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ESTABLISHED IN 1994 BY LOCAL CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE WATERSHED AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, COQWA ESTABLISHES PROGRAMS IN RESTORATION, MONITORING, NOXIOUS WEED ABATEMENT, AND EDUCATION THAT ARE VALUED AND SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED. COQWA SERVES ALL COMMUNITIES IN THE COQUILLE WATERSHED WHICH IS PRIMARILY LOCATED IN COOS AND CURRY COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWEST CENTRAL COAST AREA OF OREGON. COQWA FUNDS ITS MANY PROJECTS PRIMARILY FROM FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL GRANTS, AND CONTRACTS INCLUDING FUNDS FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, OREGON DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE, AND NONPROFITS S false false 1471570 393601 COQWA WORKS WITH RANCHERS, FARMERS, TIMBER COMPANIES, COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE, CIVIC GROUPS, THE PORTS OF COQUILLE AND BANDON TO ACCOMPLISH WATERSHED PROJECTS. THE COQUILLE WATERSHED IS A 1,089 SQUARE MILE AREA PRIMARILY IN COOS AND PORTIONS OF CURRY AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. WATERSHED PROJECTS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO THREE PROGRAM AREAS DESCRIBED BELOW. RESTORATION PROGRAM PROVIDES HABITAT FOR SALMON, STEELHEAD, OTHER FISH AND WILDLIFE, DRINKING WATER FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN THE WATERSHED, AND SUPPORTS AGRICULTURE, TIMBER, AND RECREATIONAL USES SUCH AS FISHING. MANY PROJECTS ADDRESS HABITAT COMPLEXITY, CONNECTIVITY ISSUES, FISH BARRIERS, WATER QUALITY, RIPARIAN DEGRADATION, AND EROSION ISSUES WITH THE GOAL OF ENHANCING FISH HABITAT, WILDLIFE RESOURCES, WHILE IMPROVING WORKING LANDSCAPES. MONITORING PROGRAM INCLUDES BASIN ASSESSMENTS USING STREAM AND ROAD SURVEYS. STREAM SURVEYS DETERMINE HABITAT QUALITY, AND THE QUANTITY OF FISH AND OTHER STREAM WILDLIFE. ROAD SURVEYS IDENTIFY SOURCES OF SEDIMENT IN THE BASIN, AND DETECT FAILING ROAD COMPONENTS TO PREVENT MASS LOADING OF SEDIMENT INTO STREAMS. BASIN ASSESSMENTS PRODUCE PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON STREAM HEALTH FOR SALMON HABITAT SUCH AS IN-STREAM WOOD PLACEMENT, RIPARIAN PLANTINGS, FISH PASSAGE (CULVERT REPLACEMENT), SEDIMENT ABATEMENT THROUGH WATER BARS AND CROSS DRAINS. THE MONITORING PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES RESTORATION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING CONSISTING OF TWO MAIN MONITORING PROJECTS, THE WINTER LAKE EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING WHICH IS THE LARGEST TIDE GATE REPLACEMENT PROJECT ALONG THE OREGON COAST, PAIRING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WITH IMPROVED COHO SALMON OVERWINTERING. THE LOWER COQUILLE TIDE GATE AND FISH PASSAGE MONITORING PROJECT RELIES ON EXTENSIVE FISH TRAPPING AND COLLABORATION WITH OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (ODFW) TO INSTALL PASSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER (PIT) ANTENNAS AT THE TIDE GATES OF WINTER LAKE, SEESTROM, COCHRAN, AND COALEDO PROJECT SITES, GATHERING DATA, AND THEN CONDUCTING IN-DEPTH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS IN MONITORING REPORTS FOUND ON COQWA'S WEBSITE. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM SEEKS TO EDUCATE COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES INCLUDING FARMS AND RANCHES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING THE COQUILLE WATERSHED ENVIRONMENT, AND WATER QUALITY. 1471570 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 11 0 13 true false false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false OR X X X BECKY DHOOGE OFFICE MANAGER 5413962541 390 N CENTRAL BLVD COQUILLE OR 97423 TOM JEFFERSON PRESIDENT 20 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DAN SILVIUS VICE PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 HELENA LINNELL SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JEFF GRIFFIN TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BRUCE FOLLANSBEE PRESIDENT 20 3.