Carbondale Agricultural Heritage Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841417032
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Carbondale, CO, USA
Phone
9709636300
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,252
Expenses
$302
Assets
$115,950
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • RANDALL SPURRIER (DIRECTOR)
  • CARL HOSTETTER (DIRECTOR)
  • BENJAMIN JOHNSTON (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

The carbondale agricultural heritage fund (cahf) operates to promote the common good and general welfare of the carbondale, Colorado region by supporting the preservation of agricultural lands and working ranches through voluntary, incentive-based conservation tools. Cahf's activities focus on protecting open space, agricultural viability, and rural heritage without regulatory mandates.

What it reported doing in 2025

Cahf conducts its activities through a volunteer governing board, in coordination with landowners, conservation partners, and local governmental entities. Activities are conducted primarily within a seven-mile radius of carbondale, Colorado.cahf's principal activities include: (1) receiving and administering conservation funds generated through real estate transfer fees within the river valley ranch community. (2) providing financial support, grants, or low-interest loans for conservation planning, agricultural easements, and land-use mediation. (3) partnering with land trusts, counties, and municipalities to facilitate voluntary conservation outcomes for agricultural properties.supporting professional planning, legal, and mediation services that help landowners retain agricultural use while addressing succession anddevelopment pressures.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 93
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 383.94; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.