COALITIONS AND COLLABORATIVES INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: COALITIONS AND COLLABORATIVES INC (EIN 47-2144690)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-08-14
IRS object ID: 201722279349300807
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 D
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-08-14T18:16:29-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	201766527	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WAUGH & GOODWIN LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1365 GARDEN OF THE GODS SUITE 150	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLORADO SPRINGS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80907	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	472144690	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Coalitions & Collaboratives Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COAL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7197480033	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 726	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lake George	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	808270726	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Carol Ekarius	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7194392268	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-08-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jill J Goodwin CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00450838	PTIN
Phone	7195909777	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	65.153.45.234	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2017-08-14	IPDt
IP Tm	15:22:11	IPTm
IP Timezone	MD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	CD5673F54C7F7882D267E311332F3529B03B82C7	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Carol Ekarius	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 726	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lake George	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	808270726	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,104,061	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	co-co.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2014	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	COCO, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that serves coalitions and collaboratives. coalitions and collaboratives are stakeholder-driven organizations that include representatives of government entities, other nonprofit organizations, and the public. COCO increases on-the-ground conservation of the watershed's ecological health.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	30	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	2000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$356,608	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$257,406	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$561,674	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$846,655	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$5,381	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$923,663	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,104,061	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$675,476	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$863,967	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$2,154	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$272,463	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$195,725	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$947,939	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,059,692	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$24,276	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$44,369	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$113,659	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$136,279	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$137,935	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$116,186	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-$24,276	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$20,093	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Established to increase on-the-ground, stakeholder-driven conservation of ecological health by watershed groups.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,026,198	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$846,655	RevenueAmt
Desc	Collaborative development - Support of new, emerging and existing coalition groups seeking to protect natural resources.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,026,198	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (1)	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	6	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	30	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (1)	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Marvin Fiala	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7197480033	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 726	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lake George	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80827	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Mary Dawson
Vice Chair	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Eric Howell
Chair	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lisa Mcvicker
Secretary	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Idema
Treasurer	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dick Jeffries
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Al Tucker
director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jason Lawhon
director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MIke smith
director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carol Ekarius
Executive Director	10.00		Yes (X)	$10,301	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$10,301	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$220,738	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$36,668	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,743	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$257,406	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	management fees	Desc
Business	541610	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$846,655	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$846,655	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$846,655	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,104,061	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$846,655	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,728	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,424	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$73	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,231	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$747,505	TotalAmt
Program Services	$744,161	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,639	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$705	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,683	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,347	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$323	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,210	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,456	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$726	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$61,841	TotalAmt
Program Services	$61,535	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$241	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$65	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,576	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,574	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,002	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,982	TotalAmt
Program Services	$118,982	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,395	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,197	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,198	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,568	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,399	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$57	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$112	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,246	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,223	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$38,292	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,957	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,335	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
other expenses	$2,954	$2,894	$60
Books & subscriptions	$663		$663

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,059,692	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,026,198	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,340	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,154	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,186	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,411	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$54,062	BOYAmt
EOY	$45,460	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,118	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,882	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,293	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,526	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$113,659	BOYAmt
EOY	$136,279	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$80,995	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,685	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$23,347	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$10,154	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,940	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$137,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$116,186	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$24,276	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,093	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$24,276	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,093	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$113,659	BOYAmt
EOY	$136,279	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$44,369	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	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 (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	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 Minus1 Year	$356,608	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$257,406	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$614,014	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$356,608	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$257,406	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$614,014	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$614,014	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,381	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$5,381	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$619,395	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,408,329	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
First5 Years170	Yes (X)	First5Years170Ind

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Due to Coalition for the Upper South Platte	Desc
Amt	$30,000	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$30,000	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,115,152	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$11,091	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$11,091	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,104,061	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,104,061	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,070,783	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$11,091	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$11,091	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,059,692	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,059,692	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Corporation qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and, accordingly, is not subject to federal income tax. Accordingly, no income tax provision has been recorded. The Corporation's Forms 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, is subject to examination by various taxing authorities, generally for three years after the date it was filed. Management of the Corporation believes that it does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship With OrgRelationshipWithOrgTxt	Loan PurposeLoanPurposeTxt	Loan To OrganizationLoanToOrganizationInd	Original PrincipalOriginalPrincipalAmt	Balance DueBalanceDueAmt	DefaultDefaultInd	Board Or Committee ApprovalBoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd	Written AgreementWrittenAgreementInd
Carol Ekarius
Executive Director	Cash flow funding	Yes (X)	$27,000	$5,000	0	0	0
carol Ekarius
executive Director	Trade payables for services	Yes (X)	$18,347	$18,347	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$23,347	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4	The following changes were adopted to the Bylaws during the year: The minimum number of members on the board of directors was removed. Clarification was added that the Coalition for the Upper South Platte appoints up to three directors. Colation members: Maximum number to serve as directors is nine, removed ability for the member to appoint an alternate to represent the director. Collaborative members: Changed from 25% of board to maximum five directors and added that the director is nominated by the collaborative leadership. Interested invdividuals: Changed from 25% of board to maximum six directors. The term of officers was changed from two years to one year. For amendment of Bylaws removed the requirement that the amendment be submitted in writing to the Board at the previous meeting and included in the minutes of that meeting.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6	The organization has members in the following classes: Coalition members: 501(c)(3) or similar status organizations Collaborative members: informal collaboratives that are not a formal organization State & Federal agencies Interested individuals
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a	The Coalition for the Upper South Platte may appoint up to three board members. The board of directors of Coalition members may nominate representatives to serve on the board, up to nine board members may represent coalition members. The leadership of collaborative members may nominate representatives to serve on the board, up to five board members may represent collaborative members. Representatives from state and federal agencies participate on the board in a nonvoting capacity.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	A draft of Form 990 is provided via email to all directors for review and approval prior to submittal.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	The Policy and any changes in circumstances are Reviewed on an ongoing basis. All staff and board are required to sign an acknowledgement that they understand and comply.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	An RFP was distributed prior to selecting the Executive Director. Compensation rates were researched as part of this process. Other Officers and Key employees: The Executive Director does a compensation comparison when creating new positions.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18	Selected data is filed on the Colorado Secretary of State's website, as well as being available on guidestar.org.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	Documents are available on the website and upon request during normal business hours.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	Facilitation services: Program service expenses 29,955. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 29,955. Land use consulting: Program service expenses 63,873. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 63,873. Natural resource consulting: Program service expenses 5,688. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,688. habitat rehab consulting: Program service expenses 3,031. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,031. Construction contracts: Program service expenses 16,435. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 16,435.