Eagle Valley Community Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471915583
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Vail, CO, USA
Phone
9709771093
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,347,134
Expenses
$5,689,336
Assets
$2,759,969
Liabilities
$850,473

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELINA VALSECIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MELINA VALSECIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $140,517 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To connect people with community resources for access to nourishment, wellness, and growth opportunities, creating trusted programs and responsive solutions while embracing individual dignity. Unlike traditional community foundations, we deliver direct services through three core programs: the community market, mira, and elevar. These initiatives provide essential food, health, and resource support to underserved communities while also providing leadership opportunities for long-term community capacity. At evcf, we ensure that no one in our community must choose between paying bills and feeding their family or accessing basic human services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mira (wellness & access): the mira bus is a mobile health and human services resource hub that brings essential services directly into the community, ensuring equitable access for residents across eagle county. Key program components include: preventative health care: comprehensive health screenings, including blood pressure and glucose monitoring, routine blood work, and cancer screenings, helping individuals identify and address health concerns early. Immunizations: administration of childhood adult vaccinations to protect against preventable diseases and promote community health. Behavioral health care: mira contracts with two licensed behavioral health providers to offer therapy services aboard the bus, supporting mental health and emotional well-being. Health & human services assistance: guidance and support for accessing critical services, including snap and health insurance enrollment, as well as referrals to local health and social service programs. Perinatal care: comprehensive support for perinatal families, including mental health and early childhood resources, referrals for pap smears and mammograms, and connection to essential resources such as food, diapers, and formula. In fy25, mira delivered neighborhood-based services through 4,949 bus visits, made 14,847 referrals/connections and 146 health-screening referrals, hosted 3,082 wellness education attendees, and administered 995 flu/covid vaccinations alongside maternal/infant health support, preventative care, and cultural wellness events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.7%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.7% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $141K · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.