Alianza Agri-cultura De Taos

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823748739
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Taos, NM, USA
Phone
5054704080
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,991
Expenses
$64,026
Assets
$59,544
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Darlene Vigil (President)
  • Sam DesGeorges (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Darlene Vigil (President)
  • Sam DesGeorges (Vice President)
  • Mark Flores (Assistant Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos (AA-CT) is working to restore and revitalize the agricultural fabric of Taos County, a formerly agrarian community in Northern New Mexico. We see agriculture as a convergence point, where culture, economy, environment and community meet. AA-CT seeks to foster sound relationships between generations and cultures by addressing gaps in agricultural support services and relevant value chains.

What it reported doing in 2025

Alianza took lead in over 27 agricultural events for producers in Northern NM in 2025 including regenerative agriculture workshops, technical assistance workshops, agricultural listening sessions, and social events to support local farmers and ranchers. Alianza brought in several guest speakers from New Mexico and from around the country. Alianza worked with several producers and landowners on land-linking, connecting them for improved use of local agricultural land. Alianza facilitated collaborative learning opportunities for public grazing allotments, acequia community visioning efforts, grazing innovation workshops, and long term ecosystem monitoring. Alianza also launched a partnership with the ECDYSIS foundation to pilot soil testing and monitoring initiatives in Taos county. Alianza also co-led events with the De La Tierra coalition and refined its ability to do targeted outreach to ranchers and producers in Northern NM.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.9%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.9% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.