Mountains Beyond Borders
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 831374836
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Boulder, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7347515884
- Rating
- 38
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,450
- Expenses
- $15,351
- Assets
- $373
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Tiffany Rose Hensley (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Tiffany Rose Hensley (Executive Director)
- Maribeth Olsen (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
Empowering at-risk youth through the mountains in international solidarity.
What it reported doing in 2025
We provide official fiscal sponsorship and project accompaniment to four to five small programs, both in the United States and internationally, over a two-year period. Each program is represented by an Ambassador from their region, and all individuals and programs we support provide references from national federations and other institutions, demonstrating long-standing dedication to our shared mission of community-building with youth and young adults. During this sponsorship period, we offer a variety of resources, including volunteer support and nonprofit tools to enhance online visibility for international calls to action from donors and partner organizations in wealthier countries. II. Ambassadors. We assist Ambassadors in navigating language barriers, identifying and applying for relevant grants, and lowering logistical obstacles to international participation, such as travel for training or membership in international institutions. All donations and support provided by our organization are accompanied by documented evidence, including video media, progress reports, and regular communication with project stakeholders. We measure our success quantitatively, including the number of youth participants and the number of mountain outings conducted. Our organization operates with no salaried staff and minimal overhead costs, yet achieves significant impact due to our experience in international solidarity, strong connections within an international climbing volunteer community based in the United States, and the use of volunteer expertise to bridge cultural, language, and geographical barriers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 1
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0.6%; rating input score 1
- Program expense ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 1
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -31.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0.6% of revenue deployed · 0.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.