BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS (EIN 74-2395097)
Tax period: 2016-10-01 to 2017-09-30
Filed: 2018-05-14
IRS object ID: 201821349349302892
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-14T10:21:01-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	271433452	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CRADY PUCA & ASSOCIATES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	12150 E BRIARWOOD AVE STE 201	AddressLine1Txt
City	CENTENNIAL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	80112	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	742395097	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BETT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9704760103	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	183 GORE CREEK DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	VAIL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	81657	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROBERT FRITCH	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9704760103	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	LAURA M PUCA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01067688	PTIN
Phone	3037719575	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-05-14	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	71.237.14.1	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-05-14	IPDt
IP Tm	09:15:53	IPTm
IP Timezone	MD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	E000133C1500E83AD69E309045D3038474C2D216	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	E000133C1500E83AD69E309045D3038474C2D216	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ROBERT FRITCH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	183 GORE CREEK DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	VAIL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	81657	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,350,533	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.BETTYFORDALPINEGARDENS.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1985	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CO	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING & PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF ALPINE PLANTS & FRAGILE MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	14	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	19	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$739,122	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$486,954	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$28,696	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$38,157	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$70	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$22,044	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$363,062	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$373,950	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,130,810	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$921,105	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$515,220	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$577,167	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$82,268	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$397,070	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$425,936	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$912,290	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,003,103	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$218,520	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$81,998	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$5,913,354	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$5,875,260	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$175,333	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$85,361	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$5,738,021	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$5,789,899	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF ALPINE PLANTS AND FRAGILE MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$850,765	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$412,107	RevenueAmt
Desc	CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION RELATING TO HIGH ALTITUDE PLANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE GARDENS HOST 100,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR WITHOUT CHARGING AN ADMISSION FEE. THE GARDENS IS A NATIONALLY RENOWNED BOTANIC GARDEN WITH SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS AND AWARDS FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN PLANT COLLECTION CONSORTIUM AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION. THE GARDENS COAUTHORED THE FIRST ALPINE PLANT CONSERVATION PLAN CREATED IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS. 1,200 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THE GARDENS' ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS. THE GARDENS ALSO PROVIDE RARE PLANT MONITORING EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH SERVICES TO STATE AND FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$850,765	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (1)	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	24	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	19	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	14	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	0	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	0	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	9704760103	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	183 GORE CREEK DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	VAIL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CO	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	81657	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
LIZ PAXSON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT FRITCH
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
GWEN SCALPELLO
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SUSAN FORD BALES
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN FRAMPTON
PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SHEIKA GRAMSHAMMER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KATHY BORGEN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARGARET ROGERS
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CAREY FIRESTONE ROMER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOROTHY BROWNING
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DICK LIEBHABER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEANNIE FRITCH
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HOLLY ELLIOT
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JENNIFER MASON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NICOLA RIPLEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		$100,000	$0	$3,000	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$100,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$3,000	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$80,349	MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants	$117,324	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$289,281	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$4,081	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$486,954	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	FACILITY USE AND TOURS	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$38,157	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$38,157	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$38,157	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$9,046	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$9,046	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$140,291	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$127,293	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$12,998	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,998	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$12,998	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$676,085	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$302,135	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$373,950	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$373,950	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$921,105	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$412,107	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$22,044	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$110,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$93,500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$376,100	TotalAmt
Program Services	$309,203	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,297	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$57,600	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,790	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,567	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$495	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,728	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,324	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,261	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,906	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,157	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,953	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,414	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,039	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,500	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,095	TotalAmt
Management And General	$20,095	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,260	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,260	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,200	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,200	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,913	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,913	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,555	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,559	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,823	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,173	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,290	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,422	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$868	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,049	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,049	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,975	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,136	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$329	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$510	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,471	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,471	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$171,626	TotalAmt
Program Services	$171,626	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,107	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,262	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,458	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,387	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
OTHER GIFT SHOP EXPENSE	$45,802	$45,802
CHILDRENS' PROGRAMS & E	$40,790	$40,790
GARDEN MAINTENANCE	$21,663	$21,663
BUILDING MAINTENANCE &	$12,927	$12,927

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,213	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$4,213	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,003,103	TotalAmt
Program Services	$850,765	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$70,070	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$82,268	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$192,841	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,075	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$60,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$5,950	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$143,250	BOYAmt
EOY	$172,049	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$2,531	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$6,255,033	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$1,427,297	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,971,280	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,827,736	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$545,983	BOYAmt
EOY	$779,919	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,913,354	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,875,260	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,333	BOYAmt
EOY	$85,361	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,000	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$175,333	BOYAmt
EOY	$85,361	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,177,403	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,117,784	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$217,267	BOYAmt
EOY	$299,604	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$343,351	BOYAmt
EOY	$372,511	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,738,021	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,789,899	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,913,354	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,875,260	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$81,998	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$68,876	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$65,000	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$416,217	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,939,048	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,744,407	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$739,122	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$479,378	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,318,172	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$416,217	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,939,048	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,744,407	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$739,122	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$479,378	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,318,172	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,699,703	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,618,469	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$10,661	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$10,883	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$15,980	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,706	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,046	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$56,276	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,640	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,699	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$10,539	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,384,987	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$3,144,476	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.67200	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.67390	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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	$545,983	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$149,379	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$84,557	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$779,919	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$511,154	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$55,406	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$21,577	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$545,983	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$492,865	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$51,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$12,958	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$19,753	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$511,154	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$421,801	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$21,941	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$49,123	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$492,865	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$379,147	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,050	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$40,604	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$421,801	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.30000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.48000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.22000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,191,925	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,364,708	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,827,217	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$63,108	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$62,589	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$519	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$4,827,736	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$983,721	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$68,876	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$68,876	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$914,845	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$6,260	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$6,260	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$921,105	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$996,843	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$996,843	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$6,260	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$6,260	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,003,103	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART V, LINE 4:	EARNINGS DERIVED FROM THE GENERAL ENDOWMENT ARE USED TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS. EARNINGS ON THE NEW LIBRARY ENDOWMENT ARE TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY IN THE EDUCATION CENTER.
PART X, LINE 2:	THE ORGANIZATION IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO U.S. FEDERAL TAX AUDITS ON ITS FORM 990 BY TAXING AUTHORITIES FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2014. THE YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THIS YEAR CONTAIN MATTERS THAT COULD BE SUBJECT TO DIFFERING INTERPRETATIONS OF APPLICABLE TAX LAWS AND REGULATIONS. ALTHOUGH THE OUTCOME OF TAX AUDITS IS UNCERTAIN, THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES NO ISSUES WOULD ARISE.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE SITZMARK AT VAIL INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship With Org	OWNER OF THE SITZMARK AT VAIL IS ORGANIZATION'S BOARD TREASURER	RelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan Purpose	EDUCATION CENTER CAPITAL	LoanPurposeTxt
Loan To Organization	Yes (X)	LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal	$600,000	OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due	$0	BalanceDueAmt
Default	0	DefaultInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (1)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written Agreement	Yes (1)	WrittenAgreementInd

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE SITZMARK AT VAIL	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	OWNER/PRESIDENT OF THE SITZMARK AT VAIL IS ORGANIZATION'S BOARD TREASURER	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$36,000	TransactionAmt
Transaction	ON JUNE 1, 2015, THE ORGANIZATION ENTERED INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ROBERT FRITCH TO LEASE OFFICE AND GIFT SHOP SPACE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017. THE MONTHLY RENT IS $3,000.	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	THE CURRENT BOARD HAS TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE EXECUTIVE BOARD PERFORMS AN EVALUATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS BASED ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND INDUSTRY BENCHMARKS FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES THESE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THESE ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C	THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD ELECTED TO UNDERGO AN AUDIT THIS YEAR NOW THAT THE NEW EDUCATION CENTER AND RELATED CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ARE COMPLETE. THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE AUDIT AND SELECTS THE AUDITOR.