COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (EIN 84-1134814)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-11-15
IRS object ID: 202243199349311864
Schema version: 2021v4.1
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)
Return	2022-11-15T10:10:56-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	463831644	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Njagu Consulting Services LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	401 Elm St	AddressLine1Txt
City	Denver	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80220	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	841134814	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COLO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3032739527	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1536 WYNKOOP STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	DENVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80202	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KATHRYN M NAVIN	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3032739527	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-11-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	KATHRYN	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	NAVIN	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JoanMary Hunter	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P02529677	PTIN
Phone	3039310280	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-11-15	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	0	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	KATHRYN M NAVIN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1536 WYNKOOP STREET SUITE 314	AddressLine1Txt
City	DENVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80202	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$668,647	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1989	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE MISSION OF CAEE IS TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN COLORADO BY DRIVING EXCELLENCE, FOSTERING COLLABORATION, & MOBILIZING SUPPORT.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	29	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	150	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$317,897	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$540,199	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$63,507	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$102,637	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$33,638	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$25,811	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$415,042	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$668,647	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$147,621	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$197,045	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$2,211	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$223,797	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$366,819	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$371,418	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$563,864	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$43,624	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$104,783	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$586,514	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$726,014	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$35,131	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$69,848	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$551,383	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$656,166	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MISSION OF CAEE IS TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN COLORADO BY DRIVING EXCELLENCE, FOSTERING COLLABORATION, & MOBILIZING SUPPORT.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$353,415	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$89,591	RevenueAmt
Desc	INFLUENCE IS THE PROGRAM TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WITH LEADERS & DECISION MAKERS, THROUGH FORUMS, AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY SUPPORT AND COORDINATION OF STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$58,667	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$9,594	RevenueAmt
Desc	EDUCATE IS A PROGRAM TO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS AND THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$12,499	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$2,600	RevenueAmt
Desc	CONNECT PROVIDES PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES TO CONNECT EDUCATORS TO RESOURCES, TOOLS, AND EXPERTISE THROUGH E-MAIL GROUPS, NEWSLETTERS, MEMBER DIRECTORY AND COMMUNITY BASED REGIONAL NETWORKS IN COLORADO.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$113,320	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$100	RevenueAmt
Desc	EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP AND INCLUSIVENESS WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$113,320	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$100	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$537,901	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	11	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	29	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KATHRYN M NAVIN	PersonNm
Phone	3032739527	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1536 WYNKOOP STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	DENVER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80202	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Chris Aaby
President	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Erika Meyer
Vice President	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michelle Schrote
Treasurer	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Shannon Francis
Secretary	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Melanie Armstrong
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rachel Balduzzi
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Natalie Brower-Kirton
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Chris Cohen
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Liz Houston
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sherry Nickolaus
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Taylor
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Katie M Navin
Executive Director	40.00			$52,289	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$52,289	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Membership Dues	$10,419	MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants	$317,220	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$212,560	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$540,199	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
INFLUENCE	611710	$89,591	$0	$0
EDUCATE	611710	$9,594	$0	$0
CONNECT	611710	$2,600	$0	$0
EMPOWER	611710	$100	$0	$0

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$752	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$102,637	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$25,811	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$668,647	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$128,448	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,289	TotalAmt
Program Services	$52,289	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$91,644	TotalAmt
Program Services	$88,687	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,957	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,340	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,340	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,772	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,325	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,447	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$104,549	TotalAmt
Program Services	$103,289	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,260	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,150	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,150	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,595	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,304	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,340	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$951	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,776	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,776	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,095	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,095	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,548	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,548	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,780	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,780	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,561	TotalAmt
Program Services	$703	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,858	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
STIPENDS	$180,848	$180,848	$0	$0
CONTRIBUTIONS	$22,500	$22,500	$0	$0
AMORTIZATION	$4,417	$4,417	$0	$0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$563,864	TotalAmt
Program Services	$537,901	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,752	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,211	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$3,544	BOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$197,932	BOYAmt
EOY	$273,460	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$74,777	BOYAmt
EOY	$118,269	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,460	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,050	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$39,261	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$11,376	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,350	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,885	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$292,044	BOYAmt
EOY	$304,855	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$495	BOYAmt
EOY	$495	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$586,514	BOYAmt
EOY	$726,014	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,039	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,655	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,092	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,193	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,131	BOYAmt
EOY	$69,848	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$154,339	BOYAmt
EOY	$246,311	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$397,044	BOYAmt
EOY	$409,855	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$551,383	BOYAmt
EOY	$656,166	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$586,514	BOYAmt
EOY	$726,014	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$104,783	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt
Public Support CY170	0	PublicSupportCY170Pct

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$142,492	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$149,689	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$225,131	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$300,548	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$540,199	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,358,059	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$31,276	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$37,400	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$43,516	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$63,507	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$102,637	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$278,336	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$13,595	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,910	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,452	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$33,957	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$187,363	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$198,999	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$277,099	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$364,055	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$642,836	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,670,352	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$1,670,352	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$38,722	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$310	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$39,277	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$33,638	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$25,811	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$137,758	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$38,722	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$310	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$39,277	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$33,638	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$25,811	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$137,758	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,808,110	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.92380	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.91910	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.07620	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.08090	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

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)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$292,044	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$28,851	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,040	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$304,855	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$271,685	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$36,056	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$2,697	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$292,044	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$245,727	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$41,622	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$2,664	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$271,685	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$275,011	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$13,535	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$2,749	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$245,727	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$252,263	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$38,452	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$2,704	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$275,011	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.61000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.39000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$11,376	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$11,376	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$27,885	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$27,885	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$27,885	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Financial Derivatives FinancialDerivativesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Book Value	$304,855	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	F	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$304,855	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11b	THE ORGANIZATION CIRCULATES A DRAFT OF THE 990 TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS, BY MEANS OF A PDF COPY, FOR COMMENTS & INQUIRIES PRIOR TO FILING THE 990.
Pt VI, Line 12c	IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, EVERY YEAR,THE ENTIRE BOARD ASKS ITS MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE ANY MATTERS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS ARE RESOLVED BY ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.
Pt VI, Line 6	CAEE HAS BOARD MEMBERS.
Pt VI, Line 19	DOCUMENTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
Other	ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUPPORT FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR EE AND PUBLICLY ENDORSED COLORADO BILLS AND INITIATIVES. THEY DID NOT WORK WITH ANYLOBBYISTS.THEY SPENT LESS THAN 2% OF THEIR TOTAL TIME ON ADVOCACY AND AT LEAST 1/2 OF THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED EDUCATIONAL, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY HARD COSTS OTHER THAN TIME.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP AND INCLUSIVENESS WITHIN THE 113320. 0. 100.