIFE
9177 E MINERAL CIRCLE	CENTENNIAL	CO	80112	ADVOCACY	$307,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	12	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$7,585,967	MembershipDuesAmt
Related Organizations	$9,442,998	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$1,621,750	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$15,492,522	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$3,052,015	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$34,143,237	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
LAND SALES	900099	$19,676,000	$19,676,000
MEMBERSHIP REVENUE	900099	$3,095,545	$3,095,545
ADVERTISING INCOME	541800	$1,454,176		$1,454,176
CONTRACT REVENUE	900099	$1,029,269	$1,029,269

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$25,254,990	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,234,847	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,234,847	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$230,380	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$230,380	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$62,486,042	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$55,355,376	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$729	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$7,130,666	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$729	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,129,937	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$7,129,937	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$591,290	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$391,371	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$199,919	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$199,919	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,287,169	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$1,084,679	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$202,490	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$202,490	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$16,697	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$16,697	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$16,697	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$68,412,497	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$23,800,814	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$1,454,176	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$9,014,270	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,962,979	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,962,979	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$70,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$70,500	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$100,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$100,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,672,360	TotalAmt
Program Services	$835,991	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$657,501	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$178,868	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,610,378	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,779,656	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,250,936	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,579,786	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$424,485	TotalAmt
Program Services	$130,742	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$62,675	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$231,068	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,602,275	TotalAmt
Program Services	$524,702	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$262,035	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$815,538	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$816,691	TotalAmt
Program Services	$256,674	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$160,366	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$399,651	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,767	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,687	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22,080	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$110,899	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$107,899	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,500	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$82,501	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,501	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$119,827	TotalAmt
Management And General	$119,827	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,288,724	TotalAmt
Program Services	$635,817	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$85,620	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$567,287	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$991,971	TotalAmt
Program Services	$641,551	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,567	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$319,853	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,204,161	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,077,287	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$496,994	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,629,880	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$443,197	TotalAmt
Program Services	$126,754	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$143,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$172,943	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$361,939	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,539	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$283,663	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$30,737	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$633,820	TotalAmt
Program Services	$221,634	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,227	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$399,959	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$65,080	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,774	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,058	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25,248	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$685,172	TotalAmt
Program Services	$320,358	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$199,204	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$165,610	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,484	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,778	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,658	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$48	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
LAND PROTECTION	$20,569,116	$20,569,116
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS	$5,438,694	$5,438,694
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS	$3,800,587	$3,800,587
CONSERVATION PROJECTS	$1,449,759	$1,449,759

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$439,220	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,042	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$169,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$187,778	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,017,586	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,185,622	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,126,210	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,705,754	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,221,596	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,662,243	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,768,383	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,021,836	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,047,794	BOYAmt
EOY	$860,728	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,362,066	BOYAmt
EOY	$222,741	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,124,352	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,521,614	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,063,418	BOYAmt
EOY	$367,838	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$18,371,458	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$7,604,196	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,293,003	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,767,262	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,854,708	BOYAmt
EOY	$80,238,174	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,204,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,097,000	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$313,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$313,700	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$104,253,020	BOYAmt
EOY	$115,073,136	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,073,630	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,317,978	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,910,994	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,511,553	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$2,423,450	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,487,184	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,446,220	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,471,808	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,699,201	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,345,496	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,830,665	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,435,716	BOYAmt
EOY	$55,543,270	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$96,781,212	BOYAmt
EOY	$106,373,935	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$104,253,020	BOYAmt
