Teller Wildlife Refuge Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Teller is a non-profit wildlife conservation organization with a mission to inspire, educate, and demonstrate conservation in action. Its primary focus is to manage 1,300 acres of land in the bitterroot valley for the benefit of fish and wildlife. Teller is committed to ensuring the future of fish and wildlife by conserving, restoring, and enhancing habitat while serving as a model for conservation land stewardship. Under its mission, teller offers diverse conservation education programs, provides quality recreational experiences for private guests and public visitors, and promotes voluntary conservation actions on other private lands.mission programs - the mission-specific programs at teller include conservation, education, and recreation. To deliver these mission programs to the community, teller relies on a professional staff. As part of teller's mission programs, the organization provides lodging services and accommodations to a seasonal clientele on three properties. To provide these services, teller pays lodging/bed taxes, purchases vendor licenses, markets its services, and maintains the facilities at a commercial versus residential level. Teller offers conservation education activities for youth and adults, including a youth conservation and education expo, summer day camps, and volunteer stewardship activities.teller must also actively manage its 1,300 acres of land using a variety of tools and techniques. While the mission is focused on benefiting wildlife habitat, the ongoing demands of properly stewarding the land, the water, and the resources are critically important to business at teller.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 60.7%; rating input score 61
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -40%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.88; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings