Bishop Castle

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742304427
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Pueblo, CO, USA
Phone
7195644366
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$104,177
Expenses
$103,339
Assets
$477,628

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL BISHOP (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DANIEL BISHOP (PRESIDENT)
  • CONNIE BISHOP (SECRETARY)

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

Bishop castle exists as a living monument to creativity, perseverance, and community spirit. Our mission is to welcome all visitors to experience this unique landmark free of charge, with no required donation, ensuring that the wonder and inspiration it offers are accessible to everyone. The funds we receive are dedicated to the ongoing expansion and preservation of the castle as well as to support charitable organizations that assist those in need. We strive to foster a sense of wonder, history, and generosity, creating a space where both the castle and the community it serves can grow together.

What it reported doing in 2025

Support for charitable organizations that assist those in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.9%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 68.4%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.62; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.9% of revenue deployed · 68.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.