Colorado Mountain Club

Analysis

Colorado Mountain Club is a registered charity in United States, based in Golden, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Colorado Mountain Club reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.7m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $2.6m to $2.5m (-2.5%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Colorado Mountain Club sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Office for Resource Efficiency ($2.5m), Omaha Parks Foundation Inc ($2.5m) and Savory Institute Org Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% and program service revenue 48% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $918k, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 48 employees.