Keeping Colorado Beautiful
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852852518
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7196469086
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $989
- Expenses
- $3,350
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stephen Singer (CEO and President of the Board)
- Matthew Montgomery (C-Founder & Vice President of the Board)
People named in this filing
- Stephen Singer (CEO and President of the Board)
- Matthew Montgomery (C-Founder & Vice President of the Board)
- Jeani Brenner (Board Secretary)
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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Keeping Colorado Beautiful is Dedicated to Preserving & Restoring Colorado's Natural Resources Through Graffiti Removal & Cleanup of Natural Areas
What it reported doing in 2022
In 2022, Keeping Colorado Beautiful remained in partnership with organizations such as the City of Colorado Springs, National Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Parks Association & more. Keeping Colorado Beautiful has a relatively small window of active mission time during the calendar year because of Colorado's long winters, but we got to work in late Spring. We usually have big graffiti removal projects right away, but 2022 we knew we needed to find another non-profit with a similar mission to take over our assets. This took precedent. As we met with potential candidates, we continued smaller graffiti removal projects in places such as Phantom Canyon. The removal needs of our partners is what dictated most of our missions. One larger mission took our team to Durango for a challenging graffiti removal involving advanced rope and climbing techniques. All of our missions were a success and the rest of the summer we spent our time making sure our remaining equipment and assets went to the right organization. On 7/2/2022 we relinquished assets to Focus on the Forest.
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 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: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 44.5%; rating input score 45
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -238.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 44.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.