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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COTTONWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$324,892
Total expenses
$257,802
Contributions and grants received
$314,891
Grants paid
$560
Program service revenue
$10,000
Investment income
$1
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$92,204
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,718
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$75,486
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$221,570
Management and general expenses
$18,043
Fundraising expenses
$18,189
Program service expenses (Part III)
$221,570

Program services were 85.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $314,891

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL SETTLEMENT

    total $10,000 · related or exempt $10,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1 · related or exempt $1

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $560 · program services $560

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $90,000 · program services $72,000 · management and general $9,000 · fundraising $9,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,000 · program services $2,400 · management and general $300 · fundraising $300

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,245 · program services $3,396 · management and general $424 · fundraising $425

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,879 · program services $4,703 · management and general $588 · fundraising $588

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,141 · program services $12,141

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,348 · program services $2,198 · management and general $875 · fundraising $275

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $18,315 · program services $18,315

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,424 · program services $500 · management and general $1,924

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,948 · program services $1,132 · management and general $118 · fundraising $1,698

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,089 · program services $1,496 · management and general $458 · fundraising $135

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,807 · program services $1,691 · management and general $58 · fundraising $58

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,942 · program services $11,813 · management and general $1,565 · fundraising $1,564

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,165 · program services $1,731 · management and general $434

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $233 · program services $35 · management and general $186 · fundraising $12

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $202 · program services $202

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $398 · program services $318 · management and general $40 · fundraising $40

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $1,942 · fundraising $1,942

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $4,325 · program services $4,245 · fundraising $80

  • 24c · Other expenses: LEGAL AND RESEARCH FEES

    total $65,914 · program services $65,914

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTORS

    total $20,925 · program services $16,780 · management and general $2,073 · fundraising $2,072

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,670 · end of year $78,364

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,160 · end of year $58

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,020 · end of year $1,020

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

    $24,181

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

    $21,963

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $2,218

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $10,544

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $454 · end of year $16,718

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$11,604 · end of year $40,486

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $35,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE PEOPLE, FORESTS, WATER AND WILDLIFE IN THE WEST

  • EARTH DAY CONFERENCE AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDING LEGAL AND RESEARCH PROJECTS

    Expenses $159,138

  • CONTINUING PROSECUTION OF BIG SKY WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT FOR VILOATIONS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ON THE GALLATIN RIVER

    Expenses $43,555

  • COTTONWOOD PREVAILED IN A LAWSUIT THAT OVERTURNED A DECISION TO NOT ALLOW A BALLOT INITIATIVE THAT WOULD PROTECT THE GALLATIN RIVER FROM WATER POLLUTION.

    Expenses $18,315

  • SETTLED A MAJOR CLEAN WATER ACT LAWSUIT WITH SPANISH PEAKS RESORT.

    Expenses $562 · Revenue $10,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JOHN MEYER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,000
    Hours/week
    55
  • JOHN BONINE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • JOSIE ARNOLD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • THOMAS ELFONT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • WILLIAM BARTLETT

    CHAIR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JON STEELE

    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
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323209349302197

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