ElevateHER
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815367149
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Buena Vista, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7192700550
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Girls Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $238,461
- Expenses
- $236,697
- Assets
- $97,323
- Liabilities
- $4,156
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Daniela Wohlwend (Executive Dir.): $84,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Elevateher's mission is to foster self-worth and grit in young women through mentoring, outdoor adventure, and holistic wellness programs.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, elevateHER provided year-round Positive Youth Development programming for young women living in rural central Colorado through a combination of outdoor adventure, mentorship, wellness education, leadership development, and community service. During the year, elevateHER served approximately 130 unique youth participants through multiple 10-week program sessions, mentorship opportunities, outdoor recreation experiences, wellness activities, and service-learning projects. Programming included hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, skiing, rafting, conservation projects, leadership workshops, and community-building activities. All transportation, equipment, meals, permits, and instruction were provided at no cost to participants, reducing barriers to participation for youth who may otherwise lack access to outdoor recreation and enrichment opportunities. In addition to measurable participation outcomes, elevateHER helped participants build confidence, resilience, leadership skills, healthy peer relationships, and stronger connections to caring adult mentors. Youth engaged in community service projects that fostered a sense of stewardship, responsibility, and belonging while contributing meaningful volunteer service to local conservation and community partners. The organization finalized and began implementing its 5 year (2025-2030) strategic plan, expanded leadership development opportunities through its high-school focused Venture program, and strengthened partnerships with schools, public agencies, conservation organizations, and community stakeholders. These efforts contributed to a safer, more supportive environment for rural Colorado youth while increasing access to positive developmental experiences that promote long-term physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.4%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 63.8%; rating input score 64
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- 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: 0.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 35.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.4% of revenue deployed · 63.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.