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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ROCKY MOUNTAIN FIELD INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,574,410
Total expenses
$1,476,251
Contributions and grants received
$1,541,729
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,105
Investment income
$39,364
Other revenue
-$7,788
Total assets, end of year
$3,133,859
Total liabilities, end of year
$301,298
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,832,561
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,198,266
Management and general expenses
$234,339
Fundraising expenses
$43,646
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,198,266

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $5,802

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $796,280

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $739,647

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,768

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Instructor training

    total $1,105 · related or exempt $1,105

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,291 · excluded $37,291

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $17,741

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $15,668

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,073

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,073 · excluded $2,073

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $5,802

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $9,987

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$9,987 · excluded -$9,987

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,077

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,038

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $39 · related or exempt $39

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Revenue

    total $2,160 · related or exempt $2,160

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,160

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $302,555 · program services $251,121 · management and general $45,383 · fundraising $6,051

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $646,786 · program services $536,832 · management and general $97,018 · fundraising $12,936

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $184,139 · program services $152,835 · management and general $27,621 · fundraising $3,683

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $49,221 · program services $42,671 · management and general $5,477 · fundraising $1,073

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,416 · program services $13,626 · management and general $2,462 · fundraising $328

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,613 · program services $25,923 · management and general $4,742 · fundraising $948

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $101,367 · program services $83,121 · management and general $15,205 · fundraising $3,041

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,341 · program services $2,740 · management and general $501 · fundraising $100

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,225 · program services $25,917 · management and general $4,684 · fundraising $624

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,566 · program services $25,884 · management and general $4,735 · fundraising $947

  • 24a · Other expenses: Instructional Supplies

    total $37,596 · program services $37,596

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional Fees

    total $31,189 · management and general $26,511 · fundraising $4,678

  • 24c · Other expenses: Events

    total $9,237 · fundraising $9,237

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $402 · end of year $870,156

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $686,167

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $301,878 · end of year $261,302

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $11,713 · end of year $8,877

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,242 · end of year $7,619

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $556,366

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $266,329

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $124,860 · end of year $290,037

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $843,826 · end of year $956,808

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $892,469 · end of year $739,060

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $83,221 · end of year $45,515

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $268,152 · end of year $255,783

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,588,638 · end of year $1,811,964

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $928,546 · end of year $1,020,597

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Rocky Mountain Field Institute conserves and protects public lands in Southern Colorado through volunteer-based trail and restoration projects, environmental education, and restoration research.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Conservation and stewardship of public lands in the Southern Rocky Mountain region.

  • RMFI conserves and restores key public lands and natural areas in Southern Colorado. RMFI achieves its mission by carrying out programs in the following areas: resource preservation and restoration, public stewardship, environmental education, and environmental field study and research. In 2025, RMFI provided outdoor volunteer stewardship opportunities for a broad spectrum of the community, provided hands-on environmental education programs for youth and adults, and provided field study and research opportunities to assess the effectiveness of restoration and stewardship activities. In total, 1,193 individuals volunteered their time toward the mission of the organization.

    Expenses $1,198,266 · Revenue $3,304

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alex Lippert

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Winn Jewett

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Shuman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Priscilla Marbaker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brittany Kaire

    Treasurer (Term End 08/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie Gerber

    Director (Term End 10/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ryan Hershberger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charlotte Gabrielson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dawn Holden Hale

    Director (Joined 12/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rusty Smith

    Director (Joined 10/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristen Cahill

    Finance and Operations Director

    Total calculated
    $116,958
    From this org
    $93,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,796
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carl Woody

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $112,924
    From this org
    $90,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,888
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sam Hinkle

    Marketing & Development Director

    Total calculated
    $107,045
    From this org
    $85,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,026
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
1 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611289349302091

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