NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: Form 990, tax year 2010

View the entire original 990 at ProPublica ↗

Organization: NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION (EIN 53-0204616)
Tax period: 2010-09-01 to 2011-08-31
Filed: 2012-03-28
IRS object ID: 201240889349300029
Schema version: 2010v3.4
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 I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-03-28T13:07:44-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BDO USA LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7101 WISCONSIN AVE SUITE 800	AddressLine1
City	BETHESDA	City
State	MD	State
ZIP Code	208144827	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	530204616	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	NATI	NameControl
Phone	7034386000	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11100 WILDLIFE CENTER DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	RESTON	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	201905362	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DULCE M GOMEZ-ZORMELO	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	7034386000	Phone
Date Signed	2012-03-28	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MICHAEL SORRELLS CPA	Name
Phone	3016544900	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	LARRY J SCHWEIGER	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11100 WILDLIFE CENTER DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	RESTON	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	201905362	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	104220904	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.NWF.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1939	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	DC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	NWF'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AMERICANS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	36	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	35	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	508	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	3907	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	1037895	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	408734	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	75868139	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	77941133	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	10324026	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	9617738	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	94710	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	369655	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	12140076	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	10888111	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	98426951	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	98816637	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	4007437	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	5830036	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	30552678	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	32544837	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	2400937	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	1813091	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	11625801	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	57057595	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	56072120	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	94018647	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	96260084	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	4408304	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	2556553	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	64121805	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	64808553	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	84891779	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	79539168	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-20769974	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-14730615	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AMERICANS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. NWF ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND BY IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE THREE BIGGEST THREATS FACING WILDLIFE TODAY: A) PEOPLE BECOMING MORE DISCONNECTED FROM NATURE, B) LOSS OF HABITAT AND C) THE ACCELERATING THREAT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF OUR DEDICATED STAFF, NINE REGIONAL OFFICES, NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER AND 47 STATE AFFILIATES, NWF IS WORKING TO KEEP THE WILD ALIVE.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	32469963	Expense
Grants	5729794	Grants
Revenue	677299	Revenue
Description	CONSERVATION ADVOCACY PROGRAMS EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN NWF'S WORK SAFEGUARDING WILDLIFE AND HABITAT AND ADVANCING SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE. SAFEGUARDING WILDLIFE MEANS PROTECTING AND DEFENDING WILDLIFE AND THE WILD PLACES THAT WILDLIFE NEEDS TO SURVIVE AND RESTORING THE HEALTH OF OUR NATURAL HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS. THROUGH WORK WITH OUR AFFILIATES AND PARTNERS, NWF HAS SECURED AND CLOSED, THROUGH OUR ALLOTMENT RETIREMENT PROGRAM, MORE THAN 500,000 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND TO GRAZING IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM , WHICH WILL RESTORE AND PROTECT PRIME WILDLIFE HABITAT. THROUGH OUR NATIONAL POLICY ACTION IN THIS AREA, NWF SECURED AN EPA FORMAL VETO ON THE CLEAN WATER ACT PERMIT FOR THE YAZOO PUMPS PROJECT IN MISSISSIPPI, WHICH WOULD HAVE DRAINED 200,000 ACRES OF CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WETLANDS, AND SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT FOR AND ACHIEVED FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT PERMANENTLY WITHDREW MINERAL LEASING IN VALLE VIDAL. BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING PROFOUND EFFECTS ON THE RESILIENCY AND HEALTH OF ECOSYSTEMS AND THE ABILITY OF NATURE, WILD SPECIES AND PEOPLE TO REMAIN HEALTHY AND ALIVE, NWF WORKS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION AT HOME AND AT WORK, ON THEIR WORKING LANDS, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND IN STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATURES THAT WILL ACCELERATE THE SHIFT AWAY FROM CARBON-BASED ENERGY.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	23339259	Expense
Grants	100242	Grants
Revenue	8390832	Revenue
Description	EDUCATION OUTREACH AND PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM RECONNECTS CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH NATURE THROUGH SUCH PROGRAMS AS BE OUT THERE, CERTIFIED WILDLIFE HABITATS, AND ECO SCHOOLS USA, AND THROUGH OUR PUBLICATIONS: NATIONAL WILDLIFE, RANGER RICK, YOUR BIG BACKYARD, WILD ANIMAL BABY, AND JUST FOR FUN . EACH YEAR THE FEDERATION REACHES TWO MILLION SCHOOL CHILDREN AND ANOTHER TWO MILLION YOUNG READERS THROUGH ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE BE OUT THERE PROGRAM ENCOURAGES AMERICANS TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDES A NUMBER OF USEFUL TOOLS AND ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES THAT MAKE IT EASY TO GET OUTSIDE. THIS INCLUDES HIKE & SEEK, WILDLIFE WATCH AND NATURE FIND. HIKE & SEEK, ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS BROUGHT 885 EXPLORERS OUTSIDE TO EXPERIENCE NATURE IN AN EDUCATIONAL ATMOSPHERE.NWF'S HABITATS PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED THREE SUCCESSFUL WAYS FOR OUR FOUR MILLION MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP WILDLIFE ON THEIR OWN TERMS AND IN THEIR OWN TIME-CERTIFIED WILDLIFE HABITAT, SCHOOLYARD HABITAT AND COMMUNITY HABITAT. WITH OVER 146,000 CERTIFIED HABITATS, 3,700 SCHOOLYARD HABITATS AND 52 CERTIFIED COMMUNITY HABITATS, OVER ONE MILLION AMERICANS ARE PARTICIPATING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR WILDLIFE. ECO SCHOOLS IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT FOSTERING A GREATER SENSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS. NWF WAS CHOSEN AS THE SOLE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION TO INTRODUCE AND IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM IN THE US. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2009 NWF HAS SIGNED UP 815 SCHOOLS REPRESENTING 350,000 STUDENTS AND 12,400 EDUCATORS. FOR 44 YEARS RANGER RICK MAGAZINE HAS BEEN INTRODUCING KIDS TO THE WONDERS OF NATURE. IN 2010, RANGER RICK CONTINUED ITS STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION BY WINNING PERIODICAL OF THE YEAR FOR CHILDREN (GRADES K-5). TOGETHER WITH OUR TWO OTHER AWARD WINNING CHILDREN'S MAGAZINES, THEY REACH ONE MILLION HOMES PER MONTH AND OVER TWO MILLION YOUNG READERS.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	12945003	Expense
Revenue	3259648	Revenue
Description	MEMBERSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAMS MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE, ENGAGED AND INFORMED MEMBERSHIP PROVIDING SUPPORTERS WITH THE INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARDS, THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NWF REACHES MILLIONS OF SUPPORTERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO COMMUNICATE THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS FACING THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY: FROM PEOPLE BECOMING MORE DISCONNECTED FROM NATURE TO LOSS OF HABITAT AND THE THREAT OF GLOBAL WARMING. THROUGH SUCH PUBLICATIONS AS NATIONAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE, THE NWF WEBSITE, AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION, NWF IS EDUCATING OUR MEMBERSHIP BASE ON HOW NWF IS WORKING TO PROTECT WILDLIFE AND HABITAT. EVERY MONTH, THROUGH NATIONAL WILDLIFE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CAN READ INFORMATIVE FEATURE ARTICLES ABOUT WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION , THE LATEST ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS AND SUCCESS STORIES FROM NWF AND AROUND THE NATION.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	7838129	Expense
Revenue	4693136	Revenue
Description	OTHER NATURE EDUCATION MATERIALS COMMUNICATE NWF'S MISSION TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS AROUND OUR THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES - GETTING KIDS BACK OUTSIDE, SAFEGUARDING WILDLIFE AND HABITAT AND FINDING SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE. WITH OUR CARDS AND WILDLIFE CENTERED ITEMS, NWF HAS MORE WAYS TO ENGAGE OUR 4 MILLION MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS WHILE ALSO GETTING OUR MESSAGE TO NEW AUDIENCES WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN PROTECTING WILDLIFE.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	7838129	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	4693136	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	76592354	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	1	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	1	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	1	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	1	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	1	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	1	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	1	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	1	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	1	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	1	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	1	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	1	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	1	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	1	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	1	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	1	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	1	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	1	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	1	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	1	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	0	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	0	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	600	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	508	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	1	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	1	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	1	ForeignFinancialAccount
Name Of Foreign Country	NT	NameOfForeignCountry
Name Of Foreign Country	CJ	NameOfForeignCountry
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	1	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	1	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	0	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	0	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	36	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	35	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	1	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	1	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	0	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	1	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	1	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	1	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	1	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DULCE GOMEZ-ZORMELO	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	7034386000	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11100 WILDLIFE CENTER DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	RESTON	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	201905362	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (50 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee	FormerFormer
STEPHEN K ALLINGER
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
GREGOR BAILAR
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
TAHLIA BEAR
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
PAUL BEAUDETTE
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
VIRGINIA BROCK
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
CLARK BULLARD
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
ALISON BYERS
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
DAVID CARRUTH
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
SHELLEY COHEN
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
DIANE DILLON-RIDGLEY
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
JOHN THOMAS GRANT JR
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
KATHLEEN HADLEY
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
DAVID L HARGETT
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
MARK W HECKERT
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
JERRY LITTLE
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
GERALD MERAL
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
CHRISTOPHER NOOK
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
GENE T OGLESBY
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
LOIS QUAM
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
GLORIA REUBEN
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
JULIA REED-ZAIC
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
KENT SALAZAR
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
TRUMAN T SEMANS
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
LESLIE SHAD
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
GREGORY SMITH
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
DEBORAH SPALDING
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
CHRISTINE P THOMPSON
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
LISE VAN SUSTEREN
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
BEATRICE B VON GONTARD
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
BRUCE WALLACE
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
MARK WINLAND
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
NICOLE WOOD
DIRECTOR	3.00	X	0	0	0
CRAIG THOMPSON
CHAIR	3.00	X	0	0	0	X
LARRY J SCHWEIGER
PRESIDENT - NWF	40.00		352469	0	27514	X
JAIME B MATYAS
COO	40.00		233594	0	29195	X
DULCE M GOMEZ-ZORMELO
TREASURER	40.00		167521	0	24239	X
THOMAS KEARNEY
ASST TREASURER - NWF	40.00		52390	0	4950	X
CYNTHIA LEWIN
SECRETARY - NWF	40.00		99658	0	9620	X
BARBARA G MCINTOSH
SECRETARY - NWF	0.00		0	0	0	X
JULIE BLESSYN DAVIS
ASST SECRETARY - NWF	40.00		125173	0	10660	X
JEREMY SYMONS
SR VP-CONSERVATION & EDU	40.00		179877	0	23527		X
DAN T CHU
VP-AFF & REG STRATEGIES	40.00		170692	0	22940		X
KEVIN J COYLE
VP-EDUCATION	40.00		171950	0	21619		X
JAMES S LYON
VP-CONSERVATION POLICY	40.00		165417	0	19343		X
ANDREW P BUCHSBAUM
REGIONAL EXEC DIR	40.00		147951	0	12232			X
EDWARD J COLEMAN
GM PRODUCT & SUPPORT	40.00		143379	0	14921			X
MERI-MARGARET DEOUDES
VP STRATEGIC ALLIANCES	40.00		135651	0	15472			X
CURTIS FISCHER
REGIONAL EXEC DIR	40.00		131787	0	16173			X
MONICA M COLLINS
VP OF DEVELOPMENT	40.00		145773	0	9786			X
KAREN B KRESS
FORMER VP OF DEVELOPMENT	40.00		104243	0	5056				X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	2527525	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	267247	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	48	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	1	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	1	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
ARTCO
1 STATIONARY PLACE	REXBURG	ID	83441	FULFILMENT SERVICES	2773109
MERKLE INC
7001 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE	COLUMBIA	MD	21046	DATABASE DEV & MGMT; GRAPHICS & DESIGN	1152111
PARADYZE MATERA CO INC
5 HANOVER SQUARE 6TH FLOOR	NEW YORK	NY	10004	LIST RENTAL CONSULTING	993964
USA 800 INC
9808 EAST 66TH TERRACE	KANSAS CITY	MO	64133	FULFILMENT AND CONSULTING SERVICES	936320
RMS DIRECT
4510 BUCKEYSTOWN PIKE UNIT M	FREDERICK	MD	21704	FULFILMENT SERVICES	798189

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	24	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns	234840	FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues	9018440	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	823029	FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations	4769000	RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants	1243808	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	61852016	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	226626	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	77941133	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE	900099	8882462	8882462
TV AND FILM PRODUCTION	900099	274200	274200
LITIGATION FEES	900099	249735	249735
CONTRACTUAL/CONSULTING	900099	150000	150000
REGISTRATION FEES	900099	59602	59602

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1739	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1739	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	9617738	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	180481	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$180,481	ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2916870	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	2423	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$2,914,447	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	1063404	Real

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	552404	Real

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	511000	Real

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	511000	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	498296	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$12,704	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	2003352	Securities
Other	1005	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	1814002	Securities
Other	1181	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	189350	Securities
Other	-176	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	189174	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$189,174	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	105565	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	823029	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	585677	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-480112	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$480,112	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	9616614	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	2451003	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	7165611	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	7165611	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
ADVERTISING	511120	537176	537176
HONORARIA	900099	44859		44859

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	192707	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	192707	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	774742	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	98816637	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	17020915	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	1037895	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$2,816,694	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5811236	Total
Program Services	5811236	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9300	Total
Program Services	9300	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9500	Total
Program Services	9500	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2133204	Total
Program Services	1642354	ProgramServices
Management And General	260464	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	230386	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23190021	Total
Program Services	17853997	ProgramServices
Management And General	2831501	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2504523	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1937385	Total
Program Services	1491592	ProgramServices
Management And General	236555	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	209238	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3203222	Total
Program Services	2466161	ProgramServices
Management And General	391114	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	345947	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2081005	Total
Program Services	1602165	ProgramServices
Management And General	254091	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	224749	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	469103	Total
Program Services	392676	ProgramServices
Management And General	19843	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	56584	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	123560	Total
Program Services	103506	ProgramServices
Management And General	5140	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14914	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	74135	Total
Program Services	74135	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1813091	Total
Fundraising	1813091	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	101482	Total
Program Services	83337	ProgramServices
Management And General	6109	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12036	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12638052	Total
Program Services	12083630	ProgramServices
Management And General	616140	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	-61718	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	487574	Total
Program Services	400396	ProgramServices
Management And General	29352	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	57826	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18645616	Total
Program Services	14209923	ProgramServices
Management And General	1484697	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2950996	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1822354	Total
Program Services	1496517	ProgramServices
Management And General	109706	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	216131	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	610081	Total
Program Services	479829	ProgramServices
Management And General	46549	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	83703	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1255639	Total
Program Services	974122	ProgramServices
Management And General	165755	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	115762	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2124169	Total
Program Services	1755178	ProgramServices
Management And General	168818	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	200173	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1349075	Total
Program Services	1120157	ProgramServices
Management And General	77074	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	151844	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	891035	Total
Program Services	731718	ProgramServices
Management And General	53640	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	105677	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1007427	Total
Program Services	742777	ProgramServices
Management And General	194332	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	70318	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	248230	Total
Program Services	203847	ProgramServices
Management And General	14943	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	29440	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
MAJOR PROGRAM MATERIALS	10840234	8094776	852938	1892520
LIST RENTAL SERVICES	1576660	1240043	120299	216318
TEXT/EDITORIAL	311999	251512	19655	40832
A/V PRODUCTION COSTS	174037	144741	7951	21345
AWARDS	34805	28582	2095	4128

