Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$469,324

Total expenses

$384,634

Contributions and grants received

$232,245

Grants paid

$4,000

Program service revenue

$235,616

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$1,463

Total assets, end of year

$365,239

Total liabilities, end of year

$46,368

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$318,871

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$294,714

Management and general expenses

$80,374

Fundraising expenses

$9,546

Program service expenses (Part III)

$294,714

Program services were 76.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• FOREST AND WATERSHED HEALTH WATERSHED-BASED PARTNERSHIPS WATER IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE SOUTHWEST, BUT WATERSHEDS IN THIS REGION ARE AT RISK OF CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE. WATERSHEDS IN THE CPLA REGION SUPPLY APPROXIMATELY 75% OF ALBUQUERQUE'S DRINKING WATER AND 50% OF SANTA FE'S DRINKING WATER. THESE WATERSHEDS ALSO DELIVER PRICELESS WATER TO 10 TRIBES AND PUEBLOS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND MANY ACEQUIA SYSTEMS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS. A HUGE PRIORITY OF CPLA IS TO PROTECT THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF WATER FLOWING FROM THESE WATERSHEDS, AND WE SERVE AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE SAN JUAN CHAMA WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP. WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAN JUAN HEADWATERS PARTNERSHIP AND THE 2-3-2 COHESIVE STRATEGY PARTNERSHIP. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ALL ATTRACT A DIVERSE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS AND LAND MANAGERS, AND ARE VALUABLE FOR GETTING FOLKS TOGETHER TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TOWARDS COMMON GOALS OF WATERSHED PROTECTION, HABITAT CONSERVATION, RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND RESTORING FOREST HEALTH IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE. A US FOREST SERVICE INITIATIVE KNOWN AS THE COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM, RECENTLY RANKED THE RIO CHAMA PROJECT AREA SECOND HIGHEST IN THE NATION DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE WATERSHEDS, RISK OF SEVERE WILDFIRE, AND DIVERSITY OF STAKEHOLDERS STRIVING FOR THE SAME GOALS. RIO GRANDE WATER FUND (WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NATURE CONSERVANCY) RIO GRANDE WATER FUND WE ARE CONTINUING A 1 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM DOWNSTREAM WATER USERS TO PROTECT WATERSHEDS FROM CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE. IN 2022 THE RIO GRANDE WATER FUND AND PRIVATE LANDOWNER COST-SHARE FUNDED 172 ACRES OF TREATMENTS IN THE SAN JUAN-CHAMA PROJECT SOURCE WATERSHEDS IN COLLABORATION WITH TNC AND THE RIO GRANDE WATER FUND. SJCWP FOCAL AREA ATLAS WORKING WITH THE SAN JUAN CHAMA WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A FOCAL AREA ATLAS THAT HELPS LAND MANAGERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND VALUES AT RISK AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE THREATS IN OUR INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WATERSHEDS AND COMMUNITIES. CALL TO ACTION: INVEST IN CRITICAL WATERSHEDS BEFORE SEVERE WILDFIRE, RATHER THAN AFTER IN 2022 WE SAW A DEVASTATING WILDFIRE SEASON WITH THE HERMITS PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE. THIS WILDFIRE HEIGHTENED OUR SENSE OF URGENCY TO BETTER PROTECT OUR WATERSHEDS IN THE SAN JUAN-CHAMA REGION. USING NEW SPATIAL DATA TO ANALYZE THREATS OF WILDFIRE, WE CAME OUT WITH A CALL TO ACTION TO TREAT THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN OUR REGION. THE PRICE TAG WOULD NOT BE CHEAP BUT AS WE HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BIG INVESTMENTS IN WILDFIRE MITIGATION ARE MUCH CHEAPER THAN FIRE SUPPRESSION AND POST-FIRE RECOVERY COSTS. IN OUR REGION, MUCH LIKE IN THE WATERSHEDS IN THE LAS VEGAS AND MORA REGION, IT'S MORE THAN JUST PROTECTING WATERSHED HEALTH AND WATER SUPPLY FUNCTIONS - IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING COMMUNITIES AND WAYS OF LIFE.

  Expenses $207,464

• WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT TROUT PHASE 2: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE ON PRIVATE LANDS (WITH SUPPORT FROM NEW MEXICO HABITAT CONSERVATION INITIATIVE) BUILDING OFF OF THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE: RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT AND PRIVATE LANDS STEWARDSHIP REPORT, THIS EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON CREATING 'SHOVEL-READY' PROJECTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE RGCT CONSERVATION STRATEGIES MAY BE MOST IMPACTFUL. OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH LANDOWNERS, AGENCY, AND NGO PARTNERS TO DEVELOP PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION GUIDES DESIGNED TO SET THE STAGE TO APPLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING TO BETTER PROTECT HIGH QUALITY EXISTING POPULATIONS OF RIO GRANDE CUTTHROAT. MIGRATORY WILDLIFE CORRIDORS THE CPLA REGION IS HOME TO VERY IMPORTANT WILDLIFE MIGRATION CORRIDORS DUE TO LIMITED DEVELOPMENT AND INTACT LANDSCAPES. CPLA PROMOTES CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AS A TOOL TO HELP KEEP LANDSCAPES INTACT. WE ALSO PROMOTE WILDLIFE CONFLICT RESOLUTION STRATEGIES. MANY SMALL LANDOWNERS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT DEPREDATION FROM ELK AND WE SEEK TO PROMOTE SOLUTIONS THAT CONSERVE HABITAT AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING FARMERS AND RANCHERS ON THE LANDSCAPE DURING A TIME WHEN SO MANY PRESSURES MAKE IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A LIVING IN AGRICULTURE.

