College Outreach

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454755540
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Aspen, CO, USA
Phone
9709488688
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$179,979
Expenses
$209,585
Assets
$18,991

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kelly Doherty (Director - President)
  • Kathy Klug (Director- Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kelly Doherty (Director - President)
  • David Baugh (Director)
  • Matt Gianneschi (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

College Outreach connects all 28,000 rural students at all 82 high schools in Western Colorado with college and career opportunities. We provide access by hosting an annual Colorado Western Slope College Fair bringing 250+ colleges and career and technical programs to meet with 3,000+ students. We provide tools for students to attain their educational goals, including 35+ post secondary planning workshops at our College Fair. We follow up throughout the school year with (1) classroom visits, (2) evening seminars for students and families, (3) high school counselor symposiums, and (4) 24/7 website college and career planning resources throughout the school year. All offerings are free and available in Spanish.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Colorado Western Slope College Fair connects all 28,000 rural students at all 82 high schools in Western Colorado with college and career opportunities.The Fair provides access to 250+ colleges and career and technical programs to meet with 3,000+ students. We provide tools for students to attain their educational goals, including planning workshops at The Fair, classroom visits throughout the year, seminars, counselor symposiums and resources avaliable 24/7 on our website. All offerings are free and avaliable in Spanish.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97

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: -16.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $203K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.