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1286853	Total
Program Services	1094647	ProgramServices
Management And General	73168	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	119038	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	96260084	Total
Program Services	76592354	ProgramServices
Management And General	8041929	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	11625801	Fundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	X	JointCosts

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCosts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21174421	Total
Program Services	11134554	ProgramServices
Management And General	2886697	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7153170	Fundraising

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2457497	BOY
EOY	168049	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15779979	BOY
EOY	19061225	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1620324	BOY
EOY	1206212	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	887187	BOY
EOY	1018027	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2866909	BOY
EOY	2771593	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	35046657	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	12299894	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	22946622	BOY
EOY	22746763	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	867990	BOY
EOY	975867	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5772402	BOY
EOY	6526201	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10922895	BOY
EOY	10334616	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	64121805	BOY
EOY	64808553	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18060085	BOY
EOY	16696525	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11990754	BOY
EOY	11507913	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15935554	BOY
EOY	15466919	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7424134	BOY
EOY	7812798	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	31481252	BOY
EOY	28055013	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	84891779	BOY
EOY	79539168	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-54031207	BOY
EOY	-50440820	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	24994704	BOY
EOY	27304762	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	8266529	BOY
EOY	8405443	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-20769974	BOY
EOY	-14730615	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	64121805	BOY
EOY	64808553	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	2556553	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	3482806	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	1	FSAudited
Audit Committee	1	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	1	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	1	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	67233769	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	78729510	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	69409609	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	75868139	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	77852204	CurrentTaxYear
Total	369093231	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	67233769	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	78729510	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	69409609	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	75868139	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	77852204	CurrentTaxYear
Total	369093231	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	369093231	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	4525502	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3932499	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3465112	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3983118	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	4158332	CurrentTaxYear
Total	20064563	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	16918	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	455562	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	606150	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1037895	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2116525	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	396124	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	440312	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	125145	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	319691	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	237566	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1518838	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	392793157	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	77066968	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.93970	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.94170	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	1	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	1	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	1	MediaAdvertisements
Media Advertisements	$5,000	MediaAdvertisementsAmount
Mailings Members	1	MailingsMembers
Mailings Members	$28,098	MailingsMembersAmount
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	1	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Grants Other Organizations	$3,918,804	GrantsOtherOrganizationsAmount
Direct Contact Legislators	1	DirectContactLegislators
Direct Contact Legislators	$203,303	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	1	RalliesDemonstrations
Rallies Demonstrations	$63,001	RalliesDemonstrationsAmount
Other Activities	0	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	4218206	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	0	NotDescribedIn501c3

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	9219725	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	1440630	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	80865	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	306336	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	10434884	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	8625334	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	594937	Contributions
Investment Earnings Or Losses	44331	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	44877	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	9219725	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	7266196	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	1425021	Contributions
Other Expenditures	65883	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	8625334	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	0.50420	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.48100	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance	0.01480	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	0	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	1	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	1	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	4455553	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	4455553	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	16851119	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	4025624	Depreciation
Book Value	12825495	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	4098923	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1097263	Depreciation
Book Value	3001660	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	8711462	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	7177007	Depreciation
Book Value	1534455	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	929600	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	929600	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	22746763	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Securities OtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	INSTITUTIONAL COMMINGLED FUNDS	Description
Book Value	6526201	BookValue
Method Of Valuation	F	MethodOfValuation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities	6526201	TotalOfBookValueSecurities

Other Assets OtherAssets (6 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue
CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES	5909933
INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUSTS	3386717
CHARITABLE GIFT REMAINDER TRUSTS	184934
UNAMORTIZED BOND AND LOAN ISSUE COSTS	475923
DEPOSITS	157350
OTHER DONATED ASSETS	219759

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	10334616	TotalBookValueOtherAssets

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
ANNUITY AND OTHER RESERVES	$3,798,886
ACCRUED PENSION EXPENSE	$12,716,676
POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS RESERVE	$11,539,000
UNCLAIMED PROPERTY LIABILITY	$451

