Denver Area Youth Services

Analysis

Denver Area Youth Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Lakewood, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, Denver Area Youth Services reported income of $997k and spending of $1.5m, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $997k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Denver Area Youth Services sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gillespie County Committee on Aging ($997k), Zephyr Impact ($997k) and Peoples Institute of Northhampton Inc ($996k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 71% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $296k, net assets of $791k. It reported 25 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.