Colorado Youth for a Change

Analysis

Colorado Youth for a Change is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Colorado Youth for a Change reported income of $9.7m and spending of $10.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.2m to $9.7m (+130%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Colorado Youth for a Change sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Damascus Inc ($9.6m), Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains Inc ($9.8m) and Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania Inc ($9.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $144k (1.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.1m. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $212k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 410 employees.