Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841223669
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
3037599921
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Libraries

Reported finances

Revenue
$577,885
Expenses
$181,859
Assets
$2,350,503
Liabilities
$833

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TONNY VAN LOIJ (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES KILBANE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TONNY VAN LOIJ (PRESIDENT)
  • ERIC CARLSON (DIRECTOR)
  • RODNEY HAENNI (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The rocky mountain philatelic library is an educational and literacy organization that has been established to (1) promote and facilitate the pursuit of stamp collecting as a hobby at all levels (2) provide a location for a central depository of philatelic literature and related items to be available for research by all intersted people (3) to serve as an information center for philately and postal history in the rocky mountain region (4) to provide, or arrange for, basic instruction in the hobby of philately and/or instruction in the more specialized areas of stamp collecting using local expertise (5) to serve as a depository for philatelic slide or video programs for use by local stamp clubs also to provide a card reference file of good programs available to clubs by local philatelists (6) to serve as a resource for educational institutions interested in the hobby of stamp collecting (7) to serve as a place where those interested in stamps or postal history can meet to discuss common

What it reported doing in 2025

Publication of newsletter (scribblings) on a semi-monthly basis, provides a central depository of philatelic literature for research by students and collectors (approximately 2,400 visitors annually), monthly seminars on all phases of philately for public school classes and scout units

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.7%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $144.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 68.5%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.92; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.7% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $164K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.