COLORADO COLLEGE TH: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: COLORADO COLLEGE TH (EIN 84-0402510)
Tax period: 2014-07-01 to 2015-06-30
Filed: 2016-04-18
IRS object ID: 201631109349300528
Schema version: 2014v6.0
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 E
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-04-18T00:00:00-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	410746749	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	370 INTERLOCKEN BLVD SUITE 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	BROOMFIELD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80021	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	840402510	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE COLORADO COLLEGE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COLO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7193896693	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14 E CACHE LA POUDRE	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLORADO SPRINGS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80903	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBERT G MOORE	PersonNm
Person Title	SR VP FOR FINANCE & ADMIN	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7193896693	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-04-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KAREN GRIES	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00078514	PTIN
Phone	3034668822	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-08-17 19:52:53Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ROBERT G MOORE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14 E CACHE LA POUDRE	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLORADO SPRINGS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80903	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$322,058,374	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.COLORADOCOLLEGE.EDU	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1874	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	AT COLORADO COLLEGE OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE FINEST LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	32	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	30	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2490	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	427	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$148,996	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$432,658	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$19,862,368	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$31,090,880	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$114,069,911	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$120,659,708	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$34,156,682	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$49,359,708	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$2,468,975	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$5,068,573	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$170,557,936	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$206,178,869	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$32,426,138	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$34,181,676	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$64,702,338	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$68,475,825	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$44,729	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$282,673	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$5,278,531	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$52,761,378	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$59,598,995	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$149,934,583	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$162,539,169	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$20,623,353	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$43,639,700	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$973,387,719	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,097,282,733	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$130,018,181	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$235,646,023	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$843,369,538	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$861,636,710	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	SEE SCHEDULE O	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$136,182,820	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$34,181,676	GrantAmt
Revenue	$121,306,491	RevenueAmt
Desc	TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTER-OF-ARTS IN TEACHING DEGREE PROGRAMS TO APPROXIMATELY 2,000 STUDENTS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$136,182,820	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (1)	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	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	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	Yes (1)	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (1)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (1)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	0	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	0	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	Yes (1)	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (1)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	Yes (1)	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (1)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (1)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	563	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	2490	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (1)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	CJ	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
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	32	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	30	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	0	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	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROBERT G MOORE SR VP FOR FINANCE & ADMIN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7193896693	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14 E CACHE LA POUDRE	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLORADO SPRINGS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80903	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (48 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
JILL TIEFENTHALER
PRESIDENT	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$543,830	$0	$113,125
EBEN SEARS MOULTON
CHAIR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PHILIP SWAN
CO-CHAIR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN BURGHART
SECRETARY	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KALEN ACQUISTO
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARGARET ALLON
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NEAL BAER
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HEATHER CARROLL
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$200	$0	$0
JOHN CHALIK
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LYNNE CHENEY
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$5,000	$0	$0
DAN COOPER
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALAN HARRIS
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ELLIOT MAMET
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$1,234	$0	$0
ROBERT MANNING
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MANUEL MARTINEZ
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAREN POPE
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ADAM PRESS
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JANE RAWLINGS
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANTONIO ROSENDO
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT ROSS
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRISTINE SCHLUTER
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT SELIG
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID VAN DIEST SKILLING
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL SLADE
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
P ANDREW STENOVEC
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARC ST JOHN
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRIAN THOMSON
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
R THAYER TUTT JR
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
COLBURN WILBUR
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRIAN WILLIAMSON
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JACK WOLD
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NANCY WOODROW
TRUSTEE	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SEAN PIERI
VP FOR ADVANCEMENT	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$346,406	$0	$45,898
ROBERT MOORE
SR. VP FOR FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$323,718	$0	$26,953
SANDRA WONG
DEAN OF THE COLLEGE	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$244,364	$0	$30,498
BRIAN YOUNG
VP FOR IT	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$242,472	$0	$33,561
MARK HATCH
VP FOR ADMISSIONS	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$217,785	$0	$42,065
MICHAEL EDMONDS
VP FOR STUDENT LIFE	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$181,427	$0	$43,062
KENNETH RALPH
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS	40.00	0.00			$193,252	$0	$30,849	Yes (X)
MICHAEL SIDDOWAY
ASSOC. DEAN OF FACULTY	40.00	0.00			$163,930	$0	$24,002	Yes (X)
MARK HILLE
ASSOC. VP FOR ADVANCEMENT	40.00	0.00			$157,110	$0	$31,594	Yes (X)
BARBARA WILSON
ASSOC. VP FOR ADMIN. SERVICES	40.00	0.00			$151,068	$0	$23,862	Yes (X)
MICHAEL HAVILAND
HEAD HOCKEY COACH	40.00	0.00			$207,228	$0	$10,018		Yes (X)
TIMOTHY FULLER
PROFESSOR	40.00	0.00			$183,008	$0	$34,992		Yes (X)
CHARLOTTE MENDOZA
PROFESSOR	40.00	0.00			$174,325	$0	$28,810		Yes (X)
SCOTT OWENS
FORMER HEAD HOCKEY COACH	40.00	0.00			$435,037	$0	$13,235		Yes (X)
MICHAEL GRACE
PROFESSOR	40.00	0.00			$168,819	$0	$32,307		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,940,213	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$564,831	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	110	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
GERALD H PHIPPS INC
5995 GREENWOOD PLAZA BLVD	GREENWOOD VILLAGE	CO	80111	GENERAL CONTRACTOR	$8,675,354
BON APPETIT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
2400 YORKMONT ROAD	CHARLOTTE	NC	28217	FOOD SERVICE	$6,094,894
SODEXO INC & AFFILIATES
POBOX 905374	CHARLOTTE	NC	28290	CUSTODIAL SERVICES	$2,869,937
AFFORDABLE SOLAR INSTALLATION INC
4840 PAN AMERICAN EAST FWY NE	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87109	GENERAL CONTRACTOR	$690,602
JEWETT ROOFING CO
84 TALAMINE CT	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80907	GENERAL CONTRACTOR	$632,373

