Grand Valley Creative Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832013765
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Grand Junction, CO, USA
Phone
9706977007
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.*

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,266,695
Expenses
$147,613
Assets
$1,998,084
Liabilities
$612,414

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ronald Walton (Executive Director)
  • Robbie Breaux (President)
  • Sarah Bell (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ronald Walton (Executive Director): $42,271 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cultivating and promoting the creative community in the Grand Valley of Western Colorado

What it reported doing in 2025

Other programs - The ARTery - Purchase and renovation of a building where creatives can come together to collaborate and use as a space for creating their art pieces. Building purchased in 2025 and to be renovated in 2026

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 20
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.1%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 33.4%; rating input score 33
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd 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: 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 88.3%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.54; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 41% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 91.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 103.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.1% of revenue deployed · 33.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $49K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.