New Mexico Chapter of the Fdn for North American Wild Sheep Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Conducted the two 26th annual bighorn sheep permit raffles for the New Mexico department of game and fish. Co-sponsored the wild sheep foundation sheep show in january 2025. Attended and co-sponsored the annual wild sheep foundation technical conservation summit in ft lauderdale, fl. We sponsored 10 New Mexico aoudad and 10 rocky mountain elk youth hunters for the nm department of game and fish, which we do annually. We are the only organization in New Mexico that provides this sponsorship. Provided the food and volunteer support for the red rock bighorn sheep ground census team. In partnership with the southeastern nm chapter of safari club international, the water for wildlife foundation, the wild sheep foundation and the bureau of land management, we donated funds to construct the blm "north oso" wildlife water development in the chupadera mountains in central nm. This project was completed in mid 2025. By providing this additional water there is now a permanent herd of desert bighorn sheep in the chupadera mts. Mule deer, mt. Lions and many other species of wildlife also benefit from these water developments. We provided voluntary labor to the blm for the restoration of the area around another wildlife water project, "los ojos". We worked with the socorro blm to secure grant-in-aid funds from the wild sheep foundation for additional wildlife water developments and bighorn sheep disease research. A total of $110,000 was granted to the blm/ New Mexico wild sheep foundation partnership. In partnership with the turner foundation, we donated high quality hunting binoculars to all the youth education program participants on the vermejo ranch. We provided support to all participants 0f the nm youth hunters' education challenge (nm yhec) which was held in raton, nm in june of 2025. This event is held once a year for kids ages 7-18 to help improve their hunting, marksmanship and safety skills. We made substancial donations to the alberta wild sheep foundation for bighorn sheep habitat restoration and to the wild sheep foundation appeal for relocating a large herd of bighorn sheep back to their original habitat. We provided a wsf "women hunt" program sponsorship at the wsf sheep show in reno, nv.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67.1%; rating input score 67
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 32.9%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.08; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings