Left Hand Valley Courier
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934777424
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Niwot, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3036522433
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Printing, Publishing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $176,410
- Expenses
- $119,598
- Assets
- $31,349
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRUCE WARREN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRUCE WARREN (PRESIDENT)
- ELISE MARYLANDER (VICE PRESIDE)
- VICKI MAURER (SECRETARY/TR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the left hand valley courier is to provide educational and informational services to residents of the left hand valley in boulder county, Colorado, by promoting awareness of the areas economic, social, recreational, and aesthetic valuesincluding music, culture, and the arts; fostering appreciation of its historic, cultural, scenic, scientific, and educational resources, including native american heritage; and educating residents about local events and activities that affect the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Publication of local weekly newspaper - the left hand valley courier published a weekly newspaper in the niwot, Colorado, and gunbarrel, Colorado areas for 52 weeks in 2024. The newspaper is published online every week, and is available by subscription after the first three views. In addition, the newspaper is published in print every 4 weeks, for a total of 13 printed editions in 2024. Each print edition consists of 6,000 copies which are distributed free to every household, business and school in the niwot-gunbarrel area. Online only editions are usually 16 to 20 pages, while print editions are usually 24 to 32 pages. This newspaper brings coverage of local events, government activities, school activities, and news of the area to the local population, which is rarely covered by area daily newspapers. This program benefits over 14,000 people who reside or work in the left hand valley.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 67% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.9%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 72.2%; rating input score 72
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.2%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.9% of revenue deployed · 72.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $86K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 1 filing year from 2024
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.