CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO EDUCATION FUND: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO EDUCATION FUND (EIN 91-1982332)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-15
IRS object ID: 201243209349310324
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-15T18:55:13-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TAYLOR ROTH AND COMPANY	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	800 GRANT ST STE 310	AddressLine1
City	DENVER	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	802032944	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	911982332	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CONSERVATION VOTERS NM ED FUND	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CONS	NameControl
Phone	5059928683	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	505 WEBBER STREET SUITE B	AddressLine1
Address Line2	ROOM/SUITE A	AddressLine2
City	SANTA FE	City
State	NM	State
ZIP Code	87505	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	SANDRA A BUFFETT	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	5059928683	Phone
Date Signed	2012-11-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KEN ROTH	Name
Phone	3038308109	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-11-15	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	SANDRA A BUFFETT	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	507 WEBBER STREET STE A	AddressLine1
City	SANTA FE	City
State	NM	State
ZIP Code	87505	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	330086	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.CVNMEF.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1999	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NM	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO EDUCATION FUND WORKS TO EDUCATE VOTERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND CONVENES THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY FOR EFFECTIVE POLICY MAKING.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	5	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	3	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	273740	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	330035	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	198	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	51	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	273938	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	330086	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	20800	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	250	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	145800	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	146440	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	9572	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	198872	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	141575	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	365472	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	288265	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-91534	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	41821	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	109933	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	123127	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	66739	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	38112	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	43194	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	85015	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO EDUCATION FUND WORKS TO EDUCATE VOTERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND CONVENES THE NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY FOR EFFECTIVE POLICY MAKING.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	155435	Expense
Grants	250	Grants
Description	EDUCATE NEW MEXICANS ON KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, PARTICULARLY ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ORGANIZE CITIZENS TO BE EFFECTIVE VOICES FOR CONSERVATION.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	18780	Expense
Description	BUILD CAPACITY AMONG THE BROADER NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY BY DEVELOPING A "COMMON AGENDA" COALITION IN THE STATE-LEVEL POLICY MAKING PROCESS AND PROVIDE TRAININGS AND SERVICES TO ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT ALLIES.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	42029	Expense
Description	LOBBY ON BEHALF OF PRO-ENVIRONMENT LEGISLATION, TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE, AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	216244	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	true	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	1	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	5	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	THOMAS LAWLEY	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5059928683	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	507 WEBBER STREET STE A	AddressLine1
City	SANTA FE	City
State	NM	State
ZIP Code	87505	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
ARIEL BICKEL
PRESIDENT	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
ROBERT MANG
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
MICHAEL CASAUS
VICE PRES/TR	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
ERIN MARSHALL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
CHRIS CATECHIS
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
SANDRA A BUFFETT
EXECUTIVE DI	20.00		X	0	67000	5108
THOMAS LAWLEY
BUSINESS ADM	16.00		X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	67000	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	5108	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	330035	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	330035	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	51	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$51	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	330086	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$51	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	250	Total
Program Services	250	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	66277	Total
Program Services	31632	ProgramServices
Management And General	31886	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2759	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	64484	Total
Program Services	52980	ProgramServices
Management And General	7471	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4033	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4824	Total
Program Services	2956	ProgramServices
Management And General	1690	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	178	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10855	Total
Program Services	6642	ProgramServices
Management And General	3716	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	497	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1398	Total
Management And General	1398	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5533	Total
Management And General	5533	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	40000	Total
Program Services	40000	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	27884	Total
Program Services	25484	ProgramServices
Management And General	2400	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18253	Total
Program Services	16139	ProgramServices
Management And General	1841	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	273	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3555	Total
Program Services	2293	ProgramServices
Management And General	184	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1078	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11937	Total
Program Services	7700	ProgramServices
Management And General	3620	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	617	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6026	Total
Program Services	5237	ProgramServices
Management And General	789	ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	955	Total
Program Services	955	ProgramServices

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	605	Total
Program Services	605	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	200	Total
Program Services	129	ProgramServices
Management And General	61	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	10	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1820	Total
Program Services	1590	ProgramServices
Management And General	103	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	127	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
OUTREACH AND RESEARCH	20393	20393
STAFF DEVELOPMENT	2926	1199	1727
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES	90	60	30

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	288265	Total
Program Services	216244	ProgramServices
Management And General	62449	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9572	Fundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	X	JointCosts

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	103822	BOY
EOY	120970	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3908	BOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2203	BOY
EOY	1357	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	3169	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	2369	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	800	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	109933	BOY
EOY	123127	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	40759	BOY
EOY	14239	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15000	BOY
EOY	5000	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10980	BOY
EOY	18873	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	66739	BOY
EOY	38112	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7622	BOY
EOY	-37737	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	35572	BOY
EOY	122752	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	43194	BOY
EOY	85015	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	109933	BOY
EOY	123127	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	41821	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	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	250300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	334250	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	181825	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	273675	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	330035	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1370085	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	250300	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	334250	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	181825	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	273675	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	330035	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1370085	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	227671	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	1142414	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	775	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	630	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	401	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	198	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	51	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2055	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1372140	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.83260	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.77350	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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	2029	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	40000	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	42029	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	246236	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	288265	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	57653	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	14413	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	50270	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	55305	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	73094	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	57653	CurrentYear
Total	236322	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$354,483	LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	48533	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	55300	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	55576	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	42029	CurrentYear
Total	201438	Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	12568	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	13826	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	18274	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	14413	CurrentYear
Total	59081	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$88,622	GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures GrassrootsLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	3533	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	6800	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	5552	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	2029	CurrentYear
Total	17914	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	35572	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	177300	Contributions
Other Expenditures	-90120	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	122752	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	20000	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	190000	Contributions
Grants Or Scholarships	-17000	GrantsOrScholarships
Other Expenditures	-157428	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	35572	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	67500	BeginningOfYearBalance
Contributions	42500	Contributions
Other Expenditures	-90000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	20000	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus3 Years CurrentYearMinus3Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributions	80000	Contributions
Other Expenditures	-12500	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	67500	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Term Endowment EOY Balance	1.00000	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	3169	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2369	Depreciation
Book Value	800	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	800	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PAYABLE TO RELATED ORGANIZATION	Description
Amount	$18,873	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	18873	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	330086	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	288265	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	41821	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	41821	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	330086	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	330086	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	330086	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	288265	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	288265	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	288265	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	INTENDED USES FOR ENDOWMENT FUNDS	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4	ReturnReference
Explanation	TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED AMOUNTS ARE SPENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH DONORS' RESTRICTIONS.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
EXPLANATION ON VOLUNTEERS AND TYPES OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS	FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6	VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FUND-RAISING SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	APPROXIMATELY A WEEK PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM 990, A DRAFT IN PDF FORMAT IS SENT TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS ALONG WITH AN EMAIL CALLING THEIR ATTENTION TO PORTIONS OF THE FORMS. COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. IN ADDITION, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BUSINESS MANAGER DISCUSS THE ENTIRE DRAFT FORM WITH THE PREPARER IN DETAIL IN ADVANCE OF FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY REQUIRES OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES TO DISCLOSE ANNUAL INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. THE POLICY AND DISCLOSURE FORM ARE DISTRIBUTED AND COLLECTED ANNUALLY, AND INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE DISCLOSURE FORM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN THE EVENT THAT POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARISE. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S ANNUAL SALARY, WITH NO PARTICIPATION BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY IS ESTABLISHED USING COMPARABLE DATA FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILAR NONPROFITS; CONSIDERATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND COST OF LIVING DATA. COMPARABLE MARKET DATA IS OBTAINED FROM SALARY SURVEYS AND FORM 990S FILED BY COMPARABLE NOT-FOR- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALSO RECEIVES REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ROUTINE, REASONABLE, AND DOCUMENTED EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE YEAR UNDER AN ACCOUNTABLE PLAN. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRAVELS THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA. THE ORGANIZATION HAS A TRAVEL POLICY THAT CAPS REIMBURSEMENT LEVELS AND REQUIRES LOW-BUDGET TRAVEL.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY AND BENEFITS IS SET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS USING COMPARABLE MARKET DATA. COMPARABLE MARKET DATA IS OBTAINED FROM SALARY SURVEYS AND FORM 990S FILED BY COMPARABLE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THOSE DELIBERATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SETS THE SALARY LEVELS AND BENEFITS OF STAFF WITHIN THE LINE ITEM BUDGET, AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE OVERALL BUDGET. DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET ARE DOCUMENTED IN BOARD MEETING MINUTES. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE NOT COMPENSATED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	WE CONSIDER REQUESTS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	507 WEBBER ST STE A	AddressLine1
City	SANTA FE	City
State	NM	State
ZIP Code	87505	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200016255	EIN
Primary Activities	COST SHARE	PrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile State	NM	LegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section	501C4	ExemptCodeSection
Direct Controlling Entity NA	N/A	DirectControllingEntityNA
Controlled Org	false	ControlledOrg

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	true	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	true	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	true	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	true	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	false	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (5 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionType	Amount InvolvedAmountInvolved	Method Of Amt DeterminationMethodOfAmtDetermination
CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO
L	40000	LOBBYING CONTRACT
CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO
L	2400	ADMIN CONTRACT
CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO
M	11249	STAFF HOURS
CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO
N	153659	EMPLOYEE TIME RECORDS
CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO
O	10317	STAFF HOURS

Form990 Schedule R Part VII Form990ScheduleRPartVII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE R	ReturnReference
Explanation	CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO EDUCATION FUND IS RELATED TO THE LOBBYING ORGANIZATION CONSERVATION VOTERS NEW MEXICO EIN XXX-XX-XXXX A 501C4 ORGANIZATION THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE AN ARMSLENTH COSTSHARING AGREEMENT AND ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY A COMMON BOARD OF DIRECTORS CVNMEF HAS REIMBURSED CVNM FOR CERTAIN COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COST SHARING ARRANGEMENT	Explanation