INTERWEST ENERGY ALLIANCE: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: INTERWEST ENERGY ALLIANCE (EIN 54-2084551)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-07-02
IRS object ID: 201341839349300439
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-07-02T13:33:52-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SCRIPPS TAYLOR & ASSOCIATES PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1202 BERGEN PKWY STE 208	AddressLine1
City	EVERGREEN	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	804399559	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	542084551	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	INTERWEST ENERGY ALLIANCE	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	INTE	NameControl
Phone	5056604229	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	341 E ALAMEDA ST	AddressLine1
City	SANTA FE	City
State	NM	State
ZIP Code	87501	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	SARAH PROPST	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	5056604229	Phone
Date Signed	2013-06-04	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CATHY TAYLOR CPA	Name
Phone	3036708930	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	SARAH PROPST	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	341 EAST ALAMEDA ST	AddressLine1
City	SANTA FE	City
State	NM	State
ZIP Code	87501	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	377702	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.interwest.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2002	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NM	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The Organization is a trade association that brings the nation's renewable energy industry together with the West's advocacy community.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	16	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	16	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	565499	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	376375	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	1209	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	838	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	2245	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	489	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	568953	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	377702	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	181268	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	215697	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	333860	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	308173	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	515128	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	523870	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	53825	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-146168	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	352500	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	213429	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	921	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	8018	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	351579	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	205411	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The Organization is a trade association that brings the nation's	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	PROMOTE CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY FOR WESTERN REGION OF USA.	Description
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	true	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	false	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	true	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	true	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	7	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	true	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	true	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	16	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	16	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	true	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SCRIPPS TAYLOR & ASSOCIATES PC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	3036708930	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1202 BERGEN PKWY SUITE 208	AddressLine1
City	EVERGREEN	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	804399559	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (18 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	FormerFormer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
CRAIG COX
Former Executive Director	40.00	X	124615	0	3472
SARAH PROPST
Executive Director	40.00		77161	0	3858	X
ERIC BLANK
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
CORY BLAIR
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
SETH DUNN
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
JENNIFER BREDT
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
TOM DARIN
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
SUSAN INNIS
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
VIRINDER SINGH
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
CAREY KLING
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
KEVIN LYNCH
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
JOHN NIELSEN
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
AUDRA HARTMANN
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
STEVE THOMAS
Director	0.50		0	0	0		X
DARREL THORSON
Director	1						X
V JOHN WHITE
Director	1						X
ANNIE LAPP
Director	1						X
SARAH WRIGHT
Director	1						X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	201776	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	7330	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	true	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	321375	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	55000	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	376375	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	838	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$838	ExclusionAmount

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	489	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$489	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	489	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	377702	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$1,327	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	179627	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12917	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3858	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3472	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15823	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16887	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10673	Total

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30013	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	632	Total

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1254	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4737	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	26333	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	225	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1004	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal
Representative fees	43000
Cellphone	2517
Printing	495
Parking	995

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	169408	Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	523870	Total

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	101841	BOY
EOY	212884	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	249465	BOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1194	BOY
EOY	545	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	352500	BOY
EOY	213429	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	921	BOY
EOY	8018	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	921	BOY
EOY	8018	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	351579	BOY
EOY	205411	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	351579	BOY
EOY	205411	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	352500	BOY
EOY	213429	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-146168	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	true	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear
Dues Assessments	371375	DuesAssessments
Non Ded Lobby Political Current	30013	NonDedLobbyPoliticalCurrent
Non Ded Lobby Political Carryover	10613	NonDedLobbyPoliticalCarryover
Non Ded Lobby Political Total	40626	NonDedLobbyPoliticalTotal
Aggr Amt Reported In Dues Notices	74275	AggrAmtReportedInDuesNotices

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
Payroll liabilities	$8,018
Credit Cards

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	8018	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Discretionary Spending Account	X	DiscretionarySpendingAccount
Written Policy Re T And E Expenses	true	WrittenPolicyReTAndEExpenses
Substantiation Required	true	SubstantiationRequired
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	CRAIG COX	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	89615	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Bonus Filing Org	35000	BonusFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	3472	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	128087	TotalCompensationFilingOrg

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (2 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
CRAIG COX
Former executive director	20000	Consulting	false
LYGHTCO LLC
Owner is former exec director	10000	Consulting	false

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (15 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 6	Members
Pt VI, Line 4	The organization's articles of incorporation and bylaws were
	amended to increase the number of board members, include the
	conflict of interest policy and clarify the process for
	action without meeting.
Pt VI, Line 11b	A copy of the Form 990 is provided electronically to board
	members prior to filing.
Pt VI, Line 12c	The written conflict of interest policy is provided to all board
	members and reviewed verbally at the start of each board meeting.
Pt VI, Line 15a	The board reviews and approves annual compensation for
	executive director.
Pt VI, Line 19	Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and
	financial statements are available to the public upon request.
Form 990EZ, Part II, Line 26	PAYROLL LIABILITIES CREDIT CARD
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	EXPERT CONSULTING 166131. SPONSORSHIP 675. BOARD/MEMBER MEETING EXPENSE 487. WEBSITE 711. MISCELLANEOUS 1404.