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COLORADO INDEPENDENT ENERGY ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
COLORADO INDEPENDENT ENERGY ASSOCIATION (EIN 84-1181008)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-07-31
IRS object ID
201302139349300715
Schema version
2012v2.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2013-07-31T13:37:08-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN841181008EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1COLORADO INDEPENDENT ENERGY ASSOCIATIONBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlCOLONameControl
Phone3038347799Phone

US Address USAddress

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Address Line11576 Sherman St STE 300AddressLine1
CityDenverCity
StateCOState
ZIP Code80203ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameWilliam CoyneName
TitleExecutive DirectorTitle
Phone3038347799Phone
Date Signed2013-07-26DateSigned
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Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Name Of Principal Officer PersonWilliam CoyneNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

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Address Line11576 Sherman St STE 300AddressLine1
CityDenverCity
StateCOState
ZIP Code80203ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts264000GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web Sitewww.ciea-colorado.orgWebSite
Type Of Organization AssociationXTypeOfOrganizationAssociation
Year Formation1991YearFormation
State Legal DomicileCOStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionAdvancing understanding of the benefits and interests of independent power producers in Colorado before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, the Colorado Legislature, and the general public.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body27NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members27NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees0TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers39TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Program Service Revenue CY0ProgramServiceRevenueCY
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Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Total Revenue Current Year264000TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Salaries Etc Current Year0SalariesEtcCurrentYear
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Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year325950OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year253872OtherExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Expenses Current Year253872TotalExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Assets EOY10133TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY0TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY0TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY5NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY10133NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionAdvancing understanding of the benefits and interests of independent power producers doing business in Colorado before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, the Colorado Legislature, and the general public.MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services0SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense97274Expense
DescriptionAdvancing the organizations goals before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on a variety of dockets including, but not limited to, Xcel ERP and Black Hills ERP.Description

Activity2 Activity2

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Expense48000Expense
DescriptionAdvancing the organization's goal before the Colorado General Assembly.Description

Activity3 Activity3

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Expense10568Expense
DescriptionAdvancing the organization's interests in Colorado Public Utilities Commission transmission study.Description
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Total Of Other Program Service Rev0TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
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Described In501 C30DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
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Report Invest Oth Securities0ReportInvestOthSecurities
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Independent Audit Financial Stmt0IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
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More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP0LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
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Deductible Contributions Of Art0DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With10963NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees0NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members27NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members27NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders1MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members1ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body0Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledCOStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

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Name PersonWilliam CoyneNamePerson
Telephone Number3038347799TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line11576 Sherman St STE 300AddressLine1
CityDenverCity
StateCOState
ZIP Code80203ZIPCode
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No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (27 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekAverage Hours Per Week RelatedAverageHoursPerWeekRelatedIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
Lori Ziebart
Board Member0.250X000
Brad Haight
Board Member0.250X000
Parker Hobson
Board Member0.250X000
Dennis Finn
Board Member0.250X000
Bruce Pollman
Board Member0.250X000
Steve Jones
Board Member0.250X000
John Knight
Board Member0.250X000
Jason Tunderman
Board Member0.250X000
Lynn Greene
Board Member0.250X000
Bill Overholt
Board Member0.250X000
Wally Obermeyer
Board Member0.250X000
Matt Jacobs
Board Member0.250X000
Eric Jacobson
Board Member0.250X000
Monica Jenson
Board Member0.250X000
Justin Dawe
Board Member0.250X000
Andrew Wang
Board Member0.250X000
John Schultzabarger
Board Member0.250X000
Monica Jenson
Board Member0.250X000
Joe Keefe
Board Member0.250X000
David Gonzales
Board Member0.250X000
Amy Leatherman
Board Member0.250X000
Kevin Lynch
Board Member0.250X000
Cory Blair
Board Member0.250X000
James Williams
Board Member0.250X000
Carrie Hattevik
Board Member0.250X000
Rick Recor
Board Member0.250X000
Mo Klefeker
Board Member0.250X000
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Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs0TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation0TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K0TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns0FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues187000MembershipDues
Fundraising Events0FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations0RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants0GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions77000AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions0NoncashContributions
Total Contributions264000TotalContributions
Total Program Service Revenue0TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

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Real0Real
Personal0Personal

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

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Securities0Securities
Other0Other
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Total Other Revenue0TotalOtherRevenue

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Related Or Exempt Function Income0RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

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Total0Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

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Total0Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

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Total0Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

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Total0Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Total0Total

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

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Total0Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

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Total0Total

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Total0Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Total0Total

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

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Total63000Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

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Total139050Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

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Total483Total

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

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Total50500Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

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Total0Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

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Total0Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

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Total0Total

Advertising Advertising

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Total0Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total251Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

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Total0Total

Royalties Royalties

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Total0Total

Occupancy Occupancy

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Total0Total

Travel Travel

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Total0Total

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

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Total0Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Total588Total

Interest Interest

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Total0Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

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Total0Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

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Total0Total

Insurance Insurance

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Total0Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Total253872Total
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Management And General0ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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BOY5BOY
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Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

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BOY0BOY
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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

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BOY0BOY
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Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

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BOY0BOY
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BOY0BOY
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BOY0BOY
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Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

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BOY0BOY
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BOY0BOY
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Grants Payable GrantsPayable

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BOY0BOY
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BOY0BOY
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Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

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BOY0BOY
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Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiability

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY
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Do Not Follow SFAS117XDoNotFollowSFAS117

Cap Stck Trst Prin Current Funds CapStckTrstPrinCurrentFunds

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BOY5BOY
EOY10133EOY

Paid In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PaidInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFund

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY5BOY
EOY10133EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY5BOY
EOY10133EOY
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Reconciliation Unrealized Invest0ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest
Reconcilation Donated Services0ReconcilationDonatedServices
Reconcilation Invest Expenses0ReconcilationInvestExpenses
Reconcilation Prior Adjustment0ReconcilationPriorAdjustment
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0A_L06Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6The organization has members, 27 or whom are board members
F990_P06_S0A_L07aForm 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7aUnder the bylaws, the members elect the board members.
F990_P06_S0B_L11bForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bThe 990 is reviewed by the organization's executive director and his designee.
F990_P06_S0B_L12cForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cThe conflicts policy is reviewed by the members each year at the December annual meeting.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19The organization makes its governing document available to the public through the Colorado Secretary of State's website. The conflict of interest policy and the financial statements are available to members but not the general public.

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationThe organization had a change in the management team and the person designated by the executive director to prepare the filing left the management group. As soon as the error was found, the filing was prepared and filed. Our organization has never missed a filing deadline before and we have made changes to our internal procedures to ensure that this deadline will not be missed in the future.Explanation