2025-03-13T13:06:06-04:00 2024-12-31 471591889 CEM BOOKKEEPING & TAX SERVICES INC 124 S 2ND ST LIVINGSTON MT 590472604 990 2024-01-01 010758596 ARTEMIS INSTITUTE ARTE 4062201099 142 DEEP CREEK RD LIVINGSTON MT 59047 LORI RYKER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4062201099 2025-03-04 true true CATHERINE E MOODY P01781256 4063337315 2025-03-13 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z LORI RYKER 142 DEEP CREEK ROAD LIVINGSTON MT 59047 61114 false X WWW.ARTEMISINSTITUTE.ORG X 2003 MT THE ARTEMIS INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO ENCOURAGING AND ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREATIVITY AND EXPERIENCES OF THE NATURAL WORLD. THE INSTITUTE SEEKS TO COUPLE FORMAL EDUCATION WITH OTHER NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS TO CREATE A BROADER PERSPECTIVE FOR THE STUDENT. 3 3 0 3 0 225 60945 7103 0 125 169 0 7453 61114 0 0 0 0 0 25024 7654 25024 7654 -17571 53460 39085 93234 125 814 38960 92420 X SEE SCHEDULE O false false 3620 HISTORY THE INSTITUTE BEGAN IN 2003. FROM THAT TIME UNTIL 2015, A FULL-TIME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, REMOTE STUDIO, WAS OFFERED IN "IMMERSION" ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN AND BUILD PROJECTS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY AND NATURE - INCLUDING BACKCOUNTRY TRIPS, RESEARCH, AND FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABILITY. THE INSTITUTE PARTNERED WITH MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND STUDENTS RECEIVED COLLEGE CREDITS FOR TAKING THESE COURSES. FUNDS WERE RAISED THROUGH STUDENT TUITION AND DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION HAD REDUCED OPERATIONS FROM 2015 UNTIL 2021, WITH MINIMAL ACTIVITY FOCUSED ON SMALL COMMUNITY ACTIVITY FOCUSED ON THE LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARTS ACTIVITIES IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE REGION. THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA IS OFTEN COMPARED TO THE SERENGETI IN AFRICA, AND IS ONE OF THE LAST NEARLY WHOLE TEMPERATE ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH. CURRENT THE CURRENT AND ONGOING FOCUS (2022-24) FORMALIZES THE SMALLER AND LOCAL ACTIVITIES (2015-21) THROUGH TWO PROJECTS THAT BRING AWARENESS OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM (GYE) TO A LARGER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POPULATION. WILDLIFES WILDLIFES PROVIDES AN ART ACTIVIST ORIENTED PROGRAM TO THESE EFFORTS. AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2022 TO CREATE WALL MURALS AND FINE ART PRINTS. A NEW WEBSITE CALLED WILDLIFES.ORG HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED, AND RECOGNITION IS GROWING. A PROFILE OF WILDLIFES WAS PUBLISHED IN PRINT AND ONLINE IN OUTSIDE BOZEMAN, APRIL 2024 ISSUE. AN ONLINE ARTICLE (AUGUST 7, 2023) ABOUT WILDLIFES IS AVAILABLE ON THE MOUNTAIN LIVING WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.MOUNTAINLIVING.COM/WILDLIFES/ 2406 YELLOWSTONIAN FOUNDED BY TODD WILKINSON AND GUS O'KEEFE, AND HOSTED BY ARTEMIS INSTITUTE WAS LAUNCHED IN APRIL OF 2024. IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH LONGTIME JOURNALIST TODD WILKINSON IS THE EDITOR AND LEAD JOURNALIST FOR YELLOWSTONIAN, WITH ADDITIONAL COLLABORATIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SCIENTIST FROM THE REGION AND BEYOND. YELLOWSTONIAN IS DEVOTED TO EXPLORING VITAL ISSUES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WILDLIFE-RICH WEST. SINCE IT OFFICIALLY WENT LIVE IN MID-APRIL 2025 AS A SPECIAL PROJECT OF ARTEMIS INSTITUTE, YELLOWSTONIAN'S MAIN OBJECTIVE AS A PUBLIC INTEREST, NON-PROFIT, CONSERVATION