Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841503970
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
7203013976
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parks and Playgrounds

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,129,767
Expenses
$595,089
Assets
$840,053
Liabilities
$1,689

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NEIL COWAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MONIQUE FAIR (EXECUTIVE DI): $97,135 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to promote curiosity, environmental awareness, and community health through stewardship and experiences with an urban greenspace that offers equitable access and connection to the diverse habitats, communities, places, and cities thriving along the sand creek regional greenway.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, the sand creek regional greenway partnership (scrgp) continued to advance its mission of connecting communities to nature through education, stewardship, wellness, and equity-focused engagement. . Environmental education - spark.inspire.embrace. Scrgp's environmental education initiative provided free opportunities for 2,515 youth and 174 adults through collaborations with local schools and organizations. Programs were offered consistently throughout the year, with nearly half of all activities taking place directly on the greenway. These experiences created meaningful opportunities for outdoor learning and strengthened community connections to nature. . Volunteer program scrgp organized 29 volunteer events (18 public, 11 private) that engaged 467 volunteers who contributed an estimated 35,642 in service value. Volunteers removed 1,448 pounds of litter and 867 pounds of invasive weeds. A highlight of the year was the greenway's fourth mural installation, completed during the inaugural mural festival, where more than 150 volunteers helped paint the base layer of a 250-foot mural. . Outdoor wellness program (owp) designed to promote physical, social, and emotional well-being through nature-based activities, owp served 1,074 youth and 179 adults in 2024. The monthly playdate on the greenway program reached capacity each month, with 30 participants gathering for family-centered outdoor play and exploration. Owp also launched the first youth for community wellness cohort, in partnership with environmental learning for kids (elk). Ten youth participated in an 8-week program, selecting eight nature-wellness topics and ultimately leading peer-facilitated sessions on two of them. . Community science (comsci) the comsci program improved its water quality data collection through staff and steward participation in a multi-night river watch training. This training enhanced sampling techniques and protocols, resulting in greater reliability of collected data. . Community vision and equity program (cvep) through cvep, scrgp worked with residents and city partners to advance the many destinations capital project, an eight-year initiative to implement 12 community-selected enhancements along all 13 miles of the greenway. These enhancements reflect priorities identified directly by community members and will strengthen access, equity, and stewardship across the greenway.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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.
  • 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: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.1%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 72.4%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 47.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.1% of revenue deployed · 72.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $431K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 38/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.