Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service
Public Charity Status and Public Support
Complete if the organization is a section 501(c)(3) organization or a section
4947(a)(1) nonexempt charitable trust.
Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. See separate instructions. Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2013
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council Inc
Employer identification number
86-0894042
Part I
Reason for Public Charity Status
(All organizations must complete this part.) See instructions.
The organization is not a private foundation because it is: (For lines 1 through 11, check only one box.)
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2
3
4
5
section 170(b)(1)(A)(iv). (Complete Part II.)
6
7
8
9
receipts from activities related to its exempt functions—subject to certain exceptions, and (2) no more than 331/3% of
its support from gross investment income and unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 tax) from businesses
acquired by the organization after June 30, 1975. See section 509(a)(2). (Complete Part III.)
10
11
e
By checking this box, I certify that the organization is not controlled directly or indirectly by one or more disqualified persons other than foundation managers and other than one or more publicly supported organizations described in section 509(a)(1) or section 509(a)(2).
f
If the organization received a written determination from the IRS that it is a Type I, Type II, or Type III supporting organization, check this box
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g
Since August 17, 2006, has the organization accepted any gift or contribution from any of the following persons?
(i) A person who directly or indirectly controls, either alone or together with persons described in (ii)
Yes
No
and (iii) below, the governing body of the supported organization?
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11g(i)
(ii)
A family member of a person described in (i) above?
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11g(ii)
(iii)
A 35% controlled entity of a person described in (i) or (ii) above?
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11g(iii)
h
Provide the following information about the supported organization(s).
(i) Name of supported organization
(ii) EIN
(iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions))
(iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document?
(v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support?
(vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.?
(vii) Amount of monetary support
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Total
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990EZ.
Cat. No. 11285F
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Page 2
Part II
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Sections 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (Complete only if you checked the box on line 5, 7, or 8 of Part I or if the
organization failed to qualify under Part III. If the organization fails to
qualify under the tests listed below, please complete Part III.)
Section A. Public Support
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2012
(e) 2013
(f) Total
1
Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") ....
479,547
357,493
327,107
297,036
280,292
1,741,475
2
Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.......
3
The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge..
4
Total. Add lines 1 through 3
479,547
357,493
327,107
297,036
280,292
1,741,475
5
The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included
on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f)..
492,700
6
Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4.
1,248,775
Section B. Total Support
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2012
(e) 2013
(f) Total
7
Amounts from line 4..
479,547
357,493
327,107
297,036
280,292
1,741,475
8
Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources...
19
6
4
3
2
34
9
Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on..
10
Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.)..
3,362
3,429
7,278
4,082
18,151
11
Total support (Add lines 7 through 10).
1,759,660
12
Gross receipts from related activities, etc. (see instructions)
..................
12
88,600
13
First five years.
If the Form 990 is for the organization's first, second, third, fourth, or fifth tax year as a 501(c)(3) organization,
check this box and stop here.................................................
Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage
14
Public support percentage for 2013 (line 6, column (f) divided by line 11, column (f))
.........
14
70.970 %
15
Public support percentage for 2012 Schedule A, Part II, line 14
...............
15
72.200 %
16a
33 1/3% support test—2013.
If the organization did not check the box on line 13, and line 14 is 33 1/3% or more, check this box
and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
.......................
b
33 1/3% support test—2012.
If the organization did not check a box on line 13 or 16a, and line 15 is 33 1/3% or more, check this
box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
.....................
17a
10%-facts-and-circumstances test—2013.
If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, or 16b, and line 14
is 10% or more, and if the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test, check this box and stop here. Explain
in Part IV how the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported
organization
.....................................................
b
10%-facts-and-circumstances test—2012.
If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, 16b, or 17a, and line
15 is 10% or more, and if the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test, check this box and stop here.
Explain in Part IV how the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
................................................
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Private foundation.
If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, 16b, 17a, or 17b, check this box and see
instructions
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Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Page 3
Part III
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Section 509(a)(2) (Complete only if you checked the box on line 9 of Part I or if the organization
failed to qualify under Part II. If the organization fails to qualify under
the tests listed below, please complete Part II.)
Section A. Public Support
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2012
(e) 2013
(f) Total
1
Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .
2
Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose......
3
Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513..
4
Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf...
