RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT (EIN 91-1815618)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-11-10
IRS object ID: 202003159349303680
Schema version: 2019v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-11-10T14:30:50-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	824091509	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RICHMAN & ASSOCIATES LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 SW COLUMBIA ST STE 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	PORTLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OR	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	972044005	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	911815618	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	RENE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5032234544	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	421 SW 6TH AVE STE 975	AddressLine1Txt
City	PORTLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OR	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	972041635	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NICOLE HUGHES	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5032234544	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-11-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JAMES E RICHMAN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00088854	PTIN
Phone	5032953780	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-11-02	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	198.0.38.201	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-11-10	IPDt
IP Tm	14:30:50	IPTm
IP Timezone	CS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	80F2D8E4BE994FB834A5470B9F3673051FBE6126	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	80F2D8E4BE994FB834A5470B9F3673051FBE6126	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RENEWABLE NORTHWEST	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	NICOLE HUGHES	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	421 SW 6TH AVE SUITE 975	AddressLine1Txt
City	PORTLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OR	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	97204	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,092,795	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.RENEWABLENW.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1994	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	OR	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	RENEWABLE NW'S MISSION IS TO DECARBONIZE THE REGION BY ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	13	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,151,095	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,072,814	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$56,783	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$8,994	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$9,106	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$511	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$10,875	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,217,383	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,092,795	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,012,884	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$948,419	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$66,103	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$354,832	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$346,533	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,367,716	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,294,952	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$150,333	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$202,157	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,386,222	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,162,311	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$74,805	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$53,051	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,311,417	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,109,260	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	RENEWABLE NW'S MISSION IS TO DECARBONIZE THE REGION BY ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$904,189	ExpenseAmt
Desc	RENEWABLE NW ADVOCATED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY THROUGH POLICY DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGEMENT IN THE REGULATORY PROCESS AND MARKET AND TRANSMISSION EXPANSION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. POLICY WORK FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING WASHINGTON'S TRANSITION TO A DECARBONIZED ELECTRICITY GRID AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OREGON'S CAP ON CARBON EMISSIONS. RENEWABLE NW ENGAGED ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS TO PRIORITIZE RESPONSIBLE SITING AND PERMITTING INITIATIVES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. POLICY WORK IN OREGON FOCUSED ON A COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM WITH AN EMPHASIS ON LOW INCOME OPPORTUNITY. RENEWABLE NW REGULATORY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE PREVENTING NEW NATURAL GAS PLANTS AND COMMITMENTS FOR ROUGHLY 9,000 MW OF NEW RENEWABLES IN THE REGION. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$904,189	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	7	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	13	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NICOLE HUGHES	PersonNm
Phone	5032234544	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	421 SW 6TH AVE SUITE 975	AddressLine1Txt
City	PORTLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OR	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	97204	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
NANCY HIRSH
CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KEVIN LYNCH
VICE CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BEN OTTO
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEFF BISSONNETTE
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ADAM CAPAGE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JON CHASE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MIKE GOETZ
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KERRY HATTEVICK
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JIM JENSEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NANCY KELLY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VIRINDER SINGH
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
V JOHN WHITE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NICOLE HUGHES
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00		Yes (X)	$160,000	$0	$34,210
DAVID WOLF
ADMINISTRATI	40.00		Yes (X)	$84,699	$0	$17,389

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$244,699	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$51,599	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Federated Campaigns	$2,514	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Government Grants	$22,629	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,047,671	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,072,814	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$9,106	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$9,106	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$10,875	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$10,875	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$10,875	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,092,795	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$19,981	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$296,298	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,741	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$186,715	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,842	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$470,464	TotalAmt
Program Services	$412,646	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,150	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,668	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,832	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,832	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$104,360	TotalAmt
Program Services	$84,594	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,409	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,357	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$60,465	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,240	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,215	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,010	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,906	TotalAmt
Program Services	$88	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,811	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,844	TotalAmt
Program Services	$83,844	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,723	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,421	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,665	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,637	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,276	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,228	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,872	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$176	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$107,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$74,844	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,673	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,183	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,734	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,900	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,826	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,883	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,842	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$20	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,536	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,458	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$875	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$203	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,835	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,971	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$701	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$163	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
MEMBER MEETINGS & SERVICE	$19,810	$19,810
TELECOMMUNICATIONS	$18,130	$13,148	$4,189	$793
MEMBERSHIPS	$4,992	$3,719	$1,273
OTHER & ROUNDING	$4,226	$2,479	$1,633	$114

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,938	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,384	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$450	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$104	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,294,952	TotalAmt
Program Services	$904,189	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$324,660	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$66,103	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$50,502	BOYAmt
EOY	$85,624	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,216,116	BOYAmt
EOY	$973,129	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$19,500	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,833	BOYAmt
EOY	$385	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,921	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,544	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$145,306	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$92,177	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,850	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,129	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,386,222	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,162,311	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$74,805	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,051	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$74,805	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,051	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,237,667	BOYAmt
EOY	$986,403	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,750	BOYAmt
EOY	$122,857	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,311,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,109,260	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,386,222	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,162,311	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$202,157	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,305,917	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,190,645	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$973,304	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,151,095	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,072,814	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,693,775	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,305,917	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,190,645	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$973,304	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,151,095	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,072,814	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,693,775	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,498,806	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$4,194,969	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,868	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,948	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,841	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,994	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,106	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,757	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,660	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,679	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,875	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$19,214	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,660	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,098	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,679	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10,875	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,312	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,768,058	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$215,296	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.72730	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.74570	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II, LINE 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	OTHER REVENUE 27,312	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$21,627	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$83,844	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$105,471	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,189,481	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,294,952	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$204,495	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$51,124	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$188,592	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$185,600	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$211,772	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$204,495	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$790,459	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$1,185,689	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$77,455	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$67,831	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$86,612	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$105,471	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$337,369	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$47,148	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$46,400	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$52,943	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$51,124	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$197,615	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$296,423	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus1	$2,984	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$21,627	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$24,611	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,780	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$712	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,068	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$60,285	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$56,692	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,593	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$83,241	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$34,773	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$48,468	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$53,129	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,092,795	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,092,795	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,092,795	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,294,952	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,294,952	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,294,952	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, AN ORGANIZATION MUST ALSO EVALUATE ITS TAX POSITIONS AND PROVIDE FOR A LIABILITY FOR ANY POSITIONS THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" TO BE UPHELD UNDER A TAX AUTHORITY EXAMINATION. MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT A PROVISION FOR A TAX LIABILITY IS NOT NECESSARY AT DECEMBER 31, 2019.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NICOLE HUGHES	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$160,000	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$8,000	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$26,210	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$194,210	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM C	RENEWABLE NORTHWEST
FORM 990, PART III	LINE 4A- FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT, CONTINUED: TRANMISSION AND MARKET WORK FOCUSED ON REFORMING THE INTERCONNECTION PROCESS AT PACIFICORP AND WORKING WITH UTILITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS TO EVALUATE BENEFITS OF A REGIONAL RESOURCE ADEQUACY PROGRAM, AND OTHER MARKET EXPANSION EFFORTS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD CHAIR A SIGNED CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM ANNUALLY. ANY CONFLICTS DISCLOSED ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD TO DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY, ACTION IS REQUIRED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL OCCURS EVERY TWO YEARS, OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF DETERMINED BY THE BOARD. THE PROCESS INCLUDES A WRITTEN PERFORMANCE REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH COMPARABIITY DATA. THERE IS INPUT FROM SENIOR STAFF AND OUTSIDE COLLEAGUES.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THERE IS AN ANNUAL WRITTEN PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF ALL STAFF BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THERE IS ALSO INPUT FROM OUTSIDE STAFF.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE BYLAWS, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, IRS DETERMINATION LETTER, FORM 990, INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT, AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES ARE POSTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. THE FORM 990 CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON GUIDESTAR.ORG. PHYSICAL COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.