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	43	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$1,359,913	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$29,730,967	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$3,317,369	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$31,090,880	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
TUITION & FEES	611710	$100,500,710	$100,500,710
AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES	611710	$17,631,909	$17,631,909
ATHLETIC REVENUE	611710	$1,032,908	$964,108	$68,800
HEALTH SERVICES/FEES/I	524114	$880,358		$880,358
TICKET SALES	713990	$380,239	$380,239

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$233,584	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$43,994	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$350	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$189,240	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$120,659,708	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$35,394,874	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$268,744	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$35,663,618	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$709,666	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$687,666	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$22,000	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$22,000	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$22,000	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$129,156,673	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$114,930,054	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$261,785	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$14,226,619	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$261,785	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$13,964,834	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$13,964,834	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
INSURANCE PROCEEDS	900099	$2,447,094	$2,447,094
CHILDCARE CENTER REVEN	611710	$719,254	$396,558	$322,696

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,880,225	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,785,531	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$94,694	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$5,046,573	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$206,178,869	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$121,306,491	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$148,996	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$53,632,502	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,296	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,296	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,154,380	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,154,380	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,199,333	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,029,495	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,466,808	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$703,030	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$152,466	TotalAmt
Program Services	$152,466	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50,704,075	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,941,968	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,442,491	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,319,616	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,858,128	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,156,988	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$476,171	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$224,969	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,850,070	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,363,686	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,169,581	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$316,803	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,711,753	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,001,945	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$509,975	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$199,833	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$330,105	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,378	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$307,497	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,230	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$100,850	TotalAmt
Management And General	$100,850	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,257	TotalAmt
Management And General	$58,257	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$282,673	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$282,673	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$968,220	TotalAmt
Management And General	$968,220	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,436,564	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,452,309	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,782,073	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$202,182	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$378,639	TotalAmt
Program Services	$279,448	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$61,239	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$37,952	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,361,166	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,594,875	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$379,398	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$386,893	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,485,944	TotalAmt
Program Services	$694,970	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$680,875	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$110,099	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,306,899	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,273,755	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,106	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,038	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,771,842	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,010,120	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$535,559	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$226,163	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$404,718	TotalAmt
Program Services	$319,810	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$61,077	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,831	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,711,384	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,711,384	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,463,412	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,463,412	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,766,029	TotalAmt
Program Services	$987,276	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$778,753	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
FOOD SERVICE	$6,064,763	$5,985,608	$74,389	$4,766
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE	$4,339,734	$1,676,246	$2,660,203	$3,285
OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS	$2,534,219	$1,502,302	$883,459	$148,458
OTHER EQUIPMENT	$1,087,635	$960,651	$126,732	$252

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,028,615	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,439,052	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$524,105	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$65,458	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$162,539,169	TotalAmt
Program Services	$136,182,820	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,077,818	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,278,531	FundraisingAmt

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

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,554,438	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,974,380	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,508,144	BOYAmt
EOY	$153,490,289	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,426,182	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,750,773	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,730,393	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,671,630	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$707,262	BOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$414,193	BOYAmt
EOY	$522,679	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,165,812	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,849,584	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$322,629,580	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$105,144,538	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$215,894,258	BOYAmt
EOY	$217,485,042	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$199,320,754	BOYAmt
EOY	$185,772,890	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$480,718,084	BOYAmt
EOY	$485,855,935	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,085,425	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,101,714	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,862,774	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,807,817	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$973,387,719	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,097,282,733	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,363,799	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,152,166	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,671,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,671,471	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,310,097	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,748,470	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,659,458	BOYAmt
EOY	$91,688,077	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,376,686	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,398,908	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$85,808	BOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$109,649,161	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,550,862	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,337,770	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$130,018,181	BOYAmt
EOY	$235,646,023	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$285,806,129	BOYAmt
EOY	$289,642,268	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$390,242,320	BOYAmt
EOY	$399,158,209	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$167,321,089	BOYAmt
EOY	$172,836,233	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$843,369,538	BOYAmt
EOY	$861,636,710	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$973,387,719	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,097,282,733	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$43,639,700	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$23,991,291	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$1,381,237	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)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
School	Yes (X)	SchoolInd

