Colorado Onion Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841331637
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- La Salle, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9702846982
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Business and Industry
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,952
- Expenses
- $37,874
- Assets
- $54,707
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the general interest of its members and those engaged in the producing, buying, selling, packing, shipping, receiving, transporting, and/or storing of onions through the exchange of information. The association also supports research for and promotion of the onion industry.
What it reported doing in 2011
The association provides unsoliciated research funds to individuals located at Colorado state university in fort collins, Colorado.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 24
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 22.8%; rating input score 23
- Program expense ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 27
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.44; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 22.8% of revenue deployed · 26.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.