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MONTANA ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTER INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization
MONTANA ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTER INC (EIN 23-7337100)
Tax period
2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Filed
2023-11-08
IRS object ID
202313129349302821
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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Return2023-11-08T10:58:13-08:00ReturnTs
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Legal Domicile StateMTLegalDomicileStateCd
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DescMonitored and influenced the decisions and activities of Montana state government (primarily), and the federal government and Montana local governments (secondarily), that affect the natural environment. MEICs staff and volunteers talked to, met with, and wrote to government officials on multiple occasions during the year, attended public hearings and meetings, submitted written comments on proposed government actions, and were responsible for generating thousands of communications from MEIC members and the general public to government officials. In addition, MEIC was a plaintiff or intervenor in a number of legal actions involving government decisions.Desc

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Anne Hedges
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Gary Aitken
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Skye Borden
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Rae Deernose Howe
Director1.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Malcolm Gilbert
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Diana Hammer
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Madison Hebner
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Kathy Juedeman
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Zuri Moreno
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Roger Sullivan
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Jessica Wiles
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$40,520ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$588,527CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$599,263CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$915,357CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$681,049CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$733,283CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$3,517,479TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$588,527CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$599,263CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$915,357CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$681,049CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$733,283CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$3,517,479TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$275,670SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$3,241,809PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$8,323CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$9,154CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,207CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,370CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$5,612CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$32,666TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$16,169CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$19,666CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$21,280CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$29,120CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$27,840CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$114,075TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$3,664,220TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$114,075GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.88470PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.87150PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$726,007FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$726,007FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$133,901FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$33,475FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$123,275CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$122,769CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$117,649CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$133,901CurrentYearAmt
Total$497,594TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$746,391LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$25,892CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$813CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$26,386CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total$53,091TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$26,126CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$30,692CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$29,412CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$33,475CurrentYearAmt
Total$119,705TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$179,558GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$11,344CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$703CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$13,444CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Total$25,491TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$840,369BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$13,256ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$87,738InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$2,542OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$935AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$762,410EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$592,472BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$213,054ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$36,447InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$1,604OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$840,369EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$375,747BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$177,199ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$27,890InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$1,364OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$579,472EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$312,463BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$57,900ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$7,939InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$2,555OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$3,477AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$372,270EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$300,212BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$7,639ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$5,782InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$1,170OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$312,463EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.65000BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.35000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgYes (true)EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgYes (true)EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RYes (true)RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,000OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$2,000DepreciationAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$18,148OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$12,741DepreciationAmt
Book Value$5,407BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$8,060OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$8,060DepreciationAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$5,407TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationTo financially support the activities of the Montana Environmental Information CenterExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Gaming Information GamingInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Volunteer Labor BingofalseVolunteerLaborBingoInd
Volunteer Labor Pull TabsfalseVolunteerLaborPullTabsInd
Gross Revenue Other Gaming$16,482GrossRevenueOtherGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Gaming$5,516NonCashPrizesOtherGamingAmt
Volunteer Labor Other GamingYes (true)VolunteerLaborOtherGamingInd
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming1.00000VolunteerLaborOtherGamingPct
Gross Revenue Total Gaming$16,482GrossRevenueTotalGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Gaming$5,516NonCashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Direct Expense Summary Gaming$5,516DirectExpenseSummaryGamingAmt
Net Gaming Income Summary$10,966NetGamingIncomeSummaryAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming ConductedMTStatesWhereGamingConductedCd
LicensedfalseLicensedInd
Explanation If NoOcassional charitable raffle to raise money for the organizationExplanationIfNoTxt
License Suspended EtcfalseLicenseSuspendedEtcInd
Gaming With NonmembersfalseGamingWithNonmembersInd
Member Of Other EntityfalseMemberOfOtherEntityInd
Gaming Own Facility1.00000GamingOwnFacilityPct
Cntrct With3rd Prty For Game RevfalseCntrctWith3rdPrtyForGameRevInd
Charitable Distribution RqrfalseCharitableDistributionRqrInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6MEIC is an organization that is supported, in part, through the payment of voluntary contributions. Members receive only insubstantial goods and services in exchange for their contributions, and therefore their payments are reported in Part VIII as contributions, not membership dues.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7aMembers, who are not divided into classes, elect all of the directors of the organization, although the Board may elect directors to fill vacancies until the next annual election
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7bMembers must approve the provisions of the By-Laws relating to the number of directors, the terms of office of directors, and the manner in which directors are elected
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bA draft copy of Form 990 is provided to the Board of Directors and staff members for review and comments prior to filing
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cMEIC's conflict of interest policy covers all officers, directors, and key employees. These individuals are required to complete a potential conflict of interest form annually, and the forms are used to monitor any potential conflicts. Any conflicts are resolved by the Board. No one with a potential conflict is allowed to participate in any affected decisions
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15aNo Directors receive compensation from the organization. Key employees do. Each year the Board approves salaries as part of the budget adoption process. The decisions are documented in writing. The approval process includes a discussion or review of salaries for comparable positions in comparable organizations, but the review is informal because MEIC's salaries are known to be considerably below those of its peers.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19MEIC makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available on request, and posts its financial statements (as part of Form 990) on its website

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdEINEINPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxtLegal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCdExempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxtBusiness Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1TxtControlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationIndPublic Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt
MT Environmental Info Center Action Fund
PO Box 1184HelenaMT59624810407466Legislative LobbyingMT501(c)(4)Montana Environmental Information CenterYes (true)
MT Environmental Info Center Perm Fund
PO Box 1184HelenaMT59624363447080Endowment HoldingMT501(c)(3)Montana Environmental Information CenterYes (true)509(a)(3), Type 1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgYes (true)GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgYes (true)PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgfalsePerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesYes (true)SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (true)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1MT Environmental Info Center Perm FundBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transaction TypebTransactionTypeTxt
Involved$515InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount DeterminationCashMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt