Aspire Medical Services and Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841393680
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pagosa Springs, CO, USA
Phone
9702645963
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$305,437
Expenses
$290,926
Assets
$921,168
Liabilities
$11,764

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICOLE COTTS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARCY MITCHELL (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • GARY FRANKLIN (PRESIDENT)
  • RENEE SMITH (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NICOLE COTTS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $48,308 total reported compensation
  • MARCY MITCHELL (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $22,015 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We strengthen individuals and families by providing prenatal care, pregnancy testing, life-skills training, ultrasound, sti testing and treatment, and parenting classes - all in a caring and safe environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Client services: our client education services provide parents and caregivers of children prenatal to age 3, with personalized coaching & tools to positively impact a childs healthy development. Through one-on-one mentoring, individual education and group classes, both men and women earn boutique bucks while they learn about pre and post-natal care, childbirth, positive life choices, discipline/parenting techniques, milestones, and practical life skills. Then they can spend their boutique bucks to buy baby equipment, diapers, & supplies. Our goal is to help every child born in archuleta county thrive physically, socially, and emotionally by the time they enter preschool. There were 1851 client visits and 285 unique clients in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 4.8%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.17; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.3% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $208K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.