Boulder Potters Guild
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 840593203
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Boulder, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3034470310
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,490
- Expenses
- $207,405
- Assets
- $506,475
- Liabilities
- $62
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BILL LEMBKE (President)
People named in this filing
- BILL LEMBKE (President)
- PAULA NYLEN (Treasurer)
- PAMELA LAMBERT (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the boulder potters' guild is to provide facilities, educational opportunities, and a supportive environment for its members and members of the larger boulder county community to work with clay in many ways and to share creativity and satisfaction of this ancient and continuing aspect of human culture.
What it reported doing in 2024
We hold a variety of classes that offer both adults and children of various skill levels the opportunity to learn a wide range of ceramic skills. We also offer workshops taught by visiting ceramicists, open to the general public. Our building is well equipped for these classes and workshops, which are usually filled, and with waiting lists.our building provides a facility for our members, all sculptural and functional artists in clay, to utilize common studio space and equipment, and to share creative techniques, inspiration, and collaboration in artistic development.bpg members and the organization as a whole donate many hours, materials, and use of our facility and equipment to bring clay to the larger community through lectures, exhibitions, sales, fundraisers, and collaboration with other arts organizations, schools, and community organizations. Our website is also designed for outreach to the general public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -14.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.44; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $179K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.