Colorado · Nonprofit
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC (Colorado) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,926,672 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($324,250). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic does
Mission
Advance the scientific understanding of nature that promotes informed stewardship of earth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research and grant: rmbl conducts field research on a range of subjects including but not limited to ecology and evolutionary biology, atmospheric science, and hydrology. Since 1928 rmbl scientists have published approximately 1800 peer-reviewed research publications.
$1,591,239 spentof which $159,246 as grants$1,032,399 earned by the program58% of program spendingInstruction, education & auxiliary services: rmbl layers education and outreach programs on top of research, providing unique field-based learning opportunities for students of all ages, including supporting school programs. Rmbl provides undergraduate and graduate students training opportunities.
$855,121 spentof which $29,690 as grants$333,456 earned by the program31% of program spendingPhysical plant: encompasses the physical structures that rmbl operates in, including the search for new locations to open rmbl to new research opportunities.
$286,251 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,732,611.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $13M to $15M (+15%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 22% · 2018 19% · 2019 30% · 2020 35% · 2021 33% · 2022 20% · 2023 28% · 2024 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (68% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Jennifer Darnell
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $147k → $262k.
22 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
96% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 26% · 2019 29% · 2020 30% · 2021 20% · 2022 54% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
67% of ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $76k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 482 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC
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In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC?
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC (Colorado) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,926,672 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($324,250). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,926,672 in grants to ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $324,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY AT GOTHIC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 33 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing