Colorado · Nonprofit
SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE
SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE (Colorado) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $380,213 to it, the largest being PATAGONIAORG ($75,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $129k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $380k
- Net assets
- $29k
What Sheep Mountain Alliance does
Mission
To preserve the natural environment
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Outdoor equity - hosted a year-round series of events to increase engagement in the outdoors amongst the telluride region's latino community members - including downhill ski day, rock climbing, hiking, nordic skiing, and camping.
$72,541 spentof which $17,125 as grants100% of program spendingSan juan public lands - advocated for the dolores river canyons national monument; stronger protections for gunnison sage grouse in the updated resource management plan; responsible resource extraction (uranium) in the west end of san miguel and montrose counties; commented on the updated grand mesa uncompahgre gunnison national forest plan
$0 spentof which $25,000 as grants0% of program spendingEpa environmental justice - alongside our partners at ecoaction partners, sma hosted a series of events aimed at educating underserved populations on wildfire and drought risk, how to engage in the public comment process, and how to stay safe recreating in the outdoors. We also hosted community-focused events to talk about relevant topics in our region that impact all residents.
$0 spentof which $4,500 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $72,541.
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 2021 to 2022, from $99k to $51k (−48%).
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.
99% of SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Ruthie Boyd
Executive director
Board chair
Mark Stevens
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $15k → $64k.
7 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
26% 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 SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 68% · 2019 50% · 2020 30% · 2021 23% · 2022 24% · 2023 23% — 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
30% of SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE?
- SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE (Colorado) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $380,213 to it, the largest being PATAGONIAORG ($75,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $380,213 in grants to SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE?
- PATAGONIAORG is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 27 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing