Animas Valley Ditch and Water Co

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
840813751
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Durango, CO, USA
Phone
9709461512
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Local Benevolent Life Insurance Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$108,007
Expenses
$40,696
Assets
$271,729

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TONY GANZERLA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TONY GANZERLA (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL BRUCE (BOARD MEMBER)
  • BUTCH KNOWLTON (BOARD MEMBER)

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 animas valley ditch & water company (avd&wc) is incorporated in the state of Colorado and exists to deliver irrigation water from the animas river to the shareholders of the company. The physical ditch is on the east side of the animas valley and is approximately 12 miles in length and is adjudicated to carry up to 55 cubic feet per second of water by the state water resources. This is the only past, present and future activity of this organization. Water delivery occurs from may through october. Maintenance of the ditch (repairs and cleaning to assure water delivery) occurs october through may.

What it reported doing in 2024

All receipts (assessment fees) represent payment for the ditch company to deliver water to all shareholders as laid out in our bylaws. Services performed include yearly cleaning of the ditch, repairs to the ditch and constant adjustment of water levels in the ditch during irrigation season.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 62.3%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.68; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.