Baca County Economic Development Commission
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841240077
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Springfield, CO, USA
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public, Societal Benefit
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $44,267
- Expenses
- $26,529
- Assets
- $110,931
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shiloh Freed (Vice President)
- Race Chenoweth (President)
People named in this filing
- Glen Ausmus (Director)
- Shiloh Freed (Vice President)
- Clarence Jones (Director)
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
To further the economic development of the County of Baca Colorado; to solicit collect receive accumulate administer and disburse funds in such a manner as will in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors most effectively operate to further charitable scientific literary or educational purposes to make contributions to any organization described in Section 501 c 3 or c 6 of the Internal Revenue Code. We work to attract new industry and or retain existing industry in the distressed area known as Baca County Colorado.
What it reported doing in 2025
Help Baca County businesses improve building exteriors store fronts. This is a reimbursement program in that all grants will be for reimbursement of expenses approved in the application process.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.3%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: Limited
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: 40.1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.18; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.3% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.