Climb Higher Colorado C/o Keystone Policy Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825052948
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Keystone, CO, USA
Phone
9705135834
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,916
Expenses
$106,005
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES DUKES (PRESIDENT)
  • ELLEN MARY HICKMAN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • YONI DOBIE-GEFFEN (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHARLES DUKES (PRESIDENT)
  • ELLEN MARY HICKMAN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • MARISSA MOLINA (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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Climb higher Colorado is a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating students, family, and community priorities in improving Colorado's education system.

What it reported doing in 2021

Climb higher Colorado builds the capacity of individuals, organizations, and institutions throughout the education system to collaborate with youth, families, and communities in pursuit of educational equity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.9%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 39.5%; rating input score 40

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.6%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -79.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -103.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.9% of revenue deployed · 39.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
  • 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 35/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.