Yampa Valley Land Trust Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841225573
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Steamboat Springs, CO, USA
Phone
9708797240
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Land Resources Conservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,855
Expenses
$203,303
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ORLANDO R GONZALEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE ALBRIGHT (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ORLANDO R GONZALEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE ALBRIGHT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NICK METZLER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization conserves natural, scenic, agricultural, historic and other important public and private open land resources in northwest Colorado

What it reported doing in 2019

Yampa valley land trust was bequeathed a 250-acre historic ranch in april 2009, now known as the rehder ranch nature preserve. In 2010, the routt county commissioners designated the 5-acre building area on the property to the routt county register of historic places. The historic structures assessment(hsa), funded by a 2010 grant awarded by the history Colorado state historical fund and completed in 2011, evaluates and prioritizes the stabilization and rehabilitation requirements of the historic buildings on the property in 2012. Yvlt received an additional grant from historic Colorado state historical fund to assist in the structural rehabilitation of the historic bank barn which was identified as the first priority in the hsa. In 2013, the national trust for historic perservation supplemented these funds by awrding an additional grant for this bank barn stabilization project which was completed at the end of 2014. Additionally, yvlt continues to share the rehder ranch nature preserve with scientist, researchers, interns and special programs and activities such as: animal tracking, bird watching, bat studies, fish and wildlife studies, collection of botanicals, plein air painting, historical research and archaeological studies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -213.5%; rating input score 11; 11th 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: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -36.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $192K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • 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.