Clay Connections Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 854108591
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Denver, CO, United States
- Phone
- 303-210-2100
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $103,329
- Expenses
- $90,188
- Assets
- $69,909
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael J Mils (Board President)
People named in this filing
- Michael J Mils (Board President)
- Anne Draper (Board Member)
- Julie Mills (Board Member)
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 bring together law enforcement and urban youth through the sport of sporting clays, building trust, respect, and positive relationships in a safe environment.
What it reported doing in 2025
Connecting urban youth to outdoor activities and breaking biases.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 62% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.1%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
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: 12.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 51; 51st 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: 70.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 46.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 72.1% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $74K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.