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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,618,341
Total expenses
$6,441,118
Contributions and grants received
$4,206,988
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$55,207
Investment income
$519,167
Other revenue
$3,836,979
Total assets, end of year
$27,632,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,329,573
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,302,920
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,666,059
Management and general expenses
$519,891
Fundraising expenses
$255,168
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,666,059

Program services were 88.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $195,122

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $454,993

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,556,873

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $468,503

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FIELD INSTITUTE INCOME

    total $55,207 · related or exempt $55,207

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $454,374 · excluded $454,374

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,163,582 · other assets $329,000

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

    securities $1,098,789 · other assets $329,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $64,793

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $64,793 · excluded $64,793

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $7,104,041

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,296,279

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,807,762 · related or exempt $3,807,762

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $29,217 · related or exempt $29,217

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $29,217

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $206,237 · program services $169,458 · management and general $25,098 · fundraising $11,681

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,046,497 · program services $1,681,537 · management and general $249,050 · fundraising $115,910

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $70,897 · program services $58,254 · management and general $8,628 · fundraising $4,015

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $243,189 · program services $199,820 · management and general $29,595 · fundraising $13,774

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $181,751 · program services $149,339 · management and general $22,118 · fundraising $10,294

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $78,331 · program services $18,227 · management and general $46,783 · fundraising $13,321

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,392 · program services $10,081 · fundraising $5,311

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $207,536 · program services $161,082 · management and general $18,453 · fundraising $28,001

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $184,488 · program services $139,369 · management and general $17,524 · fundraising $27,595

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $116,989 · program services $106,152 · management and general $9,678 · fundraising $1,159

  • 17 · Travel

    total $152,221 · program services $147,528 · management and general $2,214 · fundraising $2,479

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $70,956 · program services $57,086 · management and general $12,286 · fundraising $1,584

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $89,600 · program services $70,156 · management and general $17,181 · fundraising $2,263

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $91,717 · program services $75,715 · management and general $13,029 · fundraising $2,973

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT LABOR AND HOUSING

    total $1,592,549 · program services $1,592,549

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROJECT SUPPLIES

    total $349,221 · program services $349,221

  • 24c · Other expenses: DIRECT AID

    total $291,782 · program services $291,782

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES

    total $211,589 · program services $200,866 · management and general $1,783 · fundraising $8,940

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $210,176 · program services $187,837 · management and general $16,471 · fundraising $5,868

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,430,932 · end of year $3,460,660

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,515,023 · end of year $5,139,982

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $431,659 · end of year $474,055

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $69,525

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,425,304 · end of year $1,061,448

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $105,064 · end of year $116,659

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

    $3,837,195

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

    $516,952

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,193,591 · end of year $3,320,243

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,798,901 · end of year $14,051,518

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,929 · end of year $7,928

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,221,335 · end of year $1,321,645

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $7,928 · end of year $7,928

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,766,185 · end of year $22,118,782

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,982,480 · end of year $4,184,138

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY PROMOTES STEWARDSHIP OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND SIMILAR LANDS THROUGH EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY.

  • ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY TAKES PRIDE IN ITS SERVICE TO PUBLIC LANDS, AND PARTICULARLY ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, IN A WIDE VARIETY OF WAYS, INCLUDING: A) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO MILLIONS OF VISITORS BY STAFFING VISITOR CENTERS, PROVIDING PUBLICATIONS, GIVING TRAVEL ASSISTANCE, AND ADVISING ABOUT SAFETY; B) ADVANCING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PARTICULARLY REACHING APPROXIMATELY 10,000 CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ANNUALLY, WITH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY CONSERVATION CORPS AND THE NEXT GENERATION FUND; C) ACQUIRING PARCELS OF SIGNIFICANT LAND TO BE ADDED TO THE PARK AND NEARBY FORESTS; D) CONDUCTING MAJOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, IN BOTH TRAILS AND THE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

    Expenses $5,666,059 · Revenue $55,207

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Walter Borneman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Charles Cofas

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Howard Fry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rich Fedorchak

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Brian Ross

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Kraft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Pickering

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Timothy Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zachary Wiebe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katherine Dines

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Skyelander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claudine Perrault

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laurie Mathews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liza Grant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Danielson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Esther Murdock

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $196,487
    From this org
    $171,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,333
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,154
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,123
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,210
    Filer's total
    $196,487

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411559349301341

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