Public Charity

WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND

WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.4M revenue, $1.5M expenses, $1.3M total assets. 13 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 821742996 WASHINGTON, DC Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.4M
Total Expenses$1.5M
Total Assets$1.3M
Grant Records13
Funding Total$2.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND WORKS WITH PARTNERS AND LAWMAKERS TO INFLUENCE POLICY RELATED TO PUBLIC LANDS. THIS INCLUDES PUBLIC LANDS' ROLE AS PART OF THE CLIMATE SOLUTION, THEIR IMPORTANCE IN ADDRESSING THE EXTINCTION CRISIS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL PEOPLE BEING TO ENJOY THEIR BENEFITS.

Where $100 goes at Wilderness Society Action Fund

How Wilderness Society Action Fund divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $93 for programs

$93
The action fund has achieved success in moving forward important legislation for public lands including the great outdoors america act and other important bills that have advanced our…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR (FROM MAY '25) Brendon Cechovic
DIRECTOR (TO JUN '25) Carl Ferenbach Iii
DIRECTOR Charles E Frank
COO David Seabrook
VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL Deborah Liu
DIRECTOR (FROM NOV '24) Diane Parrish

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Environment & Conservation
$2,554,000 11 grants
General Support
$350,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.4M $1.5M $1.3M
2024 $1.2M $1.2M $1.5M
2023 $1.5M $1.3M $1.4M
2022 $935K $1.1M $1.4M
2021 $1.5M $1.8M $1.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.5M to $1.4M (-7%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.3M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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