Green & Gold Guard

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921634986
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fort Collins, CO, USA
Phone
3038099952
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,457,226
Expenses
$2,606,490
Assets
$352,117
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Chris Schmidt (Chairman & Treasurer)
  • David McLain (Secretary)
  • Brett Anderson (Board 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

GGG will help educate the general public in Colorado and the communities in which the student-athletes live about charitable organizations and causes, and educate the public on how they can get involved with these organizations. Increasing involvement with these organizations will make a positive impact. To carry out this mission, GGG will cultivate relationships with charitable organizations throughout Colorado and in the communities in which the student-athletes live. In connection with this process, GGG will select and provide grants and other contributions to other nonprofits that are consistent with and furthering GGG's own mission. GGG will then seek to educate student-athletes on charitable giving and service, to empower them to make positive impacts on communities and charities they are passionate about, and help them use their influence to assist these organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educating the General Public - GGG Inc engaged in several activities to help educate the general public in Colorado and the communities about charitable organizations and causes, and educate the public on how they can get involved with these organizations. These activities were primarily performed by student-athletes using their social media and influence to promote charities including United Way, Boys and Girls Club Larimer County, Respite Care, Center for Family Outreach, Arc Thrift Stores, and CSU Foundation. Student-athletes used their social media accounts to post more than 500 impactful posts to promote local non-profit entities. These activities have helped the organization increase awareness, volunteer participation, and fundraising efforts. In addition, the Green and Gold Guard Corporation secured ad space and ran 1,9252,681 media ad spots to significantly increase fundraising, volunteerism, donor outreach, and awareness of local non-profits. The ad spots ran on behalf of United Way, Respite Care, Mathews House, Family Outreach, and Larimer County Boys and Girls Club.

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 99% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 99
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $491.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th 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: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 30th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -6.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 111.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 74.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $1.5M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.