High County Performing Arts Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264050622
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Commerce City, CO, USA
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $144,387
- Expenses
- $160,113
- Assets
- $24,425
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jennifer Swain (President of the Board)
- Jennifer Wagner (Executive Director)
- Scott Cacek (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Jennifer Swain (President of the Board)
- Jennifer Wagner (Executive Director)
- Scott Cacek (Vice-President)
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
We are a World Class Winter Guard the highest competitive level of winter guard featuring the most advanced performers design and production quality in the activity. We provide a positive and supportive environment where youth and young adults are challenged to reach their highest potential. As a performance ensemble we combine dance choreography and equipment work - flag rifle and sabre - into a powerful theatrical production set to music blending athleticism artistry and storytelling at the highest level.
What it reported doing in 2025
We offer a comprehensive performance program where members rehearse and present theatrical productions that incorporate dance choreography flag rifle and sabre work along with coordinated uniforms props equipment and detailed show design. Members compete in weekend competitions including events held in other states. To ensure accessibility and support we cover travel and lodging expenses for these competitions. They competed in 7 competitions in 2025 and did one community presentation of their show. The out of state competitions were in Palm Desert CA and Dayton OH which was the World Competition. They made Semi-finals there which was a good accomplishment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.3%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $157K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.