Tenderfoot Transmitting Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800027824
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Salida, CO, USA
Phone
7195391069
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Radio

Reported finances

Revenue
$172,905
Expenses
$172,905
Assets
$169,767
Liabilities
$75,286

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Ledwith (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Julie Mordecai (Chair)
  • Steve Bruckman (Vice Chair)
  • Brian Aitken (Treasurer)

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

Khen is a volunteer-supported community radio station and media platform committed to building and supporting community through programming, education and outreach

What it reported doing in 2025

Tenderfoot transmitting, inc., operating as khen community radio, provides education, cultural enrichment and entertainment for salida and chaffee county through the medium of a low power 100-watt radio station. The volunteer supported station benefits the region by providing programming that reflects the diverse interests and lifestyles of our community

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: 0%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -70.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.