Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is an environmentalist-aligned sportsmen’s advocacy group based in Montana. The organization has faced criticism for its close ties to liberal politicians and for taking funding from environmentalist foundations with ties to prominent anti-hunting animal liberation groups.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy, Energy Policy
Website: www.backcountryhunters.org
Formation:

2004

President and CEO:

Land Tawney

Location: Missoula, MT View on map
Tax ID: 20-1037177
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $2,399,912 Revenue: $4,124,139 Expenses: $4,428,343

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is an environmentalist-aligned sportsmen’s advocacy group based in Montana. The organization has faced criticism for its close ties to liberal politicians and for taking funding from environmentalist foundations with ties to prominent anti-hunting animal liberation groups.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $2,399,912 $4,124,139 $4,428,343 View
2023 $2,692,125 $4,861,110 $4,426,327 View
2022 $2,256,849 $3,856,716 $5,330,103 View
2021 $3,629,018 $5,445,985 $4,485,338 View
2020 $2,666,826 $4,711,060 $3,846,737

Prior year filings: 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 38

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Patrick BerryEXECUTIVE OFFICER$170,000
Frankie McBurney OlsonVICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIO$118,883

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $15,058,916
  • Number of Grants: 293
  • Number of Funders: 98

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$639,8602020 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$443,4502021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$400,0002023 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$400,0002022 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$400,0002021 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$350,0002020 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$340,0002024 Richard King Mellon FoundationTO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN URBAN AREAS, HABITAT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMMING, AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES THROUGH INCREASED STAFF ALIGNMENT
$250,0002022 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$220,7502022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$205,0002020 Western Conservation FoundationConservation Advocacy
$175,0002023 Richard King Mellon FoundationR3 RFP
$175,0002021 Western Conservation FoundationConservation Education
$175,0002021 The Kendeda FundOperating Reserve Fund
$167,0662024 National Fish and Wildlife FoundationRESTORE MULE DEER WINTER RANGE POST-FIRE IN CA
$162,0002020 Western Conservation ActionConservation Advocacy
$152,0252023 The Kendeda FundOperating Reserve Fund
$150,0002022 The George B Storer Foundation IncGENERAL INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
$150,0002021 Richard King Mellon FoundationTO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE HUNTING PROGRAMS TO ENGAGE YOUNG ADULTS AND UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO BUILD A BROADER COHORT OF CONSERVATION ADVOCATES
$140,0002024 Western Conservation FoundationCONSERVATION EDUCATI
$129,3802023 National Fish and Wildlife FoundationHABITAT CONNECTIVITY
$117,6002023 Western Conservation FoundationCONSERVATION EDUCATI
$100,0002021 Richard King Mellon FoundationTO ENGAGE A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP AN ALGORITHM TO IDENTIFY NEW MINORITY PROSPECTS IN THE U.S.
$80,0002022 Western Conservation FoundationCONSERVATION EDU.
$80,0002020 The Kendeda FundBHA's Armed Forces Initiative
$70,0002021 The Kendeda FundArmed Forces Initiative

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $223,341
  • Number of Grants: 11
  • Number of Recipients: 10

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$50,0002022 National Wildlife FederationCONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
$50,0002022 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Inc.CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
$50,0002022 Trout Unlimited IncCONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
$16,3912023 Hunters of ColorCONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
$10,0002022 Multiple North America RecipientsWILD HARVEST INITIATIVE SUPPORT
$10,0002021 Multiple North America RecipientsWILD HARVEST INITIATIVE SUPPORT
$10,0002020 International Mountain Bicycling AssociationFacilitating collaboration among public land users and advocates.
$10,0002020 Montana Wilderness AssociationFacilitating collaboration among public land users and advocates.
$6,0002023 University of Nevada, Reno FoundationBHA ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP – NEVADA CHAPTER
$5,7502022 University of WyomingWILLOW CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT
$5,2002023 Congressional Sportsmen's FoundationCONSERVATION ASSISTANCE

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