Educo School of Colorado Dba Educo Leadership Adventures

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742178807
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone
9704940785
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$151,646
Expenses
$160,934
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICK GALLUZO (President)
  • DAN EVANS (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • NICK GALLUZO (President)
  • DAN EVANS (Vice President)
  • KELLI ESTRADA (Secretary)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Educo creates ridiculously fun adventures that challenge kids to step outside their comfort zone, connect with new and unexpected friends and discover their sense of self and innate leadership.

What it reported doing in 2015

Since 1988, Educo Leadership Adventures has brought outdoor recreation and leadership development opportunities to thousands of kids in the Front Range of Colorado and beyond. Educo uses experiential education and empowerment to teach leadership, communication, and conflict resolution while promoting a healthy active lifestyle in the outdoors.In 2015 Educo served 440 youth in a variety of multi-day programs. These programs included Educos open enrollment Adventure Camps and Adventure Trips. Camps and trips served 160 youth in 5 to 11 day programs. Over 50% of participants received subsidies to their tuition of up to 100% of program costs. In addition to the open enrollment camps and trips Educo also facilitated four weeks of camp for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Larimer County. Through a joint fundraising effort, these camps were available at no cost to all 80 participants. Educo also facilitated three and four-day trips for over 200 students in school programs from surrounding areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $161K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2015
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.