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CHAMA PEAK LAND ALLIANCE

EIN 27-4506183 PAGOSA SPGS, CO

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Revenue 2025
$2,954,234
Expenses 2025
$2,688,982

Program services were 92.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C34
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 5701

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

" THE CHAMA PEAK LAND ALLIANCE ("THE ALLIANCE") IS A NEW MEXICO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION COMPRISED OF CONSERVATION-MINDED LANDOWNERS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO PRACTICE AND PROMOTE SOUND LAND MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE ALLIANCE IS COMMITTED TO PRACTICING AND PROMOTING CONSERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF LAND, WATER, WILDLIFE, AND PEOPLE. THE ALLIANCE ENVISIONS THE WATERSHEDS OF THE SAN JUAN AND RIO CHAMA AS AN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM THAT THRIVES ON GOOD STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, STATES, TRIBES, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES."

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE AN ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION-MINDED LANDOWNERS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO PRACTICE AND PROMOTE ECOLOGICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY SOUND LAND MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).

  • FOREST AND WATERSHED HEALTH: THE ALLIANCE'S FOREST AND WATERSHED HEALTH PROGRAM WORKS TO BUILD RESILIENCY IN THE SAN JUAN-RIO CHAMA WATERSHED REGION THAT SUPPLIES NEARLY HALF OF NEW MEXICO'S DRINKING WATER. ACTIVITIES ARE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING FOREST HEALTH THROUGH FIRE MITIGATION TREATMENTS AND OTHER RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH AND RESILIENCE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES, WHICH DEGRADE WATER AND SOIL QUALITY, DESTROY PLANT, FISH, AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND HARM THE LOCAL FARMING COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $2,383,530

  • SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: THE ALLIANCE REGION INCLUDES A RICH HISTORY OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. THE ALLIANCE PROVIDES RESOURCES AND FOSTERS HOLISTIC LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PROMOTES RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER OUTREACH TO HELP AREA FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

    Expenses $7,457

  • EDUCATION AND ECONOMY: THE ALLIANCE'S EDUCATION AND ECONOMY PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT BRIDGE TRADITIONAL DIVIDES, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THEIR SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE, AND SUPPORT LOCAL ECONOMIES THROUGH RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE FIREWOOD FOR SENIORS PROGRAM AND LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS.

    Expenses $71,466

  • WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES: THE ALLIANCE'S WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES PROGRAM PROMOTES HEALTHY WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, WHICH ARE VITAL TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. ACTIVITIES ARE FOCUSED ON EXPANDING TROUT, ELK, AND DEER POPULATIONS BY PROTECTING MIGRATION CORRIDORS, CONSERVING CRITICAL HABITAT, AND WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH LOCAL LANDOWNERS AND REGULATORY AGENCIES. 2025 ACTIVITY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY & EDUCATION: CPLA ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL RESILIENCE THROUGH EDUCATION, RESOURCE SHARING, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. CPLA ENGAGED YOUTH THROUGH AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIPS, AMPLIFIED LOCAL AND REGIONAL AG VOICES, CONNECTED PRODUCERS WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND SHARED TIMELY POLICY UPDATES WITH THE COMMUNITY. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOREST STEWARDS GUILD AND VARIOUS STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, CPLA HOSTED THE ANNUAL RIO CHAMA CONGRESO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON WATERSHED AND FOREST OUTLOOK. THE CPLA CONSERVATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. CPLA'S FIREWOOD FOR SENIORS PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED 146 CORDS OF FIREWOOD TO 144 LOCAL HOUSEHOLDS INCLUDING 20 HOMEBOUND RESIDENTS, COMBINING FOREST RESTORATION WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 20 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN 17 HOME DELIVERIES AND 10 DISTRIBUTION EVENTS. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CAROLL PETRIE FOUNDATION, CPLA CONTINUED ITS BACKYARD BIODIVERSITY COMMUNITY EDUCATION ARTICLES AND WORKSHOPS. CPLA ALSO SPONSORED THE 2025 CHAMA CHILE SKI CLASSIC. THE THORNBURG FOUNDATION PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE THINKING LIKE WATER PUBLIC EDUCATION SERIES.

    Expenses $20,639 · Grants $4,000 · Revenue $1,607

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Caleb Stotts

    EXECTIVE DIR

    Total calculated
    $110,306
    From this org
    $110,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tim Haarmann

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Aaron Jones

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeb Binkley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tina Martinez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Ferrell

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,954,234
    Expenses
    $2,688,982
    Contributions
    $2,951,751
    Grants paid
    $4,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $502,539
    Expenses
    $474,540
    Contributions
    $336,209
    Grants paid
    $5,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $469,324
    Expenses
    $384,634
    Contributions
    $232,245
    Grants paid
    $4,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $422,217
    Expenses
    $418,522
    Assets (EOY)
    $237,655

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $422,330
    Expenses
    $376,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $232,637

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $281,684
    Expenses
    $280,412
    Assets (EOY)
    $272,492

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $483,863
    Expenses
    $512,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $190,768

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $217,800
    Expenses
    $207,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $217,063

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $516,750
    Expenses
    $421,941
    Assets (EOY)
    $222,721

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $148,556
    Expenses
    $215,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,694

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.