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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,351,363
Total expenses
$3,660,226
Contributions and grants received
$3,201,233
Grants paid
$194,115
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$150,130
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,428,062
Total liabilities, end of year
$714,496
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,713,566
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,873,027
Management and general expenses
$284,761
Fundraising expenses
$502,438
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,873,027

Program services were 78.5% 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

    $3,201,233

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $160,122 · excluded $160,122

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $548,810

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

    securities $558,802

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$9,992

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$9,992 · excluded -$9,992

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $194,115 · program services $194,115

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $261,930 · program services $109,679 · management and general $56,235 · fundraising $96,016

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,880,388 · program services $1,517,444 · management and general $127,096 · fundraising $235,848

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $53,549 · program services $43,371 · management and general $3,402 · fundraising $6,776

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $149,632 · program services $117,988 · management and general $10,612 · fundraising $21,032

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $175,739 · program services $134,236 · management and general $14,324 · fundraising $27,179

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $43,027 · program services $40,586 · management and general $2,441

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,893 · program services $817 · management and general $22,932 · fundraising $144

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $69,641 · program services $69,641

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $20,142 · management and general $20,142

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $391,700 · program services $331,332 · management and general $1,213 · fundraising $59,155

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $44,741 · program services $42,291 · management and general $198 · fundraising $2,252

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $83,319 · program services $50,926 · management and general $10,383 · fundraising $22,010

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $53,428 · program services $37,580 · management and general $4,650 · fundraising $11,198

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,671 · program services $41,501 · management and general $4,507 · fundraising $8,663

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,787 · program services $35,233 · fundraising $2,554

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $116,437 · program services $104,745 · management and general $2,366 · fundraising $9,326

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,087 · program services $1,542 · management and general $4,260 · fundraising $285

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $440,395 · end of year $365,482

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,287,663 · end of year $3,668,258

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $743,915 · end of year $896,911

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $62,976 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,800,969 · end of year $2,497,411

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,190 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $596,421 · end of year $714,496

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,731,642 · end of year $4,913,014

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,009,045 · end of year $1,800,552

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND WORKS TO TURN ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES INTO STATE PRIORITIES THROUGH ADVOCATING FOR STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, EDUCATING DECISION-MAKERS ON OUR ISSUES, AND ORGANIZING COLORADO COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION ON OUR ISSUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT COLORADO'S CLIMATE, AIR, LAND, WATER, AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH ORAGANIZING, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION.

  • 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; EDUCATE DECISION MAKERS ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AND BUILD COALITIONS TO DEMONSTRATE BROAD-BASED SUPPORT ON THESE ISSUES.

    Expenses $2,451,732 · Grants $194,115

  • 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 $421,295

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Helen Gemmill

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Archuleta

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jw Postal

    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

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $153,335
    From this org
    $153,335
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    29

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,629
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,706
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,335

  • Nikki Riedt

    VP OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $108,595
    From this org
    $108,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202431849349301108

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