2025-11-07T10:13:07-06:00 2024-12-31 860558065 HEINFELD MEECH & CO PC 10120 NORTH ORACLE ROAD TUCSON AZ 85704 990 2024-01-01 860796748 SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE SKYI 5206247080 PO BOX 41165 TUCSON AZ 85717 ROBERT GREY TREASURER 5206247080 2025-11-07 1 0 JIM REBENAR CPA P01783358 5207422611 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ROBERT GREY PO BOX 41165 TUCSON AZ 85717 1273067 0 X WWW.SKYISLANDALLIANCE.ORG X 1995 AZ OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE AND LANDS IN THE SKY ISLAND REGION. 16 16 13 394 0 0 1271389 1258363 0 0 1225 9032 1515 2304 1274129 1269699 0 1000 0 0 755348 752037 0 0 85406 504636 467233 1259984 1220270 14145 49429 813832 1081438 75816 293993 738016 787445 X WE WORK TO CONNECT PEOPLE, WILDLIFE, AND LANDS ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER THROUGH THE USE OF SCIENCE, ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ON-THE-GROUND CONSERVATION INITIATIVES. OUR MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROTECTING FLOWING WATER AT SPRINGS AND STREAMS; CONSERVING TRANSBOUNDARY CONNECTIVITY AND HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE; ENGAGING PEOPLE IN UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATING, AND RECONNECTING TO THE INCREDIBLE BIODIVERSITY OF THIS REGION; AND FOSTERING THE CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS NECESSARY TO CONSERVE THE SKY ISLANDS' INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEM. 0 0 579424 CONSERVATION/COMMUNITY - WITH THE HELP OF OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE WORKED TO HEAL THE LAND IN 2024. WE LAUNCHED A NEW PROJECT TO BENEFIT NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRDS, MANY OF WHICH WINTER IN MEXICO. THIS PROJECT ON SONORAN RANCHES IS ASSESSING THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF KEY GRASSLAND BIRD SPECIES AND RESTORING HABITAT THROUGH EROSION CONTROL, INVASIVE SHRUB REMOVAL, AND NATIVE GRASS RESEEDING. THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE LOCAL CAPACITY FOR MONITORING THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH PROFAUNA AND ADVANCE CONTINENTAL-WIDE CONSERVATION FOR THREATENED GRASSLAND BIRDS.OVER THE LAST DECADE, SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS REMOVED OVER 80% OF THE INVASIVE PERIWINKLE FROM THE BANKS OF ARAVAIPA CREEK. THIS EFFORT, IN ONE OF THE MOST INTACT NATIVE FISHERIES LEFT IN ARIZONA, HAS IMPROVED THE HABITAT FOR NATIVE FISH. IN THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS WE IMPROVED WATER SOURCES FOR WILDLIFE TO ENSURE THEY WILL BE CLEAN AND ACCESSIBLE IN ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING CROSS-BORDER CORRIDORS IN THE SKY ISLANDS NOT BLOCKED BY BORDER WALL.WE HELPED HOST A BINATIONAL BORDER BIOBLITZ AT CUENCA LOS OJOS' RANCH IN SONORA AND SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN ARIZONA. TEAMS OF STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS LOGGED MORE THAN 600 OBSERVATIONS OF 221 DIFFERENT SPECIES. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE HOSTED NUMEROUS WEBINARS AND EVENTS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN LEARNING ABOUT THE SKY ISLANDS, INCLUDING SUPPORTING THE ANNUAL SKY ISLANDS FESTIVAL IN MOCTEZUMA, SONORA. 252008 WILDLIFE - OUR BORDER WILDLIFE STUDY IS DOCUMENTING THE REMARKABLE WILDLIFE COMMUNITY LIVING ALONG 30 MILES OF THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER WITH AN ARRAY OF MORE THAN 100 CAMERAS. IN 2024 WE PUBLISHED OUR FIRST SCIENTIFIC PAPER IN FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION PROVING THAT THE BORDER IMPEDES WILDLIFE. WE DOCUMENTED FINDINGS FROM 9,240 WILDLIFE INTERACTIONS WITH BORDER BARRIERS OVER TWO YEARS. THIS IS THE FIRST STUDY ON THE CROSSING RATES OF SPECIES THROUGH BARRIERS AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER AND WE ARE USING IT TO ADVOCATE FOR WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY AT THE BORDER.OUR TEAM CONFIRMED TWO JAGUAR SIGHTINGS IN THE WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS (LIKELY OF THE SAME CAT), ON OUR WILDLIFE CAMERAS. THIS IS THE FIRST REPORTED JAGUAR IN THAT AREA IN 13 YEARS. WE ARE WORKING TO