1 Percent for Open Space Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841576444
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Crested Butte, CO, USA
Phone
9703491775
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,303
Expenses
$36,925
Assets
$242,723
Liabilities
$833

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GLO CUNNINGHAM (PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN JANSSEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MOLLY SUSLA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • PETE NICHOLS (TREASURER)
  • GLO CUNNINGHAM (PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN JANSSEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization raises funds to support the conservation and stewardship of our open spaces in the gunnison valley.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization raised funds from approximately 60 local businesses to donate to various conservation and stewardship organizationsfor open space preservation. This year $3,872 was donated to backcountry hunters and anglers for stewardship work removing fences.we also donated $5,000 to the crested butte conservation corps for the first year of a five year contract.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.3%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 51.6%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.57; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.3% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.