AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION (EIN 81-0541893)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-07-10
IRS object ID: 201721919349300782
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-07-10T13:35:38-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Amatics CPA Group	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	220 West Lamme Suite 3-A	AddressLine1Txt
City	Bozeman	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59715	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	810541893	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	dba AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AMER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4065854600	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 908	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOZEMAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59771	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SEAN GERRITY	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2017-07-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MORGAN SCARR	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00747394	PTIN
Phone	4064041925	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	SEAN GERRITY	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7 EAST BEALL ST SUITE 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOZEMAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59718	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$24,286,175	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.americanprairie.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2001	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE THE LARGEST NATURE RESERVE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, A REFUGE FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE PRESERVED FOREVER AS PART OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	52	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	64	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$7,833,068	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$12,341,999	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$122,827	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$135,132	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$89,066	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$27,791	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$158,056	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$178,688	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$8,203,017	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$12,683,610	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,661,832	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,791,806	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$1,629,486	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,782,987	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,733,995	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,444,819	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,525,801	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,758,198	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$6,157,809	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$51,461,601	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$71,262,674	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$7,533,190	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$20,870,693	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$43,928,411	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$50,391,981	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE THE LARGEST NATURE RESERVE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, A REFUGE FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE PRESERVED FOREVER AS PART OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,966,799	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$71,235	GrantAmt
Desc	RESERVE AREA MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC/EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$885,772	ExpenseAmt
Desc	LAND ACQUISITION - INCLUDES A PORTION OF SALARIES AND PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL FEES DEDICATED TO LAND ACQUISITION TO FULFILL THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$345,012	ExpenseAmt
Desc	WILDLIFE RESTORATION	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$4,197,583	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	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
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	52	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	52	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	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
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	14	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	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
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	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	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	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	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	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	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	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	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	NV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	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	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	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	HEATHER GRINER	PersonNm
Phone	4065854600	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7 EAST BEALL ST SUITE 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOZEMAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59715	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 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
SEAN GERRITY
President	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$249,000	$0	$0
JAY ABBE
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KEITH ANDERSON
Treasurer	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CLYDE ASPEVIG
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LILIANE HAUB
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HELGA HAUB
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GEORGE MATELICH
Chair	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN MATELICH
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFF MILLER
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GIB MYERS
Vice Chair	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN MYERS
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL LIVELY
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JACQUELINE BADGER MARS
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NANCY MUELLER
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TIM KELLY
Board Member	0.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETE GEDDES
Managing Director	40.00	0.00			$160,000	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ALISON FOX
Managing Director	32.00	0.00			$128,000	$0	$0		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$537,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
CTA INC
PO BOX 30071	BILLINGS	MT	59101	ARCHITECTURE	$100,901
GIFFORD FJELD
PO BOX 86	HINSDALE	MT	59241	FENCING	$171,571
NIEBUR EXCAVATING LLC
PO BOX 641	LEWISTOWN	MT	59457	CONSTRUCTION	$128,658
VINCENT SCHMOECKEL
PO BOX 957	MALTA	MT	59538	RESEEDING SERVICES	$100,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$12,341,999	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$3,984,027	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$12,341,999	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	VISITATION INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$135,132	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$135,132	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$135,132	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$48,122	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$48,122	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$318,372	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$318,372	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$318,372	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$318,372	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$7,379,619	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$1,806,650	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$7,421,690	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$1,784,910	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$42,071	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$21,740	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$20,331	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$20,331	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$43,080	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$226,018	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$182,938	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$182,938	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$2,106,050	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$2,169,947	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$63,897	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$63,897	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$107,151	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$107,151	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$107,151	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,683,610	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$71,235	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$270,376	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

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

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$537,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$161,100	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$80,550	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$295,350	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,747,690	TotalAmt
Program Services	$909,458	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$323,333	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$514,899	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$267,462	TotalAmt
Program Services	$148,914	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,628	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$75,920	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$239,654	TotalAmt
Program Services	$133,432	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,196	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$68,026	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,677	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,971	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,706	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,106	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,106	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

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

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$442,845	TotalAmt
Program Services	$299,233	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,694	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$132,918	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$298,658	TotalAmt
Program Services	$118,760	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$55,126	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$124,772	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$119,453	TotalAmt
Program Services	$59,641	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,313	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$39,499	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$325,317	TotalAmt
Program Services	$149,065	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$77,474	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$98,778	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$805,909	TotalAmt
Program Services	$805,909	ProgramServicesAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$580,794	TotalAmt
Program Services	$490,537	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,547	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$80,710	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

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

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PROJECT AREA	$630,523	$616,522	$14,001
EVENTS AND OUTREACH	$245,853	$99,065	$146,788
COMMUNICATIONS/MARKETING	$180,281	$136,805	$28,971	$14,505
COMMUNICATIONS/INFRASTRUCTURE	$50,579	$37,171	$8,854	$4,554

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,525,801	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,197,583	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$698,732	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,629,486	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,185,864	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,349,552	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,548,295	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,640,328	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$206	BOYAmt
EOY	$196,402	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$134,252	BOYAmt
EOY	-$89,779	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$56,132,590	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,305,024	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,805,680	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,827,566	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,828,379	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,423,447	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,958,925	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,915,158	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$51,461,601	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,262,674	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$475,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$423,518	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,900,222	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,065,802	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$104,476	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,693	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,021	BOYAmt
EOY	$309,680	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,533,190	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,870,693	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,851,267	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,830,761	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,312,557	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,615,142	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,764,587	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,946,078	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,928,411	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,391,981	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$51,461,601	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,262,674	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$6,157,809	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$62,035	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$243,726	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	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

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	$13,450,279	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,912,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,608,365	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,833,068	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$12,290,732	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$45,094,563	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	$13,450,279	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,912,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,608,365	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,833,068	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$12,290,732	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$45,094,563	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$31,249,506	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$13,845,057	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$160,244	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$51,621	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$43,496	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$46,960	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$48,123	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$350,444	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	$251,282	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$391,312	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$365,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$670,865	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$645,389	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,324,520	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$47,769,527	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$521,734	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.28980	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.31310	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Ten Pct Facts Crcmstncs Test CY	Yes (X)	TenPctFactsCrcmstncsTestCYInd
Facts And Circumstances Test	Current Year Facts and Circumstances: 1.PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION MUST BE AT LEAST TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SUPPORT.APFS PUBLIC SUPPORT IS 28.98%.2.THE ORGANIZATION MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE FUNDRAISING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ATTRACT NEW AND ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT.APF DOES NOT SEEK GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT. HOWEVER, APF HAS AN EXTENSIVE, DETAILED AND CONTINUOUS FUNDRAISING PROGRAM AIMED AT ATTRACTING NEW INDIVIDUAL AND FOUNDATION DONORS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE GIFT OFFICERS, EACH OF WHOM SPEND A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THEIR TIME IDENTIFYING AND CULTIVATING NEW POTENTIAL DONORS AND STEWARDING EXISTING DONORS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL STAFF WHO SUPPORT THOSE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. IN 2016 WE LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO MORE THAN $100 MILLION OVER TWO-THREE YEARS. WE ALSO RECENTLY FORMED TWO DONOR PROGRAMS TO ATTRACT MORE DONORS IN THE $10 - $50,000 RANGE (COMMON GOOD SOCIETY AND APR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM).ADDITIONALLY, APF HOLDS PUBLIC EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO INTRODUCE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO APF AND ITS WORK, AND TO CULTIVATE THEM INTO DONORS. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 13,000 CONTACTS IN OUR DATABASE. APR SENDS PERIODIC APPEAL LETTERS TO A MAILING LIST OF OVER 4,000 INDIVIDUALS, AND ELECTRONIC APPEAL EMAILS TO APPROXIMATELY 7,900 PEOPLE. THE PURPOSE OF THE APPEAL LETTERS IS TO SOLICIT DONATIONS.APF PUBLISHES A NEWSLETTER THREE TIMES A YEAR THAT REACHES MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE IN PHYSICAL COPY AND 6,000 VIA EMAIL. ALL OF THE NEWSLETTERS INCLUDE AN APR DONATION ENVELOPE AND THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER DISPLAYS A PROMINENT DONATE NOW BUTTON. THE EMAIL LIST OF 7,900 ALSO RECEIVES A MONTHLY EMAIL UPDATE THAT INCLUDES A PROMINENT DONATE BUTTON. APF OFFERS VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE VIA MULTIPLE TYPES OF ONLINE DONATION FORMS. APR PARTICIPATES IN THE FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE OUTREACH PROGRAMS:FACEBOOK: WE HAVE A GROWING FACEBOOK COMMUNITY OF 7,500 PEOPLE, WHERE INVITATIONS TO GIVE ARE REGULARLY POSTED AND WHERE THERE IS A PROMINENT "DONATE NOW" BUTTON.TWITTER: WE HAVE AN ACTIVE TWITTER ACCOUNT WITH MORE THAN 2,900 FOLLOWERS, WHERE APPEALS AND LINKS TO OUR DONATE PAGE ARE FREQUENTLY POSTED.INSTAGRAM: WE HAVE AN EXPANDING NETWORK ON INSTAGRAM OF MORE THAN 7,400 FOLLOWERS WHO ARE CONTINUALLY REMINDED OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DONATE ONLINE.APR'S WEBSITE ATTRACTS APPROXIMATELY 7,300 UNIQUE VISITORS/MONTH, AND A DONATE BUTTON IS PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE.3.THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF BROAD PUBLIC INTEREST, AS OPPOSED TO THE SPECIFIC INTEREST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS.OUR BOARD IS DIVERSE AND COMES FROM MANY DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AND PROFESSIONAL AREAS. CLYDE ASPEVIG IS A NATIVE MONTANAN AND RENOWNED LANDSCAPE ARTIST WHOSE DEEP APPRECIATION AND PASSION FOR THE LANDSCAPE WE ARE CONSERVING DRIVES MUCH OF OUR MISSION FORWARD.SEAN GERRITY IS PRESIDENT OF APR. HE IS THE PERSON WHO TOOK AN AUDACIOUS IDEA AND FORGED IT INTO A SUCCESSFUL, RESULTS-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION. HIS BACKGROUND IS IN MANAGEMENT CONSULTING WHICH MAKES HIM AN EXTREMELY CAPABLE LEADER.GIB & SUSAN MYERS LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. MR. MYERS IS A RETIRED VENTURE CAPITALIST. HE AND HIS WIFE SUSAN ARE INVOLVED WITH APR BECAUSE OF THEIR PASSION FOR CONSERVATION OF THE GRASSLANDS IN NORTHEASTERN MONTANA.HELGA HAUB LIVES IN GERMANY AND HAS A PASSION FOR THE AMERICAN WEST AND THE CONSERVATION OF THE LANDSCAPES IN THE AMERICAN WEST. THEY ARE HELPING US SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE GLOBAL RESOURCE WE ARE BUILDING TO EUROPEANS.LILLIAN HAUB WAS BORN IN SWITZERLAND, RAISED IN AUSTRIA AND HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE U.S. SINCE 1989. SHE IS VERY INVOLVED IN PHILANTHROPY AND SERVES ON SEVERAL BOARDS AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND AND TRAINING IN ART. GEORGE & SUSAN MATELICH ARE NEW YORKERS WHO OWN PROPERTY IN MONTANA. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF THEIR LOVE FOR MONTANA LANDSCAPES AND THEIR DESIRE TO SEE MORE OF IT CONSERVED. MR. MATELICH IS A SHAREHOLDER IN A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM.THAT BUSINESS ACUMEN HELPS US IN ACCOMPLISHING OUR GOALS.KEITH ANDERSON OWNS HIS OWN CAPITAL INVESTMENT BUSINESS. HE HAS A PASSION FOR HUNTING, FISHING, AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. HE IS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN NEW YORK AND HELPS US GAIN SUPPORT FROM THAT COMMUNITY AND BEYOND FOR OUR MISSION.TIM KELLY IS THE CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF PLANET3, AN EXPLORATION-BASED LEARNING COMPANY. TIM PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.NANCY MUELLER HAS A LOVE OF MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ECO-SYSTEMS DERIVED FROM WORLD- WIDE EXPERIENCES. GROWING UP IN LATHAM, NY, SHE MAJORED IN BIOLOGY AND THEN CHEMISTRY AT RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE IN TROY, NY. NANCY STARTED HER OWN BUSINESS, NANCYS SPECIALTY FOODS AND SOLD THE BUSINESS AFTER 22 YEARS OF EXCITING ENTREPRENEURISM IN 1999.JACQUELINE MARS IS A RETIRED VICE PRESIDENT OF MARS, INC., WHERE SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FOOD PRODUCTS AND THEIR MARKETING STRATEGY. SHE IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF CONSERVATION GROUPS CONCERNING LAND USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS AN ADVOCATE AND SUPPORTER OF WOMENS EDUCATION AND THEIR EMPLOYMENT IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.JAY ABBE IS RETIRED FROM MCKINSEY & COMPANY. HE LIVES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HIS BUSINESS ACUMEN GREATLY CONTRIBUTES TO APF ACHIEVING ITS MISSION.JEFF MILLER IS A BUSINESS OWNER IN CALIFORNIA AND HAS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS MODELS AND HELPS APF APPLY THOSE EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES TO ITS OPERATIONS.WHILE ELEVEN OF THESE MEMBERS (MARS, ANDERSON, HAUBS, MYERS, MATELICHS, MUELLER, ABBE & MILLER) HAVE CONTRIBUTED OR PLEDGED SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS TO APR, NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY PRIVATE INTEREST THAT IS FURTHERED BY THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS. THEY RECEIVE NO BENEFITS AND THEY ARE ALL INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THEIR PASSION FOR THE MISSION WHICH IS CONSERVING THE VAST LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE OF NORTHEASTERN MONTANAS PRAIRIE.4.SOME SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION COMES FROM GOVERNMENTAL AND /OR OTHER SOURCES THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS OPPOSED TO A FEW MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS.APF DOES NOT SEEK SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT SOURCES, BUT IT HAS RECEIVED 8,182 DONATIONS FROM 2001 (SOME OF THOSE WERE FROM REPEAT CONTRIBUTORS). SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2001, APF HAS RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 2,592 PEOPLE/ENTITIES. THESE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF APFS MISSION TO BUILD A LARGE WILDLIFE RESERVE. ONLY FIVE OF OUR CONTRIBUTORS QUALIFIED AS MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS IN 2015.5.THE FACILITIES, PROPERTIES, AND PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.APF CURRENTLY OWNS 86,586 ACRES OF LAND IN NORTHEASTERN MONTANA. ALL OF IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE ALSO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO EDUCATIONAL EVENTS HELD ON THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING BIRDING EXPEDITIONS, WILDLIFE WATCHING AND NATURAL HISTORY TOURS. WE RECENTLY BUILT AND OPENED THE ENRICO EDUCATION & SCIENCE CENTER THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS. WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC CAMPGROUND ON THE PROPERTY. PUBLIC ACCESS IS AN EXPLICIT PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE PUBLICS ACCESS TO OUR RESERVE.6.THE PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE ORGANIZATION APPEAL TO A BROAD BASED PUBLIC INTEREST RATHER THAN BEING RESTRICTED TO A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION.APFS PROGRAM CONSISTS OF BUYING LAND THAT IS VALUABLE WILDLIFE HABITAT IN A PARTICULAR AREA IN MONTANA, AND OPENING IT TO THE PUBLIC FOR ITS ENJOYMENT. PUBLIC ACCESS TO THIS LAND IS AN EXPLICIT PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT. ALL PEOPLE, FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,ARE WELCOME TO ENJOY THE PROPERTY AND ITS NATURAL AMENITIES. APFS RESERVE HAS ALREADY BEEN VISITED BY PEOPLE FROM CHINA, GERMANY, CANADA, AND ALL THE REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC USE OF THESE LANDS.WE ARE BUYING AND PROTECTING PRAIRIE HABITAT FOR THE PUBLICS ENJOYMENT IN ONE OF ONLY FOUR PLACES LEFT ON EARTH WHERE CONSERVATION OF GRASSLANDS ON A LANDSCAPE SCALE IS EVEN POSSIBLE. OUR GOAL IS TO LEAVE A LEGACY IN THE FORM OF A FULLY-FUNCTIONING GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY.	FactsAndCircumstancesTestTxt

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,011,789	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$89,161	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,100,950	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,010,980	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$809	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,011,789	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$952,784	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$58,196	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,010,980	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$854,084	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$98,700	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$952,784	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$835,349	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$18,735	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$854,084	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.50000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.35900	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.14100	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$48,011,483	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$48,011,483	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,998,132	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$785,572	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,212,560	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,519,257	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$454,052	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,065,205	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,603,718	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,065,400	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,538,318	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$53,827,566	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MUTUAL FUNDS	Desc
Book Value	$1,100,950	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	F	MethodValuationCd

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - MPH	$39,630
ACCRUED EXPENSES - MPH	$300
NOTES PAYABLE - MPH	$269,750

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$309,680	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$13,153,128	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$62,035	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$26,288	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$381,195	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$469,518	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$12,683,610	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$12,683,610	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,778,107	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$26,288	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$226,018	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$252,306	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$6,525,801	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$6,525,801	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	THE ENDOWMENT FUND CONSISTS OF BOTH DONOR-RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND FUNDS DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO FUNCTION AS ENDOWMENTS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES HOW MUCH OF THE EARNINGS FROM THE ENDOWMENT MAY BE USED TO COVER LAND MANAGEMENT COSTS. THE RESERVE'S INVESTMENT POLICY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FLOW OF FUNDS TO MAXIMIZE THE CAPITAL IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVE'S CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	MPH INCOME NOT REPORTED ON APR 990 $155177 EVENT EXPS REPORTED IN REVENUE ON 990 $226018
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S	EVENT EXPS REPORTED IN REVENUE ON 990 $226018

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	EUROPE	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Region Total Expenditures	$0	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	false	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	NATIONAL PRIZE	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$43,080	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$43,080	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$226,018	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$43,080	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$43,080	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$226,018	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$226,018	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$182,938	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Travel For Companions	Yes (X)	TravelForCompanionsInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
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	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
PETE GEDDES
Managing Director	$116,000	$44,000	$160,000
SEAN GERRITY
President	$180,000	$69,000	$249,000

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE PROVIDES FOR COMPANION TRAVEL EXPENSES ON A CASE-BY-CASE ANALYSIS, WHEN COMPANIONS ARE DETERMINED TO BE A BENEFICIAL PRESENCE IN THE RESERVE'S FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES. SUBSTANTIATION OF EXPENSES IS REQUIRED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	13	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,932,760	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MKT VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	NOTE RECEIVABLE	1	$36,000	FAIR MARKET VALUE
Yes (X)	FURNITURE	1	$15,267	FAIR MARKET VALUE

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

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et	GEORGE MATELICH AND SUSAN MATELICH ARE SPOUSESGIB MYERS AND SUSAN MYERS ARE SPOUSESLILIAN HAUB IS HELGA HAUB'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAWSEAN GERRITY'S WIFE WORKS AS AN EMPLOYEE FOR AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE
Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SOME ORGANIZATIONAL DECISIONS AND DOES NOT KEEP RECORD OF THEIR MEETINGS UNLESS THEY MAKE A DECISION ON SOMETHING.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	THE RETURN IS REVIEWED PRIOR TO FILING BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE VP, FINANCE & OPERATIONS, AND THEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY ALL STAFF UPON HIRE AND PERIODICALLY WHEN REVISIONS ARE MADE TO THE EMPLOYEE MANUAL. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY UPON ELECTION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCUSS ISSUES AS THEY ARISE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND APPROVES ALL COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CEO. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND APPROVES COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR ALL OTHER TOP MANAGEMENT AT LEAST ANNUALLY, USING MARKET DATA AND ANALYTICS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	IN KIND DONATIONS OF ASSETS = $51267
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	MPH NET INCOME DIFFERENCE (BOOK VS TAX) = -$155177
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	NON CONTROLLING INTEREST IN MPH = $347636

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MONTANA PRAIRIE HOLDINGS LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7 EAST BEALL STREET STE 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOZEMAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59715	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	472186123	EIN
Primary Activities	BEEF SALES	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MT	LegalDomicileStateCd
End Of Year Assets	$1,630,449	EndOfYearAssetsAmt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN SERENGETI	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Foreign Address ForeignAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	C/O FLICK GOCKE POSTFACH 10 08 52	AddressLine1Txt
City	FRANKFURT MAIN	CityNm
Province Or State	EUROPE	ProvinceOrStateNm
Country	GM	CountryCd
Foreign Postal	60008	ForeignPostalCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Activities	FUNDRAISING FOR AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile Foreign Country	GM	LegalDomicileForeignCountryCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)3	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	7	PublicCharityStatusTxt
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Id Related Org Txbl Partnership IdRelatedOrgTxblPartnershipGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MONTANA PRAIRIE HOLDINGS LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7 EAST BEALL STREET STE 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOZEMAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59715	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	472186123	EIN
Primary Activities	BEEF SALES	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd
Predominant Income Type	RELATED	PredominantIncomeTypeTxt
Share Of Total Income	-$63,897	ShareOfTotalIncomeAmt
Disproportionate Allocations	false	DisproportionateAllocationsInd
General Or Managing Partner	Yes (true)	GeneralOrManagingPartnerInd
Ownership	0.71430	OwnershipPct

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	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	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	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

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN SERENGETI	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	c	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$1,077,958	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	CASH	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN SERENGETI GERMANY

THE FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN SERENGETI GERMANY (FoAS) IS AN INDEPENDENT, TAX-PRIVILEGED ORGANIZATION IN GERMANY FORMED TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING FUNDS FOR THE RESERVE. THE FoAS WAS FORMED JANUARY 24, 2011, AND IS GOVERNED BY ITS OWN, SEPARATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OF WHICH THE RESERVE CURRENTLY HOLDS TWO OF THE SEVEN POSITIONS. BEFORE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED FROM FoAS TO THE RESERVE, THE FoAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL ENSURE THAT THE RESERVE WILL USE THE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GERMANY CHARITY LAW AND PROVISIONS OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN FoAS AND THE RESERVE.

MONTANA PRAIRIE HOLDINGS

MONTANA PRAIRIE HOLDINGS WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH TWO PARTNERS UNTIL 12/27/2016, AT WHICH POINT THE PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE BECAME 100% OWNER AND MONTANA PRAIRIE HOLDINGS BECAME A SINGLE-MEMBER LLC, TAXED AS A DISREGARDED ENTITY.