EOY	$115,073,136	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$6,394,911	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$2,962,199	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$235,613	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$19,824,880	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$26,191,183	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$38,496,310	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$44,815,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$34,143,237	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$163,471,575	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$19,824,880	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$26,191,183	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$38,496,310	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$44,815,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$34,143,237	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$163,471,575	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$8,369,155	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$155,102,420	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,401,830	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,461,190	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,850,260	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,088,520	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,465,227	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,267,027	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$13,035,764	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$14,140,728	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$15,900,547	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,113,600	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,454,176	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,644,815	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$90,251	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$90,439	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,109	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$52,353	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$16,697	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$258,849	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$218,642,266	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$55,261,450	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.70940	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.63520	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME - 2016 AMOUNT: $ 90,251. 2017 AMOUNT: $ 90,439. 2018 AMOUNT: $ 9,109. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 52,353. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 16,697.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	$0	PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Volunteer Hours	0	VolunteerHoursCnt
Section4955 Organization Tax	$0	Section4955OrganizationTaxAmt
Section4955 Managers Tax	$0	Section4955ManagersTaxAmt

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,552	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$366,864	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$368,416	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$53,381,582	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$53,749,998	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,000,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$250,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,000,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$4,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$6,000,000	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$78,006	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$56,658	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$115,967	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$368,416	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$619,047	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$250,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,500,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$9,365	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$34,761	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$61,889	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,552	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$107,567	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Protection Natural Habitat	Yes (X)	ProtectionNaturalHabitatInd
Preservation Open Space	Yes (X)	PreservationOpenSpaceInd
Total Easements	228	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	415509.11	TotalAcreageCnt
Historic Structure Easements	0	HistoricStructureEasementsCnt
Historic Strctr Easements Aftr	0	HistoricStrctrEasementsAftrCnt
Modified Easements	2	ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held	16	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	2889.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$176,045	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets Included	$313,700	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd

Collection Used Other Purposes CollectionUsedOtherPurposesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Other Purposes	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedOtherPurposesInd
Other Purposes	HUNTING HERITAGE	OtherPurposesDesc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$58,517,191	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$549,458	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$10,613,794	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,892,046	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$67,788,397	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$50,372,882	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,393,494	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$8,762,952	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,852,146	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$159,991	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$58,517,191	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$54,196,205	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$76,500	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$2,580,429	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,169,659	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$149,735	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$50,372,882	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$47,743,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$327,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,619,440	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$325,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$168,235	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$54,196,205	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$44,742,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$786,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,516,565	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,141,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$160,565	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$47,743,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.20450	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.46950	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.32600	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,380,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$2,380,000	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$12,358,913	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,890,974	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$7,467,939	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,588,251	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,713,222	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$875,029	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$44,294	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$44,294	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$10,767,262	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ANNUITY CONTRACT PAYABLE	$1,244,288
CURRENT PLANNED GIFT	$201,932

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$1,446,220	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$71,490,482	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$2,962,199	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$235,613	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$3,197,812	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$68,292,670	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$119,827	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$119,827	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$68,412,497	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$61,897,759	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$61,897,759	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$119,827	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$119,827	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$62,017,586	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART II, LINE 3:	DURING 2020, RMEF MODIFIED ONE CONSERVATION EASEMENT HELD IN MONTANA AND ONE CONSERVATION EASEMENT HELD IN SOUTH DAKOTA IN ORDER TO PROTECT ADDITIONAL ACRES.
PART II, LINE 5:	RMEF HAS ADOPTED THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE'S STANDARDS AND PRACTICES REGARDING LAND CONSERVATION PROJECTS. THESE STANDARDS GUIDE HOW WE AS AN ORGANIZATION MONITOR, INSPECT, AND ENFORCE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. IN ADDITION, RMEF HAS A NUMBER OF OUR OWN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE WHICH DICTATE HOW WE WILL MONITOR, ENFORCE, AND PROTECT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WE HOLD. THESE PROCEDURES INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOW WE WILL NOTIFY LANDOWNERS OF AN UPCOMING INSPECTION, HOW WE WILL DOCUMENT AND CONDUCT THE ANNUAL MONITORING INSPECTION, AND HOW WE WILL REPORT, INVESTIGATE, AND ACT UPON THE FINDINGS AND ANY POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS. SOME OF RMEF'S PROCEDURES AND RIGHTS TO PROTECT THE CONSERVATION VALUES UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ARE ALSO DESCRIBED IN THE EASEMENT DOCUMENT. RMEF ALSO HAS REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH LANDOWNERS AS WELL AS OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE STATUS OF THE EASEMENTS WHICH THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS.
PART II, LINE 9:	RMEF'S POLICY FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PRESUMES THAT THE BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FLOW THROUGH TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE RECORDED AS REVENUE AND PROGRAM EXPENSE IN THE YEAR THE APPRAISED VALUE IS MADE AVAILABLE. CONTRIBUTED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE RECORDED AT ESTIMATED VALUE WHEN AN APPRAISAL IS NOT AVAILABLE.