5
The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge..
6
Total. Add lines 1 through 5.
7a
Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons...
b
Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year.
c
Add lines 7a and 7b..
8
Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.)
Section B. Total Support
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2012
(e) 2013
(f) Total
9
Amounts from line 6...
10a
Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources..
b
Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975.
c
Add lines 10a and 10b.
11
Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.
12
Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.)
..
13
Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.)..
14
First five years.
If the Form 990 is for the organization's first, second, third, fourth, or fifth tax year as a 501(c)(3) organization,
check this box and stop here.............................................
Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage
15
Public support percentage for 2013 (line 8, column (f) divided by line 13, column (f))
.........
15
0 %
16
Public support percentage from 2012 Schedule A, Part III, line 15
...............
16
Section D. Computation of Investment Income Percentage
17
Investment income percentage for 2013 (line 10c, column (f) divided by line 13, column (f))
......
17
0 %
18
Investment income percentage from 2012 Schedule A, Part III, line 17
.............
18
19a
33 1/3% support tests—2013.
If the organization did not check the box on line 14, and line 15 is more than 33 1/3%, and line 17 is not more than 33 1/3%, check this box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
........
b
33 1/3% support tests—2012.
If the organization did not check a box on line 14 or line 19a, and line 16 is more than 33 1/3% and line 18 is not more than 33 1/3%, check this box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization
.....
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Private foundation.
If the organization did not check a box on line 14, 19a, or 19b, check this box and see instructions
.....
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
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Part IV
Supplemental Information.
Provide the explanations required by Part II, line 10; Part II, line 17a or 17b; and Part III, line 12. Also complete this part for any additional information. (See instructions).
Facts And Circumstances Test
Explanation
Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2013
Additional Data
Software ID:
13000230
Software Version:
13.6.0.0
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SCHEDULE O (Form 990 or 990-EZ)
Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service
Supplemental Information to Form 990 or 990-EZ
Complete to provide information for responses to specific questions on
Form 990 or to provide any additional information.
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at
www.irs.gov/form990.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2013
Open to Public Inspection
Name of the organization
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council Inc
Employer identification number
86-0894042
Return Reference
Explanation
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d
Program Service Expenses 40,839, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 GRAND CANYON WILDLANDS NETWORK 1 Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument proposal campaign - In 2013 we succeeded in gaining a letter of support from Grand Canyon River Guides 1,700 members to Sally Jewel for the GC Watershed Natl Mon designation we presented to 200 guides at the annual Guides Training Seminar about the role renown guides have played historically in protecting Grand Canyon, and helped to generate 66,000 online letters to President Obama via Siera Club email blasts and online petition. Public officials the Musuem of N Arizona director spoke in support of corridors the GC Watershed Natl Mon at our TrekWest event in Flagstaff attended by 50 citizens. We led John Davis on TrekWest through the proposed monument area, documenting active logging of old-growth pondersoa pine conducting outreach to followers of TrekWest nationwide via John Davis blog posts from the trek. 2 Southern Utah Corridors - In conjuction with Birds Eye View GIS, for Washington County we produced connectivity habitat maps for the Red Cliffs NCA RMP cont. on Schedule O, p3
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d
Program Service Expenses 60,697, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 FOCAL SPECIES programs The organization has actively engaged promoted wolf recovery since our inception in the mid-1990s, and was instrumental in establishing the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, which we fiscally sponsored again in 2013, as a coalition of like-minded organizations and individuals, for the purpose of wolf recovery in the Grand Canyon Ecoregion, essentially the southern Colorado Plateau of Utah, Arizona New Mexico. In 2013, we continued to participate as a stakeholder on the reocvery planning team to keep Grand Canyon Ecoregion part of the Mexican wolf recovery area and support genetic viability of Mexican wolves through more releases. We worked with the Utah Wants Wolves group, engaging the Sierra Club Utah Chapter, Wild Utah Project, Western Wildlife Conservancy others in Mexican wolf recovery. We published opinion letters in the Salt Lake Tribune Az Daily Sun and prepared submitted comments on the USFWS draft rule for Mexican wolves. We engaged participants assisted with travel logistics cont. on Schedule O, p4
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e
