DUCKS UNLIMITED INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: DUCKS UNLIMITED INC (EIN 13-5643799)
Tax period: 2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Filed: 2025-05-14
IRS object ID: 202531349349311403
Schema version: 2023v6.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-05-14T16:20:26+00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	135565207	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KPMG LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	303 Peachtree St NE Suite 2000	AddressLine1Txt
City	Atlanta	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	30308	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	135643799	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Ducks Unlimited Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	DUCK	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9017583825	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 Waterfowl Way	AddressLine1Txt
City	Memphis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	38120	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Darin Blunck	PersonNm
Person Title	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9017583825	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-05-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Whitney B Hebron	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01226647	PTIN
Phone	4042223000	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-05-14	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Darin Blunck	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 Waterfowl Way	AddressLine1Txt
City	Memphis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	38120	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$459,848,993	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.ducks.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1937	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. CONSERVES, RESTORES, AND MANAGES WETLANDS AND ASSOCIATED HABITATS FOR NORTH AMERICA'S WATERFOWL. THESE HABITATS ALSO BENEFIT OTHER WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	68	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	67	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	889	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	30000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$2,124,092	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$268,707,427	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$419,622,978	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$24,426,409	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$13,593,651	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$4,252,906	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$5,844,450	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$4,791,962	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$4,492,407	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$302,178,704	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$443,553,486	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$17,553,378	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$14,549,112	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$87,619,636	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$98,094,619	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$318,000	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$317,000	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$46,243,550	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$185,707,771	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$205,241,321	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$291,198,785	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$318,202,052	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$10,979,919	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$125,351,434	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$342,577,877	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$459,569,035	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$78,814,186	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$81,775,959	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$263,763,691	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$377,793,076	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. CONSERVES, RESTORES, AND MANAGES WETLANDS AND ASSOCIATED HABITATS FOR NORTH AMERICA'S WATERFOWL. THESE HABITATS ALSO BENEFIT OTHER WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$225,889,503	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$14,549,112	GrantAmt
Revenue	$13,593,651	RevenueAmt
Desc	DUCKS UNLIMITED SUPPORTS THE LIFE CYCLE OF WATERFOWL IN NORTH AMERICA BY DEVELOPING, PRESERVING, RESTORING AND MAINTAINING WATERFOWL HABITATS. DIRECT ALLOCATIONS ARE MADE TO AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS - DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA ($13,127,182) AND DUCKS UNLIMITED MEXICO ($1,421,930).	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$26,941,723	ExpenseAmt
Desc	EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT WETLANDS AND WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF SUSTAINING THE LIFE CYCLE NEEDS OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WETLANDS DEMONSTRATIONS, EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE, INTERPRETIVE CENTER, YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND OUTDOOR CONSERVATION EXHIBITS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,115,048	ExpenseAmt
Desc	DUCKS UNLIMITED PROVIDES MEMBER SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 678,000 TOTAL MEMBERS (INCLUDING GREENWINGS) THROUGH EDUCATIONAL MEMBERSHIP MATERIALS, DUCKS UNLIMITED MAGAZINE, CONSERVATION BROCHURES, AND EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS OF FUNDRAISING EVENTS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,067,727	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	DUCKS UNLIMITED MAINTAINS A PUBLIC POLICY PRESENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC POLICY TO MAINTAINING WETLANDS AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT MIGRATORY WATERFOWL.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$5,067,727	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$263,014,001	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (true)	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	Yes (true)	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (true)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	881	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	889	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form1098 C Filed	Yes (true)	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	68	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	67	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	Yes (true)	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Written Policy Or Procedure	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyOrProcedureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DARIN BLUNCK	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9017583825	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 WATERFOWL WAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	MEMPHIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	38120	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (81 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
Adam Putnam
Chief Executive Officer	40.0	6.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$565,644	$0	$32,430
Bob Spoerl
First Vice President	10.0	6.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Chuck Smith
President	10.0	6.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Doug Schoenrock
Chairman of the Board	5.0	6.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Rex Schulz
Secretary	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Willam C Ansell
Treasurer	5.0	6.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Beto Elizondo
Emeritius Board Chairman	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brian Garrels
Regional Vice President, Region 5	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christine Thomas
Senior Vice President, Conservation Programs	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Clay Rogers
Senior Vice President, Region 2	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Connie Parker
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Bowers
Regional Vice President, Region 3	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Keller
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Douglas D Frey
Senior Vice President, Sustainability	5.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Edward May
Regional Vice President, Region 1	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ellen Wehr
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gary Salmon
Senior Vice President, Technology	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George H Dunklin Jr
Senior Vice President, Public Policy	5.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Greg Meissner
Regional Vice President, Region 3	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Henry Kidd
Regional Vice President Region 7	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jack Witt
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James E Vachris Jr
Regional Vice President, Region 6	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James Gibson Jr
Senior Vice President, Risk Management	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jan Young
Regional Vice President, Region 1	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jared Brown
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jason Cormier MD
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jason Stewart
Regional Vice President, Region 4	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jay Owen
Senior Vice President, Region 4	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeff Heidelbauer
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeff Maletzke
Senior Vice President, Region 3	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jim Talbert
Senior Vice President, Event and Volunteer Management	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joe Stough
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joe Trujillo
DUMAC	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John A Tomke
DUMAC	5.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Julian T Ottley
Senior Vice President, Region 7	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kathy Christian
Senior Vice President, Membership	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ken Carroll
Senior Vice President, Youth & Education	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kevin Harris
Ducks Unlimited Canada	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Larry Jensen
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mamie Parker
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Max Finazzo
Regional Vice President Region 7	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Micheal G Bulk
Regional Vice President, Region 2	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mike Benge
Senior Vice President, Development	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mikkel Anderson
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mindy West
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nick Lichenstein
Regional Vice President, Region 4	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nick Moss
Regional Vice President Region 8	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Patrick O'Connor
Ducks Unlimited Canada	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul R Bonderson
Former DU President	5.0	6.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Pepper Snyder
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter T MacGaffin
Senior Vice President, Region 6	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Randall Cole
Regional Vice President Region 8	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard Godfrey
Senior Vice President, Region 8	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert J Gokey
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert S Hester Jr
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Roger d'Eschambault
Ducks Unlimited Canada	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rogers Hoyt Jr
Former DU President	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sam Smolik
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott Stamerjohn
Senior Vice President, Marketing/Communications	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Christian
Regional Vice President, Region 2	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Maritz
Chairman, Wetlands America Trust, Inc.	5.0	12.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tab Casper
Regional Vice President, Region 5	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tammi Kircher
Senior Vice President, Region 5	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Teresa Keating
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tom Enos
Senior Vice President, Region 1	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tom Jernigan
Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Wendell W Weakley
At-Large Member of the Board of Directors	5.0	7.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William J Ebert
Regional Vice President, Region 6	5.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Daniel Thiel
Executive Secretary, DUI and WAT	20.0	21.0		Yes (X)	$354,511	$0	$37,342
Darin Blunck
Chief Financial Officer & Asst. Treasurer	40.0	7.0		Yes (X)	$331,708	$0	$35,888
David Marrone
General Counsel & Asst. Secretary	40.0	7.0		Yes (X)	$290,073	$0	$38,116
David Schuessler
Chief Event Fundraising Officer	40.0	1.0			$344,523	$0	$39,948	Yes (X)
E Nichols Wiley
Chief Operating Officer	40.0	1.0			$493,184	$0	$31,276	Yes (X)
Karen Waldrop
Chief Conservation Officer	40.0	7.0			$358,440	$0	$34,625	Yes (X)
Richard B Smith
Chief Development Officer	40.0	1.0			$349,142	$0	$41,370	Yes (X)
Arnie Matson
Chief Information Officer	40.0	1.0			$302,276	$0	$32,679		Yes (X)
Cici Ebersole
Chief Talent Officer	40.0	1.0			$286,251	$0	$32,006		Yes (X)
Doug Barnes
Chief Brand Officer	40.0	1.0			$305,068	$0	$36,524		Yes (X)
Tim Fehringer
National Director Event Fundraising	40.0	1.0			$267,982	$0	$25,521		Yes (X)
Zachary Hartman
Chief Policy Officer	40.0	1.0			$298,529	$0	$32,703		Yes (X)
Frederic A Reid
Director, Conservation Programs III	40.0	0			$269,441	$0	$0			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$4,816,772	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$450,428	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	246	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Luhr Crosby LLC
250 W Sand Bank Rd	Columbia	IL	62236	HABITAT RESTORATION	$5,560,049
Carter's Contracting Services Inc
23263 Harmony Church Road	Andalusia	AL	36421	HABITAT RESTORATION	$5,405,412
Gateway Pacific Contractors Inc
8055 Freeport Blvd	Sacramento	CA	95832	HABITAT RESTORATION	$3,715,809
Onshore Materials LLC
127 Lincoln Lane	Thibodaux	LA	70301	HABITAT RESTORATION	$3,664,166
Rigid Constructors LLC
3091 Hsy 104	Opelousas	LA	70570	HABITAT RESTORATION	$3,557,591

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	107	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$71,522	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$20,920,328	MembershipDuesAmt
Related Organizations	$63,129,608	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$128,708,745	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$206,792,775	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$2,903,183	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$419,622,978	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONTRACT FEES	Desc
Business	541900	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$13,593,651	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$13,593,651	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$13,593,651	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,742,784	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,742,784	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,368,315	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,368,315	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$19,230,495	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$166,678	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$16,295,507	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,934,988	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$166,678	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,101,666	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,101,666	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ADVERTISING	Desc
Business	513120	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,124,092	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$2,124,092	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,124,092	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$443,553,486	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$13,593,651	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$2,124,092	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$8,212,765	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,549,112	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,549,112	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,378,218	TotalAmt
Program Services	$393,065	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,210,170	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$774,982	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$73,908,749	TotalAmt
Program Services	$51,065,246	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,167,465	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,676,038	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,394,019	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,716,249	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$703,358	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,974,412	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,413,633	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,660,380	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$345,323	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,407,930	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$111,183	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,313	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$68,787	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,083	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$503,597	TotalAmt
Management And General	$503,597	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$142,596	TotalAmt
Program Services	$142,596	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$317,000	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$317,000	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,990,221	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,179,291	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$805,291	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,005,639	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,701,918	TotalAmt
Program Services	$998,769	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$107,903	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,595,246	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,692,583	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,777,416	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$325,447	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$589,720	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,906,955	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,622,728	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$419,106	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$865,121	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$704,730	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,086,459	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	-$903,938	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$522,209	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,880,363	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,150,531	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$331,111	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,398,721	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$565,721	TotalAmt
Program Services	$479,847	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,011	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$81,863	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,165,698	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,581,163	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$518,474	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,066,061	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$945,206	TotalAmt
Program Services	$515,104	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$210,521	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$219,581	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
HABITAT DEVELOPMENT	$156,722,355	$156,722,355
POSTAGE AND SHIPPING	$5,637,273	$2,929,796	$24,530	$2,682,947
PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO	$4,509,321	$2,883,079	$12,890	$1,613,352
PREMIUMS	$4,466,351			$4,466,351