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	28055013	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	98816637	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	96260084	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	2556553	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	1170814	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Other	$2,311,992	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	3482806	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	6039359	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	107428013	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	1170814	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	2233338	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Other Revenues	9976224	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	13380376	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	94047637	RevenueSubtotal
Other Revenues Not Included	4769000	OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	4769000	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	98816637	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	101896706	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	2222550	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Other Expenses Included	4153631	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	6376181	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	95520525	ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included	739559	OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	739559	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	96260084	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (8 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS:	PART V, LINE 4:	ENDOWMENT FUNDS ABOVE SUPPORT NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION'S CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH EACH DONOR'S STIPULATIONS AND WISHES CONCERNING VARIOUS CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THE AMOUNT ABOVE ALSO CONTAINS INTERNALLY DESIGNATED FUNDS.
DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48:	PART X:	THE FEDERATION'S MANAGEMENT BELIEVES IT HAS NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AND ACCORDINGLY, IT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ANY LIABILITY FOR UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS. FOR THE YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011 AND 2010, THE FEDERATION DID NOT RECOGNIZE ANY INTEREST OR PENALTIES.
PART XI, LINE 8 - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:		CHANGE IN SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS 259,562. GAIN (LOSS) ON PENSION INVESTMENT 2,041,642. CAPITALIZED IN-KIND GIFT 10,788. CHANGE IN NET ASSETS, NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ENDOWMENT, INC.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:		NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ENDOWMENT, INC. REVENUE 6,127,402. RENTAL EXPENSES 552,404. CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS 259,562. LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF FIXED ASSETS 176. SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSE 585,677. COST OF GOODS SOLD 2,451,003.
PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:		TRANSFER FROM NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ENDOWMENT, INC. 4,769,000.
PART XIII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:		NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ENDOWMENT, INC. EXPENSES & LOSSES, AUDITED F/S 564,546. SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSE 585,677. COST OF GOODS SOLD 2,451,004. RENTAL EXPENSES 552,404.
PART XIII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:		TRANSFER TO NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ENDOWMENT, INC. 739,559.
		SCHEDULE D, PART XI ALTHOUGH THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE PARTS XI, XII AND XIII BECAUSE IT IS PART OF A CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND NOT A SEPARATE AUDIT, IT HAS ELECTED TO INCLUDE THE PART XII AND XIII RECONCILIATIONS BASED ON THE CONSOLIDATED TOTALS. THE PART XI RECONCILIATION IS BASED UPON THIS ENTITY ONLY AND THE CHANGE IN NET ASSETS REFLECTED HERE IS THE SAME AS THE CHANGE ON FORM 990, PART X. SEE THE SEPERATE IRS FORM 990 FILING FOR THE NWF'S SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION, NWF ENDOWMENT, FOR ADDITIONAL NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES OF $61M AND $63M FOR PRIOR AND CURRENT YEAR, RESPECTIVELY.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	1	GrantRecordsMaintained

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (2 entries)

RegionRegion	Number Of OfficesNumberOfOffices	Number Of EmployeesNumberOfEmployees	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND)	1	1	ADMINISTRATIVE- IT SUPPORT	115200
NORTH AMERICA	0	0	GRANT	9500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Number Of Offices	1	SubtotalNumberOfOffices
Subtotal Number Of Employees	1	SubtotalNumberOfEmployees
Cont Number Of Offices	0	ContNumberOfOffices
Cont Number Of Employees	0	ContNumberOfEmployees
Total Number Of Offices	1	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	1	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Subtotal Amount Spent	124700	SubtotalAmountSpent
Cont Amount Spent	0	ContAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	124700	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	NORTH AMERICA	Region
Purpose Of Grant	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE	PurposeOfGrant
Amount Of Cash Grant	9500	AmountOfCashGrant
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	CHECK	MannerOfCashDisbursement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	1	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs
Total Number Of Other Orgs	0	TotalNumberOfOtherOrgs
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	0	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountries

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANTS OUTSIDE THE U.S.:	Identifier
Explanation	SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 2: PERIODIC REPORTS ARE REQUIRED FROM THE GRANTEE. THEY ARE REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT DELIVERABLES.	Explanation

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	X	MailSolicitations
Email Solicitations	X	EmailSolicitations
Phone Solicitations	X	PhoneSolicitations
In Person Solicitations	X	InPersonSolicitations
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrants
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfGovtGrants
Special Fundraising Events	X	SpecialFundraisingEvents
Agreement Ref Fundraising	1	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	ActivityActivity	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFunds	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceipts	Amount Retained By ContractorAmountRetainedByContractor	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganization
DONOR SERVICES GROUP
11500 W OLYMPIC BLVD 540	LOS ANGELES	CA	90064	TELEMARKETING	0	251742	451381	-199639
SHARE GROUP INC
PO BOX 55183	BOSTON	MA	02205	TELEMARKETING	0	196404	163559	32845
MERKLE INC
PO BOX 64897	BALTIMORE	MD	21264	DIRECT MAIL	0	0	150000	-150000
PARADYZE MATERA
5 HANOVER SQ 6TH FLOOR	NEW YORK	NY	10004	DIRECT MAIL	0	0	993964	-993964
EVENT 360
205 N MICHIGAN AVE STE 2640	CHICAGO	IL	60601	EVENT CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT	0	0	54187	-54187

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	448146	TotalGrossReceipts
Total Retained By Contractors	1813091	TotalRetainedByContractors
Total Net To Organization	-1364945	TotalNetToOrganization
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStates
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStates
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStates
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStates
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStates
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStates
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStates
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStates
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStates
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStates
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStates
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStates
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStates
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStates

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	CONSERVATION AWARDS DINNER	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	603070	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	534380	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	68690	GrossRevenueEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	92373	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	100398	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	GREAT AMERICAN BACKYARD CAMPOUT	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	302287	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event2	288629	CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	13658	GrossRevenueEvent2
Food And Beverage Event2	119330	FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	182957	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Total Number Of Other Events	2	TotalNumberOfOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Other Events	23218	GrossReceiptsOtherEvents
Gross Revenue Other Events	23218	GrossRevenueOtherEvents
Other Direct Expenses Other Events	90620	OtherDirectExpensesOtherEvents
Gross Receipts Total	928575	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	823009	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	105566	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	211703	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	373975	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	585678	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-480112	NetIncomeSummary

