Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,082,116
- Total expenses
- $632,449
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,118,311
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $125
- Other revenue
- -$36,320
- Total assets, end of year
- $415,771
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $18,716
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $397,055
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $456,252
- Management and general expenses
- $144,202
- Fundraising expenses
- $31,995
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $456,252
Program services were 72.1% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$653,344
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1c · Fundraising events
$90,297
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$374,670
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3 · Investment income
total $125 · excluded $125
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$116,062
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$90,297
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$153,782
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$37,720 · excluded -$37,720
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $1,400 · related or exempt $1,400
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,400
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $179,469 · program services $125,628 · management and general $53,841
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $24,934 · program services $24,934
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $30,138 · program services $30,138
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $64,843 · program services $49,958 · management and general $14,885
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,528 · management and general $1,528
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $8,465 · management and general $8,465
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $12,754 · management and general $12,754
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11g · Fees: other
total $94,787 · program services $94,787
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $27,708 · program services $25,273 · fundraising $2,435
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13 · Office expenses
total $13,837 · program services $12,453 · management and general $1,384
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14 · Information technology
total $2,414 · program services $2,173 · management and general $241
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,750 · program services $1,575 · management and general $175
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17 · Travel
total $22,208 · program services $19,987 · management and general $2,221
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $19,370 · program services $17,433 · management and general $1,937
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23 · Insurance
total $3,339 · management and general $3,339
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24a · Other expenses: PRINTING/POSTAGE/RESEAR
total $52,528 · program services $47,275 · management and general $5,253
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24b · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT
total $29,560 · fundraising $29,560
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24c · Other expenses: VEHICLE EXPENSES/REIMBU
total $5,153 · program services $4,638 · management and general $515
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24e · All other expenses
total $37,664 · management and general $37,664
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $58,736 · end of year $42,295
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $5,526 · end of year $5,526
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $260,000 · end of year $367,950
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,874 · end of year $18,716
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $375,000 · end of year $0
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year -$52,612 · end of year $397,055
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
MSPC'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER THOSE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATES TO SUCCEED THROUGH NON-PARTISAN, QUALITY RESEARCH THAT PROMOTES FREE ENTERPRISE, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT.
Activities or mission (Part I)
MOUNTAIN STATES POLICY CENTER IS AN INDEPENDENT THINK TANK THAT BELIEVES IN PROVIDING RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO LAWMAKERS, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC, BASED ON FACTS NOT EMOTION. HARNESSING THE POWER OF PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCES AND VIDEO EVENTS, MSPC BRINGS FORWARD FREE MARKET SOLUTIONS TO OUR REGIONS BIGGEST CHALLENGES AND IS A WATCHDOG TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS.
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THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCED 13 MAJOR STUDIES AS WELL AS MORE THAN 100 EDITORIALS ON MAJOR POLICY ISSUES IMPACTING THE REGION. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HELD TWO MAJOR EDUCATIONAL EVENTS IN COUER D'ALENE AND BOISE, IDAHO DURING THE YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HELD POLICY DISCUSSIONS IN IDAHO FALLS, MISSOULA, SPOKANE, MERIDIAN AND TWIN FALLS.
Expenses $456,252
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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CHRISTOPHER G CARGILL
DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $179,469
- From this org
- $173,076
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,393
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,076
- Bonus
- $20,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $173,076
-
KEN DEY
DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
REBECCA FUNK
DIRECTOR, VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN OTTER
DIRECTOR, TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JULIE SHIFLETT
DIRECTOR, SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BILL BALDWIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BONNIE QUINN CLAUSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TODD CRANNEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAN KRISTIANSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RUSSELL STROMBERG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DON STAFFORD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SCOTT SCHOENHERR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARY STROW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DEAN HAAGENSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
OSCAR EVANS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
WILLIAM JUNKERMIER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHRISTOPHER PATTERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- THE BOARD IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING DETERMINES THE CEO'S BONUS BASED UPON FUNDRAISING METRICS AND OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
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
- 22 August 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202442369349301119
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