COLORADANS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: COLORADANS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT (EIN 46-3501403)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-05-14
IRS object ID: 201501349349308640
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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 B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-05-14T17:56:07-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	208019714	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JDS PROFESSIONAL GROUP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10303 E DRY CREEK RD STE 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	ENGLEWOOD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80112	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	463501403	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COLORADANS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	DEVELOPMENT	BusinessNameLine2Txt

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1099 18TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE 1800	AddressLine2Txt
City	DENVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80202	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHRIS CASTILIAN	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2015-05-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	LORI B BAUER CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01260252	PTIN
Phone	3037710123	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-05-14	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	CHRIS CASTILIAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10303 E DRY CREEK ROAD 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	ENGLEWOOD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80112	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$17,048,869	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	WWW.CRED.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2013	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	COLORADANS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT (CRED) WAS CREATED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE SAFE, ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES OF THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY IN COLORADO.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$4,535,218	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$16,963,578	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$85,291	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$4,535,218	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$17,048,869	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$102,834	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$4,446,618	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$16,968,474	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$4,446,618	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$17,071,308	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$88,600	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$22,439	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$88,600	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$66,161	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$88,600	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$66,161	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	COLORADANS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT (CRED) WAS CREATED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE SAFE, ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES OF THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY IN COLORADO.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE ENERGY, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE OIL AND NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT IN COLORADO.	Desc
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7209296018	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1099 18TH STREET 1800	AddressLine1Txt
City	DENVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80202	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
TED BROWN
CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BEN DILLON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SCOTT MOORE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GREG PENSABENE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS CASTILIAN
PRESIDENT	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHAD CALVERT
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
AMANDA ROVIRA
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

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

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8600 SW ST HELENS DR	AddressLine1Txt
City	WILSONVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OR	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	97070	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	MARKETING	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$16,953,328	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$16,963,578	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$16,963,578	TotalContributionsAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	REIMBURSEMENTS OF EXPENSES	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$85,291	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$85,291	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$85,291	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$17,048,869	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$85,291	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$88,154	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,200	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,451	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,029	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$98,808	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,066	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,397,338	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,301,534	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,683	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$132,004	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

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

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
PARKING	$4,392
BANK FEES	$600

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,071,308	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,161	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,161	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,161	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,161	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,161	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$22,439	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

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 O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BEFORE FILING.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	NO OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS ARE COMPENSATED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE PAID OFFICERS, AND THERE ARE NO KEY EMPLOYEES.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	PROFESSIONAL FEES PAC/WEST 550,000 0 0 CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT 756,502 0 0 PUBLIC/MEDIA RELATIONS 731,592 0 0 COALITION BUILDING/OUTREACH 3,640,192 0 0 RESEARCH MESSAGE TESTING 719,052 0 0