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL CLARY DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 LANN LESLIE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 FRED MESSERLE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JIM ROLFE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL SCOTT DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 LEAH CORRAL EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 54335 0 0 54335 false false false 1643694 55831 1699525 GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS 393601 393601 393601 260 260 MISCELLANEOUS 14790 14790 14790 2108176 408391 260 X 54335 6520 43468 4347 390729 320547 42308 27874 7700 5659 1484 557 16165 11880 3115 1170 47992 35268 9249 3475 3410 3410 977501 958377 19124 6117 5667 450 14159 200 13016 943 7153 7153 719 719 8429 8429 10195 1058 9033 104 PROJECT SUPPLIES, MATERIA 91115 91115 ODFW SUB-AWARD 16970 16970 PHONES AND INTERNET 6570 6570 PERMITS, LICENSING, REGIS 6523 2080 4015 428 20750 6314 14436 1686532 1471570 175614 39348 213493 69043 80662 40763 179769 712883 2827 105228 38070 19074 67158 50734 492998 943408 16697 80520 175292 172680 50734 191989 303934 X 301009 598274 41200 301009 639474 492998 943408 421644 -83179 X false true X true true true X 1841775 1145793 1105239 1135503 1699525 6927835 1841775 1145793 1105239 1135503 1699525 6927835 6927835 260 260 14790 14790 6942885 408391 0.99780 1.00000 X PART II, LINE 10 MISCELLANEOUS 14,790 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION SCHEDULE A, PART I, REASON FOR PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS, CHANGED IN 2023: COQUILLE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION FILED 990S IN THE PAST WITH SCHEDULE A, PAGE 1, PART I, BOX 10 CHECKED FOR A 509(A)(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION RATHER THAN BOX 7 FOR SECTION 170(B)(1)(A)(VI) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AS NOTED ON THE ENTITY'S IRS DETERMINATION LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 27, 1996. ACCORDINGLY, SCHEDULE A PART II WAS NOT COMPLETED IN THE PAST, RATHER SCHEDULE A PART III WAS COMPLETED INSTEAD. THIS WAS CORRECTED IN THIS 2023 990 USING HISTORICAL FINANCIAL AMOUNTS REPORTED IN PART III PREVIOUSLY NOW REPORTED IN PART II. COQUILLE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION RECEIVED 97.33% OF ITS SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL) IN THE FORM OF GRANTS AND SOME CONTRACTS IN 2023. PAST YEARS ARE SIMILAR WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF FUNDING PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. THE ERROR WAS NOTED AND CORRECTED WHEN A NEW PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM WAS ENGAGED TO PERFORM THE 2023 FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT ENGAGEMENT INCLUDING PREPARATION OF FORM 990 AND THE STATE RETURN. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 105228 38070 67158 67158 ROU ASSETS 50734 50734 LEASE LIABILITY 50734 50734 2108176 2108176 2108176 1686532 1686532 1686532 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION COQUILLE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION (COQWA) WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH COMMUNITIES AND LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT VOLUNTARY WATERSHED RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY AND RESILIENT ECOSYSTEMS AND ECONOMIES IN THE COQUILLE WATERSHED. ESTABLISHED IN 1994 BY LOCAL CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE WATERSHED AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, COQWA ESTABLISHES PROGRAMS IN RESTORATION, MONITORING, NOXIOUS WEED ABATEMENT, AND EDUCATION THAT ARE VALUED AND SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED. COQWA SERVES ALL COMMUNITIES IN THE COQUILLE WATERSHED WHICH IS PRIMARILY LOCATED IN COOS AND CURRY COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWEST CENTRAL COAST AREA OF OREGON. COQWA FUNDS ITS MANY PROJECTS PRIMARILY FROM FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL GRANTS, AND CONTRACTS INCLUDING FUNDS FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, OREGON DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE, AND NONPROFITS SUCH AS THE WILD RIVERS COAST ALLIANCE. FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 VOLUNTEERS ARE PRIMARILY BOARD DIRECTORS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO SET POLICIES AND DIRECT THE ORGANIZATION IN ITS OPERATIONS. SOME BOARD DIRECTORS ALSO PERFORM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DUTIES WHEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION IS UNFILLED OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS ABSENT. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A COQWA WORKS WITH RANCHERS, FARMERS, TIMBER COMPANIES, COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE, CIVIC GROUPS, THE PORTS OF COQUILLE AND BANDON TO ACCOMPLISH WATERSHED PROJECTS. THE COQUILLE WATERSHED IS A 1,089 SQUARE MILE AREA PRIMARILY IN COOS AND PORTIONS OF CURRY AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. WATERSHED PROJECTS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO THREE PROGRAM AREAS DESCRIBED BELOW. RESTORATION PROGRAM PROVIDES HABITAT FOR SALMON, STEELHEAD, OTHER FISH AND WILDLIFE, DRINKING WATER FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN THE WATERSHED, AND SUPPORTS AGRICULTURE, TIMBER, AND RECREATIONAL USES SUCH AS FISHING. MANY PROJECTS ADDRESS HABITAT COMPLEXITY, CONNECTIVITY ISSUES, FISH BARRIERS, WATER QUALITY, RIPARIAN DEGRADATION, AND EROSION ISSUES WITH THE GOAL OF ENHANCING FISH HABITAT, WILDLIFE RESOURCES, WHILE IMPROVING WORKING LANDSCAPES. MONITORING PROGRAM INCLUDES BASIN ASSESSMENTS USING STREAM AND ROAD SURVEYS. STREAM SURVEYS DETERMINE HABITAT QUALITY, AND THE QUANTITY OF FISH AND OTHER STREAM WILDLIFE. ROAD SURVEYS IDENTIFY SOURCES OF SEDIMENT IN THE BASIN, AND DETECT FAILING ROAD COMPONENTS TO PREVENT MASS LOADING OF SEDIMENT INTO STREAMS. BASIN ASSESSMENTS PRODUCE PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON STREAM HEALTH FOR SALMON HABITAT SUCH AS IN-STREAM WOOD PLACEMENT, RIPARIAN PLANTINGS, FISH PASSAGE (CULVERT REPLACEMENT), SEDIMENT ABATEMENT THROUGH WATER BARS AND CROSS DRAINS. THE MONITORING PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES RESTORATION EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING CONSISTING OF TWO MAIN MONITORING PROJECTS, THE WINTER LAKE EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING WHICH IS THE LARGEST TIDE GATE REPLACEMENT PROJECT ALONG THE OREGON COAST, PAIRING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WITH IMPROVED COHO SALMON OVERWINTERING. THE LOWER COQUILLE TIDE GATE AND FISH PASSAGE MONITORING PROJECT RELIES ON EXTENSIVE FISH TRAPPING AND COLLABORATION WITH OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (ODFW) TO INSTALL PASSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER (PIT) ANTENNAS AT THE TIDE GATES OF WINTER LAKE, SEESTROM, COCHRAN, AND COALEDO PROJECT SITES, GATHERING DATA, AND THEN CONDUCTING IN-DEPTH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS IN MONITORING REPORTS FOUND ON COQWA'S WEBSITE. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM SEEKS TO EDUCATE COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES INCLUDING FARMS AND RANCHES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING THE COQUILLE WATERSHED ENVIRONMENT, AND WATER QUALITY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B ANNUAL FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM. ONCE COMPLETED BY THE CPA THE 990 IS EMAILED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO PROVIDES THE FORM TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH CONSISTS OF THE BOARD OFFICERS (PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER, RESOURCE/OUTREACH OFFICER). THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE 990, INFORMS THE CPA OF ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS AND THEN APPROVES ANY REVISIONS. THE FINAL REVISED 990 IS APPROVED FOR FILING AND IS EMAILED TO THE REMAINING BOARD DIRECTORS EACH YEAR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPLETES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM UPON JOINING THE BOARD AND ANNUALLY. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE NOTED AND DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. IF CONFLICTS ARE DEEMED VALID THE BOARD DIRECTOR INVOLVED RECUSES HIM/HERSELF FROM ALL RELATED DISCUSSIONS AND VOTING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OFFICE MANAGER ARE PAID WAGES BASED ON COMPENSATION PAID FOR THE SAME OR EQUIVALENT POSITIONS AT OTHER AREA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DETERMINED BY A PHONE OR EMAIL SURVEY WHEN HIRING FOR THESE POSITIONS. ANNUAL PAY INCREASES ARE DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS WELL BASED ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND COMPARABILITY DATA. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B NO OTHER OFFICERS OR BOARD DIRECTORS ARE PAID ANY WAGES UNLESS SUBSTITUTING FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR OFFICE MANAGER. IF THAT HAPPENS THE BOARD DIRECTOR INVOLVED RESIGNS FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING HIS/HER PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT AT COQWA. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 SOME GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON COQWA'S WEBSITE AT COQUILLEWATERSHED.ORG. FORM 990S ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT GUIDESTAR.ORG. OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE BY ADVANCE WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE OFFICE MANAGER AT THE ADDRESS LISTED ON THIS RETURN. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING 0 14,503 0 WEBSITE AND IT 0 4,621 0 CONTRACT SERVICES 958,377 0 0 TOTAL 958,377 19,124 0