WESTERN SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: WESTERN SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE (EIN 81-0495837)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-05-29
IRS object ID: 201231569349300283
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-05-29T17:42:40-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	363773709	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Gillette Consulting Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 974	AddressLine1
City	Livingston	City
State	MT	State
ZIP Code	59047	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	810495837	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WESTERN SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	WEST	NameControl
Phone	4062220730	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1448	AddressLine1
City	LIVINGSTON	City
State	MT	State
ZIP Code	59047	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Lill Erickson	Name
Title	Executive Director	Title
Phone	4062220730	Phone
Date Signed	2012-05-29	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Robert Hughes	Name
PTIN	P00721378	PTIN
Phone	4062225241	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-05-29	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	LILL ERICKSON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	418 S YELLOWSTONE	AddressLine1
City	LIVINGSTON	City
State	MT	State
ZIP Code	59047	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	336847	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.westernsustainabilityexchange.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1994	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MT	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Advancing sustainability in the western United States.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	12	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	12	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	8	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	45	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	192084	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	253493	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	78004	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	83155	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	619	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	199	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	270707	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	336847	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	212576	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	221067	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	626	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	54241	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	115733	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	77324	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	328935	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	298391	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-58228	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	38456	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	85399	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	123494	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	13292	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	13044	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	72107	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	110450	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Advancing sustainability in the western United States.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	210618	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	212309	Revenue
Description	Western Sustainability Exchange has been promoting sustainable agriculture for 18 years. WSE's Market Connection Program has trained over 670 producers about sustainable techniques and, as a result, over 913,000 acres of agricultural land and open space are being managed sustainably today. The Market Connection Program connects producers using sustainable stewardship practices to our network of chefs, caterers, concessionaires and grocers who are passionate about local, sustainably produced food. To date WSE has opened markets for over 120 producers. Programs within Market Connection include Farm to Restaurant, Farmers Market, Harvest Celebration Dinner, Steer-to-Steak, Young Entrepreneurial Stewardship and others.	Description
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	210618	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	1	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	1	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	0	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	0	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	0	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	0	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	0	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	2	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	8	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	12	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	12	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	0	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	1	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	1	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	1	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	1	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Lill Erickson	NamePerson
Telephone Number	4062220730	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1448	AddressLine1
City	LIVINGSTON	City
State	MT	State
ZIP Code	59047	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (13 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Heather Kahler
Chair	5	X	0	0	0
Mike Sprague
Vice Chair	5	X	0	0	0
Jaycie Chitwood
Secretary	5	X	0	0	0
Lew Wilks
Treasurer	5	X	0	0	0
Carrie Balkcom
Director	5	X	0	0	0
Seabring Davis
Director	5	X	0	0	0
Betsy Indreland
Director	5	X	0	0	0
Roger Indreland
Director	5	X	0	0	0
Mark Ledger
Director	5	X	0	0	0
Randy Lindberg
Director	5	X	0	0	0
Albert McDonald
Director	5	X	0	0	0
Leesa Nopper
Director	5	X	0	0	0
Lill Erickson
Executive Director	40		56882	0	0	X	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	56882	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	0	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns	0	FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues	5714	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	0	FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations	0	RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants	11171	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	236608	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	0	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	253493	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Market Connection	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	83155	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	83155	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	83155	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	199	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$199	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities
Other	0	Other

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	0	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	0	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	0	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	336847	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	83155	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$199	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	54083	Total
Program Services	35272	ProgramServices
Management And General	5814	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12997	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	113331	Total
Program Services	73920	ProgramServices
Management And General	12165	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	27246	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1721	Total
Program Services	1122	ProgramServices
Management And General	186	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	413	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34802	Total
Program Services	22691	ProgramServices
Management And General	3759	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8352	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17130	Total
Program Services	11172	ProgramServices
Management And General	1842	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4116	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	200	Total
Program Services	149	ProgramServices
Management And General	51	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3920	Total
Program Services	2910	ProgramServices
Management And General	1010	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	42119	Total
Program Services	31262	ProgramServices
Management And General	10827	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	30	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1890	Total
Program Services	1890	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18940	Total
Program Services	18940	ProgramServices

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	178	Total
Program Services	132	ProgramServices
Management And General	46	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10721	Total
Program Services	9666	ProgramServices
Management And General	1055	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12712	Total
Program Services	7576	ProgramServices
Management And General	4049	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1087	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	15222	Total
Program Services	15222	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2122	Total
Program Services	2122	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3127	Total
Program Services	3127	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
Supplies	8072	8072	0
Other	4762	0	4762
In-kind donations	-46661	-34627	-12034

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	298391	Total
Program Services	210618	ProgramServices
Management And General	33532	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	54241	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	76072	BOY
EOY	115949	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	41567	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	39841	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3508	BOY
EOY	1726	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5819	BOY
EOY	5819	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	85399	BOY
EOY	123494	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13292	BOY
EOY	13044	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiability

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13292	BOY
EOY	13044	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	72107	BOY
EOY	110450	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	72107	BOY
EOY	110450	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	85399	BOY
EOY	123494	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	38456	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-113	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	0	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	148230	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	215443	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	220643	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	195754	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	253837	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1033907	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	148230	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	215443	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	220643	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	195754	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	253837	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1033907	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	199753	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	834154	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2845	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1132	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	697	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	619	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	199	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5492	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	0	CurrentTaxYear
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1039399	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	395267	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.80253	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.8751	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	0	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	41567	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	39841	Depreciation
Book Value	1726	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	1726	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	SchD_P09_S00_L00	Identifier
Return Reference	Schedule D, Part IX	ReturnReference
Explanation	Montana Community Foundation	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0B_L11b	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	The Form 990 is reviewed by the Executive Director and members of the Board of Directors.
F990_P06_S0B_L12c	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	The Board of Directors periodically reviews compliance with the policy.
F990_P06_S0B_L15	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	The Board of Directors reviews the compensation of the Executive Director and other staff each year. The last review was in 2011. The next review is scheduled for 2012.
F990_P06_S0C_L19	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	Governing documents, policies and financial statements are available in the organization's office.
F990_P11_S00_L05	Form 990, Part XI, Line 5	Other expenses.