Abundance Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851448497
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone
7202555458
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Rehabilitation

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,700,342
Expenses
$1,785,744
Assets
$190,530
Liabilities
$4,841

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brian Bauer (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Brian Bauer (Executive Director): $103,482 total reported compensation
  • Elizabeth Zetterquist (Board Member at Large-Recovery Coach): $91,541 total reported compensation
  • Amber Berry (Operations Manager): $65,385 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide substance abuse treatment and sober-living alternate lifestyle programs for clients as well as sober-living housing for low-income individuals.

What it reported doing in 2025

Recovery Incentives & Sober-Living Activities: Friday Night Activities Other Group Activities Other Incentives Activities Expenses Incentives Staffing

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 72.8%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 47.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 46% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 51% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 72.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.