PART III, LINE 4:	THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS CONSIST OF ARTWORK, BRONZES, MOUNTS, HISTORICAL OBJECTS, AND OTHER ITEMS OF CONTINUING VALUE AND INTEREST. THESE ITEMS FURTHER OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE BY PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT CONSERVATION AND HUNTING, AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO ELK AND ELK HABITAT. THE ITEMS ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION HELP TO DRAW INTEREST AND ATTENTION TO OUR ELK COUNTRY VISITOR CENTER AND HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, WHICH SHOWCASE OUR MISSION WORK, PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITAT, AND HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORY OF RMEF.
PART V, LINE 4:	THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROTECTION FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT RMEF'S CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM, AND OUR ABILITY TO MONITOR AND ENFORCE OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. WHEN RMEF ACCEPTS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, IT TAKES ON THE OBLIGATION TO MONITOR AND DEFEND THAT EASEMENT IN PERPETUITY. DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUND ARE USED TO COVER MONITORING COSTS AS WELL AS LEGAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEFENDING EASEMENTS. THE STRATEGIC LAND PROTECTION FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ACTIVE CAPITAL FOR COMPLETING PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS. THE GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND WAS ESTABLISHED FOR LONG TERM STABILITY. THE EARNINGS FROM THIS DONOR RESTRICTED FUND CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT RMEF'S GENERAL ACTIVITIES. THE RMEF'S DONOR RESTRICTED TORSTENSON FAMILY ENDOWMENT(TFE) WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE TORSTENSON WILDLIFE CENTER IN 2012. THE TFE FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT RMEF'S CORE MISSION PROJECTS OF PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION, HABITAT STEWARDSHIP, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND HUNTING HERITAGE. THE MIDWAY USA YOUTH ENDOWMENT WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT YOUTH ACTIVITIES. THE EARNINGS FROM THIS DONOR RESTRICTED FUND ARE USED TO EDUCATE YOUTH ON RMEF'S MISSION AND THE RELEVANCE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.
PART X, LINE 2:	RMEF IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. HOWEVER, NET INCOME FROM CERTAIN ACTIVITIES (ADVERTISING, CERTAIN INVENTORY SALES AND CERTAIN OTHER ITEMS) NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO RMEF'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE IS SUBJECT TO TAXATION AS UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. TAXES RELATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	SPLIT INTEREST GAINS/LOSSES 235,613.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	NORTH AMERICA	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	GRANT MAKING	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	GRANT MAKING FOR HUNTING HERITAGE	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$100,000	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$100,000	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$100,000	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	NORTH AMERICA - CANADA AND MEXICO, BUT NOT THE UNITED STATES	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	CONSERVATION EDUCATION	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$100,000	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE/ACH	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Description Of Non Cash Asst	N/A	DescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt
Valuation Method Used	N/A	ValuationMethodUsedDesc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	0	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 2:	RMEF AWARDS GRANT FUNDS TO APPLICANTS TO COMPLETE HABITAT STEWARDSHIP, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND HUNTING HERITAGE PROJECTS. BEFORE GRANTS ARE AWARDED, THE APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT PROPOSAL THAT DETAILS THE SPECIFIC WORK TO BE FUNDED. A COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS SCREENS ALL PROPOSALS TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS HAVE THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO ELK, OTHER WILDLIFE, AND THEIR HABITAT. RMEF ALSO REQUIRES SUBMISSION OF A PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE END OF THE ACTIVITIES. THE COMPLETION REPORT MUST INCLUDE A FULL ACCOUNTING OF EXPENDITURES, PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES, LISTING OF THE SPECIFIC WORK ACCOMPLISHED, AND RECOGNITION OF RMEF'S CONTRIBUTION BY APPROPRIATE MEANS.
PART I, LINE 3:	THE ACCRUAL METHOD WAS USED TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPENDITURES.
PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD:

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	HUNTER & OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$248,890	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$248,890	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$2,171	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$247,083	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$90,664	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	ELK CAMP	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$342,400	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$342,400	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2	$2,127	NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$15,000	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$34,326	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$591,290	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$591,290	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$4,298	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$247,083	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$15,000	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$124,990	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$391,371	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$199,919	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (77 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Address Line2USAddress/AddressLine2Txt
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
PO BOX 115526	JUNEAU	AK	99811	926001185	STATE OF AK	$10,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
TETON COUNTY WEED & PEST DISTRICT
7575 SOUTH HWY 89	JACKSON	WY	83001	830220039	TETON CTY	$10,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY 4H
328 ARAPAHOE	THERMOPOLIS	WY	82443	830261777	501C3	$5,075	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
SYLVA RANCH
11408 SYLVA RD	MONTAGUE	CA	96064	558797698		$20,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
SWVA SPORTSMEN INC
PO BOX 269	VANSANT	VA	24656	462053795	501C3	$33,835	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
STILLWATER VALLEY WATERSHED COUNCIL
PO BOX 112	ABSAROKEE	MT	59001	900641225	501C3	$7,205	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF GAME FISH AND PARKS
4130 ADVENTURE TRAIL	RAPID CITY	SD	57702	466000364	STATE OF SD	$108,358	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
JACKSON COUNTY FORESTRY & PARKS
W9790 AIRPORT RD	BLACK RIVER FALLS	WI	54615	396005703	JACKSON CTY	$16,600	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
MEDIX RUN ENTERPRIZES INC
1997 ROCK HILL RD	WEEDVILLE	PA	15868	753201904		$5,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
PHEASANTS FOREVER
1783 BUERKLE CIRCLE	ST PAUL	MN	55110	411429149	501C3	$10,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
460 PETERSON RD	GRAND RAPIDS	MN	55744	416007162	STATE OF MN	$36,827	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
MORROW SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
PO BOX 127	HEPPNER	OR	97836	930797719	CITY OF HEPPNER	$20,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
NATURE CONSERVANCY
4245 NORTH FAIRFAX DR STE 100	ARLINGTON	VA	22203	530242652	501C3	$32,168	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE
1100 VALLEY RD	RENO	NV	89512	886000022	STATE OF NV	$45,642	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
1702 MAIL SERVICE CENTER	RALEIGH	NC	27699	736502734	STATE OF NC	$44,050	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
SAN LUIS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - USFWS
7376 WOLFSEN RD	LOS BANOS	CA	93635	530201504	US GOVT	$12,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
PO BOX 9	JOHN DAY	OR	97845	930655103	STATE OF OR	$95,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
PALOUSE ROCK LAKE CONSERVATION DISTRICT
PO BOX 438 3 N PARK ST	ST JOHN	WA	99171	910641225	STATE OF WA	$10,465	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
PARK COUNTY COOPERATIVE WEED MANAGEMENT AREA
119 SOUTH 3RD ST	LIVINGSTON	MT	59047	816010045	PARK CTY	$9,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF FISH WILDLIFE & PARKS
PO BOX 200701	HELENA	MT	59620	810302402	STATE OF MT	$149,558	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
UNION COUNTY
1001 4TH STREET STE A B	LA GRANDE	OR	97850	936002313	UNION CTY	$15,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION
105 ARBUTUS LN	ST MARYS	PA	15857	251618042	STATE OF PA	$29,860	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
CAVALIER COUNTY WEED BOARD
901 3RD STREET STE 15	LANGDON	ND	58249	456002206	CAVALIER CTY	$11,880	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
BEAVERHEAD COUNTY WEED DISTRICT
2 S PACIFIC ST	DILLON	MT	59725	816001331	BEAVERHEAD CTY	$5,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
