2026-05-12T14:17:38-04:00 2025-12-31 472486384 JP BANKA & CO 2505 ANTHEM VILLAGE DR SUITE E536 HENDERSON NV 89052 990 2025-01-01 942950514 FRATERNITY OF THE DESERT BIGHORN FRAT 7758308548 PO BOX 27494 LAS VEGAS NV 891261494 MICHELLE MERCER TREASURER 2026-05-12 true JACK P BANKA P00698842 7027583938 2026-05-12 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z PATRICK CUMMINGS PO BOX 27494 LAS VEGAS NV 891261494 474090 false X WWW.FRATERNITYOFTHEDESERTBIGHORN.COM X NV THE FRATERNITY OF THE DESERT BIGHORN IS DEDICATED TO THE UTILIZATION, CONSERVATION AND WELFARE OF THE DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP. THE FRATERNITY WORKS WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP. 12 12 0 0 16802 108056 0 78564 67992 -11927 55181 83439 231229 5000 0 0 0 122148 118053 283777 118053 288777 -34614 -57548 2894893 3028552 0 2894893 3028552 X SEE SCHEDULE O false false 60219 WATER LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEMS - RANCHBOT. 18513 FUTURE WATER PROJECT SUPPLIES. 2366 JIM LUSK BUILD. 5300 5000 THE FRATERNITY OF THE DESERT BIGHORN IS A 100% VOLUNTEER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN LAS VEGAS, NV, WITH MEMBERS "UNSELFISHLY DEDICATED TO THE WELFARE AND CONSERVATION OF DESERT BIGHORN AND NEVADA'S WILDLIFE." THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1964 BY A HANDFUL OF CONCERNED ADVOCATES AND CONSERVATIONISTS WHEN THE DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP POPULATION IN NEVADA WAS AT A HISTORIC LOW OF LESS THAN 2,000 ANIMALS. THE FRATERNITY OF THE DESERT BIGHORN HAS WORKED OVER THE LAST SIX DECADES IN UNISON WITH NDOW AND OTHER LIKE-MINDED CONSERVATION GROUPS TO RECOVER BIGHORN SHEEP POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA NOW NEARING 10,000 ANIMALS. ON SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025, THE FRATERNITY OF THE DESERT BIGHORN (FDB) HELD ITS 61ST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER BANQUET AT THE SOUTH POINT HOTEL AND CASINO. IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2025, FDB, IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE (NDOW), CONSTRUCTED THREE DESERT BIGHORN WATER DEVELOPMENTS (AKA GUZZLERS) IN RUGGED AND REMOTE TERRAIN IN THREE MOUNTAIN RANGES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. IN JANUARY 2025, THE FIRST OF THE THREE GUZZLERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE 2025 BUILD SEASON WAS SITUATED IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE MUDDY MOUNTAINS, CLARK COUNTY. DUE TO THE LARGE POPULATION OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN THIS LOCATION, THE WATER STORAGE CAPACITY OF THE PROJECT WAS BOOSTED TO AN EIGHT-TANK SYSTEM. THE EIGHT 2,300-GALLON TANKS EQUATED TO AN OVERALL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 18,400 GALLONS. IN FEBRUARY 2025, A NEW BIGHORN GUZZLER WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE SPOTTED RANGE, NYE COUNTY. THE SPOTTED RANGE IS THE WESTERNMOST MOUNTAIN RANGE ON THE DESERT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. THE THIRD BIGHORN GUZZLER CONSTRUCTED IN 2025 WAS IN THE NORTHWEST PAHRANAGAT RANGE, LINCOLN COUNTY. ONCE CHARGED BY RAIN AND SNOW PRODUCING STORMS, THE LARGE EIGHT-TANK PROJECT WILL RELIABLY PROVIDE WATER TO NOT ONLY DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP BUT ALSO OTHER AVIAN AND TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE. AS THE LEAD ORGANIZATION ON AN AMBITIOUS WATER MONITORING INITIATIVE, THE FDB, IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH NDOW AND SEVERAL NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS, CONTINUES TO INSTALL WATER LEVEL MONITORS AND COMPANION RAIN GAUGES AT NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AND EXISTING CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BIGHORN GUZZLERS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. THE AUTONOMOUS WATER MONITORS COLLECT WATER LEVEL AND RAINFALL DATA. DATA COMMUNICATIONS ARE SATELLITE-MEDIATED AND ARE NEAR REAL-TIME. THE NEAR REAL-TIME INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF GUZZLERS PROVIDES ESSENTIAL INFORMATION RELATIVE TO NOT ONLY WATER AVAILABILITY BUT ALSO MAINTENANCE ISSUES. THE WATER MONITORING EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED FROM RANCHBOT MONITORING SOLUTIONS (FORT WORTH, TX) AND TRACK TAG LLC (ELY, NV). THE WATER LEVEL AND RAINFALL DATA ARE CLOSELY MONITORED BY NDOW PERSONNEL AND FDB MEMBERS. THE FDB CONTINUES ENGAGEMENT IN PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND ADULTS ABOUT CONSERVATION MEASURES FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING VIABLE POPULATIONS OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP AND OTHER WILDLIFE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. THE FDB ACTIVELY PROMOTED DESERT BIGHORN CONSERVATION TO KIDS AND ADULTS AT THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR, AND SPONSORED FIVE KIDS TO ATTEND THE NEVADA YOUTH RANGE CAMP HELD IN THE SCHELL CREEK RANGE NEAR ELY, WHITE PINE COUNTY. IN ADDITION, THE FDB SPONSORED SEVERAL IMPORTANT EVENTS: THE 58TH MEETING OF THE DESERT BIGHORN COUNCIL IN GOLD CANYON, AZ; SHEEP SHOW (WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION) AT THE RENO-SPARKS CONVENTION CENTER, CHAPTER & AFFILIATES SUMMIT (WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION) IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, AND A MEETING OF THE NEVADA BIGHORN WORKING GROUP HELD AT THE RENO-SPARKS CONVENTION CENTER. LASTLY, THE FDB HOLDS MONTHLY MEMBERS MEETINGS TO INFORM ATTENDEES OF UPCOMING BIGHORN SHEEP CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, AND TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. 5300 5000 86398 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false true true true true true false true true true true true true true true false false false X MICHELLE MERCER 7758308548 PO BOX 27494 LAS VEGAS NV 891261494 X MATTHEW BLACKBURN VICE PRESIDE 5.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICK CUMMINGS PRESIDENT 10.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELLE MERCER TREASURER 5.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 4017 4132 99907 108056 69266 69266 93607 48903 143784 -50177 48903 -1274 -1274 154258 4132 99077 55181 55181 231229 -1274 124447 5000 5000 29116 29116 19898 19898 18628 199 18429 30670 30670 1329 1329 348 348 EMERGENCY FUND EXPENSES 100000 100000 WATER LEVEL MONITORING 60219 60219 FUTURE WATER PROJECTS 18513 18513 FEE/SERVICE CHARGE 2390 2390 2666 2666 288777 86398 80231 122148 326494 338662 4340 4340 2568399 2689890 2894893 3028552 0 0 X 326494 338662 2568399 2689890 2894893 3028552 2894893 3028552 -57548 191207 X false false false X 534251 564627 381022 16802 108056 1604758 116691 111287 154258 382236 534251 681318 492309 16802 262314 1986994 10000 10000 10000 10000 1976994 32123 41034 59115 82370 69266 283908 32123 41034 59115 82370 69266 283908 566374 722352 551424 99172 331580 2270902 0.87060 0.91390 0.13000 0.09000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 4340 4340 ANNUAL BANQUET 158390 4132 154258 99077 158390 4132 154258 99077 99077 55181 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D THE FRATERNITY OF THE DESERT BIGHORN IS A 100% VOLUNTEER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN LAS VEGAS, NV, WITH MEMBERS "UNSELFISHLY DEDICATED TO THE WELFARE AND CONSERVATION OF DESERT BIGHORN AND NEVADA'S WILDLIFE." THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1964 BY A HANDFUL OF CONCERNED ADVOCATES AND CONSERVATIONISTS WHEN THE DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP POPULATION IN NEVADA WAS AT A HISTORIC LOW OF LESS THAN 2,000 ANIMALS. THE FRATERNITY OF THE DESERT BIGHORN HAS WORKED OVER THE LAST SIX DECADES IN UNISON WITH NDOW AND OTHER LIKE-MINDED CONSERVATION GROUPS TO RECOVER BIGHORN SHEEP POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA NOW NEARING 10,000 ANIMALS. ON SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025, THE FRATERNITY OF THE DESERT BIGHORN (FDB) HELD ITS 61ST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER BANQUET AT THE SOUTH POINT HOTEL AND CASINO. IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2025, FDB, IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE (NDOW), CONSTRUCTED THREE DESERT BIGHORN WATER DEVELOPMENTS (AKA GUZZLERS) IN RUGGED AND REMOTE TERRAIN IN THREE MOUNTAIN RANGES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. IN JANUARY 2025, THE FIRST OF THE THREE GUZZLERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE 2025 BUILD SEASON WAS SITUATED IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE MUDDY MOUNTAINS, CLARK COUNTY. DUE TO THE LARGE POPULATION OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN THIS LOCATION, THE WATER STORAGE CAPACITY OF THE PROJECT WAS BOOSTED TO AN EIGHT-TANK SYSTEM. THE EIGHT 2,300-GALLON TANKS EQUATED TO AN OVERALL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 18,400 GALLONS. IN FEBRUARY 2025, A NEW BIGHORN GUZZLER WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE SPOTTED RANGE, NYE COUNTY. THE SPOTTED RANGE IS THE WESTERNMOST MOUNTAIN RANGE ON THE DESERT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. THE THIRD BIGHORN GUZZLER CONSTRUCTED IN 2025 WAS IN THE NORTHWEST PAHRANAGAT RANGE, LINCOLN COUNTY. ONCE CHARGED BY RAIN AND SNOW PRODUCING STORMS, THE LARGE EIGHT-TANK PROJECT WILL RELIABLY PROVIDE WATER TO NOT ONLY DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP BUT ALSO OTHER AVIAN AND TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE. AS THE LEAD ORGANIZATION ON AN AMBITIOUS WATER MONITORING INITIATIVE, THE FDB, IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH NDOW AND SEVERAL NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS, CONTINUES TO INSTALL WATER LEVEL MONITORS AND COMPANION RAIN GAUGES AT NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AND EXISTING CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BIGHORN GUZZLERS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. THE AUTONOMOUS WATER MONITORS COLLECT WATER LEVEL AND RAINFALL DATA. DATA COMMUNICATIONS ARE SATELLITE-MEDIATED AND ARE NEAR REAL-TIME. THE NEAR REAL-TIME INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF GUZZLERS PROVIDES ESSENTIAL INFORMATION RELATIVE TO NOT ONLY WATER AVAILABILITY BUT ALSO MAINTENANCE ISSUES. THE WATER MONITORING EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED FROM RANCHBOT MONITORING SOLUTIONS (FORT WORTH, TX) AND TRACK TAG LLC (ELY, NV). THE WATER LEVEL AND RAINFALL DATA ARE CLOSELY MONITORED BY NDOW PERSONNEL AND FDB MEMBERS. THE FDB CONTINUES ENGAGEMENT IN PROGRAMS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND ADULTS ABOUT CONSERVATION MEASURES FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING VIABLE POPULATIONS OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP AND OTHER WILDLIFE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. THE FDB ACTIVELY PROMOTED DESERT BIGHORN CONSERVATION TO KIDS AND ADULTS AT THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR, AND SPONSORED FIVE KIDS TO ATTEND THE NEVADA YOUTH RANGE CAMP HELD IN THE SCHELL CREEK RANGE NEAR ELY, WHITE PINE COUNTY. IN ADDITION, THE FDB SPONSORED SEVERAL IMPORTANT EVENTS: THE 58TH MEETING OF THE DESERT BIGHORN COUNCIL IN GOLD CANYON, AZ; SHEEP SHOW (WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION) AT THE RENO-SPARKS CONVENTION CENTER, CHAPTER & AFFILIATES SUMMIT (WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION) IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, AND A MEETING OF THE NEVADA BIGHORN WORKING GROUP HELD AT THE RENO-SPARKS CONVENTION CENTER. LASTLY, THE FDB HOLDS MONTHLY MEMBERS MEETINGS TO INFORM ATTENDEES OF UPCOMING BIGHORN SHEEP CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, AND TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 YES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A YES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B YES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER AND SECRETARY PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C YES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S BY-LAWS ARE LOCATED ON ITS WEBSITE AT WWW.FRATERNITYOFTHEDESERTBIGHORN.COM/ABOUT