Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454957655
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9704817096
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,062
- Expenses
- $123,984
- Assets
- $40,982
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARY RICKER (PRESIDENT)
- DENNIS GRUNSTAD (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROSS ATKINSON (DIRECTOR)
- ROD WHITELY (DIRECTOR)
- MIKE PICKETT (DIRECTOR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the veterans plaza is supported by various events that 1) serve to acquaint the public of our mission; 2) provide funding for continuation of veterans plaza; and 3) garner names of qualified veterans to honor at veterans plaza.
What it reported doing in 2024
Held a successful event for memorial weekend with guest speaker general mullen with over 1000 visitors to the plaza over the 3 day weekend. Held a successful fund raiser golf tournament and covered fees for 6 veterans to play. Raised funds to install new flag poles at the physical park through the city of fort collins. Provided financial support for 20 individual veterans for things like temporary housing, utilities, auto repairs, and rent assistance through our vet 2vet fund.paid for thanksgiving baskets for 26 veteran families through the larimer county veterans resource center. Provided thanksgiving meals for approximately 40 unhoused veterans through the american legion.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
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: -21.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $124K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.