ARC of West Central Colorado
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473730024
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Delta, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9702167256
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $346,896
- Expenses
- $350,990
- Assets
- $162,286
- Liabilities
- $47,273
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Maureen Miles (President)
- Danielle Angotti (Founder/Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Danielle Angotti (Founder/Executive Director): $107,211 total reported compensation
- Elaine Wood (Director of Advocacy): $86,730 total reported compensation
- Robin Spiker (Treasurer): $3,962 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Arc of West Central Colorado is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations described under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal code.
What it reported doing in 2024
ARC of West Central Colorado(ARCWCCO) provides advocacy to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities(IDD), ages birth to death. ARCWCCO provides free advice, consultative meetings, protecting the rights and access to services for people with IDD. ARCWCCO offers comprehensive advocacy within school systems, government, insurance and other community systems and agencies.In 2024, the client Advocacy caseload totaled 220 direct contact clients, in which 70% were under 21 years old and 30% were 22 years and older. The caseloads for 21 year olds and younger clients involved school advocacy and the criminal justice system assistance. For adults, these caseloads involved heavy advocacy and consulting for accessing resources and working towards total independence as an ultimate goal. As anticipated in 2023, caseloads continued to rise.
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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 14
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 59.5%; rating input score 60
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: -1.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 56.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 59.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $209K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.