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RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT (EIN 91-1815618)
Tax period
2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed
2016-06-14
IRS object ID
201601669349300045
Schema version
2015v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2016-06-14T18:22:08-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2015-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN931309646PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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CityPORTLANDCityNm
State AbbreviationORStateAbbreviationCd
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2015-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN911815618EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlRENEBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone5032234544PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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CityPORTLANDCityNm
State AbbreviationORStateAbbreviationCd
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Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonJ RACHEL SHIMSHAKPersonNm
Person TitleEXECUTIVE DIRECTORPersonTitleTxt
Phone5032234544PhoneNum
Signature2016-06-07SignatureDt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Self EmployedYes (X)SelfEmployedInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Build TS2016-09-27 15:27:22ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Principal OfficerJ RACHEL SHIMSHAKPrincipalOfficerNm

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Legal Domicile StateORLegalDomicileStateCd
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Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
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PersonJ RACHEL SHIMSHAKPersonNm
Phone5032234544PhoneNum

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CityPORTLANDCityNm
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CHAIR1.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
KC GOLDEN
SECRETARY1.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
LON TOPAZ
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RALPH CAVANAGH
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JEFF BISSONNETTE
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
KEVIN LYNCH
VICE CHAIR1.00Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
KERRY HATTEVIK
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JIM JENSEN
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
V JOHN WHITE
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
ROBY ROBERTS
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JON CHASE
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
VIRINDER SINGH
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
BEN OTTO
DIRECTOR1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
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DAVID WOLF
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue$148,658TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

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Total$26,315TotalAmt
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Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Travel TravelGrp

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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Fundraising$30FundraisingAmt

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SUPPLIES$5,719$5,396$300$23
OUTREACH$3,725$3,725

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Management And General$197,119ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$15,994FundraisingAmt

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Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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BOY$10,928BOYAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$30,121BOYAmt
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Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,837,560BOYAmt
EOY$1,847,164EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$95,873BOYAmt
EOY$79,644EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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EOY$79,644EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,619,827BOYAmt
EOY$1,638,972EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$121,860BOYAmt
EOY$128,548EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,741,687BOYAmt
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Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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EOY$1,847,164EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,163,679CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,340,661CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,338,973CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,407,685CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,305,917CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,556,915TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,340,661CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,338,973CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,407,685CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,305,917CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$6,556,915TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$2,674,492SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$3,882,423PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,346CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,728CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,655CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,868CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$10,750TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,425CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$840CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$27CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$3,717TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$6,571,382TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$148,658GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
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Public Support PY1700.58150PublicSupportPY170Pct
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Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART II, LINE 10FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOTHER REVENUE 3,717ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$77,016FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$77,016FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,140,481FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,217,497FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$196,750FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$49,188FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$198,158CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$202,475CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$211,526CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$196,750CurrentYearAmt
Total$808,909TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$1,213,364LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$70,763CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$76,069CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$77,237CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$77,016CurrentYearAmt
Total$301,085TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$49,540CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$50,619CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$52,882CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$49,188CurrentYearAmt
Total$202,229TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$303,344GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$9,305OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$7,964DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,341BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$61,090OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$42,273DepreciationAmt
Book Value$18,817BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$34,774OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$31,267DepreciationAmt
Book Value$3,507BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$23,665TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,496,592TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$40,149DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$40,149RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,456,443RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,456,443TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,470,759TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$40,149DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$40,149ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$1,430,610ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$1,430,610TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonJ RACHEL SHIMSHAKPersonNm
TitleEXECUTIVE DIRECTORTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$141,317BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$6,476DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$20,239NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$168,032TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4ARENEWABLE NORTHWEST ENGAGES IN COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS TO SUPPORT NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND ALSO PROVIDES EDUCATION SERVICES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY ISSUES.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BA 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 12CALL 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 15AINCLUDES A BI-ANNUAL WRITTEN PERFORMANCE REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH COMPARABILITY DATA. THERE IS ALSO INPUT FROM SENIOR STAFF AND OUTSIDE COLLEAGUES.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15BTHERE 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 19THE 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.