- Capitalized River Guide Costs - These contra expenses represent the amount capitalized to the balance sheet as Other Assets and represents the costs incurred during 2013 to research, write, edit and design the organizations primary educational publication, The Colorado River Through Grand Canyon. The copyright to the publication, which had not been updated or republished in 30 years, was donated to the organization in 2013 by former board member and current Science Director staff, Dr. Lawrence Stevens. The long-term costs associated with updating the publication, including 20,954 in staff compensation, were capitalized as intellectual property in 2013 and are being amortized over a 10-year life.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g
- Fees for Services Other - These expenses represent payments to outside professional contractors for largely program-related services, including GIS mapping services, field photography, field support services transportation, catering, restoration field work, data compilation, graphic design and scientific consulting services.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b
- A draft of the Form 990 is completed by the outside accountant, then reviewed in detail by the staff accountant and Executive Director who takes a direct role in the annual closing of the books. An updated draft 990 is then electronically sent to each Board member and officer for their review before the 990 is finalized.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12
- Directors officers are given a copy of the conflict of interest policy annually and asked to review it at a board meeting, they are specifically asked if there are any potential conflicts, which are then discussed and documented in the minutes. If conflicts of interest arise, those persons do not participate in the discussion or voting on related matters.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15
- The Board of Directors reviews and approves the compensation for every employee, including the Executive Director, on an annual basis, after first comparing that compensation to similar positions at similar organizations and agencies. Officer and directors serve in those capacities as volunteers, without compensation.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19
- The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements of the organization are made available to the public upon request. The Form 990 is also available online at Guidestar.org.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2
- As an outside contractor, Kurt Menke President performed services for and was supervised by Kim Vacariu Secretary/Treasurer of the Wildlands Network, an unrelated organization.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4a
COLORADO RIVER programs, continued tamarisk removal, native plant revegetation, and northern leopard frog habitat construction monitoring at Hidden Slough Leopard Frog Marsh in Glen Canyon. Some 82 volunteers helped replace beaver fencing to protect cottonwood trees at Lees Ferry. Some 125 Gooddings willow and Fremont cottonwood trees were maintained and fenced at Hidden Slough. Released a new edition of The Colorado River in Grand Canyon - A Map Guide to its Human and Natural History by Dr. Larry Stevens the first new edition in almost 30 years. During 2013 we completed the guide revision and redesign, production and printing with the release in September. It reaches over 20,000 people per year who raft or research the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4b
OUTREACH programs, cont the whole trek to serve as a long-term outreach tool, with Ed George, renown cinematographer and GCWC board member. At the Summer Market of the Outdoor Retailers show we arranged for Davis to join the Conservation Alliance VIP dinner, obtain gear donations, and forge new partnerships with Black Diamond Equipment and Osprey Packs.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4c
SPRINGS programs, continued The uppermost gabion functioned well, and was unaffected by the flood however, impacts on the gabions generally increased in severity over distance downstream. Most of the revegetation planting efforts at Pakoon Springs have been successful, with low mortality and rapid growth of wetland groundcover including Yerba Mansa, and Gooddings willow and Fremont cottonwood. Noted that still conspicuously absent from Pakoon Springs were Gambels quail callipepla gambelii, which likely continue to be hunted out.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d
GRAND CANYON WILDLANDS NETWORK, cont from p1 of Sch O and the St. George Field Office RMP amendment. As a result, BLM is proposing one of our wildlife corridors as a special area. For the Cedar City Field Office, we conducted field surveys compiled information identifying lands with wilderness character LWC, with emphasis on significant wildlife core habitat and corridors for the Utah prairie dog, greater sage grouse, mountain lion, mule deer and other wildlife. Together with 10 participants on a 5-day Veterans Day field outing, we evaluated the wilderness qualifies of four Utah mountains, visiting areas selected or rejected by the BLM as LWC.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d
FOCAL SPECIES programs, cont from p2 of Schedule O in the Hon-dah, near Pinetop, AZ wolf hearing in December where we testified in support of the science team recommendations for three populations of Mexican wolves, including the current AZ/NM recovery area, Grand Canyon and southern Utah, and in southern Colorado/northern New Mexico. On behalf of the California condor, we continued to partner with the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club on a campaign to ban the use of lead ammunition on the Kaibab Plateau through public outreach, litigation and forest plan comments.
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