New Mexico Chapter of the Fdn for North American Wild Sheep
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROMOTE WILD SHEEP CONSERVATION IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THE NM WSF IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING WILD SHEEP POPULATIONS, PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC,FEDERAL/STATE LEGISLATORS AND YOUNG CITIZENS ONSUSTAINABLE USE AND THE CONSERVATION BENEFITS OF HUNTING WHILE PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF THE HUNTER AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN NEW MEXICO, AS WELL AS OTHER STATES AND PROVINCES IN THE US AND CANADA. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF NM WSF IS TO ASSIST IN THE PROPOGATION AND SCIENTIFIC BASED CONSERVATION OF WILD SHEEP FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ALL CITIZENS, AS WELL AS THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF THE SPECIES ITSELF.
- Income
- $71,214
- Spending
- $47,817
- Reserves
- 60.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 73%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $47,818 spent. 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.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1994.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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