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$18,183,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$25,450,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$16,536,156	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$19,862,368	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$31,090,880	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$111,122,938	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$18,183,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$25,450,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$16,536,156	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$19,862,368	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$31,090,880	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$111,122,938	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$6,083,083	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$105,039,855	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$16,737,601	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$22,320,827	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$22,873,471	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$27,440,077	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$36,373,284	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$125,745,260	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,052,779	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,058,661	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,866,710	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,109,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,629,183	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,716,748	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$249,584,946	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$553,735,674	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.42090	PublicSupportCY170Pct
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	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CHILDCARE CENTER - 2010 AMOUNT: $ 322,920. 2011 AMOUNT: $ 429,796. 2012 AMOUNT: $ 441,260. 2013 AMOUNT: $ 551,566. 2014 AMOUNT: $ 396,558. WCHA INCOME - 2010 AMOUNT: $ 140,227. 2011 AMOUNT: $ 0. 2012 AMOUNT: $ 104,539. 2013 AMOUNT: $ 122,506. 2014 AMOUNT: $ 0. OTHER REVENUE - 2010 AMOUNT: $ 1,505,609. 2011 AMOUNT: $ 1,615,486. 2012 AMOUNT: $ 1,320,911. 2013 AMOUNT: $ 1,431,190. 2014 AMOUNT: $ 1,785,531. INSURANCE PROCEEDS - 2010 AMOUNT: $ 84,023. 2011 AMOUNT: $ 13,379. 2012 AMOUNT: $ 0. 2013 AMOUNT: $ 4,153. 2014 AMOUNT: $ 2,447,094.	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	$0	PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Volunteer Hours	0	VolunteerHoursCnt
Section4955 Organization Tax	$0	Section4955OrganizationTaxAmt
Section4955 Managers Tax	$0	Section4955ManagersTaxAmt
Volunteers	0	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	0	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	0	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	0	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (1)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$58,257	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	0	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$58,257	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	0	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II-B, LINE 1:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	COLORADO COLLEGE IS ONE OF THREE MEMBERS OF INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION OF COLORADO. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND AT THE COLORADO COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd
Agent Trustee Etc	0	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	Yes (1)	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation Provided	Yes (X)	ExplanationProvidedInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$648,495,459	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$41,485,366	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$23,112,731	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$9,355,224	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,747,942	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$688,990,390	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$565,657,847	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$6,592,307	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$98,700,552	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$8,714,830	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,740,417	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$648,495,459	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$507,012,998	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$9,244,072	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$70,155,527	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$8,110,535	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$12,644,215	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$565,657,847	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$509,353,971	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$13,446,782	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$8,487,320	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$7,762,701	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$16,512,374	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$507,012,998	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$430,983,538	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,906,398	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$86,754,462	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$7,757,822	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,532,605	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$509,353,971	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.26040	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.19790	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.54170	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$2,665,831	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,616,463	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$9,282,294	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$261,022,517	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$82,597,586	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$178,424,931	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$22,823,869	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$15,398,120	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$7,425,749	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$29,500,900	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$7,148,832	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$22,352,068	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$217,485,042	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUSTS	$35,903,766	F
PRIVATE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS	$144,593,078	F
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS	$305,359,091	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$485,855,935	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
DEPOSITS	$217,982
ANNUITIES PAYABLE	$1,203,478
OTHER LIFE INCOME FUNDS	$2,183,893
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION	$3,933,519
OTHER POST RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLAN PAYABLE	$798,898

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$8,337,770	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$147,840,634	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$23,991,291	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$15,771	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	-$431,786	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$24,407,306	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$172,247,940	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$968,220	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$32,962,709	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$33,930,929	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$206,178,869	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$129,573,462	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$15,771	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$949,451	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$965,222	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$128,608,240	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$968,220	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	$32,962,709	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$33,930,929	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$162,539,169	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART III, LINE 4:	COLLECTIONS OF WORKS OF ART, HISTORICAL TREASURES AND SIMILAR ASSETS ARE NOT CAPITALIZED BECAUSE THE ITEMS ARE PRESERVED AND CARED FOR CONTINUOUSLY. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE REPORTED IN THE YEAR OF ACQUISITION AS DECREASES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS AND AS NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTION IF THE ASSETS USED TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS WERE RESTRICTED TO THAT USE BY DONOR STIPULATION. CONTRIBUTIONS OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE NOT REPORTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PROCEEDS FROM DISPOSAL OF AND INSURANCE RECOVERIES RELATED TO COLLECTION ITEMS ARE REPORTED AS INCREASES IN THE APPROPRIATE NET ASSET CLASSES. THE COLLEGE MAINTAINS AN ART COLLECTION FOR STUDENT RESEARCH AND STUDY, A COLLEGE ARCHIVE OF INSTITUTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT TREASURES, AND LIBRARY COLLECTIONS TO ENHANCE THE INSTITUTIONAL CATALOG.
PART IV, LINE 2B:	THE COLLEGE HOLDS VARIOUS FUNDS IN A FIDUCIARY CAPACITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS OF THE COLLEGE, SUCH AS CLASSES AND CLUBS. THESE ORGANIZATIONS RAISE FUNDS IN THEIR OWN CAPACITIES AND EXPEND THE FUNDS ON THEIR ORGANIZATION'S BEHALF. THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
PART V, LINE 4:	COLORADO COLLEGE'S ENDOWMENT IS ADMINISTERED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS AND WITH THE GOAL OF MEETING THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF TODAY AS WELL AS IN PERPETUITY. THE COLLEGE HAS ADOPTED INVESTMENT AND SPENDING POLICIES FOR ENDOWMENT ASSETS THAT ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A PREDICTABLE STREAM OF FUNDING FOR CURRENT PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS WHILE SEEKING TO MAINTAIN THE PURCHASING POWER.
PART X, LINE 2:	THE COLLEGE QUALIFIES AS A TAX-EXEMPT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3)OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE COLLEGE IS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX ONLY ON NET UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 501(C)(3)OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE COLLEGE HAS ADOPTED THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. THE COLLEGE EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND DETERMINED IT HAS NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS OF JUNE 30, 2015 AND 2014. THE COLLEGE'S 2011 THROUGH 2014 TAX YEARS ARE OPEN FOR EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE TAXING AUTHORITY.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENT -1,381,237. RENTAL EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST RENTAL REVENUE 687,666. LOSS ON SALE OF EQUIPMENT NETTED AGAINST REVENUE 261,785.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	SCHOLARSHIPS RECLASSIFIED FROM REVENUE TO EXPENSE 32,962,709.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	LOSS ON SALE OF EQUIPMENT NETTED AGAINST REVENUE 261,785. RENTAL EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST RENTAL REVENUE 687,666.
PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	SCHOLARSHIPS RECLASSIFIED FROM REVENUE TO EXPENSE 32,962,709.

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	Yes (1)	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures Etc	Yes (1)	PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast Media	Yes (1)	PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp Recs	Yes (1)	MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships Recs	Yes (1)	MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures Etc	Yes (1)	MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All Sol	Yes (1)	MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts Rghts	0	DiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss Plcy	0	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm Fculty	0	DiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race Schs	0	DiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ Plcy	0	DiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	0	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt Prog	0	DiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other Acty	0	DiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid Rcvd	Yes (1)	GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid Rvkd	0	GovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	Yes (1)	ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 3	THE COLLEGE'S NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY IS PUBLISHED IN ALL REGISTRATION AND ADMISSIONS MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE SOLICITED FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE COLLEGE'S DEGREE PROGRAMS. THE COLLEGE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS THIS POLICY.
SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 6	COLORADO COLLEGE RECEIVES GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL AID FOR THEIR STUDENTS. IN ADDITION THE COLLEGE RECEIVES FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH IN THE FORM OF GRANTS.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (10 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
EUROPE	PROGRAM SERVICES	UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES	$1,437,003
SOUTH AMERICA	PROGRAM SERVICES	UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES	$333,227
SOUTH ASIA	PROGRAM SERVICES	UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES	$279,268
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC	PROGRAM SERVICES	UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES	$43,182
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	PROGRAM SERVICES	UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES	$58,812
RUSSIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES	PROGRAM SERVICES	UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES	$63,843
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	INVESTMENTS (BOOK VALUE)	N/A	$208,445,141
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	INVESTMENTS (FEES)	N/A	$3,083,593
EUROPE	INVESTMENTS (BOOK VALUE)	N/A	$12,691,000
EUROPE	INVESTMENTS (FEES)	N/A	$253,820

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$213,744,069	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$12,944,820	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$226,688,889	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (1)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (1)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (1)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (1)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 2:	THE COLLEGE AWARDED NO GRANT FUNDS OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. IN THE CURRENT REPORTING PERIOD.
PART I, LINE 3:	THE COLLEGE USES THE ACCRUAL METHOD TO REPORT EXPENDITURES ON SCHEDULE F.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
WASHBURN & MCGOLDRICK
950 NEW LONDON RD STE 210	NEW YORK	NY	12110	CAMPAIGN CONSULTING	0	$0	$180,168	$0
ARTS & SCIENCES GROUP
6115 FALLS RD STE 101	BALTIMORE	MD	21209	CONSULTING AND MAILING	0	$0	$77,275	$0
THE STELTER COMPANY
10435 NEW YORK AVENUE	DES MOINES	IA	53022	MARKET RESEARCH AND STRATEGY	0	$0	$25,230	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors	$282,673	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Non Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceDesc	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
1445 N UNION BLVD STE B100	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80909	131788491	501(C)(3)	$5,750	$0	N/A	N/A	FUNDS RAISED AT QUONY CUP
THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP OF COLORADO SPRINGS
111 S TEJON ST	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	841398391	501(C)(4)	$7,500	$0	N/A	N/A	BIKE SHARE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	FINANCIAL AID TO STUDENTS	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	926	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$34,154,380	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Valuation Method Used	N/A	ValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash Assistance	N/A	NonCashAssistanceDesc

