Jefferson County Historical Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237355962
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Evergreen, CO, USA
Phone
3038386661
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,202
Expenses
$48,552
Assets
$157,649

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stuart Collins (President)
  • Gil Gulbrandson (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Diane Fuchs (Recording Secretary)
  • Stuart Collins (President)
  • Rosemary Barenbrugge (Treasurer)

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

See statement

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth Education-school programs, after school programs, summer programs for 5-8 years old students. Multi-activitycurriculum on Colorado history. Total individual served 934

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 33.7%; rating input score 34

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -241.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.25; rating input score 76; 76th 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: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 33.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.