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,595,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,550,502	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$90,454	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$954,294	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$318,202,052	TotalAmt
Program Services	$263,014,001	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,944,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$46,243,550	FundraisingAmt

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,395,596	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,328,018	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$15,067,578	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,249,285	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,405,801	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$47,640,768	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,847,119	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$153,482,968	BOYAmt
EOY	$265,541,017	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$81,035,087	BOYAmt
EOY	$96,068,194	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,803,956	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,548,144	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,090,784	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,983,489	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$75,412,417	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$47,905,105	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,290,632	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,507,312	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,695,751	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,349,314	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,288,646	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,318,645	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$342,577,877	BOYAmt
EOY	$459,569,035	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,493,910	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,034,402	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,135,838	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,729,931	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$748,310	BOYAmt
EOY	$748,505	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1,000,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,436,128	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,263,121	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$78,814,186	BOYAmt
EOY	$81,775,959	EOYAmt

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$55,663,923	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,914,382	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$208,099,768	BOYAmt
EOY	$305,878,693	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$263,763,691	BOYAmt
EOY	$377,793,075	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$342,577,877	BOYAmt
EOY	$459,569,034	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$125,351,434	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$4,365,485	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$5,282	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$15,682,253	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$169,711,324	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$186,901,439	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$316,506,578	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$268,707,427	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$419,622,978	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,361,449,746	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$169,711,324	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$186,901,439	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$316,506,578	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$268,707,427	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$419,622,978	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,361,449,746	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$129,656,723	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,231,793,023	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,497,014	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,038,560	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,229,326	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,630,878	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,111,099	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$21,506,877	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$171	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$599	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$770	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$1,382,957,393	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$38,020,060	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.8907	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.9161	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.0	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.0	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Private Foundation509	Yes (X)	PrivateFoundation509Ind

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
CY Adj Net Income Distributable	$0	CYAdjNetIncomeDistributableAmt
CY Pct85 Adjusted Net Income	$0	CYPct85AdjustedNetIncomeAmt
CY Total Min Ast Distributable	$0	CYTotalMinAstDistributableAmt
CY Greater Adjusted Minimum	$0	CYGreaterAdjustedMinimumAmt
CY Income Tax Imposed PY	$0	CYIncomeTaxImposedPYAmt
CY Distributable As Adjusted	$0	CYDistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 2019 Amount - Other	2019 AMOUNT: $ 171 2020 AMOUNT: $ 599
Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income	DESCRIPTION - , COLUMN A - 171.0, COLUMN B - 599.0, COLUMN C - , COLUMN D - , COLUMN E - , COLUMN F - 770.0;

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	Yes (true)	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (true)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	Yes (true)	MailingsMembersInd
Mailings Members	$61,551	MailingsMembersAmt
Publications Or Broadcast	Yes (true)	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Publications Or Broadcast	$69,133	PublicationsOrBroadcastAmt
Grants Other Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Grants Other Organizations	$132,504	GrantsOtherOrganizationsAmt
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$722,510	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	Yes (true)	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Rallies Demonstrations	$4,823	RalliesDemonstrationsAmt
Other Activities	false	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$990,521	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 LOBBYING ACTIVITIES:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	DUCKS UNLIMITED MAINTAINS A PUBLIC POLICY PRESENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC POLICY TO MAINTAINING WETLANDS AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT MIGRATORY WATERFOWL. DUCKS UNLIMITED (DU) WORKS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, DU'S MEMBERS, AND VOLUNTEERS AND OFFICIALS AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF OVERNMENT REGARDING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF LEGISLATION ON WETLANDS, WATER AND WILDLIFE. ON OCCASION, DU ALSO MAKES GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN SIMILAR LOBBYING/EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS. DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN OR INTERVENE IN ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO ANY CANDIDATE AND IT IS AGAINST DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. POLICY TO DO SO.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets Included	$520,314	AssetsIncludedAmt

Held Works Art HeldWorksArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets Included	$1,700,973	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd

