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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GARDEN OF THE GODS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,923,670
Total expenses
$2,318,348
Contributions and grants received
$1,463,618
Grants paid
$803,451
Program service revenue
$2,152,387
Investment income
$150,770
Other revenue
$156,895
Total assets, end of year
$15,260,258
Total liabilities, end of year
$231,100
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,029,158
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,128,206
Management and general expenses
$150,587
Fundraising expenses
$39,555
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,128,206

Program services were 91.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $71,859

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,391,759

  • 2a · Program service revenue: VISITOR CENTER REVENUE

    total $2,152,387 · related or exempt $2,152,387

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $150,770 · excluded $150,770

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $11,200

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,800

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,800 · excluded $4,800

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $925

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $925 · excluded $925

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $152,340

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,170

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $151,170 · related or exempt $1,170 · unrelated business $150,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $803,451 · program services $803,451

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $177,267 · program services $88,634 · management and general $53,180 · fundraising $35,453

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $287,179 · program services $287,179

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,799 · program services $4,799

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,239 · program services $41,239

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,252 · program services $34,804 · management and general $5,069 · fundraising $3,379

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,486 · management and general $4,486

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,498 · management and general $41,498

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $76,579 · program services $70,579 · management and general $6,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $51,198 · program services $48,126 · management and general $2,560 · fundraising $512

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,473 · program services $24,496 · management and general $13,927 · fundraising $50

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,053 · program services $15,089 · management and general $803 · fundraising $161

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $199,986 · program services $199,986

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $327,502 · program services $320,952 · management and general $6,550

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $62,278 · program services $59,164 · management and general $3,114

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROG. EXHIBITS/SHUTTLE/

    total $89,283 · program services $89,283

  • 24b · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

    total $18,907 · program services $18,907

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $16,329 · program services $16,329

  • 24d · Other expenses: UBI TAX PAID

    total $13,400 · management and general $13,400

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,189 · program services $5,189

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,926 · end of year $12,071

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,813,565 · end of year $5,526,150

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $128,646 · end of year $135,364

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,950 · end of year $48,832

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $16,380,956

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $6,846,370

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,595,900 · end of year $9,534,586

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,255 · end of year $3,255

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $81,128 · end of year $134,290

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,067,278 · end of year $96,810

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $13,423,836 · end of year $15,029,158

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, AND PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE GARDEN OF THE GODS PARK, PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT THE PARK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, PROTECT AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE GARDEN OF THE GODS PARK.

  • TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, AND PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE GARDEN OF THE GODS PARK, PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT THE PARK FOSTER PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE GEOLOGY, HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE PARK.

    Expenses $2,128,206 · Grants $803,451 · Revenue $2,153,557

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JANET MARTIN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN L PATTEE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN FETSCH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVE KAST

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID KUNSTLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID SIEGEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MINA LIEBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK STEPHENS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACKIE HILAIRE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT HENTE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINA HAYWOOD

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $177,267
    From this org
    $165,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,448
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,319
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $16,500
    Deferred
    $4,443
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,005
    Filer's total
    $177,267

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES WERE PAID TO ALL QUALIFYING EMPLOYEES, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS PARKS RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES

    $803,451

    GARDEN OF GODS PARK MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
14 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642369349301134

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