Mountain Fountain Creations

What it reported doing in 2025

1. Main Focus Program Discovery Art BooksOur passion is to help youth use a creative outlet to discover hope, healing & growth in their lives. We create educational expressive art activity books that incorporate art, culture, nature, reflections for personal enrichment and tools for mental health care. We donate these books to school counselors and teachers, mental health care providers in hospitals and leaders caring for youth. These experienced leaders use the books as a valuable therapeutic tool for developing social emotional wellness, healing, coping skills and cultivating resilience. Through the reflections and activities in the book, youth discover the beauty of nature and wildlife and how spending time in nature has a powerful way of balancing their natural rhythm and helping them feel calm, clear and regulated. They discover hope, healing and growth in their lives through creativity, self-expression, writing and coloring. They discover how reflecting on a positive question can shift their perspective and help guide their inner transformation while discovering their value and voice. Ultimately, they discover that their life matters, what their place in their community is and how their gifts and talents can become an offering to bring a river of life to others.2. Secondary Focus Program Wellness Rooms for YouthWe create nature themed Wellness Rooms that are designed with the beauty and culture of each school's location. School Counselors use the rooms for one on time counseling time with students, small groups and personal enrichment youth activities. Many of the teachers and counselors in schools bring their students into this beautiful space to work on the lessons in our Discovery Art for Youth books. They are safe spaces for youth to self-regulate, process their emotions, set positive goals and experience personal growth in their lives.In 2025, we served a total of 300,000 children and youthAccomplishment #1200,000 youth in the Los Angeles Country Public Schools received art therapy books after the fires they experienced in January of 2025.Accomplishment #2100,000 children received one of our Discovery Art books in a variety of schools andhospitals in the state of Colorado and throughout the USA.Accomplishment #3We created Wellness Rooms in three schools to create a safe space for youth to discover hope, healing and growth in their lives.Accomplishment #45000 youth were served through our Art in the Park summer outreach program.ABOUT OUR DISCOVERY ART BOOKSOur expressive art coloring activity books take children, youth and families on a creative discovery that starts on page one and comes full circle on the last page. The beginning of the book presents the idea that their life is like a beautiful tree. As they interact with the reflective questions and express themselves through journaling and art, they cultivate the life of their tree. The coloring pages surround them with the beauty of nature. From this place, they can learn, discover and grow from a place of peace, openness and curiosity. As they approach the last page, they shift from focusing on their own life and begins to realize they havebeautiful leaves flowing from their tree that can bring hope, healing and kindness to others.They have new tools to discover their place, responsibility and purpose in their culture and community. Each of our coloring activity books comprises 40 interactive pages designed to nurture personal development and growth. On the left side, engaging reflections encourage inner exploration, guiding participants on a journey of self-discovery and realization of their worth, voice and purpose. On the right side, beautiful nature-themed coloring pages immerse them in the wonders of the natural world, illustrating how spending time in nature can foster balance, calmness, and clarity.The books are created to meet youth and families where they are, no matter their age. They are simple enough for the elementary age yet deep enough the teen a

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72.6%; rating input score 73
• Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $23.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 29.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings