West Region Wildfire Council

EIN: 824728317 501(c)(3) Public Safety

Ridgway, CO

Total Revenue
$1,600,591
Total Expenses
$1,305,302
Total Assets
$905,759
Net Assets
$904,966
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Organization Details

Formation Year
2020
Legal Domicile
CO
Tax Period
2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31

West Region Wildfire Council, founded in 2020, is a community nonprofit in the Public Safety sector that reported $1.6M in total revenue in fiscal year 2023. Revenue surged 96% from the prior year, signaling strong growth momentum. The organization ran a surplus of $295K, a strong 18% operating margin.

Mission

Increases resilience to wildfire in Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel Counties in Colorado

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $671,334

Fuels Program directly supports vegetation management fuels reduction/mitigation projects in high wildfire risk areas within the region. The fuels program offers a vegetation management cost share...

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Fuels Program directly supports vegetation management fuels reduction/mitigation projects in high wildfire risk areas within the region. The fuels program offers a vegetation management cost share program which provides technical and financial assistance to plan and implement strategic fuel breaks, defensible space projects and other priority fuels reduction projects.The fuels program has resulted in wildfire risk reduction on 7,718 private wildland urban interface acres helping to protect hundreds of at risk homes.

Program 2
Expenses: $547,730

Works to address the wildfire issue at multiple scales. Our programmatic pillars include:Understanding and assessing wildfire risk-at landscape, community and parcel scales.Emphasizing education-to...

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Works to address the wildfire issue at multiple scales. Our programmatic pillars include:Understanding and assessing wildfire risk-at landscape, community and parcel scales.Emphasizing education-to elevate understanding of the wildfire issue and the emerging science related to techniques/ strategies for mitigating wilfire risk in efforts to further the discourse between community members, wilfire managers and others under the fire adapted communities umbrellaEmpowering measurable wilfire mitigation via, on site in person visits with trained wilfire mtigation specialists, delivery of site specific wilfire risk reducation recommendations, technical field assistance for designing and laying out fuels reduction, defensible space and vegetation management.Increasing the pace of multi scale wildfire adaptation in priorty high risk areas to complete measurable wildfire risk reduction activites that result in increased community and ecosystem resiliency.

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

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Financial Overview (2023)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $1,561,325
Program Service Revenue $39,266
Investment Income $0
Other Revenue $0
TOTAL REVENUE $1,600,591

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0
Salaries & Benefits $495,320
Fundraising Expenses $0
Program Expenses $1,219,064
Other Expenses $809,982
TOTAL EXPENSES $1,305,302

Year-over-Year Comparison

2023 2022 Change
Revenue $1,600,591 $816,314 +1.0%
Expenses $1,305,302 $798,123 +0.6%
Net Income $295,289 $18,191 +15.2%
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Grants to Organizations Grants to Individuals Lobbying Political Activity Foreign Activities Donor Advised Fund Schedule B Required
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Governance

Voting Members
5
Independent Members
5
Employees
8
Volunteers
N/A

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
3
$0
Total Directors
2
$0
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
0
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Damon Lange Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Charles Lanoue Board Member 2.00
Director
$0 $0 $0
Scott Morrill Secretary Treasurer 2.00
Officer
$0 $0 $0
John Bennett Board Chair 2.00
Officer
$0 $0 $0
Paul Rogers Board Vice Chair 2.00
Officer
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2024 No data No data No data No data
2023 $1,600,591 $1,305,302 $905,759 $295,289
2022 $816,314 $798,123 $609,677 $18,191
2021 $662,511 $597,855 $591,486 $64,656
2020 $593,778 $372,913 $526,830 $220,865
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