Colorado Rockies Bible Camp and Conference Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
846038691
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Woodland Park, CO, USA
Phone
7196872030
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Camps
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,707,820
Expenses
$2,566,353
Assets
$3,431,795
Liabilities
$161,586

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Daniel Faulkner (Executive Director)
  • Brian Michaux (President)
  • Nate Ayres (Vice-President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Daniel Faulkner (Executive Director): $68,883 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Camp Elim exists to provide a Christ-centered, youth-oriented retreat environment that encourages evangelism, spiritual growth, and training in order to develop followers of Jesus that impact their home, church, and world. Camp Elim uses camping programs for religious instruction, outdoor education, character development and strengthening of the family as described in the Holy Scriptures. Utilizing energetic and creative volunteer staff, we provide a caring environment for children, youth, adults and families. Our programs are open to schools, churches and other non-profit organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our camping programs served 5,640 individuals operating 13,669 camper room and board days. Over 250 individuals volunteered to serve these campers. These staff members participated in programs of character-building and spiritual formation in the process of serving, learning valuable work and leadership skills. Guests included individuals, many of whom are under-privileged from school groups, church groups, and other civic groups such as Girl Scouts. Guests are offered spiritual instruction, Bible teaching, outdoor education and character-building exercises.

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 91% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $79.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.