PROTECT AND RESTORE CROSS BORDER PATHWAYS TO HELP WILDLIFE LIKE JAGUAR RECOVER AND THRIVE.MORE NATURE LOVERS JOINED THE FOTOFAUNA NETWORK, THANKS TO NEW WILDLIFE-CAMERA LENDING LIBRARIES IN ARIVACA, SIERRA VISTA, AND DOUGLAS. FOTOFAUNA IDENTIFIES WILDLIFE PRESENCE ACROSS THE REGION, SPANNING MORE THAN 370 MILES FROM NORTH OF PHOENIX TO HERMOSILLO, TO INFORM PROTECTION. NEARLY 300 VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTED 941 WILDLIFE CHECKLISTS FROM THEIR WILDLIFE CAMERAS IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO. 73171 1000 SPRING SEEKER/SPRING RESCUE - AS CLIMATE CHANGES AND WE SEE MORE HEAT WAVES, DROUGHTS, AND WILDFIRES, SPRINGS CAN ACT AS REFUGES WHERE PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE PROTECTED. SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE WORKS WITH VOLUNTEERS TO SURVEY CONDITIONS, THREATS, AND RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES AT THESE PRECIOUS WATER SOURCES. VOLUNTEERS, STAFF, AND INTERNS SURVEYED 480 SPRINGS, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S RECORD OF 449. MANY OF THESE WERE IN WILDERNESS AREAS OF THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST IN ARIZONA AND IN THE SIERRA LOS AJOS, A PROTECTED AREA EAST OF CANANEA IN MEXICO.VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF REMOVED OVER 18 TONS OF INVASIVE ARUNDO DONAX STALKS AND ROOTS FROM ROCK LEDGE SPRING, RESTORING IT AS A DESERT OASIS FOR WILDLIFE NEAR TUCSON. THE WORK HELPED LAUNCH A THREE-YEAR PROJECT TO PULL HARMFUL WEEDS AND PLANT NATIVE SEEDS AT NINE LOW-ELEVATION SPRINGS IN THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER WATERSHED. IN THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS NORTH OF TUCSON, VOLUNTEERS BUILT 62 EROSION-CONTROL STRUCTURES TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE WATER FLOW IN AREAS BURNED BY THE 2020 BIGHORN FIRE. 904603 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE 5206247080 PO BOX 41165 TUCSON AZ 85717 MICHAEL VAN ALSBURG CO-CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 PAM ROSSETTER CO-CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT GREY TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 BILL BEMIS SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CAROL ANN CLARK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIM WERNETTE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELAINE WALSH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELENA DOSAMANTES BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTIAN AGUILAR MURRIETA BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DENISE MORENO RAMIREZ BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CARMINA GUTIERREZ-GONZALEZ BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARTHA MCKEE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 AXHEL MUNOZ BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC ALDRICH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TOM MCCONNELL BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIA TAPIA VILLASENOR BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOUISE MISZTAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 107542 0 11781 107542 0 11781 1 0 0 0 0 549193 709170 1258363 9032 9032 4186 3368 818 818 OTHER INCOME 900099 1486 1486 1486 1269699 818 0 10518 X 1000 1000 119323 57491 58252 3580 489316 454928 34388 90483 74372 9754 6357 52915 46316 3995 2604 1250 1250 94412 94412 166455 141172 17921 7362 5686 5681 5 60926 46313 5478 9135 25513 20224 2986 2303 24543 23766 771 6 19047 5841 11558 1648 5195 5195 20926 15600 3443 1883 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DUES 31974 6704 10703 14567 FEES AND PERMITS (INCLU 6604 5036 1568 BANK FEES 172 172 4530 4530 1220270 904603 230261 85406 443638 275828 198414 300797 68187 373645 4530 15559 17255 55818 41686 19327 14132 39901 61885 24276 37896 813832 1081438 51540 94886 161211 24276 37896 75816 293993 X 523225 785554 214791 1891 738016 787445 813832 1081438 49429 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 858352 935118 1090667 1271389 1258363 5413889 858352 935118 1090667 1271389 1258363 5413889 5413889 66 2868 590 1225 9032 13781 2310 863 1486 4659 5432329 7288 0.99660 0.99690 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: MERCHANDISE SALES ITEMS BOUGHT FOR RESALE - 2021 AMOUNT: $ 2,310. TRANSLATION OF TRAINING MANUAL - 2023 AMOUNT: $ 770. OTHER - 2023 AMOUNT: $ 93. REBATE INCOME - 2024 AMOUNT: $ 1,486. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 560 1588 2148 902455 904603 160690 40173 0 0 130669 152398 171320 160690 615077 922616 381 337 1248 2148 4114 32667 38100 42830 40173 153770 230655 381 560 941 0 0 39901 17500 5234 750 61885 28552 7500 4599 750 39901 30000 -1135 313 28552 1.00000 0 0 55818 41686 14132 14132 INVESTMENT POOL 61885 F 61885 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 37896 37896 X 1269699 0 1269699 0 1269699 1220270 0 1220270 0 1220270 PART X, LINE 2: MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN, IF ANY, ON ITS EXEMPT ORGANIZATION FILINGS, AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT UPON EXAMINATION THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE SUSTAINED. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THIS EVALUATION, MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. NORTH AMERICA - CANADA AND MEXICO, BUT NOT THE UNITED STATES 0 10 PROGRAM SERVICES CONSERVATION 98439 0 10 0 0 0 10 98439 0 98439 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3: EXPENDITURES THAT ARE FOR MEXICO ARE ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE ACCRUAL METHOD AND ARE CODED SEPARATELY WITHIN THE ALLIANCE'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, A REPORT IS PRINTED AND CHECKED FOR ACCURACY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE BYLAWS WERE AMENDED TO RAISE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO A MAXIMUM OF 21, EFFECTIVE 8/1/2024. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B COMMITTEES DO WORK INDEPENDENTLY, BUT THEY BRING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL WHEN NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE STARTS THE REVIEW PROCESS BY SUBMITTING A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. THIS COMMITTEE THEN WORKS WITH THE AUDITOR TO RESOLVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, OR REQUESTED CHANGES. ONCE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE FORM 990, A DRAFT AND RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL IS PROVIDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. THE BOARD DISCUSSES ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FORM 990, AND TIME IS RESERVED AT THE MEETINGS FOR DISCUSSION AND TO APPROVE IT BY RESOLUTION BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C UPON JOINING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PROVIDED A COPY OF SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. ANNUAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE HELD IN BOARD MEETINGS, AND BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETE THEIR DISCLOSURES EVERY YEAR. ANY CONFLICTS THAT ARE DISCLOSED ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE ENTIRE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION ANNUALLY. COMPENSATION IS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE, A REVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION OF COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PROFIT SECTOR, AND THE FISCAL HEALTH OF THE ORGANIZATION. RESPECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS MAY BE CONSULTED ABOUT COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE FOR KEY NON-PROFIT PERSONNEL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. OTHER REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY EMAILING ACCOUNTING@SKYISLANDALLIANCE.ORG. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PAYROLL SERVICE FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 7,760. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 7,760. CONTRACT SERVICES (PRIMARILY RESTORATION WORK): PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 141,172. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 10,161. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 7,362. TOTAL EXPENSES 158,695. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT CHANGED ITS OVERSIGHT PROCESS OR SELECTION PROCESS DURING THE TAX YEAR.