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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES ORGANIZATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$422,446
Total expenses
$448,416
Contributions and grants received
$384,989
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$37,356
Investment income
$101
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$333,969
Total liabilities, end of year
$104,524
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$229,445
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$384,104
Management and general expenses
$26,967
Fundraising expenses
$37,345
Program service expenses (Part III)
$384,104

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $1,499

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $9,983

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $13,272

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $289,886

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $70,349

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ABUNDANT MT SERVICE REV

    total $37,356 · related or exempt $37,356

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $101 · related or exempt $101

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

    $13,272

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $55,347 · program services $45,938 · management and general $3,321 · fundraising $6,088

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $200,652 · program services $166,541 · management and general $12,039 · fundraising $22,072

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,584 · program services $11,275 · management and general $815 · fundraising $1,494

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,049 · program services $17,471 · management and general $1,263 · fundraising $2,315

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,107 · program services $4,239 · management and general $306 · fundraising $562

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,056 · management and general $6,056

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,390 · program services $4,474 · management and general $323 · fundraising $593

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,624 · program services $3,008 · management and general $217 · fundraising $399

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,887 · program services $9,866 · management and general $713 · fundraising $1,308

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,079 · program services $1,079

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $542 · management and general $542

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,243 · program services $1,861 · management and general $135 · fundraising $247

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS

    total $98,741 · program services $98,741

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES FEES SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $12,577 · program services $10,439 · management and general $755 · fundraising $1,383

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND PRINTING

    total $8,036 · program services $6,670 · management and general $482 · fundraising $884

  • 24d · Other expenses: MONTANA FOOD PROVIDERS

    total $2,502 · program services $2,502

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $191,193 · end of year $165,989

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

    $8,922

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

    $8,922

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $167,980 · end of year $167,980

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,258 · end of year $7,024

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $97,500 · end of year $97,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $255,415 · end of year $229,445

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Statewide and grassroots, AERO works at the intersection of renewable energy, stewardship agriculture, and local food systems to help communities build a more sustainable, food self-reliant, and climate healthy Montana for all.

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: AERO serves as a statewide resource hub on sustainability topics, particularly those relating to renewable energy, stewardship agriculture practices, resilient community food systems, and related policy and legislative matters. AERO shares information and resources through its website, newletter, social media, and events. ABUNDANT MONTANA and its Local Food Guide are building consumer demand for Montana-grown food and local sales channels for Montanas food and farming businesses and to create a resilient and reliable Montana food system that nourishes everyone.

    Expenses $272,714 · Grants $215,077

  • FOOD SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING: With a producer-centric focus,we help Montana communities build place-based, robust, sustainable food systems with climate-healthy solutions. MONTANA FOOD ECONOMY INITIATIVE (MFEI): AERO is coordinating community stakeholders in conducting their own 18-month food system assessments in Helena, Billings and the communities on the Fort Belknap reservation. VALUE-ADDED PRODUCER SUCCESS: responsive to Montanas new law, the Montana Local Food Choice Act, this program produced a Food Safety Tool Kit for Home Producers, conducted on-farm raw milk trainings, seminars, and webinars statewide as guides to food safety practices for reducing risk and liability.

    Expenses $69,139 · Grants $54,459

  • NETWORK WEAVING & EDUCATION: Key to AEROs success in developing community leaders and inspiring community models for sustainable, climate-healthy agriculture, food systems, and energy across the state is bringing people together to learn from one another through workshops, panel discussions, webinars and community gatherings designed to promote cross-learning and knowledge-building, connection, networks, resource-sharing, problem-solving and finding common ground. AEROs annual Expo brings together Montanans committed to the culture of stewardship to share ideas, make enduring connections, and find sensible, lasting, people-oriented solutions to food and energy issues.

    Expenses $42,251 · Grants $20,350

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robin Kelson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $55,347
    From this org
    $55,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andrew Shanafelt

    ABUNDANT MT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $45,056
    From this org
    $45,056
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Samantha McGowan

    ABUNDANT MT ASSISTANT DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $44,455
    From this org
    $44,455
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Erin Austin

    DIRECTOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

    Total calculated
    $18,920
    From this org
    $18,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Robert Byron

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Madison Boone

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Donovan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Colter Schroeder

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ada Smith

    VICE-CHAIR SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Chris Laroche

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
11 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202332559349301473

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