Ute Springs Experiential Learning Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464463578
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Eagle, CO, USA
Phone
9703283005
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,394
Expenses
$54,902
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dacia Woodworth (President)

People named in this filing

  • Dacia Woodworth (President)
  • Andrew Zaback (Treasurer)
  • Suzanne Barnes (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ute Springs Experiential Learning Center is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization whosemission is to enhance social-emotional learning through increased self-awareness, social-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, and leadershipskills through an adventure-based, experiential curriculum.

What it reported doing in 2017

Ute Springs Experiential Learning Center is an Eagle County based nonprofit serving the community through programming designed for both youth and the young at heart. We invite participants to journey throughout the Vail Valley [1] or within and around their school property to build on the concepts of community using an adventure-based curriculum. Campers and school groups have the option of summer camp, after school, in-school, off-site full day and overnight programs along with teacher development.All participants focus on increased self-awareness, social-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making and leadership skills while connecting to place through a nature-based curriculum. All programs are adaptable to integrate specific group goals around social-emotional wellness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 4
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 67.1%; rating input score 67

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -156.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -48.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 67.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.