Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841130981
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Grand Junction, CO, USA
Phone
9702448877
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$403,349
Expenses
$264,902
Assets
$359,363
Liabilities
$1,718

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Adam Kinsey (President)
  • Mel Stockwell (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Tyler Smith (Director)
  • Don Potter (Director)
  • John Howe (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Build, maintain, and advocate for sustainable mountain biking trails in western Colorado.

What it reported doing in 2024

Building on the momentum from 2023, 2024 has been one of continued foundation-building for COPMOBA. Some of the highlights include: Hosting one of our most successful RAT Races yet Organizing multiple Stoke Nights and social events across all four chapters Grand Valley Trails (formerly Grand Valley Canyons) completing a successful rebrand Completing 50 Dig Day/Trail Building events and contributing over 3,000 volunteer hours Facilitating 6 miles of new, purpose-built singletrack, improving trail experiences across the Western Slope Hired a new part time coordinator to support the organization and chapters. Updated our CRM system to better support our members and volunteers A key achievement has been the near completion of the RAT expansion? nearly 5 miles of trail completed through a combination of volunteers, conservation corps members, and professional builders, supported by the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife and the Ridgway community. We also supported trail expansion efforts at 18 Road and Kokopelli, including the groundbreaking of the K2 Play trail at 18 Road, named in honor of our former coordinator, Kristina Kittelson, who was instrumental in promoting cycling in the Grand Valley We are also thrilled to see the Delta Area Mountain Bikers chapter rejuvenated

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.6%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 72.4%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.3%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.6% of revenue deployed · 72.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $192K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 48/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.