Disabling Barriers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851586724
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Peyton, CO, USA
Phone
7199203257
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Home Health Care

Reported finances

Revenue
$-1,553,203
Expenses
$2,067,794
Assets
$44,006,280
Liabilities
$1,740,733

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALEXIS CHRISTMAN (EXECUTIVE DI): $89,596 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Disabling barriers serves the physical and mental health of children and young adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities living in southern Colorado by providing grants to fill unmet needs.

What it reported doing in 2024

We funded not one but two ada compliant restrooms with adjustable adult changing tables and sensory spaces in mobile vehicles to aid individuals and families with i/dd attending events across southern co so they may tend to their basic human needs with dignity and no longer have to leave these events early due to a lack of dignified, accessible, restroom options. Awardees: the arc pikes peak region and need project, inc. Funded an accessible playground for children with special needs at the pinello elementary school, part of widefield school district 3. Awardee: widefield school district 3. Also funded varying adaptive equipment for an inclusive playground being built in the town of monument serving individuals with disabilities and special needs. Awardee: kiwanis monument club. We also funded the purchasing of two wheelchair accessible vans, improving access to the community and services available to the population of i/dd. Awardees: our house and griffiths center pasa.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -233.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.28; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 48.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -100.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 8 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $160K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 36 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 36 filed related-organization links
  • 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 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.