Sangre De Cristo Volunteers for Community Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
Enrich lives and celebrate nature in southern Colorado
- Income
- $37,250
- Spending
- $60,762
- Spent on programs
- 36%
- Reserves
- -18.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 81%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 200
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 16 out of 100. Higher than 4% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 25% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 63% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 43% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1536% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 88 out of 100. Higher than 78% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $18,841 spent. Volunteers operate a once-a-month free pantry where clients are given a large box to fill with non-perishable foods, fresh produce, and household/personal items. The pantry also provides vouchers for bread and eggs from the only full-service grocery store within a 25-mile radius. Clients are required to provide their name and number of persons in their household, as required by Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado, where a portion of the pantrys food is purchased or provided free of charge. Monetary donations, collected during monthly food collections, are also used to purchase food and other items not available at Care & Share. The pantry is the only one in the community which does not require recipients to income-qualify, which it is able to do because no federal or state funds have been requested for this project. Recipient numbers average 40 households per month. In January, 2023 VFC partnered with Care and Share to bring a monthly mobile food pantry to Colorado City. Recipients fill a large bag with fresh fruits, vegetables and other food items that volunteers arrange on shelves on one side of a large truck after retrieving them from the storage side of the truck. This mobile pantry is a nice complement to the other pantry and has been very well received in the community. An average of 50 families per month are served by this mobile pantry
- $2,623 spent. Volunteers sponsor programs for families and children. The holiday giving program provided $25 gift cards and other items to 97 children designated in need by schools in Pueblo county. Volunteers sponsor an annual easter egg hunt at the VFC Community Center. Volunteers hide eggs and children hunt for them and receive candy and prizes. 65 children participated in 2025.
- $187 spent. Volunteers sponsor a variety of projects to enhance community spirit including a community garden, teacher appreciation day, monthly cardboard recycling, host twice-weekly lunch for senior citizens provided by the Senior Resource Development Agency, donation-based yoga twice-weekly, donation-based self-defense classes twice-weekly, highway cleanup in conjunction with the Lions Club and Colorado Dept. of Transportation, volunteering in elementary school to help with reading and math, and trail system maintenance and improvement work.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2009.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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