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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 166,504 | 189,429 | 173,677 | 203,773 | 187,136 | 920,519 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 166,504 | 189,429 | 173,677 | 203,773 | 187,136 | 920,519 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 118,821 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 801,698 | |||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 166,504 | 189,429 | 173,677 | 203,773 | 187,136 | 920,519 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 2,018 | 10,513 | 38,300 | 11,078 | 61,909 | |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 982,428 | |||||
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
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(a) 2018 | (b) 2019 | (c) 2020 | (d) 2021 | (e) 2022 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2022 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2022 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2022 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2022 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2022: | ||||
| a From 2017....... | ||||
| b From 2018....... | ||||
| c From 2019....... | ||||
| d From 2020....... | ||||
| e From 2021....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2017 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2022 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2022 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2022, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2022. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2023. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 22015461 |
| Software Version: | 22.0.1.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | Program Service Expenses 26,051, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 5,280 detail included in Schedule O below |
| Form 990, Part III, Line general | - ORGANIZATIONS PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE - Grand Canyon River Guides GCRG is an educational environmental nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect the Grand Canyon, set the highest standards for the river guiding profession, celebrate the unique spirit of the river community provide the best possible river experience to the public. GCRG celebrated its 35th year in FY 2023. Please visit gcrg.org for more information. |
| Form 990, Part I, Line general | - GENERAL NOTE The organization has only one permanent, part-time staff member, the Executive Director, who generally works 30 hours/week and celebrated her 28th year in that role in FY 2023. As is common with many smaller nonprofit organizations, the Executive Director fills many roles, including membership management and development, program and office adminstration, bookkeeping, etc. GCRG relies heavily on its members and volunteers at least 130 volunteers in FY 2023 to manage its programs and achieve its mission. For example, its keynote publication, the Boatmans Quarterly Review and its Adopt-a-Beach research program would not exist without the significant contribution of dozens of volunteers. The value of such services and contributions is not reflected in the financial statements. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4b | - Guides Training Seminar continued from 990, page 2 The focus of both annual seminars is interpretive training in the cultural, natural and human history of Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, as well as relevant safety, resource management and river/canyon protection issues. GCRG coordinates the Guides Training Seminar in cooperation with the National Park Service and the commercial river outfitters of Grand Canyon National Park. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4c | - Adaptive Management/LTEMP EIS continued from 990, p2 GCRG representatives also worked specifically on NEPA processes addressing the smallmouth bass invasion in Grand Canyon the Supplemental EIS for Interim Guidelines for near-term Colorado River Operations. Throughout FY 2023, GCRGs public outreach activities included publishing numerous dam-related articles in GCRGs keynote publication, the Boatmans Quarterly Review, disseminating monthly dam flow reports from the Bureau of Reclamation, and sharing Colorado River related articles of interest to our river running constituency through GCRGs e-newsletters and social media. Our GCDAMP representatives continue to advocate for protecting and improving the recreational resources in Grand Canyon. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | - ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAM AAB Expenses 7,967 - GCRG developed our long term photo-matching, beach monitoring program, Adopt-a-Beach in 1996 to document change attributable to Glen Canyon dam flows and High Flow Experiments. Since that time, our AAB program has utilized volunteer guides to document the continuing evolution of sand deposition on approximately 44 camping beaches along the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park. After each river season, the AAB photographs datasheets are analyzed, compiled and disseminated in a report to the U.S. Geological Surveys Grand Canyon Monitoring Research Center GCMRC. Those AAB reports are also available on the GCRG website. The AAB photos are subsequently provided to GCMRC for access by researchers and scientists. In FY 2023, our AAB principal investigator participated in the Guides Training Seminar land- and river-based sessions as a speaker educating about the evolving state of Grand Canyon beaches as a function of dam operations, extreme weather events and vegatation encroachment. Additionally, an AAB article was published in the Spring 2023 issue of the Boatmans Quarterly Review with photographic examples of beach change. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | - COLORADO RIVER RUNNERS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT/ADOPT-A-BOATMAN PROGRAM Expenses 3,770 - This oral history project is a longstanding program capturing in-depth interviews featuring key figures crucial to understanding the rich human history of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon. Interviews serve as the centerpiece for each issue of the Boatmans Quarterly Review BQR. The process of interviewing, reviewing, editing and transcribing the oral histories is ongoing. In FY 2023, GCRG conducted three in-depth interviews, transcribed five,and edited and published four oral history interviews in the BQR. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | - FIRST AID PROGRAMS Expenses 5,669 Program Service Revenue 5,280 - Grand Canyon River Guides sponsored a Wilderness First Responder WFR Recertification course February 17-19, 2023 to meet river guides needs for safety/training courses in compliance with the Commercial Operating Requirements for Grand Canyon National Park and best practices in the industry. The course specifically addressed the emergency situations that arise within the challenging desert and remote environment in Grand Canyon. In FY 2023, 17 river guides participated and received their WFR recertifications including CPR certification, one participant received a WFR certicification without CPR and seven additional participants received CPR-only certification. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | - JUSTICE/EQUITY/DIVERSITY/INCLUSION JEDI PROJECT Expenses 6,485 In FY 2023, GCRG continued to offer indigenous scholarship programs geared towards diversifying the guide pool in Grand Canyon by eliminating some of the initial financial hurdles. Two individuals received Indigenous Wilderness First Responder Scholarships covering the significant cost of an intensive 80-hour medical training curriculum as required by Grand Canyon National Park. Travel stipends were also provided to those scholarship recipients. Additionally in FY 2023, GCRG continued to collaborate with Grand Canyon Youth, the Whale Foundation and other river community leaders in the Grand Canyon Equitable Access and Inclusion Coalition GCEAIC, an informal discussion group dedicated to working towards a more just, inclusive and sustainable future for the Grand Canyon river community. Lastly, in March 2023, GCRG, the Grand Canyon Trust and the Intertribal Centennial Conversations Group co-sponsored a Point Positive workshop to promote a respectful, supportive and inclusive river culture in Grand Canyon. Through our theme Point Positive Toward Indigenous Created Support Interp, the workshop provided river guides and outfitter leadership/management with tools for better informed interpretive material around Indigenous perspectives and information about Grand Canyon. The workshop included two interp activities/curriculum created by members of the Intertribal Centennial Conversations Group and Grand Canyon Trust that guides could take with them into the field. Approximately 43 individuals registered for the FY 23 workshop, offered at no cost to the river community. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | - URANIUM MINING Expenses 1,457, including overhead allocation - GCRG continues to educate our membership about the toxic legacy of uranium mining near Grand Canyon, the lasting impact that uranium contamination could have on park resources including the Colorado River, and the threat to Native American tribes such as the Havasupai who live in Grand Canyon. Advocacy efforts in FY 2023 included calling on President Biden to use his executive authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate the Baaj Nwaavjo Itah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument, a tribally-led proposal that would protect roughly one million acreas of federal land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park from uranium mining in perpetuity. GCRG activities included publishing an informative article in the Boatmans Quarterly Review Vol 36 3, Summer 2023, as well as sharing information and urging our members to sign petitions through our email platform Boatmans Beta social media. GCRG crafted a statement urging the Biden Administration to designate the national monument proposal, strategized with other NGOs shared our perspectives with the US Secretary of Interior during her listening session at Grand Canyon National Park on May 20, 2023. In early June 2023, a volunteer guide member representing GCRG joined ten other conservationists for a Washington DC fly-in to support the proposal and to advocate for protecting these public lands surrounding Grand Canyon by making the 20-year moratorium on uranium mining permanent. Our representative met with USDA, DOI and Council on Environmental Quality officials, as well as White House staff in support of prompt executive action. All travel costs were sponsored by the Arizona Wildlife Federation National Wildlife Federation. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d | - OTHER PROGRAMS Expenses 702 Revenue 0 - Other programs with limited activity expenses during FY 2023 included coordination assistance at Colorado River Days/Flagstaff, highlighting the threat to the Little Colorado River from hydro-pump dam proposals, and communicating with Grand Canyon National Park staff regarding issues related to the Colorado River Management Plan. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12 | - THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY is provided to all GCRG directors and officers each year. They are asked to review the policy and complete the form disclosing any potential conflicts. The completed and signed forms are kept on file at the GCRG office. If any potential conflicts arise throughout the year, they are addressed at regularly scheduled board meetings. Directors or officers with conflicts or potential conflicts are excused from discussions and from voting on related issues in accordance with the Conflict of Interest Policy guidelines. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11 | - The FORM 990 and related schedules are prepared by an outside accountant and are reviewed in detail by the Executive Director and the Treasurer. After the Form 990 draft is completed, it is forwarded to the President, Vice President and entire Board of Directors for review, questions and comments before it is finalized and filed. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 | - The Board of Directors reviews and approves COMPENSATION for the Executive Director the only permanent employee on an annual basis after first comparing salaries and compensation packages with similar positions at other local nonprofit organizations of a similar size. The Executive Director who in FY 2023 celebrated her 28th year with the organization, was paid 54,376 during calendar year 2022. Note Board members/officers are not compensated for this service to the organization. There were no qualifying key employees per the IRS 990 definition in FY 2023 or any other year. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 | - PUBLIC DISCLOSURE - The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. The annual Form 990 is also available online at www.guidestar.org and by request. A summary of the financial statements is published annually in an issue of the Boatmans Quarterly Review. |
| Form 990, Part IV, Line 28 | - BOARD OF DIRECTORS - All officers and directors of GCRG who serve as volunteers are working river guides who are employed by a variety of commercial river outfitters in Grand Canyon National Park. Conflict of Interest forms are signed by all officers and directors annually and kept on file. Refer to Schedule L Transactions with Interested Persons for details on business transactions during FY23 between current or past board members or officers, or their employers/businesses. Please note that both the commercial river guiding community in Grand Canyon and Flagstaff, Arizona are relatively small communities with limited commercial resources and vendors to choose from. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line all | - BOARD OF DIRECTORS - The guide members of the organization river guides who pay annual dues to the organization determine by an anonymous mail-in vote annually who will serve on the Board of Directors and in the position of officers. Board members serve a volunteer two-year term. The Vice President serves a one-year term, then becomes the President for a one-year term. The Secretary/Treasurer has no set term limit. Guide members, in addition to voting for the governing body members, can also vote to remove a director at any time with or without cause. At the beginning of the new board term on September 1, 2021, the longtime Executive Director was chosen to fill the vacancy in the Secretary/Treasurer position until a new outside Treasurer accepted the position in September 2022. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g | - FEES FOR SERVICES - OTHER PAYMENTS TO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS This represents professional graphic design/desktop publishing/editing services related to the Boatmans Quarterly Review publication Adopt-a-Beach monitoring program including data and photo management, analysis, public outreach, dataset review AMWG LTEMP meetings, research, communication with program stakeholders and scientists, public outreach, official comments first aid course instruction Guides Training Seminar GTS event coordination/logistics/facilitation, AV support, catering, entertainment and speaker honoraria oral history interviews, editing and transcription services, and workshop logistics. See Program Service Accomplishments in Part III for more information. |
| Software ID: | 22015461 |
| Software Version: | 22.0.1.0 |