Liabilities / Assets
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
990EZ • Fiscal year 2017 • EIN 04-3737768
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
35th percentile
Higher net margin than 35% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
94th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 94% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 46.3% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
27th percentile
Faster asset growth than 27% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
63rd percentile
Faster revenue growth than 63% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$23,051
Down $3,064 (-12%) from 2016
Net Assets
Down$23,051
Down $3,064 (-12%) from 2016
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2016
Revenue
Up$125,395
Up $12,079 (+11%) from 2016
Expenses
Up$128,459
Up $20,908 (+19%) from 2016
Net Income
Down-$3,064
Down $8,829 (-153%) from 2016
research and education
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Dust on Snow (CODOS) programCSAS provided regional field monitoring and analysis services regarding the effects of desert dust deposition in Colorado mountain snowpacks to ten regional water management agencies (units of state and local government), Colorado Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geologic Survey, National Weather Service and other stakeholders throughout the winter and spring of 2016/2017. Executive Director Derry devoted 46% to CODOS activities in FY1617. | $44,985 | - |
| Research SupportCSAS provided direct field research support services to researchers from Boise State University, NASA-SnowEx campaign, Utah State, USGS, CRREL, CU, and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab team during FY1617. CSAS provided data and operated field instrumentation for these hosted researchers. In addition, CSAS provided logistical support and field data collection services to the large NASA SnowEx effort. CSAS also provided data for research projects and scientific articles to other teams in the US and abroad. Executive Director Derry devoted 7% to CSAS Research Program activities during FY1617. | - | - |
| EducationCSAS supported an undergraduate field course for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs in January 2017, Minnesota University in February 2017, and conducted its own field class for five Colorado water management professionals in February 2017. The Executive Director spent 6% on education efforts in FY1617. | - | - |
| Mountain System MonitoringCSAS maintained its Mountain System Monitoring infrastructure and program activities at the Senator Beck Basin Study Area at Red Mountain Pass throughout FY1617, continuously collecting weather, snowpack, soils, radiation, and stream flow measurements 24/7/365 and publishing those data, as archived datasets, on its open access website for K-12 schools, undergraduate and graduate student, researcher, agency, and other researchers investigating the effects of climate change on mountain systems. Public, open access to near-real-time hourly data from the Senator Beck Basin was also maintained in FY1617 on the CSAS website and used by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center highway safety program, the National Weather Service, other regional snow safety professionals, local water management agencies, and the general public. Executive Director Derry devoted 21% to monitoring operations and MSM program activities in FY1617. | - | - |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF DERRY | Executive Direc | FT | $58,000 | - | $58,000 |
| MARTHA WHITMORE | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| DAVE KANZER | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Chris George | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| KEITH ROUSH | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Heidi Steltzer | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Arthur Mears | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| JOE BUSTO | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| TOM RYAN | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| JEFF DEEMS | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
“CODOS $32241”
“GENERAL AND ADMIN $12441”
“Mountain system monitoring $9880”
“FACILITIES $7573”
“RESEARCH PROGRAM $2864”
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