Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

Habitat restoration program: improving landscape permeability and ecological health through the removal and modification of wildlife-unfriendly fences, management of invasive plant species, and riparian restoration. Through 2025, jhwf has improved more than 240 miles of fences to benefit wildlife since the program's inception in 1996.wildlife friendlier fencing: in 2025, staff and volunteers conducted twenty-five fence project days, removing 8.1 miles of fence and 10,000 pounds of wire from important elk and pronghorn habitat in grand teton national park, bridger-teton national forest, and private lands. 120 dedicated volunteers participated in fence removal efforts. We also raised and lowered 15.5 miles of seasonal fence in sublette county in partnership with the bureau of land management. Long-term monitoring of the fremont butte fence conversion project documents an 88% reduction in greater sage-grouse fence strikes - from an average of 30 strikes per year before conversion to 3.7 annually - equating to up to 10 birds saved per mile of fence per year. Invasive weed management: jhwf removes invasive plant species from high-use public lands to allow native plants to reestablish and thrive, enhancing wildlife habitat and reducing the spread of invasive seeds into the backcountry. In 2025, volunteers contributed 102 hours across twice-annual weed pulls at two popular trailheads on the bridger-teton national forest - coburn meadows (our third year) and crystal lite (our first year) - removing 2,800 invasive plants and helping to restore 51 acres of habitat. Removing invasive species improves forage for wildlife and strengthens the resilience of native vegetation vital to pollinators, birds, and mammals.riparian restoration: in 2025, jhwf initiated riparian restoration activities in partnership with the bureau of land management's pinedale field office. Jhwf is co-leading a planning collaborative to expand this work in 2026, with the goal of establishing a dedicated volunteer base to implement riparian restoration projects across the region.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
• Program expense ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings