Jackson Wild

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830295637
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Jackson, WY, USA
Phone
3072003286
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Commemorative Events

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,083,935
Expenses
$1,316,919
Assets
$267,519
Liabilities
$177,939

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTIE QUINN (EXECUTIVE DI): $129,808 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Jackson wild is a catalyst for our industry recognizing excellence in storytelling, celebrating innovative ideas and creating connections for deeper impact. Our global community of passionate storytellers, thought leaders and change agents elevate diverse stories that illuminate our collective and urgent responsibility to restore the planet.

What it reported doing in 2025

The jackson wild media lab is an immersive, cross-disciplinary science filmmaking workshop funded by hhmi tangled bank studios that brings scientists and media creators together to learn from leaders in the profession and work together to develop effective tools to communicate about science, nature and conservation with diverse audiences across the worlds evolving media platforms. For ten days, media lab fellows work side-by-side with instructors and industry-leading mentors to gain intensive hands-on film making experience, learn the art of science communication, get a crash course using professional-grade tools and equipment provided by sony, and expand professional networks with peers and industry professionals. In 2025, nine global fellows were selected to participate in this rigorous workshop, with 3 group film projects premiering live to international commissioners and streamed audiences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.5% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $872K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.