Form990 Schedule G Part IV Form990ScheduleGPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	DESCRIPTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISER ACTIVITIES:	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE J, PART 1	ReturnReference
Explanation	DONOR SERVICE GROUP IS USED TO UPGRADE ANNUAL DONORS TO MONTHLY DONORS AND ACQUIRE NEW MONTHLY DONORS. ONLY THE FIRST DONATION RECEIVED IS COUNTED AS REVENUE RAISED BY THEM. THE LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO NWF FROM THESE DONORS EXCEEDS THE INITIAL COST TO ACQUIRE. SHARE GROUP IS USED TO ACQUIRE NEW MEMBERS AND REAQUIRE LAPSED MEMBERS. THE LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO NWF FROM THESE DONORS EXCEEDS THE INITIAL COST TO ACQUIRE OR RE-ACQUIRE. PARADYZE MATERA IS A LIST BROKER USED TO OPTIMIZE THE AUDIENCE MIX FOR THE 12 DIRECT MAIL CAMPAIGNS MEMBERSHIP SENDS EACH YEAR TO PROSPECTS AND TO LAPSED MEMBERS. EVENT 360 DOES EVENT PLANNING AND DONATION WEBSITE MAINTENANCE. MERKLE IS A DATBASE PROVIDER AND DOES DONOR ANALYSIS FOR DONATION REQUESTS.	Explanation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	1	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (61 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	IRC SectionIRCSection	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant	Address Line2AddressUS/AddressLine2
1000 FRIENDS OF MARYLAND
1209 NORTH CALVERT STREET	BALTIMORE	MD	21202	521864759	501C3	30000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
ALABAMA TREASURE FOREST ASSOCIATION
PO BOX 189	CHUNCHULA	AL	36521	631051039	501C3	20000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
3050 LANARK RD	MILLBROOK	AL	36054	630496911	501C3	44314	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES
17 NORTH STATE STREET STE 1390	CHICAGO	IL	60602	237104524	501C3	11000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
ARIZONA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
PO BOX 51510	MESA	AZ	85208	860076994	501C3	9033	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
ARKANSAS WILDLIFE FEDERATION
9108 RODNEY PARHAM RD SUITE 101	LITTLE ROCK	AR	72205	716059226	501C3	6176	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
AUDUBON NEW YORK
200 TRILLIUM LN	ALBANY	NY	12203	131624102	501C3	22500	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION
PO BOX 11138	TAKOMA PARK	MD	20912	113644283	501C3	6324	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FOR ENVN
225-A MAIN ST	FARMINGDALE	NY	11735	112983418	501C3	14000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
CITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S FUTURE
610 NORTH THIRD STREET	HARRISBURG	PA	17101	311607866	501C3	45000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO
226 WEST JACKSON BLVD	CHICAGO	IL	60606	363157624	501C3	6000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
COAL RIVER MOUNTAIN WATCH
PO BOX 651	WHITESVILLE	WV	25209	550765268	501C3	5100	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA
746 MAIN STREET STE B101	BATON ROUGE	LA	70802	721115589	501C3	50000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
COCOPAH INDIAN TRIBE
COUNTY 15TH STREET AVE G	SOMERTON	AZ	85350	860255690		5700	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
CONTRIBUTION FOR RIVER UP (HURON RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL)
1100 NORTH MAIN STREET SUITE 210	ANN ARBOR	MI	48104	381806452	501C3	20000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
DELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY
3507 BARLEY MILL RD	HOCKESSIN	DE	19707	516018321	510C3	30693	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
DUCKS UNLIMITED
1301 PENNSYVANIA AVENUE NW STE 402	WASHINGTON	DC	20004	135643799	510C3	33000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES OF NEW YORK
353 HAMILTON ST	ALBANY	NY	12210	222360736	501C3	10274	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OF RHODE ISLAND
PO BOX 9061	PROVIDENCE	RI	02940	050456927	501C3	6396	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDEDERATION
PO BOX 6870	TALLAHASSEE	FL	32314	591398265	501C3	64106	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
FOREST GUILD
PO BOX 8309	SANTA FE	NM	87504	850446866	501C3	21000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
FRESHWATER FUTURE
PO BOX 2479	PETOSKEY	MI	49770	205693503	501C3	185000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
GREAT LAKES COMMISSION
2805 S INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY SUITE 100	ANN ARBOR	MI	48104	386027814		29858	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE	100
INDIANA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
4715 W 106TH ST	ZIONSVILLE	IN	46077	351058426	501C3	50923	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
IOWA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
116 LAKESIDE DR NE	SOLON	IA	50316	237326585	501C3	5948	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN FOUNDATION
PO BOX 6965	METAIRIE	LA	70009	721152784	501C3	50000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
LOUISIANA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
PO BOX 65239	BATON ROUGE	LA	70896	720445638	501C3	6649	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
MCINTOSH SEED
PO BOX 2355	DARIEN	GA	31305	582556194	501C3	8800	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS
2101 WOOD ST	LANSING	MI	48909	380831862	501C3	13386	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
MINNESOTA CONSERVATION FEDERATION
542 SNELLING AVE STE 104	ST PAUL	MN	55116	410808383	501C3	25648	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF
2148 RIVERSIDE DR	JACKSON	MS	39202	640592874	501C3	49000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS FOUNDATION
PO BOX 200701	HELENA	MT	59620	810528922	501C3	5439	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY
1600 KEN THOMPSON PARKWAY	SARASOTA	FL	34236	590756643	501C3	25000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ACTION FUND
11100 WILDLIFE CENTER DRIVE	RESTON	VA	20190	742556532	501C4	1069999	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL OF MAINE
3 WADE ST	AUGUSTA	ME	04330	010270690	501C3	15548	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE
40 WEST 20TH ST	NEW YORK	NY	10011	132654926	501C3	30000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
NEBRASKA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
PO BOX 81437	LINCOLN	NE	68501	237401528	501C3	19086	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
NEVADA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
PO BOX 71238	RENO	NV	89570	237088184	501C3	5848	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
NEW MEXICO WILDLIFE FEDERATION
2610 SAN MATEO BLVD NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87110	850160947	501C3	98786	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
NO ON 23
1100 11TH STREET	SACRAMENTO	CA	95814	271781659	501C4	3000000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
1024 WASHINGTON ST	RALEIGH	NC	27605	561564376	501C3	5248	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
1207 GRANDVIEW AVE SUITE 201	COLUMBUS	OH	43212	310805578	501C3	36000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
PAGE WHITHAM LAND & CATTLE LLP
PO BOX 27	GLASSGOW	MT	59230	810393177		26800	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
PENNFUTURE
610 NORTH THIRD STREET	HARRISBURG	PA	17101	311607866	501C3	6386	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
PRAIRIE RIVERS NETWORK
1902 FOX DRIVE SUITE G	CHAMPAIGN	IL	61820	376085905	501C3	6686	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
RENEWABLE RESOURCES COALITION
605 WEST 2ND AVE	ANCHORAGE	AK	99501	203364779	501C6	8101	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION
85 SECOND ST STE750	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	94105	946069890	501C3	33000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
SOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
215 PICKENS ST	COLUMBIA	SC	29205	570602549	501C3	36536	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
SOUTHERN ENVIROMENTAL LAW CENTER
201 WEST MAIN STREET SUITE 14	CHARLOTTESVILLE	VA	22902	521436778	501C3	30000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
TEXAS A&M UNIV CORPUS CHRISTI
6300 OCEAN DR UNIT 5758	CORPUS CHRISTI	TX	78412	741760663	501C3	10000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
2623 SOUTH BOLDT AVE	TYLER	TX	75701	237112618	501C3	5686	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
FAIRFAX DR 100	ARLINGTON	VA	22203	530242652	501C3	50000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
THREE PEAKS RANCH
PO BOX 2370	LIVINGSTON	MT	59047	201522842		125000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
TIPP OF THE MITT
426 BAY ST	PETOSKEY	MI	49770	382361745	501C3	5025	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL
9 BAILEY AVE	MONTPELIER	VT	05602	030223731	501C3	8957	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
VIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK
422 FRANKLIN STE 303	RICHMOND	VA	23219	510198762	501C3	47448	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
WEST ATLANTA WATERSHED ALLIANCE
PO BOX 50043	ATLANTA	GA	30302	200890449	501C3	6500	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS
329 DAVIS AVENUE SUITE 7	ELKINS	WV	26241	521736621	510C3	31186	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION
W 7303 COUNTY HIGHWAY CS Q	POYNETEE	WI	53955	391095827	501C3	11779	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
WYOMING WILDLIFE FEDERATION
PO BOX 106	CHEYENNE	WY	82003	237002578	501C3	7517	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
YELLOW DOG WATERSHED
PO BOX 5	BIG BAY	MI	49808	383251163	501C3	20000	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	55	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	6	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Grant	CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE	TypeOfGrant
Number Of Recipients	1	NumberOfRecipients
Amount Of Cash Grant	9300	AmountOfCashGrant