  Expenses $3,480

• EDUCATION AND ECONOMY CPLA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THE ALLIANCE OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AT ESCALANTE AND PAGOSA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT ADVANCED STUDIES AT ANY UNIVERSITY OR TECHNICAL COLLEGE. READ ABOUT THE 2022 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ON OUR WEBSITE AT HTTPS://CHAMAPEAK.ORG/EDUCATION-AND-ECONOMY 2022 RIO CHAMA CONGRESO AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR OF THE SAN JUAN-CHAMA WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP, WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL RIO CHAMA CONGRESO WAS A SUCCESS. OUR THEME IN 2022 WAS SNOW IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE, HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CONGRESO CAN BE VIEWED ON SANJUANCHAMA.ORG. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR 2023 RIO CHAMA CONGRESO THEME - WATER AFTER WILDFIRE. WE WILL HEAR STORIES ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO WATER RESOURCES AFTER THE HERMITS PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE AND HEAR LESSONS LEARNED FROM SANTA CLARA PUEBLO AFTER A DECADE OF POST-FIRE RECOVERY. WE WILL LEARN ABOUT WILDFIRE RISK MODELS FOR THE SAN JUAN-CHAMA REGION, AND LEARN ABOUT COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE AND POST-FIRE IMPACTS IN OUR REGION. VISTA POSITION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (WITH SUPPORT FROM US BOR AND AMERICORPS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM) "THE FISH AND THE FLAME" VIDEO (WITH SUPPORT FROM NEW MEXICO HABITAT CONSERVATION INITIATIVE GRANT) IN 2022 OUR FILM THE FISH AND THE FLAME WAS RANKED AS THE TOP FILM OF ALL FILMS SUBMITTED TO THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 2022 AQUATIC FILM AND PHOTO FESTIVAL OFTEN THE GOOD STEWARDSHIP WORK OF LAND MANAGERS IN THE REGION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVATE LANDS CONSERVATION GOES UNNOTICED IN THE PUBLIC EYE. WE WANTED TO PRODUCE A FILM THAT HIGHLIGHTED PRIVATE LANDS CONSERVATION, AND THIS STORY THIS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CRITICALLY IMPERILED SAN JUAN CUTTHROAT TROUT. THERE ARE JUST A FEW STREAMS LEFT IN THE WORLD SUPPORTING THIS TROUT SUBSPECIES, AND MOST OF THOSE ARE ON UNDISTURBED PRIVATE LANDS. PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN PRIVATE LAND MANAGERS AND STATE WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ARE WORKING HARD TO PROTECT THESE POPULATIONS AND THESE PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK FOR STATE WILDLIFE OFFICIALS RESCUING AND RELOCATING FISH ONTO PRIVATE LAND THAT WERE THREATENED BY AN ACTIVE WILDFIRE SITUATION. THE FISH AND THE FLAME HAS DONE AMAZINGLY WELL IN ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVALS, EARNING AT LEAST 8 AWARDS SO FAR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND OUTREACH PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL OUTREACH AT MEETINGS AND EVENTS HAS HELPED CONTINUE TO KEEP CPLA WORKING IN SERVICE OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITIES. ATTENDANCE AT EVENTS SUCH AS CHAMA DAYS, CHAMA FARMERS MARKET, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY FAIR, ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS, MEETINGS WITH PARTNERS, AND EVENTS FOR LOCAL CONCERNS OFFER CPLA AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP INVOLVED IN LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDE PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES. RADIO SHOW CPLA BEGAN HOSTING A LOCAL RADIO SHOW WITH KXJR 96.1 FM RADIO IN CHAMA, NM ON WEDNESDAYS AT 11AM. THE SHOW CONSISTS OF A MARKET REPORT AND EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS ALONG WITH GUESTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE AREA ON AGRICULTURAL AND LANDOWNER TOPICS. THIRTY-FOUR RADIO SHOWS WERE OFFERED IN 2022, WITH SOME RECORDED AND AVAILABLE TO LISTEN AT ANY TIME THROUGH THE RADIO STATION ICLOUD HOSTING SITE. ONLY SHOWS WITH GUESTS ARE RECORDED AND STORED. FIREWOOD FOR SENIORS MANY FOLKS PARTNERED WITH US IN 2022 TO HELP PROVIDE BYPRODUCTS OF WATERSHED RESTORATION TO FOLKS IN NEED OF FIREWOOD. 181 HALF-CORD LOADS (85 CORD APPROXIMATELY) FOR 150 SENIORS (SOME SENIORS WERE GIVEN MORE THAN ONE LOAD BASED ON SEVERE HEALTH ISSUES) TEN INDIVIDUALS HAD WOOD DELIVERED AS THEY WERE HOME-BOUND. THE PROGRAM WAS HOUSED IN THE UPPER CHAMA SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION FACILITY IN TIERRA AMARILLA. SIX DAYS THROUGHOUT SUMMER AND FALL WERE COORDINATED WITH VOLUNTEERS TO LOAD WOOD. ELDERLY CAME FROM LUMBERTON CLEAR TO ABIQUIU, WITH MOST FROM CHAMA AND TIERRA AMARILLA.

  Expenses $20,734 · Grants $4,000

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $63,036

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

2 April 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202301259349301785

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