GEOS INSTITUTE: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: GEOS INSTITUTE (EIN 93-0880205)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-06-23
IRS object ID: 201641759349300819
Schema version: 2015v2.0
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-06-23T09:21:03-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NAGEL & PADILLA LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	290 N MAIN ST STE 8	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OR	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	975207701	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	930880205	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GEOS INSTITUTE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GEOS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5414824459	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	84 FOURTH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OR	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	97520	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TONYA GRAHAM	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2016-06-23	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	GLENN M CUNNINGHAM CPA PFS CFP	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00745280	PTIN
Phone	5414881551	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-09-27 15:27:22Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,534,290	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.GEOSINSTITUTE.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1975	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	OR	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	LEADING THE WAY TO CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS THAT MATTER.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$976,993	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,507,821	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$45,009	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$3,800	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$556	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$394	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$19,943	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$22,275	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,042,501	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,534,290	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$623,631	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$561,588	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$94,712	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$416,608	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$993,585	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,040,239	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,555,173	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,262	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$20,883	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,107,347	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,073,994	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$271,070	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$258,600	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$836,277	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$815,394	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	LEADING THE WAY TO CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS THAT MATTER.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$730,890	ExpenseAmt
Desc	WORKING WATERS INITIATIVE: WE DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RESTORATION-BASED SOLUTIONS IN ADDRESSING ISSUES OF WATER SUPPLY, WATER QUALITY, FLOOD PROTECTION, SEA LEVEL RISE, WILDFIRE RISK, AND MANY OTHER NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. BY ENCOURAGING DECISION MAKERS AND LAND OWNERS TO RESTORE WATERSHEDS, RATHER THAN INSTALLING NEW STRUCTURES LIKE DAMS, WE STRIVE TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCE OF BOTH NATURAL AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$446,753	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$764	RevenueAmt
Desc	FOREST LEGACIES INITIATIVE: WE WORK TO PROTECT THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR NATION'S OLDEST FORESTS, INCLUDING CARBON STORAGE, FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND CLEAN WATER. THE TEMPERATE RAINFORESTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ALASKA ARE A PARTICULAR FOCUS OF OUR WORK, AS THEY ARE GLOBAL CHAMPIONS IN TAKING UP AND STORING CARBON IN THEIR LONG-LIVED TREES. WE ADVOCATE FOR POLICY REFORMS AT THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL TO DIRECT FOREST MANAGEMENT TOWARD RESTORATION, CARBON STORAGE, AND PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$194,653	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$3,800	RevenueAmt
Desc	CLIMATEWISE INITIATIVE: WE HELP COMMUNITIES BETTER UNDERSTAND AND PLAN FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. OUR PROJECT TEAMS COORDINATE WITH RESPECTED SCIENTISTS TO PROVIDE STAKEHOLDERS WITH LOCAL PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS. WE FACILITATE COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTATION PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING EFFORTS, WORKING ACROSS NATURAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED AND CO-BENEFICIAL STRATEGIES THAT INCREASE LOCAL RESILIENCE.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,372,296	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	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
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
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	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
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
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
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
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	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	false	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	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GEOS INSTITUTE	PersonNm
Phone	5414824459	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	84 FOURTH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	OR	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	97520	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
KEN CROCKER
Chairman	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN SCHEIN
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN SENDAR
Treasurer	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JIM FURNISH
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$6,705	$0	$0
KEN MARGOLIS
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOANNE EGGERS
Secretary	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JIM INCE
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LINDA SCHAEFF
Vice Chair	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BILL BRADBURY
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CAMILA THORNDIKE
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TONYA GRAHAM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00	0.00			$95,185	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DOMINICK DELLASALA
PRESIDENT/CSO	40.00	0.00			$124,324	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$226,214	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$383,731	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,124,090	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,507,821	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	PRIVATE CONTRACTS/FEES	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$3,800	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,800	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$3,800	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$394	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$394	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
RESTITUTION	$9,439	$9,439
ROOM RENTAL INCOME	$2,610		$2,610
SUBLEASE REVENUES	$9,120	$9,120

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,106	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,106	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$22,275	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,534,290	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$23,465	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$3,004	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

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

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$226,214	TotalAmt
Program Services	$182,680	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,601	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,933	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$231,097	TotalAmt
Program Services	$186,624	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,023	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$24,450	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,028	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,556	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,139	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,333	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,032	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,982	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,933	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,117	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,217	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,150	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,601	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,466	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,566	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,566	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,795	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,345	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,450	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

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

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,398	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$23,398	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$349	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,429	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,133	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,585	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,711	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,688	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,633	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,652	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,403	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,001	TotalAmt
Program Services	$39,339	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,713	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,949	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,578	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,578	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$747	TotalAmt
Program Services	$575	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$82	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$90	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,694	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,694	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,184	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,184	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Evans Creek Dams	$562,027	$562,027
Program Contracts	$157,419	$157,419
CW Consulting Contracts	$20,687	$20,687
Printing and Publications	$17,685	$14,861	$1,084	$1,740

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,838	TotalAmt
Program Services	$56,358	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,358	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,122	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,555,173	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,372,296	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$88,165	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$94,712	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$347,368	BOYAmt
EOY	$377,833	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$106,784	BOYAmt
EOY	$69,160	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$193,427	BOYAmt
EOY	$176,033	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,657	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$505,733	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$57,422	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$457,787	BOYAmt
EOY	$448,311	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,107,347	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,073,994	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,435	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,345	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$250,089	BOYAmt
EOY	$243,103	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,546	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,152	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$271,070	BOYAmt
EOY	$258,600	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$255,436	BOYAmt
EOY	$372,528	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$580,841	BOYAmt
EOY	$442,866	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$836,277	BOYAmt
EOY	$815,394	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,107,347	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,073,994	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$20,883	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	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 (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	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	$1,555,553	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,155,035	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,219,392	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$976,993	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,507,821	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,414,794	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

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

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

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

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,555,553	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,155,035	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,219,392	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$976,993	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,507,821	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,414,794	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$3,022,658	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,392,136	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,816	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,278	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$481	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$556	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$394	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,525	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,419,319	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.52840	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.49650	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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 Tax	false	Form4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMadeInd

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$7,540	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$7,540	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$7,540	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,508	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$377	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$6,032	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$2,292	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$932	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year	$1,508	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$4,732	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$7,098	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$11,460	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$4,660	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year	$7,540	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$23,660	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$573	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$233	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year	$377	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,183	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,775	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I-A, Line 1 - Direct and Indirect Political Campaign Activities	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The President and Chief Scientist of Geos Institute spends approximately 5% of his time engaged in lobbying activities.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$89,244	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$89,244	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$380,463	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$34,143	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$346,320	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$36,026	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$23,279	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$12,747	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$448,311	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Federal Payroll Taxes Payable	$4,011
Oregon UI Payable	$848
Oregon Withholding Tax Payable	$928
Oregon Wrks Benefit Fund Payabl	$98
Simple IRA Plan Payable	$3,267

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$9,152	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,672,265	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue	$137,975	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$137,975	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,534,290	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,534,290	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,557,900	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Prior Year Adjustments	$2,727	PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$2,727	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,555,173	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,555,173	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CHANGE IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED ASSETS $137975	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JIM FURNISH	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	DIRECTOR	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	NON-EMPLOYEE COMP.	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE GEOS INSTITUTE CONTRACTED WITH JIM FURNISH FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.1. JIM FURNISH IS A DIRECTOR OF THE GEOS INSTITUTE AND IS COMPENSTATED AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE 990 PRIOR TO FILING AND ARE ASKED TO RESPOND WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	DISCUSSION AND REVIEW AT BOARD MEETINGS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION IS SET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FOLLOWING A PROCESS WHERE THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND SALARY ARE COMPARED TO NON-PROFIT SALARY SURVEYS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	OFFICER AND KEY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION IS SET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOLLOWING A PROCESS WHERE THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND SALARIES ARE COMPARED TO NON-PROFIT SALARY SURVEYS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. NONE ARE POSTED TO OUR WEBSITE OR PUBLISHED, ASIDE FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT. OUR FORM 990 IS ALSO POSTED ON AN UNRELATED WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY GUIDE STAR.