Grant Avenue Community Center & Sacred Place Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841552533
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
3037338940
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$162,942
Expenses
$149,525
Assets
$1,107,904
Liabilities
$150,241

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LOU ANN GARLAND (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • HEATHER COVITZ (BOD MEMBER)
  • LOU ANN GARLAND (PRESIDENT)
  • CATHERINE RANDS (BOD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

As stewards of this sacred building, we are committed to provide a cooperative environment for arts, cultural, and spiritual activities that provide community enrichment.

What it reported doing in 2025

The grant avenue community center and sacred place, inc. (dba: historic grant avenue) exists to empower a diverse population of individuals within the denver area, to create and strengthen community through the alliance of arts, culture, education, community and spirituality. Established april 23, 2001, the community center currently serves approximately 1,000 people each month. Community center programs and activities include the following nonprofit groups: Colorado honor band (consisting of 500 middle school and high school students); mile high freedom band (lgbtq+ community); mile high harmonica club (seniors learning the harmonica together), the original grant avenue united methodist church congregation; neighborhood meetings; health fairs; maestro music (music lessons and theater production for children of all ages), aa meetings, the religious academy; workshops and conferences, special events, fundraisers, orchestra events, and many more held by various local nonprofit organizations, small businesses and startups, so they can focus on fulfilling their goals and mission while affordably hosting their diverse special events. The community center has been designated as a Colorado historical landmark and works to preserve and restore the history of the building and the neighborhood. Space is rented at modest rates to cover the cost of operations and to provide a reasonable price for organizations and individuals in the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.9%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.41; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.9% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $99K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.