ASOTIN COUNTY NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL BOARD
PO BOX 881	ASOTIN	WA	99402	916001295	ASOTIN CTY	$24,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
WYOMING GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT
5400 BISHOP BLVD	CHEYENNE	WY	82006	830208667	STATE OF WY	$140,639	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION
PO BOX 316	JASPER	AR	72641	710562360	STATE OF AR	$26,048	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
1724 BALL MOUNTAIN RD	MONTAGUE	CA	96064	271674044	STATE OF CA	$8,008	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
1400 NE CAMPUS PKWY	SEATTLE	WA	98195	916001537	STATE OF WA	$24,429	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
CHELAN COUNTY NATURAL RESOURCE DEPARTMENT
411 WASHINGTON ST SUITE 201	ELLENSBURG	WA	98801	916001297	CHELAN CTY	$9,747	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
101 S WEBSTER ST	MADISON	WI	53707	396006436	STATE OF WI	$86,293	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
16601 US HIGHWAY 12	NACHES	WA	98937	911632572	STATE OF WA	$80,734	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
1980 E HOPI DR	SPRINGERVILLE	AZ	85938	260191335	STATE OF AR	$45,000	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
1313 SHERMAN ST ROOM 423	DENVER	CO	80203	840644739	STATE OF CO	$193,523	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE
300 WEST NEW YORK AVE	GUNNISON	CO	81230	840644739	STATE OF CO	$34,353	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
WALLOWA RESOURCES
401 NW 1ST ST STE A	ENTERPRISE	OR	97828	911794627	501C3	$14,988	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
VESEY RANCH
13225 NORTH CREEK RD	FAIRFIELD	ND	58627	502801881		$43,722	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
COWLITZ CO PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
PO BOX 3007	LONGVIEW	WA	98632	916001037	COLWITZ CTY	$8,050	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
USFS USDA
1400 INDEPENENCE AVE SW	WASHINGTON	DC	20250	720564834	US GOVT	$1,024,025	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
DOIBLM
1849 C STREET NW RM 5665	WASHINGTON	DC	20240	840437540	US GOVT	$190,114	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
BABBITT RANCHES LLC
PO BOX 520	FLAGSTAFF	AZ	86002	860566947		$109,870	N/A	N/A	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP
RAISED AT FULL DRAW
1221 E BUCHANAN ST	WINTERSET	IA	50273	465141615	501C3	$35,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
US SPORTSMENS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
801 KINGSMILL PKWY	COLUMBUS	OH	43229	310941103	501C3	$20,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
SCHREINER UNIVERSITY
2100 MEMORIAL BLVD	KERVILLE	TX	78028	741193459	501C3	$6,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
WYOMING DISABLED HUNTERS
PO BOX 2232	CODY	WY	82414	263204990	501C3	$10,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
SHASTA MOUNTAIN ARCHERS
PO BOX 101	MOUNT SHASTA	CA	96067	680241089		$12,800	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
RIO SALADO TARGET TERMINATORS
226 E PALO VERDE ST	GILBERT	AZ	85296	844454663	501C3	$8,050	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
TEXAS WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
3660 THOUSAND OAKS DR 126	SAN ANTONIO	TX	78247	742605516	501C3	$9,500	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
YUMA YOUNG GUNS
6749 E MISSION ST	YUMA	AZ	85365	463083270	501C3	$7,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
OPERATON GAME THIEF
PO BOX 18583	AUSTIN	TX	78760	452734605	501C3	$6,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMENS FOUNDATION
110 N CAROLINA AVE SE	WASHINGTON	DC	20003	521686163	501C3	$16,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
DIVIDE CAMP
PO BOX 49	JOSEPH	OR	97846	300745582	501C3	$7,500	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
FEEDING TEXAS
1524 S IH 35 STE 342	AUSTIN	TX	78704	742762542	501C3	$5,500	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
CLEMENTS BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS
304 W AVE B	KILLEEN	TX	76541	741505573	501C3	$7,739	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
BROTHERS-SISTERS OF OUR MILITARY ADVENTURES
7505 COLUMBUS DR	AMARILLO	TX	79118	812967415	501C3	$5,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
FIRST HUNT FOUNDATION
2965 HWY 162	KAMIAH	ID	83536	473946789	501C3	$5,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
PASS IT ON - OUTDOOR MENTORS INC
310 EAST 2ND ST	WICHITA	KS	67202	205044499	501C3	$10,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
7125 FALL CREEK RD	NORTH INDIANAPOLIS	IN	46256	231365192	501C3	$5,500	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
GAINES & ASSOCIATES
PO BOX 1481	SHINGLE SPRINGS	CA	95682	560197688		$20,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
HANDS OF A SPORTSMAN
9820 CASTOR RD	SALISBURY	NC	28146	811174987	501C3	$6,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
HOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY
7600 MOSS CREEK RD	EVANSVILLE	IN	47720	452402892	501C3	$5,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
HUNT WITH HEART
PO BOX 1214	PEARLAND	TX	77588	454860019	501C3	$5,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
HUNTING WITH HEROES
PO BOX 51736	CASPER	WY	82605	463188184	501C3	$5,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
IDOLS ASIDE MINISTRIES
5116 S LAKELAND DR	LAKELAND	FL	33813	263803093	501C3	$28,840	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
ILLINOIS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
1 NATURAL RESOURCES WAY	SPRINGFIELD	IL	62702	371340071	501C3	$175,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
INTERNATIONAL HUNTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
800 E 73RD AVE UNIT 3	DENVER	CO	80229	752907691	501C3	$12,500	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
YREKA HIGH SCHOOL TRAP TEAM
400 PREECE WAY	YREKA	CA	96097	680436934	CITY OF YREKA	$6,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
NUECES CANYON CONSOLIDATED ISD
PO BOX 118	BARKSDALE	TX	78828	756015910	CITY OF BARKSDALE	$7,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
ONE MONTANA
280 W KAGY BLVD STE D233	BOZEMAN	MT	59715	841645549	501C3	$60,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
900 OVAL DR	FORT COLLINS	CO	80523	846000545	STATE OF CO	$20,000	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
COLORADANS PROTECTING WILDLIFE
9177 MINERAL CIRCLE	CENTENNIAL	CO	80112	842719389	501C4	$282,500	N/A	N/A	HUNTING HERITAGE
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
32 CAMPUS DRIVE	MISSOULA	MT	59801	816001713	STATE OF MT	$87,463	N/A	N/A	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
1000 EAST UNIVERSITY AVE	LARAMIE	WY	82071	836000331	STATE OF WY	$60,673	N/A	N/A	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - OFFICE FOR RESEARCH
3203 NORTH DOWNER AVENUE MITCHEL	MILWAUKEE	WI	53278	391805963	STATE OF WI	$47,935	N/A	N/A	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	HALL 235
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
PO BOX 989062	WEST SACRAMENTO	CA	95798	946002123	STATE OF CA	$82,957	N/A	N/A	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
4426 VT ROUTE 215 N	CABOT	VT	05647	530196629	501C3	$50,000	N/A	N/A	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
PO BOX 30001 MSC 3AA	LAS CRUCES	NM	88003	856000401	STATE OF NM	$18,455	N/A	N/A	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	71	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	6	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	HABITAT ENHANCEMENT SCHOLARSHIP/WILDLIFE LEADERSHIP AWARD	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	14	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$70,500	CashGrantAmt
Valuation Method Used	N/A	ValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash Assistance	N/A	NonCashAssistanceDesc

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ORGANIZATIONAL GRANTS: RMEF AWARDS GRANT FUNDS TO APPLICANTS TO COMPLETE HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS. BEFORE GRANTS ARE AWARDED, THE APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT A PROJECT PROPOSAL THAT DETAILS THE SPECIFIC HABITAT ENHANCEMENT WORK TO BE FUNDED. A COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS SCREENS ALL PROPOSALS TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS HAVE THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO ELK, OTHER WILDLIFE, AND THEIR HABITAT. RMEF ALSO REQUIRES SUBMISSION OF A PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE END OF THE ACTIVITIES. THE COMPLETION REPORT MUST INCLUDE A FULL ACCOUNTING OF EXPENDITURES, PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES, LISTING OF THE SPECIFIC WORK ACCOMPLISHED, AND RECOGNITION OF RMEF'S CONTRIBUTION BY APPROPRIATE MEANS. SCHOLARSHIPS: AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION, RMEF REQUIRES A VERIFICATION SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT'S DEPARTMENT HEAD OR CHAIRPERSON INDICATING ENROLLMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY'S WILDLIFE CURRICULUM, CLASS STANDING OF JUNIOR OR SENIOR, AND STUDENT'S GRADE POINT AVERAGE. TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION ARE REQUIRED WITH THE APPLICATION, WHICH SHOULD FOCUS ON THE APPLICANT'S LEADERSHIP QUALITIES. DUE TO AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS RECEIVING EDUCATION REMOTELY VIA THE INTERNET, RMEF ALLOWS LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM EMPLOYERS AND VOLUNTEER SUPERVISORS. ONCE A SCHOLARSHIP IS AWARDED, AND BEFORE FUNDS ARE DISBURSED, A SECOND UNIVERSITY VERIFICATION SIGNED BY THE STUDENT'S FACULTY ADVISOR AND DEPARTMENT HEAD CONFIRMING THE STUDENT'S ENROLLMENT FOR THE UPCOMING PERIOD IS REQUIRED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (1)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
