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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CONSERVATION COLORADO.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,050,989
Total expenses
$2,243,891
Contributions and grants received
$1,961,906
Grants paid
$380,250
Program service revenue
$54,575
Investment income
$23,495
Other revenue
$11,013
Total assets, end of year
$1,490,239
Total liabilities, end of year
$178,971
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,311,268
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,802,451
Management and general expenses
$141,649
Fundraising expenses
$299,791
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,802,451

Program services were 80.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $114,913

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,846,993

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LOBBYING CONSULTING

    total $54,575 · related or exempt $54,575

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,707 · excluded $10,707

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $233,400

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

    securities $220,612

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $12,788

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $12,788 · excluded $12,788

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $24,591

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

    $114,913

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $24,591

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $11,013 · related or exempt $11,013

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,013

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $380,250 · program services $380,250

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $120,665 · program services $42,640 · management and general $19,890 · fundraising $58,135

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $873,895 · program services $669,113 · management and general $59,485 · fundraising $145,297

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $24,800 · program services $18,402 · management and general $2,409 · fundraising $3,989

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $71,549 · program services $53,533 · management and general $3,990 · fundraising $14,026

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,117 · program services $55,152 · management and general $5,836 · fundraising $16,129

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $57,862 · program services $52,780 · management and general $5,055 · fundraising $27

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,039 · management and general $22,039

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $104,000 · program services $104,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,578 · fundraising $6,578

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $258,444 · program services $254,895 · management and general $876 · fundraising $2,673

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $70,943 · program services $70,704 · management and general $80 · fundraising $159

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $62,974 · program services $33,084 · management and general $7,948 · fundraising $21,942

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,714 · program services $19,309 · management and general $1,579 · fundraising $4,826

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,078 · program services $21,777 · management and general $2,330 · fundraising $5,971

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,312 · program services $8,005 · management and general $5 · fundraising $302

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,306 · program services $6,001 · management and general $5,825 · fundraising $480

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $783 · management and general $783

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,676 · program services $1,023 · management and general $3,342 · fundraising $311

  • 24a · Other expenses: CATERING AND EVENT EXPE

    total $28,916 · program services $10,359 · management and general $0 · fundraising $18,557

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,990 · program services $1,424 · management and general $177 · fundraising $389

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $564,277 · end of year $496,597

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $419,942 · end of year $100,544

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,430 · end of year $4,614

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $134,458 · end of year $340,704

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,366 · end of year $5,702

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

    $40,880

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

    $38,629

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,034 · end of year $2,251

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $663,878 · end of year $432,666

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $100,688

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,214 · end of year $6,473

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $143,677 · end of year $178,971

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,162,165 · end of year $880,747

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $487,757 · end of year $430,521

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CONSERVATION COLORADO IS A GRASSROOTS STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION WORKING TO PROTECT COLORADO'S ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE BY MOBILIZING PEOPLE AND ELECTING CONSERVATION-MINDED POLICYMAKERS. THE ORGANIZATION DOES THIS BY (A) BUILDING LONG-TERM CAPACITY AND POWER FOR COLORADO'S ENVIRONMENT THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING;(B) ADVOCATING FOR LAWS THAT PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT; (C) BROADENING THE BASE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS BY ENGAGING A DIVERSE ARRAY OF COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING YOUNG VOTERS AND LATINOS; (D)WINNING STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN COLORADO'S CRITICAL RACES BY PROVIDING ENDORSEMENTS, VOLUNTEER SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES-BUILDING MOMENTUM FOR FUTURE POLICY AND POLITICAL VICTORIES;(E) HOLDING ELECTED LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH TARGETED MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PUBLICATIONS LIKE OUR LEGISLATIVE CONSERVATION SCORECARD; AND(F) FOSTERING CONNECTIVITY WITH COLORADO'S HIGH-PROFILE LAWMAKERS, SUSTAINABILITY PIONEERS, OUTDOOR INDUSTRY LEADERS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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

  • EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES GERMANE TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS BY INFORMING THEM ABOUT LEGISLATIVE CONSERVATION AGENDAS, SENDING INFORMATION AND FACT SHEETS TO OUR MEMBERS, BUILDING LONG-TERM CAPACITY AND POWER FOR COLORADO'S ENVIRONMENT THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, AND INFLUENCING PUBLIC OPINION ON A NON-PARTISAN BASIS ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: PUBLIC LANDS & WILDERNESS, CUTTING CARBON POLLUTION, CLEAN ENERGY, WATER QUANTITY & QUALITY, AND OTHER CONSERVATION ISSUES AND BROADENING THE BASE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS BY ENGAGING HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO INVOLVE CITIZENS IN CONSERVATION ISSUES.

    Expenses $1,413,664 · Grants $78,950 · Revenue $65,588

  • EDUCATED AND LOBBIED COLORADO STATE LEGISLATURE AND OTHER STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ON CONSERVATION ISSUES-REGULATING GREENHOUSE GASES AND CARBON POLLUTION; THWARTING DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS OF OIL AND GAS DRILLING; IMPROVING STANDARDS FOR CLEAR AIR AND WATER; MANAGING OUR WATER SUPPLY; AND LEADING THE NATION IN OUR USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY -- INCLUDING HOLDING ELECTED LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH TARGETED MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND PUBLICATIONS LIKE OUR LEGISLATIVE CONSERVATION SCORECARD.

    Expenses $388,787 · Grants $301,300

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rudy Verner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ning Mosberger-Tang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tamara Debrady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jw Postal

    SECRETARY & TEASURER/DIREC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Melaku

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Kaplan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Gemmill

    CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Handley

    VICE CHAIR/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay Fetcher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi McIntosh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Giron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Bryson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sonrisa Lucero

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kartherine Archeluta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Nordini

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $90,284
    From this org
    $78,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,964
    Hours/week
    16

  • Nikki Riedt

    VP OF OPERATIONS AND FINAN

    Total calculated
    $42,453
    From this org
    $38,844
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,609
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313119349304341

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