THUNDER BASIN GRASSLANDS PRAIRIE ECO-SYSTEM ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: THUNDER BASIN GRASSLANDS PRAIRIE ECO-SYSTEM ASSOCIATION (EIN 83-0332000)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-07-24
IRS object ID: 201342059349300239
Schema version: 2012v2.1
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-07-24T16:23:58-05:00	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	PISACKA BAKER & ASSOCIATES LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 819	AddressLine1
City	DOUGLAS	City
State	WY	State
ZIP Code	82633	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	830332000	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THUNDER BASIN GRASSLANDS PRAIRIE	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	ECOSYSTEM ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	THUN	NameControl
Phone	3076840722	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	884 STEINLE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	DOUGLAS	City
State	WY	State
ZIP Code	82633	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DAVE PELLATZ	Name
Title	CHAIRMAN	Title
Phone	3076840722	Phone
Date Signed	2013-07-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CODY L PISACKA	Name
Phone	9704881888	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-07-15	DatePrepared

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	DAVE PELLATZ	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	884 STEINLE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	DOUGLAS	City
State	WY	State
ZIP Code	82633	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	353013	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1999	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	WY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER THE UNDERSTANDING OF PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND FURTHERING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF LAND MANAGEMENT ISSUES ON THE PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS ECOSYSTEM.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	1	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	210567	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	351686	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	2968	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1327	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	213535	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	353013	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	13260	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	13062	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	263045	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	536368	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	276305	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	549430	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-62770	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-196417	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	315004	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	118760	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	601	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	774	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	314403	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	117986	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER THE UNDERSTANDING OF PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND FURTHERING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF LAND MANAGEMENT ISSUES ON THE PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS ECOSYSTEM.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	212087	Expense
Description	PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS PROMOTION AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	119930	Expense
Description	CCAA, CI, AND SAGEBRUSH PREPARATION AND MAPPING	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	200547	Expense
Description	VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE MONITORING	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	532564	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	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	true	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	false	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	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	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
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	6	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	1	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	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	5	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DAVE PELLATZ	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3073591328	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	884 STEINLE ROAD	AddressLine1
City	DOUGLAS	City
State	WY	State
ZIP Code	82633	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (6 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
WANDA BURGET
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	0	0	0
LONA NACHTMAN
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	0	0	0
JOAN NEUMILLER
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	0	0	0
BETTY PELLATZ
CHAIRMAN	2.00		0	0	0	X
FRANK EATHORNE
VICE CHAIRMA	2.00		0	0	0	X
JEWELL REED
TREASURER	2.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	7550	MembershipDues
Government Grants	11077	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	333059	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	351686	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1327	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1327	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	353013	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1327	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12004	Total
Management And General	12004	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1058	Total
Management And General	1058	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2467	Total
Management And General	2467	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1337	Total
Management And General	1337	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1445	Total
Program Services	1445	ProgramServices

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14902	Total
Program Services	14902	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	660	Total
Program Services	660	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1150	Total
Program Services	1150	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
VEGETATION & WILDLIFE MON	200547	200547
PLATEAU & MISC TREATMENTS	150639	150639
SAGEBRUSH MAPPING	106981	106981
RS BOARD SUPPORT	20817	20817

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35423	Total
Program Services	35423	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	549430	Total
Program Services	532564	ProgramServices
Management And General	16866	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	680	BOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	312132	BOY
EOY	114548	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	6645	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	2433	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2192	BOY
EOY	4212	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	315004	BOY
EOY	118760	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	601	BOY
EOY	774	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	601	BOY
EOY	774	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	314403	BOY
EOY	117986	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	314403	BOY
EOY	117986	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	315004	BOY
EOY	118760	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-196417	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	287146	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	324418	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	546221	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	210567	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	351686	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1720038	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	287146	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	324418	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	546221	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	210567	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	351686	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1720038	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1720038	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	573	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1388	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3537	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2968	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1327	CurrentTaxYear
Total	9793	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	863	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2952	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	78541	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total	82356	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1812187	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.94920	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.94930	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	6645	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2433	Depreciation
Book Value	4212	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	4212	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
PAYROLL TAXES PAYABLE	$634
BANK OVERDRAFT	$140

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	774	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC