Mancos Valley Resources
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To Preserve and enhance the cultural, historical, recreational, educational and charitable assets of the Mancos Valley.
- Income
- $306,608
- Spending
- $169,214
- Spent on programs
- 68%
- Reserves
- 49.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 61%
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 297
- Highest pay
- $21,949, administrator
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 87% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 49.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 45% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1568% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, $250k to $1m).
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
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no 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.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 (16)
- $31,130 spent. Mancos Food Share provides a weekly community pantry. Cooking classes are offered to anyone interested and they also manage a seed share and plant swap. In 2025, an estimated 476 people were helped by 8 volunteers donating over 630 hours.
- $21,503 spent. Pay It Forward Fund uses donated funds to assist residents in the 81328 zip code area with rent, utilities, food and non-medical bills. 20 indivduals were helped in 2025. About 60 hours were donated by 2 volunteers.
- $13,000 spent. MVR is a community based umbrella organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the unique agricultural, charitable, cultural, educational, historical, and recreational assets of the Mancos Valley. 14 projects and organizations were helped in 2025. MVR also provided seven scholarships to residents of Mancos Valley to further their education. There were 8 volunteers (including board members) who donated about 96 hours of service.
- $10,631 spent. Mancos Trails Group works to maintain 47 miles of trails at the Aqueduct, Chicken Creek and Mancos Spur trail heads. Also coordinated with US Forest Service to complete trail maintenance evaluation. An estimated 41544 residents of Mancos and visitors benefit from these projects. There were 84 volunteers that provided about 1,723 hours of service.
- $10,315 spent. Mancos Giving Tree provides holiday gifts, meals and energy vouchers to families in the Mancos area at Christmas time. A dinner was also provided for several individuals. In 2025, about 260 individuals were offered assistance by about 10 volunteers who donated about 150 hours of service.
- $8,484 spent. Mancos Gear Share acquired donations of gear and secured a grant to be able to established a fully stocked gear library. They developed a functioning website with an inventory and registration process.
- $8,000 spent. Armida Huerta Adventure Fund Scholarships ran on pack-rafting course in the summer of 2025 and held a fund-raiser in October. Eight volunteers provided about 450 hours of volunteer work serving 14 individuals.
- $4,362 spent. Friends of Chicken Creek Cross Country Ski Corp provided over 15 kilometers of groomed trails for Nordic skiing, skate skiing and snowshoeing on a safe ground surface in the San Juan National Forest. About 120 hours were donated by 24 volunteers in 2025, an unknown number people used the ski runs.
- $3,214 spent. Mt Lookout Grange #338 (MLG) rents its building out for community events and, in cooperation with Mancos Food Share, provides community dinners and fund raising events. In 2025, about 43 volunteers provided approximately 1,200 hours of service to help over 3,000 individuals.
- $3,207 spent. Mancos Valley Farmers Market provides a venue at Boyle Park in Mancos for local growers to market and sell there produce to local residents during the summer months. In 2025, an estimated 225 customers took advantage of the market. Over 150 volunteer hours were donated by 3 volunteers.
- $525 spent. Mancos Valley Chorus presented free concerts in Montezuma County including concerts at 'The Valley Inn' retirement home, Mancos Elementary School and for the general public at the Methodist Church in Mancos as well as in Cortez. 50 volunteer members provided over 1,300 hours for services to well over 1,300 attendees in 2025.
- $296 spent. Montezuma Youth Alliance involved at-risk youth in the following activities: Take 6 high school and middle school students to the Purgatory SOS program; provide a safe place for youth to be in the evenings (Teen Night); Take two youth ambassadors to a Tony Grampsas conference; provide Reading Buddies in collaboration with MPL and offer a Reading Buddies extension to include youth from 9 to 17 years old;execute a strategic planning meeting with SC; and provided a successful Skate Night series from May to November. In 2025, Montezuma Youth Alliance has seprated from MVR into its own organization.
- $245 spent. Martin Luther King Jr Breakfast is an annual free community pancake breakfast to honor Martin Luther King, Jr's on his birthday. The Breakfast is self-sustaining and has been provided for 17 years. In 2025, 21 volunteers donated about 52 hours to serve 125 individuals.
- $75 spent. Painted Turtle Studio was able to increase class offering, fill classes and gain more visibility for local artists. There was about 2600 hours donated by 25 volunteers serving about 3,500 individuals in 2025.
- $50 spent. Turning Wild hosted a youth woodworking education class and a youth metalworking project to leverage creativity to enhance relationships. In 2025, two volunteers spent about 120 hours teaching classes to approximately 12 youth.
- Chicken Creek Coalition is a grassroots, community-based coalition of ranchers, hikers, bikers, equestrians, cross-country skiers, dog walkers, and local property owners that operate to preserve access to and assure safety on public lands in the Chicken Creek area that are threatened by the Freeland Holders Committee illegal claims of ownership.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 December 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 February 1995.
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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