Gunnison Creative District

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852130763
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Gunnison, CO, USA
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Council/Agency

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,543
Expenses
$14,670
Assets
$13,754

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrea Wijkowski (President)

People named in this filing

  • Anton Sinkewich (Director)
  • Anne Michel (Director)
  • Ricardo Esqueda (Director)

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

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

Overview

Mission

The Gunnison Creative district strengthens and enlivens Gunnison by building community connections, encouraging economic activity, and highlighting our community's identity, through the flourishing presence of creative industries and activities.

What it reported doing in 2025

As a grassroots organization, the Gunnison Creative District envisions a vibrant local economy and diverse community that fosters creativity, innovation, and collaboration. The Gunnison Creative District enhances Gunnison as a dynamic and prosperous place to live, visit, and create.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.2%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 35%; rating input score 35

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.4%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.2% of revenue deployed · 35% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.