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GRAND VALLEY CREATIVE ALLIANCE

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $1.3M · expenses $148K · assets $2.0M

EIN
83-2013765
Address
PO BOX 851, GRAND JCT, CO 81502-0851
Website
https://gvcreates.org
NTEE code
A19
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2020
Cross-check
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Mission

Cultivating and promoting the creative community in the Grand Valley of Western Colorado

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Ronald Walton Executive Director2025 $42,271$42,271 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

14 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Nikki Clark Director2025 2 $0 reported 2
Robyn Miley Director2024-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Michelle Boisvenue-Fox Director2023-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Robbie Breaux President2023-2025 10 $0 reported 2
Sarah Bell Vice President2023-2025 4 $0 reported 1
Tracy Louis-Marie Treasurer2024-2025 4 $0 reported 1
Kaleb Castleton Director2025 2 $0 reported 1
Ben Potter Director2025 2 $0 reported 1
Kristina Downing Director2025 2 $0 reported 1
Lee Borden (former) Director2023-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Leigh Ashman (former) Director2024 2 $0 reported 1
Carlee Burnett (former) Director2024 2 $0 reported 1
Kelly Anderson (former) Treasurer2023 2 $0 reported 6
Bennett Boeschenstein (former) Director2023 1 $0 reported 3

People by year

2025 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $42K · 4 employees · 10 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ronald Walton Executive Director40 $42,271$0$0 $42,2711
Robbie Breaux President10 $0$0$0 $02
Sarah Bell Vice President4 $0$0$0 $01
Tracy Louis-Marie Treasurer4 $0$0$0 $01
Kaleb Castleton Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Robyn Miley Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Michelle Boisvenue-Fox Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Ben Potter Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Kristina Downing Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Nikki Clark Director2 $0$0$0 $02
2024 · 8 people listed · none paid · 2 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Lee Borden Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Robyn Miley Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Michelle Boisvenue-Fox Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Leigh Ashman Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Carlee Burnett Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Robbie Breaux President10 $0$0$0 $02
Sarah Bell Vice President4 $0$0$0 $01
Tracy Louis-Marie Treasurer4 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Bennett Boeschenstein Director1 $0$0$0 $03
Lee Borden Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Michelle Boisvenue-Fox Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Robbie Breaux President4 $0$0$0 $02
Sarah Bell Vice President2 $0$0$0 $01
Kelly Anderson Treasurer2 $0$0$0 $06

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,266,695$147,613 $1,998,084$1,385,670 $1,262,382$1,774 $32,692410
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,512$79,259 $267,932$266,588 $80,017$4,250 $0225
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$270,022$20,765 $255,335$255,335 $260,605$9,250 $0020

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $35,000 in all, tax years 2025 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “GRAND VALLEY CREATIVE ALLIANCE” 2025 1$25,000 2025$25,000
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WESTERN COLORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2025 1$10,000 2025$10,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $147,613 spent · pay $97,572 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $55,570$14,669$23,578$17,323 37.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $32,692$16,346$6,538$9,808 22.1%
Fees: accounting $10,002$3,515$3,074$3,413 6.8%
Other (as described)Bank Charges on LOC $8,344$0$8,344$0 5.7%
Occupancy $7,850$2,758$2,679$2,413 5.3%
Payroll taxes $7,360$2,551$2,332$2,477 5.0%
Other (as described)Other misc expenses $5,281$1,271$630$3,380 3.6%
Fees: other services $5,266$150$616$4,500 3.6%
Advertising and promotion $4,406$2,645-$1,761 3.0%
Insurance $4,074$1,430$1,383$1,261 2.8%
Other employee benefits $1,950$975$390$585 1.3%
Office expenses $1,732$53$1,334$345 1.2%
Fees: legal $1,500$1,500-- 1.0%
Interest $1,494$1,494-- 1.0%
Information technology $92-$92- 0.1%
Total$147,613100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $79,259 spent · pay $50,034 · grants $0 · events $137
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $46,010$30,794$7,517$7,699 58.1%
Other (as described)GV Open Studio Tour Expenses $6,681$6,661-$20 8.4%
Occupancy $6,050$2,750$1,100$2,200 7.6%
Office expenses $4,927-$4,339$588 6.2%
Fees: management $4,757$2,181$1,520$1,056 6.0%
Payroll taxes $3,789$2,537$618$634 4.8%
Insurance $1,704-$1,704- 2.1%
Advertising and promotion $1,697$600-$1,097 2.1%
Other (as described)Misc Business Expenses $1,591$270$1,061$260 2.0%
Fees: other services $1,555--$1,555 2.0%
Other employee benefits $235--$235 0.3%
Other (as described) EventOther Event Expenses $137$137-- 0.2%
All other expenses $126-$20$106 0.2%
Total$79,259100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $20,765 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $630
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)GV Open Studio Tour Expenses $11,316$11,316-- 54.5%
Fees: management $7,263$5,810$1,453- 35.0%
Other (as described) EventOther Event Expenses $630$630-- 3.0%
Advertising and promotion $526$526-- 2.5%
Other (as described)Misc Business Expenses $421-$421- 2.0%
Office expenses $390-$390- 1.9%
Other (as described)Telephone $209-$209- 1.0%
All other expenses $10-$10- 0.0%
Total$20,765100%

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