R KYLE WEAVER
PRESIDENT & CEO	$305,050	$0	$75,000	$0	$332	$0	$64,250	$0	$25,079	$0	$469,711	$0	$0	$0
RODNEY TRIEPKE
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF IT	$187,908	$0	$0	$0	$332	$0	$9,750	$0	$14,164	$0	$212,154	$0	$0	$0
BLAKE HENNING
CHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER	$154,912	$0	$10,000	$0	$332	$0	$8,733	$0	$25,079	$0	$199,056	$0	$0	$0
STEVE DECKER
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER	$166,922	$0	$0	$0	$332	$0	$8,668	$0	$10,211	$0	$186,133	$0	$0	$0
CHAD FRANKLIN
MANAGING DIR OF FIELD OPERATIONS	$141,348	$0	$10,000	$0	$332	$0	$8,000	$0	$25,079	$0	$184,759	$0	$0	$0
GRANT PARKER
GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY	$147,698	$0	$0	$0	$332	$0	$8,250	$0	$25,079	$0	$181,359	$0	$0	$0
SHANE CRONK
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/TREASURER	$143,286	$0	$0	$0	$332	$0	$7,452	$0	$25,079	$0	$176,149	$0	$0	$0
ANDERSON SMITH
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT	$120,348	$0	$0	$0	$332	$0	$5,500	$0	$25,079	$0	$151,259	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 4B	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADDED A 457(F) PLAN FOR R KYLE WEAVER. THE ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTED $50,000 TO R KYLE WEAVER'S 457(F).	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	8	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$67,571	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	AVG ON RECEIPT	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Qualified Contrib Other QualifiedContribOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	6	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$2,984,444	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	APPRAISAL	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, COLUMN (B):	THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS WAS USED IN PART I.
PART I, LINE 32B:	NONCASH CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF REAL ESTATE ARE SOMETIMES SOLD BY UTILIZING THE SERVICES OF A REAL ESTATE AGENT.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD WHEN THE ENTIRE BOARD IS NOT IN SESSION. HOWEVER, THIS AUTHORITY EXCLUDES THE ABILITY TO CHANGE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, CORPORATE BYLAWS, AND APPROVE DISSOLUTION, MERGER, OR DISPOSITION OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ASSETS. THE AUTHORITY ALSO EXCLUDES THE ABILITY TO REMOVE A BOARD MEMBER FROM SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	CHARLIE DECKER AND STEVE DECKER HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE ORGANIZATION'S INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT PREPARES THE FORM 990 BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MANAGEMENT. A PRELIMINARY REVIEW IS THEN CONDUCTED BY THE CONTROLLER. AFTER PREPARATION OF THE 990, A FINAL REVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY THE CONTROLLER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND GENERAL COUNSEL. THE RETURN IS PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. EACH BOARD MEMBER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REVIEW CONDUCTED BY MANAGEMENT, AND PRESENT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS, BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE ON BOARD COMMITTEES, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE OR UPDATE ANNUALLY THEIR INTERESTS AND THOSE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. EACH BOARD MEMBER ANNUALLY SIGNS A CODE OF ETHICS AND OATH OF OFFICE FORM. INSIDERS MUST AVOID ANY ACTUAL OR APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, OR SHALL APPROPRIATELY MANAGE THE CONFLICT OR APPARENT CONFLICT THROUGH DISCLOSURE AND RECUSAL. THE CONFLICTED PARTY OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTED PARTY SHALL RECUSE HIM OR HERSELF FROM ANY DISCUSSION AND VOTING ON THE MATTER. IN ADDITION, OTHER TECHNIQUES SHALL BE USED AS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE FOLLOWED. ACTUAL OR APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST MAY OCCUR BECAUSE PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH RMEF MAY HAVE MULTIPLE INTERESTS AND AFFILIATIONS, AND VARIOUS POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY OWE DUTIES OF LOYALTY TO MORE THAN ONE ORGANIZATION. NONETHELESS, ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST, OR SITUATIONS POTENTIALLY INVOLVING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, SHALL BE FULLY DISCLOSED, AND SHALL BE MANAGED SO THAT THE INTEGRITY, REPUTATION AND TAX EXEMPT TAX STATUS OF RMEF WILL BE MAINTAINED, INCLUDING RECUSAL OF THE CONFLICTED