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← CENTRAL COLORADO CONSERVANCY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTRAL COLORADO CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,854,632
Total expenses
$2,085,859
Contributions and grants received
$1,821,286
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,000
Investment income
$14,622
Other revenue
$11,724
Total assets, end of year
$3,163,316
Total liabilities, end of year
$61,723
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,101,593
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,778,399
Management and general expenses
$294,987
Fundraising expenses
$12,473
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,778,399

Program services were 85.3% 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

    $22,440

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $322,933

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,475,913

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,219,800

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSERVATION PROJECT F

    total $7,000 · related or exempt $7,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,622 · excluded $14,622

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $44,970

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

    $22,440

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $33,246

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $11,724 · excluded $11,724

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $331,565 · program services $174,759 · management and general $150,308 · fundraising $6,498

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,277 · program services $3,459 · management and general $11,818

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,212 · program services $13,819 · management and general $13,926 · fundraising $467

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $22,278 · program services $22,278

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,850 · management and general $40,850

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $90,514 · program services $75,163 · management and general $15,351

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $236 · program services $82 · management and general $154

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,655 · program services $1,106 · management and general $3,949 · fundraising $1,600

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,513 · program services $4,941 · management and general $9,825 · fundraising $747

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,763 · program services $1,492 · management and general $23,271

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,675 · program services $6,894 · management and general $553 · fundraising $228

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,175 · program services $10,379 · management and general $1,796

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,891 · management and general $2,891

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $254 · management and general $254

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,349 · management and general $5,349

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSERVATION EASEMENTS

    total $1,290,555 · program services $1,290,555

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESTORATION

    total $128,348 · program services $128,348

  • 24c · Other expenses: AGRICULTURAL EASEMENTS

    total $43,967 · program services $43,967

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRI

    total $8,235 · management and general $8,235

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,547 · program services $1,157 · management and general $6,457 · fundraising $2,933

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $213,756 · end of year $90,284

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $222,059 · end of year $235,331

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $232,520 · end of year $108,342

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $12,100

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $517

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

    $9,532

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

    $8,812

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $974 · end of year $720

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $261,740 · end of year $323,982

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,392,040 · end of year $2,392,040

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $48,347 · end of year $61,723

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,569,761 · end of year $2,796,512

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $705,981 · end of year $305,081

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT IN PERPETUITY THE IMPORTANT NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCENIC, HISTORIC LANDS, AND THE WATER RESOURCES AND RIPARIAN AREAS IN CENTRAL COLORADO INCLUDING LAKE, CHAFFEE, FREMONT, SAGUACHE AND PARK COUNTIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CENTRAL COLORADO CONSERVANCY IS COMMITTED TO CONSERVING THE REGION'S LAND, WATER AND WILDLIFE BY PARTNERING WITH LANDOWNERS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND THE COMMUNITY.

  • THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS ROUGHLY 6408 ACRES IN CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND OWNS ROUGHLY 283 ACRES; CONSERVED PROPERTIES HAVE PUBLIC AND CONSERVATION BENEFITS. PILOTED VIRTUAL FENCING WITH FIVE AREA RANCHES BENEFITING OVER 7000 ACRES OF LAND. RESTORED HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY TO 120 ACRES OF RIPARIAN HABITAT OF WHICH 73 ACRES ARE WETLANDS IN THE BADGER CREEK WATERSHED. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES VALUED AT $11,020 WAS DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION BUT, PER 990 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN EXPENSES REPORTED ABOVE.

    Expenses $1,778,399 · Revenue $7,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rob Tallmadge

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Miles Cottom

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John McGowan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rob White

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alison Lerch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gina Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Goldfarb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Gordon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349316534

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