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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MIDDLE COLORADO WATERSHED COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$984,711
Total expenses
$1,147,461
Contributions and grants received
$69,972
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$840,966
Investment income
$1,632
Other revenue
$72,141
Total assets, end of year
$200,454
Total liabilities, end of year
$256,519
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$56,065
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,037,355
Management and general expenses
$58,040
Fundraising expenses
$52,066
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,037,355

Program services were 90.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $38,148

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $31,824

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,467

  • 2a · Program service revenue: IWMP

    total $753,630 · related or exempt $753,630

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WILDFIRE

    total $52,274 · related or exempt $52,274

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $35,062 · related or exempt $35,062

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,632 · excluded $1,632

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $72,141

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

    $38,148

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $72,141 · excluded $72,141

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $98,000 · program services $56,084 · management and general $21,913 · fundraising $20,003

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $61,513 · program services $57,709 · management and general $570 · fundraising $3,234

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,667 · program services $4,808 · management and general $1,784 · fundraising $1,075

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,204 · program services $7,739 · management and general $2,687 · fundraising $1,778

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $7,087 · program services $5,381 · management and general $1,706

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,387 · management and general $15,387

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $901,184 · program services $888,165 · management and general $3,244 · fundraising $9,775

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,505 · program services $1,414 · fundraising $5,091

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,946 · program services $816 · management and general $136 · fundraising $2,994

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,573 · program services $999 · management and general $574

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,272 · program services $5,736 · management and general $3,536

  • 17 · Travel

    total $492 · program services $272 · fundraising $220

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,775 · program services $1,192 · management and general $1,166 · fundraising $3,417

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,663 · management and general $2,663

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE/PRINTING

    total $4,172 · program services $2,868 · management and general $187 · fundraising $1,117

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & MATERIALS

    total $4,146 · program services $1,196 · management and general $88 · fundraising $2,862

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $2,055 · program services $2,055

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE/INTERNET

    total $1,732 · program services $456 · management and general $1,276

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,088 · program services $465 · management and general $1,123 · fundraising $500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $90 · end of year $90

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $126,589 · end of year $180,222

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $46,647 · end of year $20,142

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $55,141 · end of year $193,019

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $63,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$7,388 · end of year -$56,065

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $124,073 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO EVALUATE, PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH OF THE MIDDLE COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF WATERSHED STAKEHOLDERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EVALUATE, PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH OF THE MIDDLE COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED.

  • THE MIDDLE COLORADO WATERSHED COUNCIL INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH WATER USERS, WATER RIGHTS HOLDERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VESTED STAKEHOLDERS, CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE PROJECTS TO IMPROVE SECURITY FOR ALL WATER USES IN THE MIDDLE COLORADO RIVER BY UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTING EXISTING USES, MEETING SHORTAGES, AND MAINTAINING HEALTHY RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS AND AGRICULTURE IN THE FACE OF INCREASED FUTURE DEMAND AND CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY.

    Expenses $908,287 · Revenue $753,630

  • WILDFIRE PROGRAMS FOR THE GRIZZLY CREEK POST-FIRE RESTORATION AND MITIGATION, THE WILDFIRE READY ACTION PLAN FOR REDUCING WILDFIRE RISKS AND MITIGATING POST-FIRE IMPACTS IN THE MIDDLE COLORADO WATERSHED, AND THE GLENWOOD CANYON SIGN REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THESE WILDFIRE PROGRAMS ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH REIMBURSEMENT-TYPE GRANTS FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO FIRE RESTORATION AND MITIGATION, RAIN GUAGES AND SOIL MOISTURE MANAGEMENT, WILDFIRE READINESS AND OTHER GENERAL POST-FIRE RESTORATION.

    Expenses $59,960 · Revenue $52,274

  • OTHER PROGRAMS SUPPORTING THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF THE MIDDLE COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING: PROTECTING AND ENHANCING WATER QUALITY; PROMOTING SMART, EFFICIENT WATER USE AND CONSERVATION; INCREASING KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS AND INTEREST IN THE WATERSHED; CREATING PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS; PROMOTING BALANCED STEWARDSHIP OF THE COLORADO RIVER WATERSHED.

    Expenses $69,108 · Revenue $35,062

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doug Winter

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mikaela Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Treese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Witt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mike Schuster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Caitlin Carey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cole Buerger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Shelbi Bauer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Kate Collins

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $98,000
    From this org
    $98,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
23 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612039349300951

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