Public Charity

POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL

POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL is a Public Charity headquartered in BOZEMAN, MT. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $5.7M revenue, $4.9M expenses, $3.5M total assets. 98 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 770322706 BOZEMAN, MT Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis NTEE: D05 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.7M
Total Expenses$4.9M
Total Assets$3.5M
Grant Records98
Funding Total$2.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO CONSERVE POLAR BEARS AND THE SEA ICE THEY DEPEND ON. THROUGH MEDIA, SCIENCE, AND ADVOCACY, WE WORK TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT THE ARCTIC, THE THREATS TO ITS FUTURE, AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS REMOTE REGION AND OUR GLOBAL CLIMATE.

Where $100 goes at Polar Bears International

How Polar Bears International divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$14 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $77 for programs

$63
Polar Bears International's mission is to conserve polar bears and the sea ice they depend on
82% of program spending
$14
Pbi research in the field (u.S., Norway, and canada) involves conducting our own research and sponsoring researchers studying population biology and changing environments
18% of program spending
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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

VP OF CONSERVATION Amy Cutting
DIRECTOR Andrew Cyr
SENIOR DIR. OF RESEARCH & POLICY Geoffrey York
SR. DIR. OF MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Janette May
DIRECTOR John Kelleher
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Krista Wright

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,048,647 43 grants
Animal Welfare
$735,155 21 grants
Environment & Conservation
$561,144 25 grants
Youth Development
$110,184 1 grant
Education
$70,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.7M $4.9M $3.5M
2024 $3.4M $3.9M $2.7M
2023 $3.7M $3.3M $2.9M
2022 $4.3M $4.1M $7.6M
2021 $3.8M $2.9M $7.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.8M to $5.7M (+51%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.5M.

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