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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONSERVATION COLORADO.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,644,617
Total expenses
$1,331,951
Contributions and grants received
$1,577,662
Grants paid
$36,462
Program service revenue
$69,641
Investment income
-$2,686
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,838,768
Total liabilities, end of year
$121,482
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,717,286
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$963,264
Management and general expenses
$116,221
Fundraising expenses
$252,466
Program service expenses (Part III)
$963,264

Program services were 72.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,577,662

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $102,973

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LOBBYING CONSULTING

    total $69,641 · related or exempt $69,641

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,043 · excluded $12,043

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $430,186

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

    securities $444,915

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$14,729

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$14,729 · excluded -$14,729

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $36,462 · program services $36,462

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,729 · program services $56,665 · management and general $19,370 · fundraising $57,694

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $603,434 · program services $424,367 · management and general $48,336 · fundraising $130,731

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,384 · program services $12,175 · management and general $1,436 · fundraising $3,773

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $52,160 · program services $35,763 · management and general $4,475 · fundraising $11,922

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $61,229 · program services $39,926 · management and general $5,709 · fundraising $15,594

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $43,573 · program services $43,573

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,651 · program services $230 · management and general $11,320 · fundraising $101

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $111,000 · program services $111,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,103 · management and general $6,103

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $97,578 · program services $94,771 · management and general $407 · fundraising $2,400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $45,898 · program services $45,585 · management and general $80 · fundraising $233

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,196 · program services $24,439 · management and general $6,308 · fundraising $11,449

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,159 · program services $10,801 · management and general $2,418 · fundraising $7,940

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,181 · program services $12,547 · management and general $2,806 · fundraising $4,828

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,201 · program services $6,806 · fundraising $1,395

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,024 · program services $7,694 · management and general $112 · fundraising $4,218

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $783 · management and general $783

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,206 · program services $460 · management and general $6,558 · fundraising $188

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $496,597 · end of year $403,017

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $100,544 · end of year $268,774

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,614 · end of year $115,353

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $340,704 · end of year $443,696

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,702 · end of year $25,009

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

    $40,880

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

    $39,412

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,251 · end of year $1,468

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $494,137 · end of year $574,478

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $39,217

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,473 · end of year $6,973

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $178,971 · end of year $121,482

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $880,747 · end of year $1,034,851

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $430,521 · end of year $682,435

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CONSERVATION COLORADO WORKS TO TURN ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES INTO STATE PRIORITIES THROUGH ADVOCATING FOR STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ORGANIZING COLORADO COMMUNITIES TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD, HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS, AND ELECTING PRO-CONSERVATION CHAMPIONS TO OFFICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT COLORADO'S CLIMATE, AIR, LAND, WATER, AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY, AND ELECTIONS.

  • WORK TO BUILD LONG LASTING POWER IN COLORADO SO WE CAN ELEVATE OUR ISSUES TO A PRIORITY IN THE STATE - EDUCATE, ORGANIZE & MOBILIZE COLORADANS TO TAKE ACTION ON ISSUES RELATED TO FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE, STANDING UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, PROTECTING OUR LANDS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE, AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY; AND BUILD COALITIONS TO DEMONSTRATE BROAD-BASED SUPPORT ON THESE ISSUES.

    Expenses $526,727 · Grants $1,462 · Revenue $69,641

  • GOTV AND OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS TO GET PRO-CONSERVATION CHAMPIONS ELECTED TO LOCAL OFFICE AND STATEWIDE OFFICE.

    Expenses $106,000 · Grants $35,000

  • EDUCATED AND LOBBIED ELECTED OFFICIALS ON ISSUES RELATED TO FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE, STANDING UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, PROTECTING OUR LANDS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE, AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $187,436

  • BUILDING LATINE ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AND POWER TO HELP DRIVE CLIMATE, LAND, WATER, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICY FORWARD THROUGH PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SUPPORTING COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND MOBILIZING AND ADVOCATING TO CHANGE POLICIES.

    Expenses $143,101

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Helen Gemmill

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherin Archuleta

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jw Postal

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Bryson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tamra Debrady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay Fetcher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Giron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Kaplan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Melaku

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi McIntosh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ning Mosberger-Tang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rudy Verner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Nordini

    CHEIF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $88,476
    From this org
    $88,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    16

  • Nikki Riedt

    VP OPERATIONS AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $45,252
    From this org
    $45,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    13

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

  • CONSERVATION COLORADO VICTORY FUND

    $35,000

    GENERAL CONTRIBUTION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202401849349300025

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