Alteco
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 371534706
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2010
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 6292660464
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $780,242
- Expenses
- $620,289
- Assets
- $487,937
- Liabilities
- $25,809
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER FERRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER FERRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $82,800 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To nbsp; empower nbsp; the nbsp; tribal nbsp; church nbsp; in nbsp; the nbsp; amazon nbsp; river nbsp; and nbsp; lowland nbsp; regions nbsp; of nbsp; south nbsp; ameria nbsp; to nbsp; spread nbsp; the nbsp; great nbsp; commission nbsp; with nbsp; the nbsp; tribes nbsp; of nbsp; the nbsp; region nbsp; to nbsp; the nbsp; glory nbsp; of nbsp; jesus nbsp; christ
What it reported doing in 2025
1. Alteco partners with other christian individuals and organizations to focus on the empowerment and holistic development ot the 400 plus tribal nations of south america. 2. Working in the amazon basin and lowlands of south america through continuous interaction with key tribal leaders alteco strives to enhance sustainalbe progress in areas of spiritual guidance education health human rights economic development and capacity building.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.3%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.3% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $557K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $83K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 26 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Fund balance restriction sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D expense reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.