Big Thompson Watershed Coalition

“Under the fiscal sponsorship agreement, the estes valley land trust provides bookkeeping, payroll, staffing, and other back office support services to the big thompson watershed coalition.”

“The organizations bylaws were amended and restated in 2018.”

“MEMBERS”

“The estes valley land trust, a related party and single member, elects the big thompson watershed coalition's board of directors”

“The form 990 is reviewed by management and the board of directors prior to filing”

“The conflict of interest policy and annually signed statements are reviewd and enforced by the board of directors.”

“Governing documents are available on the website and upon request.”

“The specific purposes and objectives of the corporation are but not limited to restoring and maintaining the resilience, ecological health of the big thompson watershed for the benefit of economic, agricultural, private lands, recreational interests and water resources. The corporation will develop and maintain a master plan (final, may 2015) and its amendments and addendums for the watershed for the development and conservation of the big thompson watershed and its watershed and ecosystems, including the river, forests, lands, plants and wildlife, for the benefit of the entire watershed community.”

“The big thompson watershed coalition was formed in december 2015 to assume responsibility for hud funded flood disaster recovery and mitigation planning and implementation projects along the big thompson river watershed. The grants for these projects were initially granted to another organization which was unable to proceed with the necessary work. The coalition entered into contracts for the performance of the necessary work shortly after it was formed and after the grants were reassigned to the coalition.”

“Other fees 736,374 23,000 0”

“Form 990, part x, lines 27-29: the organization has adopted the principles of fasb asu no. 2016-14 (asc 958) for its audited financial statements for the period ended december 31, 2018. To date, form 990 and its associated schedules have not been updated to reflect changes made by this standard. Thus, we have included the net asset categories in our audited financial statements on existing form 990, part x, lines 27-29 as follows: net assets without donor restrictions 59,783 net assets with donor restrictions 21,595 total net assets 81,378 unrestriced net assets 59,783 temporarily restricted net assets 21,595 permanently restricted net assets - total net assets 81,378”