Laughing Coyote Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263593156
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2015
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Longmont, CO, United States
- Phone
- 3033255824
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,848
- Expenses
- $88,356
- Assets
- $44,768
- Liabilities
- $18,070
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- Neal Ritter (Director)
- Gelsomina ATenenbaum-Malferrari (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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educate children and our community about nature and the environment through hands-on meaningful projects, forging an authentic connection that inspires a love of nature, social and emotional health, and community. Gelsomina comes from a family of artisans, and her ability to craft beautiful objects comes from a lifetime of creating. She leads songs, crafts stunning baskets and supports deep connection. Raised in a bilingual family, the strong family ties of her Italian heritage continue to anchor and inspire her. Gelsomina is passionate about guiding others to an undersatnding of ancestral skills and growing food on her homestead with her family. She fills her days with the joyful company of her children, Lutreo and Fianna, weaving willow baskets, engaging in fiber arts, farming, foraging, preserving, and practicing Brazilian Jiujitsu. Neal Ritter Cofounder.
What it reported doing in 2015
The biodynamic farm is used as an educational resource, the vegetables feed the students and the instructors, and it is the heart of the farm andbiodynamic preparations.the poultry flock of chickens, turkeys and ducks provides eggs and rotates across the land feeding and returning nutrients to the soil.other animals on the land include the sheep, dogs, and the friendly barn cat.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 37.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $84K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.