PARTY FROM CONSIDERATION OF THE ISSUE. WHEN ENGAGING IN LAND AND EASEMENT TRANSACTIONS WITH INSIDERS, RMEF SHALL FOLLOW THIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY; DOCUMENT THAT THE PROJECT MEETS THE RMEF'S MISSION; FOLLOW ALL TRANSACTION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES; AND ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO PRIVATE INUREMENT OR IMPERMISSIBLE PRIVATE BENEFIT. FOR PURCHASES FROM AND SALES OF PROPERTY TO INSIDERS, RMEF SHALL OBTAIN A QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL PREPARED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICE BY A STATE-LICENSED OR STATE-CERTIFIED APPRAISER WHO HAS VERIFIABLE CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR CONSERVATION REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN SELLING PROPERTY TO INSIDERS, THE RMEF SHALL WIDELY MARKET THE PROPERTY IN A MANNER SUFFICIENT TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS SOLD AT OR ABOVE FAIR MARKET VALUE AND TO AVOID THE REALITY OR PERCEPTION THAT THE SALE INAPPROPRIATELY BENEFITED AN INSIDER. ANY RMEF STAFF MEMBERS INVOLVED IN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, OR APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WILL DISCLOSE THIS INFORMATION TO HIS OR HER SUPERVISOR, AS WELL AS RMEF'S DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND GENERAL COUNSEL. THESE INDIVIDUALS, OR THEIR DELEGEES, WILL DETERMINE A RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION CONSISTENT WITH THIS POLICY AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IF ANY INSIDER IS INVOLVED IN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, OR APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SUCH INSIDER WILL DISCLOSE THIS TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RMEF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND RMEF'S GENERAL COUNSEL, WHO, ALONG WITH APPROPRIATE BOARD MEMBERS AND/OR STAFF, WILL DETERMINE A RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION CONSISTENT WITH THIS POLICY AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. THE GENERAL COUNSEL WILL REPORT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND RECOMMENDED COURSES OF ACTION TO THE RMEF AUDIT COMMITTEE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULARILY CONDUCTS A COMPENSATION REVIEW. THE REVIEW CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SOURCES, INCLUDING FORM 990 OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. A WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT IS THEN EXECUTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST COMPLETED IN 2020 AND IS USED TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	RMEF'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO ON FILE WITH MOST SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICES AS PART OF RMEF'S CHARITABLE SOLICITATION COMPLIANCE. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR WEB SITE, WWW.RMEF.ORG. IN ADDITION, RMEF'S FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS PUBLISHED ON CHARITY NAVIGATOR AND GUIDESTAR WEB SITES.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	GAIN ON SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENT 235,613.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	THE PROCESS FOR OVERSEEING AND SELECTING AND INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FND GROUP RETURN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	MISSOULA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59808	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	363953351	EIN
Primary Activities	CONSERVATION	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(C)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	LINE 12B, II	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	Yes (1)	ControlledOrganizationInd

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (2)	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5705 GRANT CREEK RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	MISSOULA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59808	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Activities	TRUST	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd
Entity Type	T	EntityTypeTxt
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (1)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	Yes (1)	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	Yes (1)	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (1)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (1)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FND GROUP RETURN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	C	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$9,442,998	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	ACTUAL	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt