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Organizations Environmental Quality, Protection & Beautification The Wilderness Society

The Wilderness Society

Fiscal year ending 2020. Filed on May 13, 2021.

1615 M Street NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20036

The Wilderness Society (EIN: 53-0167933) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2020 IRS Form 990 filing, The Wilderness Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 11 out of 175 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $226,651. The highest compensated employee at The Wilderness Society is Jamie Williams with fiscal year 2020 compensation of $400,721.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$39,480,932

Expenses

$33,877,281

Employee compensation

$17,779,952
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Jamie Williams
President
$400,721
$377,239 No related comp$23,482
Teresa Lane
Vice President, Philanthropy
$277,217
$262,059 No related comp$15,158
Melyssa L Watson
Executive Director
$274,016
$251,968 No related comp$22,048
Katharine L Thomas
Vice President, External Affairs
$247,118
$227,837 No related comp$19,281
Deborah Liu
Vice President and General Council
$228,899
$201,736 No related comp$27,163
Thomas F Tepper Jr
Vice President Finance (TO AUG '19)
$193,774
$177,540 No related comp$16,234
Allen May
Senior National Campaigns
$187,652
$173,021 No related comp$14,631
Chase Huntley
Senior Director, Energy and
$180,582
$167,982 No related comp$12,600
Jonathan L Meyers
Senior Director, Digital S
$172,815
$151,796 No related comp$21,019
Daniel A Smuts
Senior Regional Director, Pacific Region/ Interim
$172,219
$154,493 No related comp$17,726
Antoinette Dack
Senior Director of Membership and Strategic Services
$158,148
$147,866 No related comp$10,282

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Aaron Wernham
GOV Council Member (From FEB '20)
Brenda S Davis
Governing Council Member
Carl Ferenbach
Governing Council Member
Caroline M Getty
Member at-large
Cathy Douglas Stone
Governing Council Member
Crandall C Bowles
Governing Council Chair
Daniel Cordalis
GOV Council Member (From JUN '20)
Dave Matthews
Governing Council Member
David Bonderman
Member at-large
David Churchill
Governing Council Member
David J Field
Governing Council Member
Gregg Sherrill
GOV Council Member (TO JUN '20)

Contractors

Production Solutions
Direct Mail
$2,030,672
Dosomething Inc.
Conservation
$1,325,000
Facebook Inc
Advertising
$780,963
Interactive Strategies
Consulting
$415,783
Roi Solution Inc.
Database
$385,842

Mission Statement

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.

Revisions to this organization profile

July 17, 2025:
2024 The Wilderness Society 990 filed
September 26, 2024:
Amended (originally filed June 9, 2024)2023 The Wilderness Society 990 filed
June 9, 2024:
Amended (originally filed July 20, 2023)2022 The Wilderness Society 990 filed

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