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE COLLEGE GRANTS SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE COLLEGE'S DEGREE-GRANTING PROGRAM. THE COLLEGE DETERMINES STUDENT ELIGIBILITY BASED UPON THE STUDENT'S NEED. SOME SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS ARE AWARDED BASED UPON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. THE COLLEGE HAS A STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OFFICE THAT ACCUMULATES ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION FROM THE STUDENTS. THE OFFICE AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS BASED UPON CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE COLLEGE.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Personal Services	Yes (X)	PersonalServicesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (1)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (1)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (1)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (16 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
JILL TIEFENTHALER
PRESIDENT	$464,450	$0	$50,000	$0	$29,380	$0	$24,207	$0	$88,918	$0	$656,955	$0	$0	$0
SEAN PIERI
VP FOR ADVANCEMENT	$301,607	$0	$25,000	$0	$19,799	$0	$23,231	$0	$22,667	$0	$392,304	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT MOORE
SR. VP FOR FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION	$271,655	$0	$50,000	$0	$2,063	$0	$24,448	$0	$2,505	$0	$350,671	$0	$0	$0
SANDRA WONG
DEAN OF THE COLLEGE	$215,883	$0	$10,000	$0	$18,481	$0	$22,095	$0	$8,403	$0	$274,862	$0	$0	$0
BRIAN YOUNG
VP FOR IT	$225,535	$0	$15,000	$0	$1,937	$0	$25,479	$0	$8,082	$0	$276,033	$0	$0	$0
MARK HATCH
VP FOR ADMISSIONS	$178,991	$0	$20,000	$0	$18,794	$0	$19,099	$0	$22,966	$0	$259,850	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL EDMONDS
VP FOR STUDENT LIFE	$169,662	$0	$10,000	$0	$1,765	$0	$16,389	$0	$26,673	$0	$224,489	$0	$0	$0
KENNETH RALPH
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS	$166,514	$0	$25,000	$0	$1,738	$0	$15,611	$0	$15,238	$0	$224,101	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL SIDDOWAY
ASSOC. DEAN OF FACULTY	$163,399	$0	$0	$0	$531	$0	$15,428	$0	$8,574	$0	$187,932	$0	$0	$0
MARK HILLE
ASSOC. VP FOR ADVANCEMENT	$152,903	$0	$2,500	$0	$1,707	$0	$12,478	$0	$19,116	$0	$188,704	$0	$0	$0
BARBARA WILSON
ASSOC. VP FOR ADMIN. SERVICES	$130,881	$0	$1,000	$0	$19,187	$0	$14,140	$0	$9,722	$0	$174,930	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL HAVILAND
HEAD HOCKEY COACH	$202,161	$0	$0	$0	$5,067	$0	$0	$0	$10,018	$0	$217,246	$0	$0	$0
TIMOTHY FULLER
PROFESSOR	$182,416	$0	$0	$0	$592	$0	$18,547	$0	$16,445	$0	$218,000	$0	$0	$0
CHARLOTTE MENDOZA
PROFESSOR	$173,718	$0	$0	$0	$607	$0	$15,656	$0	$13,154	$0	$203,135	$0	$0	$0
SCOTT OWENS
FORMER HEAD HOCKEY COACH	$161,971	$0	$0	$0	$273,066	$0	$8,908	$0	$4,327	$0	$448,272	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL GRACE
PROFESSOR	$168,273	$0	$0	$0	$546	$0	$16,986	$0	$15,321	$0	$201,126	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 1A	THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE AND THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT LIFE, IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, ARE REQUIRED TO LIVE ON CAMPUS AND ARE PROVIDED HOUSING. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE IS ALSO PROVIDED JANITORIAL CLEANING. BOTH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ON CAMPUS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COLLEGE AND ARE REPORTED AS NON-TAXABLE ITEMS. CLUB DUES: AS A WORKING CONDITION BENEFIT, CLUB MEMBERSHIPS ARE PROVIDED TO THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEMBERSHIPS FOR THESE POSITIONS IS TO CULTIVATE AND MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN POSITION TO ADVANCE THE COLLEGE. ANY PERSONAL USE OF MEMBERSHIPS IS INFREQUENT AND PAID OUT OF POCKET BY THE EMPLOYEE.
PART I, LINES 4A-B	JILL TIEFENTHALER, MARK HILLE, AND MARK HATCH PARTICIPATED IN A 457(F) SUPPLEMENTAL NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. THERE WERE NO CONTRIBUTIONS TO OR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PLAN DURING THE TAX YEAR. SCOTT OWENS, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION - $262,320
PART I, LINE 7	MIKE HAVILAND, COLORADO COLLEGE'S HEAD HOCKEY COACH MAY RECEIVE VARIOUS BONUSES FOR THE TEAM'S PERFORMANCE EACH HOCKEY SEASON. THESE BONUSES ARE A PERCENTAGE OF HIS BASE PAY AND DEPEND UPON HOW WELL THE HOCKEY TEAM PERFORMS DURING THE REGULAR AND POST SEASON. HAVILAND WILL ALSO RECEIVE A BONUS BETWEEN 2%-5% OF HIS ANNUAL SALARY FOR NCHC CONFERENCE OR NCAA NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS. A DISCRETIONARY, PERFORMANCE BASED BONUS WAS PAID TO OFFICERS DURING THE 6/30/15 FISCAL YEAR. BONUSES WERE ALSO GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE ON COMMITTEES AND HELPED SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE PRESIDENT'S NEW STRATEGIC PLAN.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Bond Issuer EINBondIssuerEIN	CUSIPCUSIPNum	Bond IssuedBondIssuedDt	Issue PriceIssuePriceAmt	PurposePurposeDesc	DefeasedDefeasedInd	On Behalf Of IssuerOnBehalfOfIssuerInd	Pool FinancingPoolFinancingInd
CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS
A	846000574	196626CS2	2005-05-17	$28,056,932	REFUND SERIES 1999 BONDS	0	0	0
EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO
B	846000764	28337LCB2	2010-02-18	$51,597,849	REFUND SERIES 2003, 2004 & 2006	0	0	0
EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO
C	846000764	28337LCX4	2012-05-24	$39,399,704	CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS & COST OF ISSUANCE	0	0	0
EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO
D	846000764		2015-04-30	$16,730,000	REFUND SERIES 2005 - 2015A	0	0	0

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	RetiredRetiredAmt	Total ProceedsTotalProceedsAmt	Issuance Costs From ProceedsIssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt	Other Spent ProceedsOtherSpentProceedsAmt	Substantial CompletionSubstantialCompletionYr	Current RefundingCurrentRefundingInd	Advance RefundingAdvanceRefundingInd	Final Allocation MadeFinalAllocationMadeInd	Adequate Books And Rec MaintAdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd	Capital ExpendituresCapitalExpendituresAmt	Refunding EscrowRefundingEscrowAmt
A	$21,720,000	$28,056,932	$329,002	$27,727,930	2005	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
B	$27,350,000	$51,597,849	$532,549	$51,065,000	2010	Yes (1)	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
C	$7,030,000	$39,399,704	$419,704		2014	0	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)	$38,980,000
D		$16,730,000	$208,258	$361,742	2015	Yes (1)	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)		$16,160,000

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Owning Bond Financed PropertyOwningBondFinancedPropertyInd	Any Lease ArrangementsAnyLeaseArrangementsInd	Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd PropMgmtContractBondFincdPropInd	Any Research AgreementsAnyResearchAgreementsInd	Private Bus Use By OthersPrivateBusUseByOthersPct	Private Bus Concerning UBIPrivateBusConcerningUBIPct	Total Private Business UseTotalPrivateBusinessUsePct	Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt TestBondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd	Change In Use Bond Financed PropChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd	Procs Nonqualified Bond RemdtdProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd
A	0	0	0	0	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0	0	Yes (1)
B	0	0	0	0	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0	0	Yes (1)
C	0	0	0	0	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0	0	Yes (1)
D	0	0	0	0	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0	0	Yes (1)

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Rebate Not Due YetRebateNotDueYetInd	No Rebate DueNoRebateDueInd	Written Proc To Monitor ReqsWrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd
A	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
B	0	Yes (1)	Yes (1)
C	Yes (1)	0	Yes (1)
D	Yes (1)	0	Yes (1)

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp (4 entries)

Bond ReferenceBondReferenceCd	Procedures Corrective ActionProceduresCorrectiveActionInd
A	0
B	0
C	0
D	0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	DATE REBATE COMPUTATION PERFORMED	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ISSUER NAME: CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS DATE THE REBATE COMPUTATION WAS PERFORMED: 03/10/2010 ISSUER NAME: EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO DATE THE REBATE COMPUTATION WAS PERFORMED: 02/01/2015	ExplanationTxt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Issuer EIN	846000764	BondIssuerEIN
Bond Issued	2015-04-30	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$16,325,000	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	REFUND SERIES 2010 - 2015B	PurposeDesc
Defeased	0	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	0	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Total Proceeds	$16,325,000	TotalProceedsAmt
Refunding Escrow	$13,750,000	RefundingEscrowAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	$150,843	IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Other Spent Proceeds	$2,424,157	OtherSpentProceedsAmt
Substantial Completion	2015	SubstantialCompletionYr
Current Refunding	0	CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding	Yes (1)	AdvanceRefundingInd
Final Allocation Made	Yes (1)	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (1)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property	0	OwningBondFinancedPropertyInd
Any Lease Arrangements	0	AnyLeaseArrangementsInd
Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd Prop	0	MgmtContractBondFincdPropInd
Any Research Agreements	0	AnyResearchAgreementsInd
Private Bus Use By Others	0.00000	PrivateBusUseByOthersPct
Private Bus Concerning UBI	0.00000	PrivateBusConcerningUBIPct
Total Private Business Use	0.00000	TotalPrivateBusinessUsePct
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt Test	0	BondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop	0	ChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd
Procs Nonqualified Bond Remdtd	Yes (1)	ProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	0	Form8038TFiledInd
Rebate Not Due Yet	Yes (1)	RebateNotDueYetInd
Exception To Rebate	0	ExceptionToRebateInd
No Rebate Due	0	NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate Issue	0	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	0	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	Yes (1)	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	0	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Grnt Asst Bnft Interested Prsn GrntAsstBnftInterestedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash Grant	$67,160	CashGrantAmt
Type Of Assistance	SCHOLARSHIPS	TypeOfAssistanceTxt
Assistance Purpose	FINANCIAL AID	AssistancePurposeTxt

