San Luis Valley Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841215329
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Alamosa, CO, USA
Phone
7195870667
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,690
Expenses
$115,481
Assets
$406,980
Liabilities
$3,229

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KATHRYN KEEGAN (BOARD CHAIR)
  • BILL BROWN (MEMBER)
  • PAMELA MALMBERG (SEC/TREAS)

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 enrich human lives and to educate san luis valley citizens to respect and value cultural diversity, the local heritage of the san luis valley, international wildlife and the arts

What it reported doing in 2025

The museum is located in southern Colorado and serves approximately 46,000 residents of the san luis valley. Two large private collections have been promised to the museum. The museum acquired by donation in 2005 a building which will be large enough to house the collections and provide space for programming and expanded exhibits. This will provide san luis valley citizens the opportunity to learn of the historical and cultural history of the area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 24.2%; rating input score 24

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.52; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.5%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28% of revenue deployed · 24.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 28/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.