THUNDER BASIN GRASSLANDS PRAIRIE ECO-SYSTEM ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: THUNDER BASIN GRASSLANDS PRAIRIE ECO-SYSTEM ASSOCIATION (EIN 83-0332000)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-08
IRS object ID: 201242219349301264
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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	2012-08-08T12:38:05-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MAGNUSON & ASSOCIATES LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1954 E RICHARDS ST STE I	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	2011-01-01	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 ECOSYSTEM ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine1

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	2012-07-18	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JAY L MAGNUSON CPA	Name
Phone	3073585008	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-08-08	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	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	213535	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	N/A	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1999	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	WY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	PROMOTE PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS ECOSYSTEM MANAGMENT	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	6	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	6	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	1	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	540521	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	210567	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	5700	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	3537	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	2968	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	78541	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	628299	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	213535	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	5751	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	13260	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	392873	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	263045	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	398624	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	276305	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	229675	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-62770	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	377774	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	315004	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	601	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	601	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	377173	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	314403	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	PROMOTE PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	13835	Expense
Description	CCAA MAPING	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	14602	Expense
Description	GIS MAPPING	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	182590	Expense
Description	VEGETATION/WILDLIFE MONITORING	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	40898	Expense
Description	GRAZING MANAGEMENT AND USE OF WEBSITE	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	40898	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	251925	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	6	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	6	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	6	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	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	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	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	JEWELL REED	NamePerson
Telephone Number	3073582118	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
DAVE PELLATZ
CHAIRMAN	2.00	X	0	0	0
JEWLL REED
SECRETARY/TREA	2.00	X	0	0	0
FRANK EATHORNE
VICE CHAIR	2.00	X	0	0	0
LONA NACHTMAN
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	0	0	0
WAND BURGETT
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	0	0	0
JOAN NUEMILLER
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	5300	MembershipDues
Government Grants	40705	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	164562	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	210567	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2968	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$2,968	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	213535	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$2,968	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12156	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	12156	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1104	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	1104	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	129	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	129	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	116	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	116	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	968	Total
Program Services	968	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12129	Total
Program Services	12129	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	598	Total
Program Services	598	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
CCAA PREP	13835	13835
GIS MAPPING	14602	14602
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS	12601	12601
VEGITATION MONITORING	182590	182590

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	25477	Total
Program Services	14602	ProgramServices
Management And General	10875	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	276305	Total
Program Services	251925	ProgramServices
Management And General	24380	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2085	BOY
EOY	680	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	372899	BOY
EOY	312132	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	3965	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	1773	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2790	BOY
EOY	2192	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	377774	BOY
EOY	315004	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

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

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	601	BOY
EOY	601	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	377173	BOY
EOY	314403	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	377173	BOY
EOY	314403	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	377774	BOY
EOY	315004	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-62770	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	347434	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	287146	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	324418	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	546221	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	210567	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1715786	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	347434	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	287146	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	324418	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	546221	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	210567	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1715786	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1715786	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	744	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	573	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1388	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3537	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2968	CurrentTaxYear
Total	9210	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	863	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2952	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	78541	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	82356	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1807352	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.94930	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Facts And Circumstances Test	OTHER INCOME PART II, LINE 10; DESCRIPTION: REIMBURSEMENTS; 2008: 863.; 2009: 2952.; 2010: 78541.;	FactsAndCircumstancesTest

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	3965	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	1773	Depreciation
Book Value	2192	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	2192	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PAYROLL TAXES PAYABLE	Description
Amount	$601	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	601	TotalOfAmounts

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (7 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11a	BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW THE 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED
Pt VI, Line 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FIANCIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST OF THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD
Pt VI, Line 2	PROJECT MANAGER IS SON OF CHAIRMAN
Pt VI, Line 6	MEMBERS ARE GRASSLAND RANCHERS AND LANDOWNERS
Pt VI, Line 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST OF THE BORAD
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	GRAZING MANAGEMENT AND USE OF WEBSITE 40898. 0. 0.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	BOARD SUPPORT 4949. 0. 4949. 0. FEES 27. 0. 27. 0. GRAZING MANAGEMENT 14602. 14602. 0. 0. MISCELLANEOUS 1593. 0. 1593. 0. STUDIES 2841. 0. 2841. 0. POSTAGE 38. 0. 38. 0. PRINTING AND COPYING 107. 0. 107. 0. TELEPHONE 1320. 0. 1320. 0.