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANTS IN THE U.S.:	Identifier
Return Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	ReturnReference
Explanation	SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2: THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION (NWF) PROVIDES ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN THE FORM OF GRANTS AND AWARDS. THIS SUPPORT IS GIVEN TO BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHOSE WORK WILL FURTHER BENEFIT THE MISSION OF NWF'S CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. FOR GRANTS THAT ARE SUB-AWARDS AND WHERE THE ORIGINAL FUNDS WERE GRANTED TO NWF, WE REQUIRE THE AWARDEE TO REPORT TO NWF ON HOW THE FUNDS ARE USED. IN CASES WHERE IT IS NWF FUNDS THAT ARE GIVEN OUT AS A GRANT, THERE ARE TWO TYPES: 1.) IF THE GRANT IS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT TO A 501(C)(3)AFFILIATE, NWF DOES NOT ASK THEM TO REPORT TO US. THE GRANT CONTRACT SPECIFIES THE TERMS AND USES OF THE GRANT. 2.) THE OTHER TYPE OF GRANT WOULD BE FOR A NON-AFFILIATE OR NON 501(C)(3)ENTITY THAT IS IN THE CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION FIELD. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION SPECIFIES IN ITS AWARD LETTER TO GRANTEES THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON THE USE OF THE FUNDS AND IN SOME CASES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE THE RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AWARD.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantiation Required	1	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Independent Consultant	X	IndependentConsultant
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	0	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	0	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	0	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	0	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (12 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Comp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgs	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Bonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgs	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Other Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgs	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgs	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Total Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgs	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg	Comp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
LARRY J SCHWEIGER
309551	0	0	0	42918	0	16120	0	11394	0	379983	0	0	0
JAIME B MATYAS
210988	0	6100	0	16506	0	18580	0	10615	0	262789	0	0	0
DULCE M GOMEZ-ZORMELO
145605	0	3900	0	18016	0	12925	0	11314	0	191760	0	0	0
JEREMY SYMONS
156931	0	6100	0	16846	0	13263	0	10264	0	203404	0	0	0
DAN T CHU
147890	0	6100	0	16702	0	13056	0	9884	0	193632	0	0	0
KEVIN J COYLE
153472	0	3537	0	14941	0	11582	0	10037	0	193569	0	0	0
JAMES S LYON
147929	0	5426	0	12062	0	9495	0	9848	0	184760	0	0	0
ANDREW P BUCHSBAUM
122636	0	2800	0	22515	0	9735	0	2497	0	160183	0	0	0
EDWARD J COLEMAN
115722	0	5000	0	22657	0	6688	0	8233	0	158300	0	0	0
MERI-MARGARET DEOUDES
114051	0	5000	0	16600	0	5896	0	9576	0	151123	0	0	0
MONICA M COLLINS
140587	0	0	0	5186	0	4334	0	5452	0	155559	0	0	0
KAREN B KRESS
89966	0	0	0	14277	0	4006	0	1050	0	109299	0	0	0

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	BRUCE WALLACE	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	DIRECTOR	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	175000	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	PART IV, LINE 1: MR. WALLACE'S LAW FIRM IS ENGAGED TO PROVIDE ADVICE, SUPPORT AND LITIGATION SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE EFFORTS BY NWF TO PREVENT OR LIMIT ENVIRONMENTALLY INJURIOUS MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN, SPECIFICALLY TO A POTENTIAL MINE SITE KNOWN AS "EAGLE PROSPECT".	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenues

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTraded

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	35	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	226626	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	1	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	1	ThirdPartiesUsed

Form990 Schedule M Part II Form990ScheduleMPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	THIRD PARTY USE:	Identifier
Return Reference	PART I, LINE 32B:	ReturnReference
Explanation	NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION USES A BROKERAGE HOUSE TO SELL NON CASH CONTRIBUTIONS (PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES).	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation	Return ReferenceReturnReference
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	NWF'S 47 STATE AND TERRITORIAL AUTONOMOUS AND UNRELATED AFFILIATES ARE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVES ELECT THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	NWF'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT COMPILES DATA AND SCHEDULES FOR THE IRS FORM 990 FROM AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. BDO USA, LLP PREPARES AND REVIEWS THE RETURN. NWF BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED WITH A DRAFT COPY OF THE 990 RETURN. AN NWF AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING IS HELD WHERE THE FULL BOARD IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSING THE 990 PRIOR TO FILING. NWF FINANCE STAFF, GENERAL COUNSEL AND THE BDO TAX PARTNER ADDRESS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
	OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, AND EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT MAY CAUSE A CONFLICT. GENERAL COUNSEL AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNICATE POLICY TO BOARD AND EMPLOYEES. FORMS ARE REVIEWED AND DISCLOSURES REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD.	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C
	15A - THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO OF NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION IS SET BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH CONSISTS OF SEVEN INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RELIES ON AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATION STUDY PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION. 15B - THE CEO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPENSATION FOR ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING KEY EMPLOYEES. THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BENCHMARKING TO MARKET BOTH INITIAL COMPENSATION AND ANY SALARY INCREASES THAT ARE PROVIDED. THE OFFICERS WHO ARE ALSO EMPLOYEES, THEIR COMPENSATION IS HANDLED AS DESCRIBED, EXCEPT THAT THE BOARD CHAIR IS A VOLUNTEER LEADER WHO IS NOT COMPENSATED.	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A
	NWF MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. _	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES:	NET UNREALIZED GAINS ON INVESTMENTS: 1,170,814. CHANGE IN SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS 259,562. GAIN (LOSS) ON PENSION INVESTMENT 2,041,642. CAPITALIZED IN-KIND GIFT 10,788. CHANGE IN NET ASSETS, NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ENDOWMENT, INC. TOTAL TO FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5: 3,482,806.	FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5:
THE PROCESS FOR REVIEW FOR 990:	THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.	FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ENDOWMENT INC	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11100 WILDLIFE CENTER DR	AddressLine1
City	RESTON	City
State	VA	State
ZIP Code	201905362	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	520806695	EIN
Primary Activities	SUPPORT NWF MISSION	PrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section	501C3	ExemptCodeSection
Public Charity Status	509A3, TYPE I	PublicCharityStatus
Direct Controlling Entity NA	N/A	DirectControllingEntityNA
Controlled Org	0	ControlledOrg

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	0	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	1	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	1	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	0	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	0	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	0	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	0	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	0	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	1	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	0	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	1	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	0	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg