INTERWEST ENERGY ALLIANCE: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: INTERWEST ENERGY ALLIANCE (EIN 54-2084551)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-09-09
IRS object ID: 201112529349300426
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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 B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-09-09T14:53:58-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	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	2010-01-01	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	3036799331	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 261311	AddressLine1
City	LAKEWOOD	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80226	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CRAIG COX	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	3036799331	Phone
Date Signed	2011-05-17	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	CRAIG COX	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7725 MALAMUTE TRAIL	AddressLine1
City	EVERGREEN	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	80439	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	492156	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.interwestenergy.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2002	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	CO	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	17	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	17	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	1	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	809197	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	488999	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	3141	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	2317	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	840	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	812338	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	492156	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	159352	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	202898	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	498692	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	422910	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	658044	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	625808	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	154294	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-133652	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	436536	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	298661	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	5130	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	907	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	431406	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	297754	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	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	11	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	17	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	17	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	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	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	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	OfficerOfficer	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
CRAIG COX
Executive Director	40.00	X	X	179230	0	13376
ERIC BLANK
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
PAUL BOWMAN
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
SETH DUNN
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
RICK GILLIAM
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
ANNA GIOVINETTO
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
SUSAN INNIS
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
KEITH JENKINS
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
BARBARA O'NEILL
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
TIM RAPHAEL
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
VARNER SEAMAN
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
ROB SIMS
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
STEVE THOMAS
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
DARREL THORSON
Director	0.50			0	0	0	X
V JOHN WHITE
Director	1						X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	179230	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	13376	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	396999	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	92000	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	488999	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2317	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$2,317	ExclusionAmount

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	840	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$840	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	840	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	492156	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$3,157	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	179230	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13376	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10292	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3654	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10180	Total

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	97209	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2681	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	28716	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1185	Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal
Representative fees	35750
Cellphone	2988
Printing	686
Photocopying	2511
Website	780

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	236570	Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	625808	Total

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	100081	BOY
EOY	36314	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	336455	BOY
EOY	262347	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	436536	BOY
EOY	298661	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5130	BOY
EOY	907	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5130	BOY
EOY	907	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	431406	BOY
EOY	297754	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	431406	BOY
EOY	297754	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	436536	BOY
EOY	298661	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-133652	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	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear
Dues Assessments	396999	DuesAssessments
Non Ded Lobby Political Current	97209	NonDedLobbyPoliticalCurrent
Non Ded Lobby Political Total	97209	NonDedLobbyPoliticalTotal
Aggr Amt Reported In Dues Notices	67490	AggrAmtReportedInDuesNotices
Amount To Be Carried Over	29719	AmountToBeCarriedOver

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
Payroll liabilities	$888
Credit Cards	$19

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	907	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	179230	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	13376	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	192606	TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	150556	CompReportPrior990FilingOrg

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (10 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI-B, Line 11a	A copy of the Form 990 is provided electronically to board
	members prior to filing.
Pt VI-C, Line 19	Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and
	financial statements are available to the public upon request.
Pt VI-A, Line 6	Members
Pt VI-B, Line 15	The board reviews and approves annual compensation for executive
	director.
Pt XI	Exchange rate variance
Form 990EZ, Part II, Line 26	PAYROLL LIABILITIES 3073. CREDIT CARD 2057.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f	EXPERT CONSULTING 141870. MARKETING 87000. SPONSORSHIP 5391. EXCHANGE RATE VARIANCE 350. CONFERENCE/MEMBERSHIP FEES 400. COMPUTER EXPENSES 1375. BOARD/MEMBER MEETING EXPENSE 184.