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KEVIN RASK PROFESSOR IN THE DEPART	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	FAMILY MEMBER OF PRESIDENT JILL TIEFENTHALER	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$152,466	TransactionAmt
Transaction	EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCH L, PART III, GRANTS OR ASSISTANCE BENEFITTING INTERESTED PERSONS:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ISSUANCE OF ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO TRUSTEES, EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IS DETERMINED ON THE SAME BASIS AND CRITERIA FOR ALL STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	7	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$8,530	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$992	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,882	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	85	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,128,542	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Real Estate Other RealEstateOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$2,168,831	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	APPRAISAL	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	7	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$5,292	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	SELLING PRICE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Historical Artifacts HistoricalArtifactsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,300	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	4	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, COLUMN (B):	THE NUMBER IN COLUMN B REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED.
PART I, LINE 32B:	COLORADO COLLEGE USES A THIRD PARTY TO ASSIST WITH THE PROCESS OF VEHICLE DONATIONS. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015, NO VEHICLES WERE DONATED TO THE COLLEGE.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (11 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	AT COLORADO COLLEGE OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE FINEST LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY. DRAWING UPON THE ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST, WE CHALLENGE STUDENTS, ONE COURSE AT A TIME, TO DEVELOP THOSE HABITS OF INTELLECT AND IMAGINATION THAT WILL PREPARE THEM FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. COLORADO COLLEGE SUCCEEDS IN ITS MISSION OF EDUCATING FOR OUR TIME WHEN IT GRADUATES WOMEN AND MEN WITH MENTAL AGILITY AND THE SKILLS OF CRITICAL JUDGMENT, PERSONS WHO HAVE LEARNED HOW TO LEARN. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SMALL CLASSES AND THE UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES OF THE BLOCK PLAN, COLORADO COLLEGE PROVIDES A VARIETY OF STIMULATING ENVIRONMENTS FOR INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND PERSONAL GROWTH. IN THE STUDIO AND ON THE STAGE, IN CLASSROOM AND LIBRARY AND LABORATORY, IN RESIDENCE HALLS AND ON PLAYING FIELDS, IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, THE COLLEGE CONFRONTS STUDENTS WITH UNFAMILIAR PERSPECTIVES AND NEW POSSIBILITIES OF THOUGHT AND ACTION. WE EXPLORE WITH THEM THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE NATURAL WORLD, THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE HUMAN PAST, AND THE URGENT SOCIAL AND MORAL ISSUES OF THE PRESENT. WE TEACH THEM HOW TO RECOGNIZE RELEVANT EVIDENCE IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF INQUIRY AND HOW TO WEIGH THAT EVIDENCE. WE PRESS THEM TO READ CAREFULLY, THINK CRITICALLY, REFLECT THOUGHTFULLY, AND EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS EFFECTIVELY, WITH PRECISION AND GRACE. WE ENCOURAGE THEIR PERSONAL QUEST FOR A WORTHY VISION THAT CAN INSPIRE BOTH ACTION AND HOPE AND WILL ENABLE THEM TO HELP CREATE A MORE HUMANE WORLD. COLORADO COLLEGE IS DISTINCTIVE IN ITS CONVICTION THAT ACTIVE LEARNING HAPPENS BEST WHEN STUDENTS PURSUE A SINGLE SUBJECT OF STUDY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN SMALL CLASSES IN WHICH NO TICKING CLOCK CAN INTERRUPT THE ANIMATED EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR DISTINCTIVE CURRICULAR SYSTEM FOSTER A KIND OF INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF COLORADO COLLEGE GRADUATES AS THEY BECOME LEADERS IN THEIR PROFESSIONS AND COMMUNITIES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND SECRETARY OF THE BOARD, PLUS THE CHAIRPERSON OF EACH OTHER STANDING COMMITTEE. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GOVERNS THE COLLEGE DURING ANY PERIOD BETWEEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BUT ONLY WHEN URGENT CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE PROMPT ACTION AND IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO CONVENE A MEETING OF THE FULL BOARD BY ACCEPTABLE MEANS AS PROVIDED IN THE COLLEGE'S BYLAWS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY EXERCISE ALL THE POWERS OF THE BOARD, EXCEPT THAT IT MAY NOT ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OR REMOVE HIM OR HER FROM OFFICE; CHANGE THE FIXED POLICY OF THE BOARD; AMEND OR SUSPEND THE BYLAWS; APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET; APPROVE THE ANNUAL AUDIT; SELL, MORTGAGE OR OTHERWISE HYPOTHECATE THE ASSETS OF THE COLLEGE EXCEPT IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS; OR OVERRULE ANY ACTION OF THE BOARD WITHOUT THE EXPRESS APPROVAL OF THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER RESPONSIBILITIES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4	DURING THE TAX YEAR, THE COLLEGE AMENDED ITS BYLAWS TO UPDATE TERM LIMITS FOR CHARTER TRUSTEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	ALUMNI TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED BY ALUMNI AT LARGE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR NON-RENEWABLE TERMS OF SIX YEARS FROM AMONG THOSE ALUMNI OF THE COLLEGE NOMINATED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD (AAB). THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE AAB SERVE AS VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD DURING THEIR TERMS IN OFFICE. THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE AAB SERVES AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS. IN THE CASE OF A VACANCY IN AN ALUMNI TRUSTEE POSITION, THE AAB MAY SELECT A SUCCESSOR FOR THE UNEXPIRED PORTION OF THE TERM OF THE ALUMNI TRUSTEE WHOSE POSITION IS VACANT, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY A THIRD PARTY PREPARER, WITH A DETAIL REVIEW BEING DONE BY THE ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, THE TAX AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF COLORADO COLLEGE. A DRAFT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. THE FORM 990 IS THEN PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WHERE THEY APPROVE THE DRAFT TO FILE WITH THE IRS. ONCE APPROVED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE FINAL FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE BOARD BEFORE FILING THE RETURN WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE AVP OF INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING & EFFECTIVENESS IS CHARGED WITH PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND IS ASSISTED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION. THE CURRENT POLICY, ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN MAY OF 2013, REQUIRES THAT A DETAILED ANNUAL DISCLOSURE FORM BE SIGNED AND SUBMITTED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE TRUSTEES, THE PRESIDENT, ALL OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE, MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET (PERSONS REPORTING TO THE PRESIDENT), ALL PERSONS REPORTING TO A MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET, AND ANY OTHER PERSON AT THE COLLEGE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT PURCHASING DECISIONS OR THE SELECTION OF VENDORS AT COLORADO COLLEGE. ALL DISCLOSURES ARE REVIEWED BY THE AVP OF INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING & EFFECTIVENESS FOR MATERIALITY. ANY DISCLOSURE THAT RAISES A MATERIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, OR THE APPEARANCE OF SUCH, IS REVIEWED BY THE AVP OF INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING & EFFECTIVENESS, AND/OR THE PRESIDENT, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, OR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, DEPENDING ON THE ROLE OF THE PERSON INVOLVED AND THE NATURE OF THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS DETERMINED TO EXIST, THE PERSON IS REQUIRED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM ANY DELIBERATIONS AND ANY DECISIONS REGARDING THE AFFECTED TRANSACTION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF SALARY DATA BASED OF COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN THE MARKET, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND PEER INSTITUTIONS. THIS DATA IS SHARED WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VIA THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION. WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS INITIALLY HIRED, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ENGAGED AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A SALARY REVIEW. ANNUALLY, AN E-MAIL IS SENT BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION WHO IMPLEMENTS THE AGREED UPON SALARY ADJUSTMENTS AND OR BONUS. THE LAST YEAR THIS PROCESS WAS PERFORMED WAS IN 2015. THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF SALARY DATA OF COMPARABLE POSITIONS IN THE MARKET THAT INCLUDES ATTENTION ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND PEER INSTITUTIONS. THESE RESULTS ARE REVIEWED WITH CABINET MEMBERS TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY IN MARKET MATCHES AND THEN USED TO DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION AND PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE AND THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR APPROVAL. THIS PROCESS IS PERFORMED ANNUALLY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	COLORADO COLLEGE MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST FOR A VALID BUSINESS PURPOSE. OTHER GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE COLLEGE'S WEBSITE.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 13	COLORADO COLLEGE DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY, HOWEVER THE COLLEGE DOES PROVIDE AN OMBUDS OFFICE AS A CONFIDENTIAL RESOURCE FOR FACULTY AND STAFF WHICH OFFERS AN INFORMAL AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR DISCUSSION. THE OMBUDS PERSON COMPLETES THE FOUNDATION OF OMBUDS THREE DAY COURSE TAUGHT BY THE INTERNATIONAL OMBUDSMAN ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS COURSES IN MEDIATION TRAINING AND CONFLICT COACHING. THE COLLEGE'S OMBUDS PERSON IS A CONFIDENTIAL RESOURCE FOR FACULTY AND STAFF THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY OFFICE ON CAMPUS. ADDITIONALLY, THE OMBUDS PERSON IS AN INFORMAL RESOURCE AND A NEUTRAL PARTY THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE COLLEGE NOR THE VISITOR. THE OMBUDS PERSON REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART X, LINE 24	THE COLLEGE ISSUED $110M OF TAXABLE BONDS DURING THE TAX YEAR FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON CAMPUS. THESE ARE REPORTED ON LINE 24, WHEREAS MOST OF THE PREVIOUS BOND ISSUANCES HAVE BEEN TAX EXEMPT BONDS AND REPORTED ON LINE 20 OF PART X, BALANCE SHEET.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENT -1,381,237.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DALE STREET PROPERTIES LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	116 EAST DALE STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLORADO SPRINGS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80903	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	202018989	EIN
Primary Activities	REAL ESTATE	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	CO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Total Income	$0	TotalIncomeAmt
End Of Year Assets	$0	EndOfYearAssetsAmt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COLORADO COLLEGE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (8 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt
WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO COLLEGE
14 EAST CACHE LA POUDRE STREET	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846029599	SUPPORT ORG	CO	501(C)(3)	LINE 11C, III-FI	0
WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO COLLEGE TRUST
14 EAST CACHE LA POUDRE STREET	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846035651	SUPPORT ORG	CO	501(C)(3)	LINE 11C, III-FI	0
FACULTY SALARY FUND - HAWLEY
14 EAST CACHE LA POUDRE STREET	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846049390	PERP. TRUST	CO	501(C)(3)	PF	Yes (1)	COLORADO COLLEGE
A BARNEY TRUST
14 EAST CACHE LA POUDRE STREET	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846217136	PERP. TRUST	CO	501(C)(3)	PF	Yes (1)	COLORADO COLLEGE
OTIS & MARGARET BARNES TRUST
14 EAST CACHE LA POUDRE STREET	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846023466	PERP. TRUST	CO	501(C)(3)	PF	Yes (1)	COLORADO COLLEGE
MARGARET BARNES 1992 IRREV
14 EAST CACHE LA POUDRE STREET	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846268287	PERP. TRUST	CO	501(C)(3)	PF	Yes (1)	COLORADO COLLEGE
JACKSON TRUST
14 EAST CACHE LA POUDRE STREET	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846150097	PERP. TRUST	CO	501(C)(3)	PF	Yes (1)	COLORADO COLLEGE
CARLTON TRUST
14 EAST CACHE LA POUDRE STREET	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846331869	PERP. TRUST	CO	501(C)(3)	PF	Yes (1)	COLORADO COLLEGE

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Entity TypeEntityTypeTxt	OwnershipOwnershipPct	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
CASCADE AVENUE MEDICAL BUILDING
809 N CASCADE AVENUE	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	80903	846029636	INACTIVE	CO	COLORADO COLLEGE	C	1.00000	Yes (1)
CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUST (1)
					CRAT	CO	COLORADO COLLEGE	T		Yes (1)
CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST (16)
					CRUT	CO	COLORADO COLLEGE	T		Yes (1)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	Yes (1)	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (1)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	Yes (1)	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	Yes (1)	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (4 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
OTIS & MARGARET BARNES TRUST
S	$902,972	CASH TRANSFERRED
MARGARET BARNES 1992 IRREV
S	$228,544	CASH TRANSFERRED
CARLTON TRUST
S	$96,760	CASH TRANSFERRED
CHARTIABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS
R	$294,187	CASH TRANSFERRED