Blue Mountain Forest Stewardship Initiative
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463702662
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Golden, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3036814435
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Forest Conservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,337
- Expenses
- $15,054
- Assets
- $52,186
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dave Crowther (President)
- Rob Tenent (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Dave Crowther (President)
- Rob Tenent (Vice President)
- Connie Hoyer (Treasurer)
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
BMFSI was organized and is operated to actively mitigate wildfire risk and enhance forest health in the ongoing effort to protect the community and surrounding area from potential wildfire devastation. BMFSI also works to educate community members in wildfire risk reduction and forest stewardship best practices. Wildfire mitigation work is offered for approx 120 households and for the surrounding area. Mitigation work projects as proscribed by the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Protection District Community Wildfire Protection Plan, and by a professional forester, are completed annually by community volunteers and by professional contractors. Regular educational communications are delivered via our Web Site, email and printed material. Educational presentations are offered at HOA events and other larger community-wide venues. Home Ignition Audits are performed on individual properties, in the presence of the homeowner, with a written report provided for follow-up actions to be taken.
What it reported doing in 2025
Wildfire risk and mitigation work for approx 120 households and the surrounding area. Mitigation work projects as proscribed by the Coal Creek Canyon Fire Protection District Community Wildfire Protection Plan, and by a professional forester, were completed by community volunteers and by professional contractors. Regular educational communications were delivered via Web Site, email and printed material. Presentations were given at HOA events and other larger community-wide venues. Home Ignition Audits were performed on individual properties, in the presence of the homeowner, with a written report provided for follow-up actions to be taken.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.1%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 56.9%; rating input score 57
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.4%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.47; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.1% of revenue deployed · 56.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.