Collection Used Other Purposes CollectionUsedOtherPurposesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Other Purposes	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedOtherPurposesInd
Other Purposes	UTILIZED IN THE EVENT SYSTEM	OtherPurposesDesc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	Yes (true)	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation Provided	Yes (X)	ExplanationProvidedInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$66,855,387	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$14,907,197	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$7,219,440	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,592,656	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$86,389,368	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$61,246,703	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,920,475	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,150,422	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,462,213	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$66,855,387	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$71,958,559	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	-$2,940,870	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$7,395,360	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$375,626	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$61,246,703	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$55,993,163	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,790,072	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$16,674,363	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,499,039	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$71,958,559	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$56,805,629	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,739,696	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,365,502	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,917,664	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$55,993,163	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.4493	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.3841	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.1666	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	Yes (true)	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$9,880,858	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$9,880,858	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$13,544,010	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$10,647,784	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,896,226	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$14,990,568	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$13,257,713	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,732,855	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$26,307,489	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$21,359,738	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,947,751	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$10,689,492	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,639,870	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,049,622	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$27,507,312	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY RESERVE	$963,921
COMPENSATION AND RELATED ACCRUALS	$13,132,733
ACCRUED POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT	$676,598
DEFERRED COMPENSATION	$1,010,339
CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST	$1,995
LEASE LIABILITIES	$7,477,535

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$23,263,121	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part III, Line 4 Collections of art - description of collections	WORKS OF ART AND OTHER SIMILAR ASSETS ARE HELD ON DISPLAY AT DUCKS UNLIMITED OFFICES FOR THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE CRITICAL NEED FOR WETLANDS AND ASSOCIATED UPLANDS HABITAT RESTORATION.
Schedule D, Part IV, Line 2b Explanation of escrow agreement	DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. HAS TWO ARRANGEMENTS IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS AND MANAGES ENDOWMENT FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS). IN THE FIRST ARRANGEMENT, DU INVESTS AND MANAGES THE MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING INCOME AND PROVIDING PERIODIC PAYMENTS OF EARNINGS DIRECTLY TO USFWS FOR LAND MANAGEMENT ON HABITAT LANDS, SPECIFICALLY LAND AT THE MODOC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. AT 6/30/2024, A LIABILITY OF $130,432 WAS ON DU'S BOOKS FOR THIS OBLIGATION. IN THE SECOND ARRANGEMENT, DU AND THE USFWS HAVE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IN WHICH AN ENDOWMENT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE PERPETUAL MANAGEMENT OF LAND IN THE SOUTH BAY REFUGE IN CALIFORNIA. DU IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE FUNDS IN AN INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNT AND TO DISBURSE THEM FOR APPROVED ACTIVITIES. AT 6/30/2024, A LIABILITY OF $618,073 WAS ON DU'S BOOKS FOR THIS OBLIGATION.
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Intended uses of endowment funds	THE CURRENT FUND BALANCES SUPPORT PROGRAM WORK IN MONITORING EASEMENTS, LAND ACQUISITIONS, WETLANDS RESTORATION AND RESEARCH. DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. WILL WORK WITH PROSPECTIVE DONORS ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OTHER ENDOWMENT FUNDS, INCLUDING NAMED FUNDS, PROVIDED THEY SUPPORT APPROPRIATE CONSERVATION, PUBLIC POLICY, OR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FIN 48 (ASC 740) footnote	DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. (DUI) AND WETLANDS AMERICA TRUST, INC. (WAT) ARE RECOGNIZED AS ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER 501(A) AS ENTITIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, EXCEPT FOR TAXES ON INCOME FROM ACTIVITIES UNRELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY MATERIAL UNRECOGNIZED TAX POSITIONS THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2024 OR 2023.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	North America (Canada & Mexico only)	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	1	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Grantmaking	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	Conservation	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$14,549,112	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	1	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	1	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$14,549,112	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$14,549,112	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Conservation	$13,127,182	Electronic Payment
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Conservation	$1,421,930	Electronic Payment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	2	Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds	Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Ducks Unlimited Mexico (DUMAC) are affiliate organizations of Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DUI). As such, there are board members of each of these organizations that are also staff and board members of DUI. Monitoring is accomplished through participation in board meetings and detailed reporting of financial results, which includes uses of grants.
Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements	NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual
Schedule F, Part II, Line 1 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements	NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
James R Moore
P O Box 389	Tulsa	OK	74101	Fundraising Counsel	false	$225,077	$24,750	$200,327
CX Marketing LLC
4200 Parliament Place Suite 300	Lanham	MD	20706	Fundraising Counsel	false	$2,657,731	$292,250	$2,365,481

