Sheep Mountain Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841294894
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Telluride, CO, USA
Phone
9704854589
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,744
Expenses
$144,956
Assets
$32,398
Liabilities
$3,038

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RUTHIE BOYD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARK STEVENS (BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TERI STEINBERG (MEMBER)
  • MICHAEL GREGORY (MEMBER)
  • JOAN MAY (MEMBER)

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 preserve the natural environment

What it reported doing in 2025

Epa environmental justice - alongside our partners at ecoaction partners, sma hosted a series of events aimed at educating underserved populations on wildfire and drought risk, how to engage in the public comment process, and how to stay safe recreating in the outdoors. We also hosted community-focused events to talk about relevant topics in our region that impact all residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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 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: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.3%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 50%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 67.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.3% of revenue deployed · 50% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.