Hilltop Community Resources

What it reported doing in 2024

Family resource services - hilltop operates a family resource center in grand junction and montrose and is committed to abide by and practice the family support principles and premises. These principles and premises align with hilltop's "people first" philosophy and include the belief in and practice of family-centered solutions; where families are empowered to take action to improve their wellbeing, families and staff work together in relationships based on equality and respect, and programs offered are flexible, culturally sensitive and continually responsive to emerging family and community issues. Hilltop provides access to basic needs assistance, prenatal care, parenting support, fatherhood services, housing assistance and resources, family mentors, and more. A more detailed explanation of these services is provided below. Family first: building strong families through in-home parenting and education. Trained educators provide parents with information on basic care, social and emotional development, cues and communication, physical and brain development, and play and stimulation. This program includes weekly support groups for families plus mom and dad support groups like "love and logic". The program utilizes the parents as teachers and strengthening families curriculum. B4 babies and beyond: ensuring healthy children and pregnant women, the program helps families access affordable, quality health care coverage through medicaid and chp+. The friendly, caring staff provides confidential assistance with all paperwork, as well as assistance setting up doctors' appointments, information on nutrition, growth and development, healthy lifestyles, baby and me tobacco free program, translation services, and transportation to and from appointments. Family connections: ensuring that youth in the community gain the skills to successfully transition from adolescence into adulthood by helping families access unique resources for self-sufficiency. Services include individual and group substance abuse treatment, employment and housing assistance, tutoring, assessment, referrals, mentoring, and case management. Latimer house domestic violence services: empowering and educating those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. Hilltop's latimer house provides a 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, legal advocacy, support groups, case management and children's services. Serving mesa delta, montrose, and ouray counties. Fatherhood services: hilltop's fatherhood program offers services in which fathers participating receive family centered, comprehensive case management and connections to community-based services and supports. The key support areas include healthy relationships, responsible parenting, economic stability and building social capital. Housing services: hilltop's connections programs support youth and young adults facing homelessness by providing safe, stable housing. Emergency services offer a drop-in center, provides street outreach to aid youth in securing permanent housing, and provides temporary sheltering needs. Transitional living services offers communal living for participants seeking to achieve more sustainable housing with the goal of independent living within 18 months. Permanent housing services support youth and young adults through project-based vouchers and provides support to help participants build independence.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 71.5%; rating input score 71
• Program expense ratio: 75.1%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 6.3%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings