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Filing year 2023

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 53-0167933·NTEE C340 · Environment·3
Total revenue
$42M
Total assets
$119.1M
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
47
Mission

FOUNDED IN 1935 BY CONSERVATION VISIONARIES, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY PROTECTS WILDERNESS AND UNITES PEOPLE TO PROTECT AMERICA'S WILD PUBLIC LANDS. WE WORK TO GUIDE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT TO THE RIGHT PLACES AND ENSURE THAT PUBLIC LANDS CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. WE WORK TO ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN ACCESS AND SHARE THE BENEFITS OF THE OUTDOORS, FROM THE URBAN TO THE WILD. IN 1964, WE LED THE EFFORT TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM, WHICH HAS NOW GROWN TO 109 MILLION ACRES OF PERMANENTLY PROTECTED WILDLANDS THAT PRESERVE AMERICA'S NATURAL HERITAGE. FEDERAL PUBLIC LANDS, WHICH BELONG TO ALL AMERICANS, FACE GROWING THREATS. THOSE ACRES AND MILLIONS MORE REQUIRE ACTION TO CONSERVE THEIR NATURAL CHARACTER. SEE WWW.WILDERNESS.ORG.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 14 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President (to Sep '24)
$509k
Svp, Giving & Impact (to Oct '23)
senior vice president
$333k
Chief of Staff
officer (unspecified)
$326k
VP of External Affairs
vice president
$318k
VP Strategy & Results
vice president
$277k
Vp, People & Culture
vice president
$270k
Ed Twsaf & Special Advisor Chief of Staff
highest compensated employee
$231k
Vp, Conservation & Communities
vice president
$222k
Sr Dir Human Resources & Operations
highest compensated employee
$219k
Dvp, Giving & Impact Operations & Outreach
highest compensated employee
$213k
Sr Dir of Government Relations
highest compensated employee
$197k
Vice President & General Counsel (to Feb '23)
vice president
$190k
Dvp, Community-led Conservation
highest compensated employee
$189k

Plus 33 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Climbed 15%
over 2 years

From $444k in 2021 to $509k in 2023.

$444k
2021
$438k
2022
$509k
2023
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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