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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ROCKY MOUNTAIN BUTTERFLY CONSORTIUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,279,543
Total expenses
$7,914,958
Contributions and grants received
$2,780,171
Grants paid
$26,530
Program service revenue
$4,219,383
Investment income
$145,107
Other revenue
$1,134,882
Total assets, end of year
$10,445,063
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,632,337
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,812,726
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,630,512
Management and general expenses
$1,881,798
Fundraising expenses
$402,648
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,630,512

Program services were 71.1% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,750

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $70,542

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,863,948

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $843,931

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $43,891

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSION FEES

    total $2,382,424 · related or exempt $2,382,424

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $758,637 · related or exempt $758,637

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $530,322 · related or exempt $530,322

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OUTREACH AND EVENTS

    total $231,121 · related or exempt $231,121

  • 2e · Program service revenue: E.E.S.

    total $216,287 · related or exempt $216,287

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $100,592 · related or exempt $100,592

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $145,107 · excluded $145,107

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $37,643

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

    $70,542

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $37,643

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,878,662

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $814,335

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,064,327 · related or exempt $1,064,327

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER SERVICES

    total $56,093 · related or exempt $56,093

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $14,462 · excluded $14,462

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $70,555

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,500 · program services $25,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,030 · program services $1,030

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $308,092 · program services $220,196 · management and general $70,908 · fundraising $16,988

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,040,435 · program services $2,887,741 · management and general $929,903 · fundraising $222,791

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $66,660 · program services $46,947 · management and general $16,722 · fundraising $2,991

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $286,030 · program services $201,803 · management and general $71,042 · fundraising $13,185

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $408,693 · program services $288,350 · management and general $101,498 · fundraising $18,845

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,569 · program services $17,243 · management and general $8,113 · fundraising $213

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,000 · program services $36,416 · management and general $17,134 · fundraising $450

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $438,204 · program services $239,021 · management and general $151,024 · fundraising $48,159

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $165,973 · program services $79 · management and general $165,894

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $363,918 · program services $213,518 · management and general $123,406 · fundraising $26,994

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $265,690 · program services $180,541 · management and general $82,915 · fundraising $2,234

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $121,040 · program services $95,093 · management and general $24,519 · fundraising $1,428

  • 17 · Travel

    total $68,875 · program services $63,371 · management and general $5,148 · fundraising $356

  • 20 · Interest

    total $18,454 · management and general $18,454

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $328,958 · program services $306,588 · management and general $17,764 · fundraising $4,606

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $70,351 · program services $65,567 · management and general $3,799 · fundraising $985

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $532,719 · program services $497,326 · management and general $28,659 · fundraising $6,734

  • 24b · Other expenses: LOSS ON CONTRIB RETURN

    total $138,000 · program services $138,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $74,256 · program services $36,970 · management and general $36,632 · fundraising $654

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $22,313 · program services $20,979 · management and general $1,059 · fundraising $275

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $90,198 · program services $48,233 · management and general $7,205 · fundraising $34,760

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,171,448 · end of year $416,155

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,689,631 · end of year $5,402,223

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,133,878 · end of year $816,463

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $271,685 · end of year $539,201

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $291,299 · end of year $304,818

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $58,720 · end of year $128,710

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

    $9,723,302

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

    $7,125,039

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,807,872 · end of year $2,598,263

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $158,635 · end of year $171,210

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $99,584 · end of year $68,020

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $492,633 · end of year $599,358

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $414,094 · end of year $450,958

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $450,000 · end of year $345,000

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $91,260

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $191,260 · end of year $69,690

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $108,398 · end of year $76,071

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,861,585 · end of year $5,638,698

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,164,782 · end of year $3,174,028

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO FOSTER AN APPRECIATION OF INVERTEBRATES BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEED TO PROTECT AND CARE FOR THREATENED HABITATS GLOBALLY, WHILE CONDUCTING RESEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS IN INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FOSTER AN APPRECIATION OF INVERTEBRATES BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THREATENED HABITATS.

  • INVERTEBRATE ZOO AND RESEARCH: WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE FIRST AND ONLY STAND-ALONE INVERTEBRATE ZOO ACCREDITED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS (AZA). AS AN AZA MEMBER, WE ARE DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS IN THE AREAS OF CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND RECREATION. WE WORK LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO STUDY AND PROTECT INVERTEBRATES WHICH ARE THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM IN WHICH WE LIVE. AT BUTTERFLY PAVILION, WE EXCEL AT INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION THAT BENEFITS THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE PLANET, PEOPLE AND PROFIT (I.E., CREATING ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE WAYS FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO BENEFIT FROM INVERTEBRATES WHILE ELIMINATING DESTRUCTIVE AND ILLEGAL POACHING).

    Expenses $2,658,539 · Revenue $365,263

  • GUEST EXPERIENCE: BUTTERFLY PAVILION PLAYS A SPECIAL ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN OUR REGION. SINCE THE BUTTERFLY PAVILION OPENED, WE HAVE WELCOMED MILLIONS OF VISITORS AND HELPED THEM CREATE MEMORABLE, FUN, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES WITH INVERTEBRATES. EVERY YEAR, OVER 350,000 GUESTS ARE INTRODUCED TO INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY OF INVERTEBRATE LIFE AND GAIN AN APPRECIATION FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE CREATURES. LEARNERS OF ALL AGES ARE IMMERSED IN A TROPICAL CONSERVATORY WITH THOUSANDS OF BUTTERFLIES, AND TOUCH MARINE INVERTEBRATES. THROUGH INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS, VISITORS DISCOVER HOW OUR LIVES ARE DEPENDENT ON INVERTEBRATES AND ARE INSPIRED TO DO THEIR PART IN PROTECTING THESE INVALUABLE ANIMALS.

    Expenses $1,524,042 · Revenue $3,977,073

  • EDUCATION: BUTTERFLY PAVILION TYPICALLY REACHES OVER 115,000 LIFELONG LEARNERS, INCLUDING OVER 60,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, OUTREACH, AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. BUTTERFLY PAVILION HAS BECOME A REGIONAL LEADER IN HANDS-ON SCIENCE AND ECOLOGY EDUCATION FOR PRE-K THROUGH 12 LEARNERS. WE BRING SCHOOL CURRICULUM ALIVE THROUGH PLAY, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, AND IN-DEPTH SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS. IN ADDITION, WE CULTIVATE A CULTURE OF CONSERVATION THROUGH AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, FAMILY NATURE CLUBS, YOUTH DAY CAMPS, ADULT INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS, AND VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROJECTS. OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO BUILD AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION FOR INVERTEBRATES AND TO HELP DEVELOP A SOUND, SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ROLE IN OUR ECOSYSTEMS.

    Expenses $1,447,931 · Grants $26,530 · Revenue $997,467

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • NATHALIE BROCHU - CHAIR

    AND INTERIM CEO (THROUGH APRIL 2025)

    Total calculated
    $78,085
    From this org
    $75,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,390
    Hours/week
    45

  • MARK CORBETT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • AMY COOPER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DAVID DEMOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RACHAEL KING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRIS LANE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DAVE WEIDNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RYAN WELCH

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $162,443
    From this org
    $156,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,506
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,687
    Bonus
    $12,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,774
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,732
    Filer's total
    $162,443

  • ERIN MACGUIRE

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $147,197
    From this org
    $140,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,316
    Hours/week
    45

  • MARY ANN COLLEY

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $141,068
    From this org
    $133,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,400
    Hours/week
    45

  • SHARTRINA WHITE

    VP OF EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $123,165
    From this org
    $115,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,765
    Hours/week
    45

  • RICHARD READING

    VP OF SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $122,549
    From this org
    $115,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,554
    Hours/week
    45

  • MICHAEL MCCOY

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF RETAIL SALES

    Total calculated
    $108,031
    From this org
    $107,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $984
    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. 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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
2025
Filed
2 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202641889349300804

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