Colorado Rural Alliance Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463489962
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7197408367
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,780
- Expenses
- $91,229
- Assets
- $125,404
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELLE MURPHY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- KIRK HENWOOD (BOARD CHAIR)
- TRENT KERR (DIRECTOR)
- TOM TURRELL (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
See schedule o
What it reported doing in 2024
During the fiscal year the organization funded 19 student scholarships for a total commitment of 19,000 redefining rural podcast scaling great work in rural schools
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 17
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 15.4%; rating input score 15
- Program expense ratio: 20.8%; rating input score 21
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: 26.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 44% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 15.4% of revenue deployed · 20.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.