Rocky Mountain Ringers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460495900
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Lakewood, CO, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,258
Expenses
$14,533
Assets
$98,925

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tim Phillips (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeffery Harms (Director)
  • Tim Phillips (President)

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

The Rocky Mountain Ringers is an advanced auditioned community handbell ensemble based in Denver Colorado. Founded in 1996 our passion is to elevate the art of handbell ringing by performing challenging repertoire that includes innovative techniques as well as a fantastic visual and listening experience for our audiences. Under the leadership of artistic director Jeffrey Harms RMR has grown into one of the countrys most innovative handbell organizations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Rocky Mountain Ringers performs concerts in the greater Denver area 2-3 times each year. Audience at each concert is about 100-150.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.6%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 83.5%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.81; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 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 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.