JOURNALISM SITE WAS TO BUILD ITS REACH AND CREDIBILITY. WITH CRUCIAL SEED MONEY CONTRIBUTED TO ARTEMIS INSTITUTE AS GIFTS BY A HANDFUL OF DONORS, YELLOWSTONIAN, ACCESSIBLE AT YELLOWSTONIAN.ORG, ENLISTED A COMPANY TO HELP DESIGN A FULLY-FUNCTIONAL WEB SITE THAT FEATURED STORIES MADE AVAILABLE FREE TO READERS AND ALSO EASILY PUT INTO CIRCULATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. IN THE EIGHT MONTHS OF ITS OPERATION IN 2024, YELLOWSTONIAN'S QUEST TO PROVE ITS CONCEPT INCLUDED ITS THREE PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS ELECTING NOT TO TAKE ANY COMPENSATION AND INSTEAD DIVERT AVAILABLE AND LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES INTO LEVERAGING THE IMPACT OF YELLOWSTONIAN CONTENT, TAKING THE FORM OF WRITTEN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM STORIES, CO-HOSTING A RANGE OF WELL-ATTENDED PUBLIC EVENTS THAT WERE ALSO LIVE-STREAMED, APPEARING ON PODCASTS AND GIVING LECTURES AT MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY. IN EVERY AREA, YELLOWSTONIAN SUCCESSFULLY MET ITS GOALS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH, YELLOWSTONIAN GREW ITS AUDIENCE OF FOLLOWERS TO 25,000 ON FACEBOOK BY THE END OF 2024, ITS STORIES ACHIEVED COLLECTIVE LEVELS OF TOTAL ENGAGEMENT (VIEWS, SHARES, COMMENTS AND OTHER FORMS OF CIRCULATION) THAT SURPASSED 1.5 MILLION. WE CO-HOSTED PUBLIC EVENTS ON GRIZZLY BEAR AND WOLF CONSERVATION POLICY AT HISTORIC THEATERS IN BOZEMAN AND MISSOULA, WERE INVITED TO GIVE TALKS AT EVENTS IN JACKSON HOLE AND THE MADISON VALLEY, MODERATED A DISCUSSION AT THE YELLOWSTONE SUMMIT ON WILDLIFE MIGRATIONS AND WAS ASKED TO PEN A FOREWORD FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED STUDY EXAMINING THE IMPACTS OF SPRAWL ON WILDLIFE AND PRIVATE LANDS. YELLOWSTONIAN ALSO DELIVERED A WIDELY CITED SERIES ON SPRAWL AND AN UNPRECEDENTED EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL OUTDOOR RECREATION ON WILDLIFE. THOSE STORIES ON SPRAWL HAVE BEEN CREDITED WITH IGNITING CITIZENS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GROWTH ISSUES WHICH ARE TRANSFORMING THE ECOSYSTEM'S 20 COUNTIES. 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FROM THAT TIME UNTIL 2015, A FULL-TIME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, REMOTE STUDIO, WAS OFFERED IN "IMMERSION" ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN AND BUILD PROJECTS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY AND NATURE - INCLUDING BACKCOUNTRY TRIPS, RESEARCH, AND FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABILITY. THE INSTITUTE PARTNERED WITH MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND STUDENTS RECEIVED COLLEGE CREDITS FOR TAKING THESE COURSES. FUNDS WERE RAISED THROUGH STUDENT TUITION AND DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION HAD REDUCED OPERATIONS FROM 2015 UNTIL 2021, WITH MINIMAL ACTIVITY FOCUSED ON SMALL COMMUNITY ACTIVITY FOCUSED ON THE LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARTS ACTIVITIES IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE REGION. THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA IS OFTEN COMPARED TO THE SERENGETI IN AFRICA, AND IS ONE OF THE LAST NEARLY WHOLE TEMPERATE ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH. CURRENT THE CURRENT AND ONGOING FOCUS (2022-24) FORMALIZES THE SMALLER AND LOCAL ACTIVITIES (2015-21) THROUGH TWO PROJECTS THAT BRING AWARENESS OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM (GYE) TO A LARGER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POPULATION. WILDLIFES WILDLIFES PROVIDES AN ART ACTIVIST ORIENTED PROGRAM TO THESE EFFORTS. AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2022 TO CREATE WALL MURALS AND FINE ART PRINTS. A NEW WEBSITE CALLED WILDLIFES.ORG HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED, AND RECOGNITION IS GROWING. A PROFILE OF WILDLIFES WAS PUBLISHED IN PRINT AND ONLINE IN OUTSIDE BOZEMAN, APRIL 2024 ISSUE. AN ONLINE ARTICLE (AUGUST 7, 2023) ABOUT WILDLIFES IS AVAILABLE ON THE MOUNTAIN LIVING WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.MOUNTAINLIVING.COM/WILDLIFES/ FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B YELLOWSTONIAN FOUNDED BY TODD WILKINSON AND GUS O'KEEFE, AND HOSTED BY ARTEMIS INSTITUTE WAS LAUNCHED IN APRIL OF 2024. IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH LONGTIME JOURNALIST TODD WILKINSON IS THE EDITOR AND LEAD JOURNALIST FOR YELLOWSTONIAN, WITH ADDITIONAL COLLABORATIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SCIENTIST FROM THE REGION AND BEYOND. YELLOWSTONIAN IS DEVOTED TO EXPLORING VITAL ISSUES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WILDLIFE-RICH WEST. SINCE IT OFFICIALLY WENT LIVE IN MID-APRIL 2025 AS A SPECIAL PROJECT OF ARTEMIS INSTITUTE, YELLOWSTONIAN'S MAIN OBJECTIVE AS A PUBLIC INTEREST, NON-PROFIT, CONSERVATION JOURNALISM SITE WAS TO BUILD ITS REACH AND CREDIBILITY. WITH CRUCIAL SEED MONEY CONTRIBUTED TO ARTEMIS INSTITUTE AS GIFTS BY A HANDFUL OF DONORS, YELLOWSTONIAN, ACCESSIBLE AT YELLOWSTONIAN.ORG, ENLISTED A COMPANY TO HELP DESIGN A FULLY-FUNCTIONAL WEB SITE THAT FEATURED STORIES MADE AVAILABLE FREE TO READERS AND ALSO EASILY PUT INTO CIRCULATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. IN THE EIGHT MONTHS OF ITS OPERATION IN 2024, YELLOWSTONIAN'S QUEST TO PROVE ITS CONCEPT INCLUDED ITS THREE PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS ELECTING NOT TO TAKE ANY COMPENSATION AND INSTEAD DIVERT AVAILABLE AND LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES INTO LEVERAGING THE IMPACT OF YELLOWSTONIAN CONTENT, TAKING THE FORM OF WRITTEN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM STORIES, CO-HOSTING A RANGE OF WELL-ATTENDED PUBLIC EVENTS THAT WERE ALSO LIVE-STREAMED, APPEARING ON PODCASTS AND GIVING LECTURES AT MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY. IN EVERY AREA, YELLOWSTONIAN SUCCESSFULLY MET ITS GOALS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH, YELLOWSTONIAN GREW ITS AUDIENCE OF FOLLOWERS TO 25,000 ON FACEBOOK BY THE END OF 2024, ITS STORIES ACHIEVED COLLECTIVE LEVELS OF TOTAL ENGAGEMENT (VIEWS, SHARES, COMMENTS AND OTHER FORMS OF CIRCULATION) THAT SURPASSED 1.5 MILLION. WE CO-HOSTED PUBLIC EVENTS ON GRIZZLY BEAR AND WOLF CONSERVATION POLICY AT HISTORIC THEATERS IN BOZEMAN AND MISSOULA, WERE INVITED TO GIVE TALKS AT EVENTS IN JACKSON HOLE AND THE MADISON VALLEY, MODERATED A DISCUSSION AT THE YELLOWSTONE SUMMIT ON WILDLIFE MIGRATIONS AND WAS ASKED TO PEN A FOREWORD FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED STUDY EXAMINING THE IMPACTS OF SPRAWL ON WILDLIFE AND PRIVATE LANDS. YELLOWSTONIAN ALSO DELIVERED A WIDELY CITED SERIES ON SPRAWL AND AN UNPRECEDENTED EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL OUTDOOR RECREATION ON WILDLIFE. THOSE STORIES ON SPRAWL HAVE BEEN CREDITED WITH IGNITING CITIZENS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GROWTH ISSUES WHICH ARE TRANSFORMING THE ECOSYSTEM'S 20 COUNTIES. IN 2025, IT IS THE HOPE OF YELLOWSTONIAN TO KEEP GROWING ITS MOMENTUM AND EXPAND ITS CAPACITY TO DELIVER MORE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B REVIEWED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRIOR TO FILING FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A NO EMPLOYEES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST