Grand Futures Prevention Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841388561
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Steamboat Springs, CO, USA
Phone
9708197805
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,627
Expenses
$339,924
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • AMBER DELAY (Executive Dir.): $18,135 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To prevent substance abuse among youth and young adults in Northwest Colorado.

What it reported doing in 2021

Grand Futures Prevention Coalition is a community resource for teen and young adult substance abuse prevention in Northwest Colorado, serving Routt, Moffat, and Grand counties since 1990. We focus on positive youth development by empowering youth as leaders in peer prevention. To support these young minds we also provide education for trusted adults and focus on engaging the community as a whole to help ensure unified substance prevention messaging and behaviors are modeled throughout the community to help teach the skills needed for youth to make positive lifestyle choices. The majority of our evidence-based and innovative educational programming is focused on youth, primarily grades 6-12. We also provide education, resources and support for school staff, school boards, parents, coaches and youth mentors throughout our community. Our goal is to help the communities we served to better understand the risks and harms associated with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drug use, and especially how these substances affect the developing brain. By educating youth about the risks and harms of substance use, while also helping educate adults as to how to become a trusted adult and provide an open, nonjudgmental dialogue with youth, we are creating an environment where young minds are better able to make positive choices based on fact that will lead to healthier, substance free lifestyles. This year we reached over 450 youth through Youth Action Councils and prosocial events, and trained over 300 adults in positive youth development and youth mental health first aid.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 66% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -177.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $311K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.