Optimystics Citizens Action Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364909962
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Monte Vista, CO, USA
Phone
7192391811
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Urban, Community Economic Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,375
Expenses
$12,393
Assets
$18,175
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark Renshaw (Vice president)
  • Roy Aiken (President)

People named in this filing

  • Mark Renshaw (Vice president)
  • Roy Aiken (President)
  • Dustin Sigaty (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

See attachment

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided fiscal sponsorship services for related organizations to support town growth

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.4%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 58; 58th 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: 62.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -57.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -63.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.2% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.