San Luis Valley Early Iron

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841244838
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Alamosa, CO, USA
Phone
7195899170
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,038
Expenses
$107,647
Assets
$264,052
Liabilities
$100,328

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRIS GOSAR (President)

People named in this filing

  • KRIS GOSAR (President)
  • RONI WISDOM (Treasurer)
  • KAREN RODRIGUEZ (Secretary)

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

To maintain and further develop the interest in classic and special interest automobiles in the san luis valley. San luis valley early iron, inc. Hosts an annual car show over labor day weekend. The three day show brings visitors from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Kansas. Visitors to the car show contribute approximately $300,000 to the local economy.

What it reported doing in 2025

The annual car show featured approximately 565 classic cars, 1,150 rodders, and served approximately 4,000 attendees. The annual car show provides a large economic boost to the city of alamosa with approximately $300,000 in direct spending and sales tax of approximately $21,000. The accommodation industry generally reports this as one of their best weekends in sales.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.45; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $99K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.