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$2,882,808	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$317,000	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$2,565,808	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ID	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WY	LicensedStatesCd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	Yes (true)	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	Yes (true)	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Adam Putnam
Chief Executive Officer	$414,654	$0	$150,000	$0	$990	$0	$20,296	$0	$12,134	$0	$598,074	$0	$0	$0
Darin Blunck
Chief Financial Officer & Asst. Treasurer	$253,950	$0	$76,248	$0	$1,510	$0	$23,754	$0	$12,134	$0	$367,596	$0	$0	$0
David Marrone
General Counsel & Asst. Secretary	$224,748	$0	$62,604	$0	$2,721	$0	$25,982	$0	$12,134	$0	$328,189	$0	$0	$0
Daniel Thiel
Executive Secretary, DUI and WAT	$275,040	$0	$75,115	$0	$4,356	$0	$25,208	$0	$12,134	$0	$391,853	$0	$0	$0
David Schuessler
Chief Event Fundraising Officer	$257,226	$0	$85,779	$0	$1,518	$0	$27,814	$0	$12,134	$0	$384,471	$0	$0	$0
Richard B Smith
Chief Development Officer	$260,525	$0	$85,779	$0	$2,838	$0	$29,236	$0	$12,134	$0	$390,512	$0	$0	$0
Karen Waldrop
Chief Conservation Officer	$267,967	$0	$88,956	$0	$1,517	$0	$22,491	$0	$12,134	$0	$393,065	$0	$0	$0
E Nichols Wiley
Chief Operating Officer	$333,959	$0	$154,869	$0	$4,356	$0	$19,142	$0	$12,134	$0	$524,460	$0	$0	$0
Frederic A Reid
Director, Conservation Programs III	$256,625	$0	$12,816	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$269,441	$0	$0	$0
Doug Barnes
Chief Brand Officer	$234,938	$0	$65,810	$0	$4,320	$0	$24,390	$0	$12,134	$0	$341,592	$0	$0	$0
Cici Ebersole
Chief Talent Officer	$219,372	$0	$65,424	$0	$1,455	$0	$19,872	$0	$12,134	$0	$318,257	$0	$0	$0
Tim Fehringer
National Director Event Fundraising	$193,340	$0	$34,152	$0	$40,490	$0	$13,387	$0	$12,134	$0	$293,503	$0	$0	$0
Zachary Hartman
Chief Policy Officer	$232,254	$0	$65,620	$0	$655	$0	$20,569	$0	$12,134	$0	$331,232	$0	$0	$0
Arnie Matson
Chief Information Officer	$233,084	$0	$66,377	$0	$2,815	$0	$20,545	$0	$12,134	$0	$334,955	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part I, Line 5a Compensation contingent on revenues of the organization	ALL REGULAR, BENEFITS-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN A VARIABLE COMPENSATION PLAN THAT IS BASED ON MEETING BUDGETED GOALS FOR REVENUE, INCOME, EXPENSE EFFICIENCY, MEMBERSHIP AND ACRES PROTECTED.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 6a Compensation contingent on net earnings of the organization	ALL REGULAR, BENEFITS-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN A VARIABLE COMPENSATION PLAN THAT IS BASED ON MEETING BUDGETED GOALS FOR REVENUE, INCOME, EXPENSE EFFICIENCY, MEMBERSHIP AND ACRES PROTECTED.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Cars And Other Vehicles CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	7	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$23,800	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	322	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$2,823,383	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Collectibles CollectiblesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$30,000	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	NONE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	Conservation Project Materials	Desc
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$26,000	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (true)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b Third parties used to solicit, process, or sell noncash contributions	Ducks Unlimited, Inc. utilized the services of a brokerage firm to process and liquidate gifts of marketable securities. Ducks Unlimited, Inc. utilizes a third-party service provider to process and liquidate gifts of donated vehicles.
Schedule M, Part I Explanations of reporting method for number of contributions	Cars and other vehicles - Number of contributions Other - Conservation Project Materials Number of contributions Securities - Publicly traded - Number of contributions Collectibles - Number of Contributions

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (10 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ 5,067,727 including grants of $ 0)(Revenue $ 0) DUCKS UNLIMITED MAINTAINS A PUBLIC POLICY PRESENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC BECAUSE OF THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC POLICY TO MAINTAINING WETLANDS AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT MIGRATORY WATERFOWL.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Family/business relationships amongst interested persons	KATHY AND STEVE CHRISTIAN - Family relationship
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 Classes of members or stockholders	THE COUNCIL OF STATE TRUSTEES AND NATIONAL DELEGATES ARE MEMBERS OF DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. (DUI).
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body	DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. (DUI) HAS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS THAT ARE ELECTED BY A BODY OF MEMBERS OF DUI. THE OFFICERS OF DUI, OTHER THAN THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, SHALL BE ELECTED FROM THE MEMBERS OF DUI. ONLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENT MEMBERS OF DUI SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS AN OFFICER. THE AFFAIRS OF DUI ARE MANAGED BY ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body	A COPY OF THE 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, THE PERSONNEL POLICY COMMITTEE. ONCE APPROVED BY THE PERSONNEL POLICY COMMITTEE, THE 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THE FULL BOARD WILL APPROVE BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY BEFORE THE 990 IS FILED.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy	EMPLOYEE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICY IS REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORED VIA AN ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST SURVEY. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS TO AN INDEPENDENT PARTY (MANAGER OF COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL AUDIT). IF A CONFLICT IS NOTED DURING THIS PROCESS, IT IS RESOLVED THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH UPPER MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, THE EMPLOYEE, HIS/HER DIRECT SUPERVISOR AND THE MANAGER OF COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL AUDIT. BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT ANNUALLY ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE FOR RESOLUTION PER THE CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICY.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official	DUCKS UNLIMITED USES AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO ESTABLISH AND BENCHMARK COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE PERSONNEL POLICY COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGARDING SALARY AND BENEFITS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees	THE PERSONNEL POLICY COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGARDING SALARY AND BENEFITS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public	DUCKS UNLIMITED MAKES ITS CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE (DUCKS.ORG).
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances	ADJUSTMENTS - OCI - 140695; Other NA Changes - -15822948;

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DUCKS UNLIMITED LANDS LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 WATERFOWL WAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	MEMPHIS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	38120	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	135643799	EIN
Primary Activities	Conservation	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	TN	LegalDomicileStateCd
Total Income	$136,441	TotalIncomeAmt
End Of Year Assets	$8,698,705	EndOfYearAssetsAmt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DUCKS UNLIMITED INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
WETLANDS AMERICA TRUST INC
1 WATERFOWL WAY	MEMPHIS	TN	38120	363330394	CONSERVATION	DC	501(c)(3)	Type I	DUI	Yes (true)
DUCKS UNLIMITED GROUP RETURN
1 WATERFOWL WAY	MEMPHIS	TN	38120	912009004	CONSERVATION	DC	501(c)(3)	7	DUI	Yes (true)

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Activities	INVESTMENT	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	TN	LegalDomicileStateCd

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Ducks Unlimited Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	Yes (true)	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	Yes (true)	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (5 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC GROUP RETURN
C	$63,129,608	FMV
WETLANDS AMERICA TRUST INC
C	$811,697	FMV
WETLANDS AMERICA TRUST INC
D	$91,959,633	FMV
WETLANDS AMERICA TRUST INC
L	$95,031	FMV
WETLANDS AMERICA TRUST INC
B	$4,000,000	FMV